Saturday Night Live starts this evening. After the long-running variety sketch series aired a new version of A Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving Special Earlier this week, the show will not air a new episode tonight. Instead, it will be a repeat of comedian Nate Bargatze’s second episode with musical guest Coldplay. The episode aired on October 8th as part of SNLIt’s 50^Th Season.

Considering the cast, writers, crew and everyone else SNL I would have spent all week working on a new episode if it aired tonight, which would significantly reduce the time I need. A time spent a lot with family, so it’s no surprise that everyone got some time off for the vacation. However, the series will be back in full swing next weekend when Irish actor Paul Mescal takes over hosting duties with musical guest Shaboozey on December 7th.

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It’s likely that at least one more new episode will air in December before the series goes on hiatus over the holidays, but the date, host and musical guest have yet to be announced. NBC is on the air A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special on Wednesday, December 18th, with old and new sketches related to the festive holiday. Whatever the series has planned for the end of the year, it’s probably going to be good, especially since then SNL is in such a milestone season.

In the meantime, SNL will be back in the new year, along with another special. The upcoming show celebrates the series’ 50th anniversary and will air on February 16. Not much has been revealed about the special, but it will feature returning cast members and likely have many more surprises in store. More information will likely be released in the coming months as the special approaches, but for now, fans will just have to wait patiently for the big celebration.

As a reminder: Saturday Night Live will be nothing new tonight due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Fans can rewatch Nate Bargatze’s episode with Coldplay as the musical guest or rewatch all episodes on Peacock, including the current Thanksgiving special. SNL will be back next Saturday, December 7th on NBC with Paul Mescal as host and Shaboozey as musical guest. The holiday caused major changes to the schedule on NBC, but everything should be back to normal next week.