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SNL delights fans by bringing back What Up With That and The Devil for Jason Sudeikis’ hosting debut

Watch highlights from the fourth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Jason Sudeikis, with Brandi Carlile as the musical guest.

What’s Up With That returns after almost ten years (not counting last year’s pandemic special): Diondre Cole (Kenan Thompson) and the crew welcome guests Oscar Isaac, Emily Ratajkowski and Nicholas Braun for the Halloween Edition with a special appearance by Vance (Jason Sudeikis) and Giuseppe (Fred Armisen).

Weekend Update highlight: The Devil (Jason Sudeikis) stops by Weekend Update to discuss what he’s been working on lately, like Trump’s new social media platform.

The monologue: Returning to Saturday Night Live for his hosting debut, Jason Sudeikis talks about his show Ted Lasso and SNL’s iconic history.

The cold open: President Biden (James Austin Johnson) gets visited by the ghosts of his past (Jason Sudeikis, Alex Moffat).

A professor (Jason Sudeikis) struggles to educate two students (Cecily Strong, Mikey Day) about the solar system.

The Pacific Northwest’s own Brandi Carlile performs “Broken Horses”.

Watch all sketches and performances uploaded from this episode.

Andrew Villeneuve

Andrew Villeneuve is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, as well as the founder of NPI's sibling, the Northwest Progressive Foundation. He has worked to advance progressive causes for over two decades as a strategist, speaker, author, and organizer. Andrew is also a cybersecurity expert, a veteran facilitator, a delegate to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

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