‘Saturday Night Live’ Sets Gal Gadot And Kumail Nanjiani As October Hosts
The end of this month will bring the 43rd season premiere ofSaturday Night Live, fresh off winning several Emmys recently, including Outstanding Variety Sketch Series. They’ve got a lot to live up to after last season really brought out the best in the writers room and the cast, and it sounds like they’ll be starting things off on the right foot with a great batch of hosts to start things off.
Ryan Gosling was already announced to host the season premiere on September 30, just in time to promote the forthcoming sequelBlade Runner 2049. Now NBC has announced two more exciting hosts to follow him in the two weeks following:Wonder Womanherself,Gal GadotandThe Big Sickstar and co-writerKumail Nanjiani.
Here’s the announcement NBC posted on Twitter revealing the next twoSaturday Night Liveseason 43 hosts:
Happy Fall!#SNLpic.twitter.com/gnHXjREPlN
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl)June 24, 2025
Gal Gadot couldn’t hostSaturday Night Liveat the end of the previous season because she was fresh off having a baby girl. But it all worked out for the best, because nowWonder Womanis an international sensation and everyone wants more Gal Gadot. Bringing the actress in to make her hosting debut should rake in some pretty big ratings, and hopefully the writers will have a cleverWonder Womansketch for her to star in.
Meanwhile, I couldn’t be more excited thatSaturday Night Liveis bringing Kumail Nanjiani in to host for his first time. NormallySNLgoes for huge names when it comes to hosting, but the fact that Kumail Nanjiani has made big waves with his romantic comedyThe Big Sickthis summer, in addition to being a stellar part of the ensemble cast ofSilicon Valley, probably turned plenty of heads. Plus, it helps that Kumail Nanjiani is quite the popular stand-up comedian and has appeared in plenty of sketch comedy over the years. Here’s one of my favorite bits from his stand-up specialBeta Male:
It’s always great when you have a comedian who is ready for anything when it comes to sketch comedy. Plus, since Kumail Nanjiani is an accomplished writer in his right, he might have some ideas ready for the writers to play with as well.
Here’s hoping thatSNLcan keep up the momentum from their previous season. We’ll be missing Bobby Moynihan, Vanessa Bayer and Sasheer Zamata, which might shake things up a bit, but Alec Baldwin will still be appearing intermittently as Donald Trump, including the season premiere. Will we see any more stunt casting this season to continue lambasting the current presidential administration? We’ll just have to wait and see.
