SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- "Sandra Oh" Episode 1762 -- Pictured: (l-r) Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump and Robert De Niro as Robert Mueller during the "Mueller Report" Cold Open on Saturday, March 30, 2019 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC) Will Saturday Night Live be back with another new episode tonight? We know that season 44 is winding down for Saturday Night Live. It has been an up and down season when it comes to the sketches as well as the schedule. At times, it has been difficult to know exactly when Saturday Night Live will take a week off or rip off three consecutive new episodes. What we do know is that after last week’s episode hosted by former cast member Adam Sandler, there are only two shows left in season 44. The cast and crew will then have an nice extended summer break before returning for what should be a very special 45th season. It will be especially interesting to see which cast members move on to something else or are not asked back to Studio 8H. But those are stories and speculations for another time. Of more immediate importance is whether or not Saturday Night Live will air a new episode tonight. The answer: Yes, there will be a new SNL tonight. Actress Emma Thompson will host for the first time. She is joined by musical guest the Jonas Brothers who last stopped by the show in 2009. Thompson has a couple film projects she will be helping to promote by hosting tonight. Next month she stars in Late Night, written by her costar Mindy Kaling. Thompson plays a struggling late night host who hires Kaling to help recapture her voice. Thompson can also be seen in June’s Men in Black: International. She will be acting alongside Avengers Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson. Emma Thompson is no stranger to comedy or acting in front of a live audience. Expect her to be a natural. And with only one more episode left in the season, don’t be surprised if Saturday Night Live has something special planned. Perhaps a cameo by Thompson’s Late Night partner in crime Mindy Kaling? Saturday Night Live airs tonight, May 11, at 11:30 PM on NBC. Enjoy the show while you still can! And then be sure to check in with Last Night On for all the highlights and reaction.<doc-sep>Tonight, it’s the next-to-the-last Saturday Night Live of the season hosted by Academy Award winner Emma Thompson! If you’re SNL and you’re facing the penultimate episode of Season 44 and you’re looking for a first-timer to take the helm, to play silly characters, wear crazy costumes and makeup and put on funny voices while they break their Saturday Night Live cherry, why not go with a distinguished British actor (who identifies as Scottish) with two Academy Award wins as part of her pedigree!? That’s exactly what SNL EP Lorne Michaels is doing tonight at 11:30pm on NBC. Tonight, Emma Thompson becomes the 14th and final first-time host of SNL – Season 44. Cagey veteran Paul Rudd is hosting the finale next week. That makes exactly two-thirds of this year’s Saturday Night Live episodes hosted by rookies. And they’ve pulled off some great shows, so hopefully that beginner’s luck will continue for Emma Thompson. When Emma Thompson is introduced as “your host” by SNL announcer Darrell Hammond this evening and you’re one of the few people wondering where you’ve seen her from, here’s some background. This acting powerhouse is a two time Oscar winner. Her first Academy Award came for being named Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role for “Howard’s End “(1993). She received her second Oscar statue at the 1996 Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for “Sense and Sensibility ” (1995), a film that also earned her another Oscar nomination for Best Actress. She was also a double Oscar nominee at the 66th Annual Academy Awards, receiving nods for Best Lead Actress and Best Supporting Actress for “The Remains of the Day ” (1993) and “In the Name of the Father” (1993) respectively. Also, Emma Thompson is a multiple time Golden Globe nominee with two wins and she has a Primetime Emmy along with four other nominations for her television work. The woman is a Grammy away from EGOT status. Someone book her to read an audiobook immediately so she can wrap that up. Other memorable film career highlights for Emma Thompson includes Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Junior“, the “Nanny McPhee” movies which she also wrote, the Christmas rom-com “Love Actually“, also playing Professor Sybil Trelawney in the “Harry Potter” movies, plus this year’s animated comedy “Missing Link” with Hugh Jackman & Zach Galifianakis, and portraying the obvious Hillary Clinton role, Susan Stanton in 1998’s “Primary Colors.” That last IMDB credit might could find it’s way into an SNL – Digital Short as a parody spot for the sequel “Primary Colors 2: Orange” where this time instead of the Clinton campaign, the film is based on Donald Trump’s. As you can see from her previous credits, Emma Thompson has done her share of comedy as well as drama which should serve her well tonight hosting Saturday Night Live for the first time. This summer, Emma has two comedies coming to theaters. First, she stars in “Late Night” which is written by and co-stars Mindy Kaling. In the new comedy movie, Emma Thompson plays veteran late night talk show host Katherine Newbury who finds some new creativity and a chance to save her failing show with a freshman comedy writer played by Kaling. “Late Night” also stars John Lithgow (“3rd Rock from the Sun“, “Pet Sematary” 2019), Max Casella (“Boardwalk Empire“, “Doogie Howser“), Hugh Dancy (“Hannibal” TV series), and Reid Scott (“Veep“) and it’s in theaters everywhere on Friday, June 7th. A week later, Emma Thompson reprises her character Agent O which she originated in 2012’s “Men in Black 3” in the relaunch of the comedy sci-fi franchise with “Men in Black: International” in theaters everywhere June 14th and which stars Chris Hemsworth (everyone’s favorite Asgardian superhero Thor) and Tessa Thompson (“Creed“, “Westworld“) along with Liam Neeson and the voice of Kumail Nanjiani. Since Emma Thompson is promoting “Men in Black: International” on her inaugural Saturday Night Live outing, it’s the perfect opportunity for SNL to tie in “MIB” with the current political situation in the country. Not to tell the Saturday Night Live writers’ room how to do their job, but it seems they could do an SNL – Digital Short parodying “Men in Black” where the agents are rounding up illegal extraterrestrial aliens and they get the same abhorrent treatment that actual aliens receive when coming to this country seeking relief from murder and gang violence in their own countries. In the short, we could see E.T. and his little pre-school E.T. child being separated at the Earth border and the baby alien being detained away from its parent and kept in a cage. Sure, it’s intense, but Saturday Night Live has never shied away from letting the Trump administration have it over their policies. For anyone not familiar, Emma Thompson is a British-born actor which also lends itself nicely to the news coming out of England this week when a new member of the Royal Family was born. Prince Harry and his wife the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle recently gave birth to baby boy, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. Yep, Archie. With tonight’s host’s natural accent, she could play any number of roles including Royal Stepmother Camilla Parker-Bowles if Saturday Night Live wants to do a sketch about the new royal baby. Cast members Mikey Day and Alex Moffat are always bloody brilliant as Prince Harry and Prince William on SNL, plus cast member Kate McKinnon makes a perfect Queen Elisabeth II and personally, we’re always hoping for an excuse to see Aidy Bryant return as Sir Elton John. How she didn’t get the lead in this year’s possible Oscar contender, “Rocketman” is beyond us! Tonight will also be the annual Saturday Night Live – Mother’s Day Show. It’s been a long tradition that each year on SNL on the Saturday before Mother’s Day, the cast parades out their own mothers for bit of maternal pride and comedy during the SNL – Cold Open. With all the annoyingly negative politics going on in the country, let’s hope that Saturday Night Live forgoes the usual Trump political cold open and keeps this sweet custom going this year as well. Other things happening in the nation and world that will probably make it onto tonight’s new Saturday Night Live in sketches, shorts, Weekend Update or the SNL – Cold Open (if SNL does goes political for the opening sketch) include President Trump’s horrific tax history from 1985 to 1994 being finally revealed to America and the fact that he’s the American that has most likely shown these largest losses of all time on his tax returns with well over a billion dollars lost over a 10 year period. Not exactly “Businessman of that Decade.” Also there’s the Trump Administration flat out refusing to cooperate with Congress with the Mueller Report investigation and the President playing the Executive Privilege card leading to the upcoming Constitutional Crisis. And now, Donald Trump Jr. has been subpoenaed by the Senate Intel Committee regarding the Russian Probe. Mikey Day and Alex Moffat may have a busy week if they’re also called upon to play the Trump Brothers, DTJ and Eric the Brain Dead. Plus, SNL might take on the botched Kentucky Derby, the fabulous looks from New York’s Met Gala, the other big birth news this week; the arrival of Amy Schumer’s baby boy Gene Attell Fischer, there’s also just a couple of episodes left for HBO’s “Game of Thrones“, NBC’s “Late Night” host Seth Meyers and Meghan McCain having a heated exchange about Rep. Ilhan Omar and Marvel announcing that one of its well-known movie characters will be revealed as gay. The promos for this week’s new episode of SNL are provided below for you to watch at your leisure. The first one was released by Saturday Night Live viaTwitter. Emma Thompson tweets out that she’s thrilled to be hosting a new Saturday Night Live this week. “Hold it together girl!” The second promo released for this episode may be the funniest promo SNL has done all season. In it, Kate McKinnon has insists on giving host Emma Thompson a tour of the SNL studio and backstage area including Emma’s dressing room.<doc-sep>Saturday Night Live wraps up its 44th season tonight on NBC. The show will air at 11:30 p.m. EST, or 8:30 p.m. PST depending on your time zone. It will be hosted by actor and comedian Paul Rudd, while rap hitmaker DJ Khaled will be featured as the musical act. Rudd will be hosting SNL for the first time in her career. In the promo for tonight’s episode, Rudd pretends to be a secret agent alongside cast member Beck Bennett. His mission is to host SNL, but Bennett fails to provide him with a pen to sign the document detailing the plan. The document is revealed to be a piece of paper with a “yes” and “no” box for Rudd to check. Fellow cast member Heidi Gardner surfaces with a pen, and Rudd is able to sign. Comedian Paul Rudd Will Be Hosting ‘SNL’ for the 4th Time Rudd recently appeared in the Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Endgame, where he played the superhero Ant-Man. According to We Got It Covered, Rudd will reprise his character in Ant-Man 3, which is slated for release sometime in July 2022. This will be the actor’s fourth time hosting SNL. During a recent chat with Entertainment Tonight, Rudd talked about the pressure of hosting a season finale. “I’m really excited about that, season finale,” he said. “This will be my fourth time hosting, and its terrifying every time. But really exciting and I’m looking forward to it.” DJ Khaled will be making his SNL debut. Khaled is fresh off the release of his new album Father of Asahd, and his performances tonight will augmented by a stacked list of guest artists: Lil Wayne, Meek Mill, John Legend, Jeremih, SZA, J Blavin, Big Sean and Lil Baby. Wayne and Meek have performed on the SNL stage before, but SZA, J Balvin and Lil Baby will be making their first-ever appearances on the show. DJ Khaled Will Be Making His ‘SNL’ Debut With Several Guest Stars Each of these artists appeared on Khaled’s new album, alongside the late Nipsey Hussle. During a recent Billboard interview, Khaled talked about working with Hussle, and how he feels their collaboration will be worthy of a Grammy. “So I play him the record I want him on. So I play him the beat, and we just vibe. I’m vibing, and I see him thinking, right? I’m like, ‘Yo, this special. This that big boy rap, this special,'” Khaled explained. “I told him I want to put a big boy singer on the hook. So I gave him his space, walked out. Came back in, he’s writing, boom!” “I even told him, ‘We’re going to win a Grammy’,” Khaled added. “Because that’s how I feel about my album,” he states. “I really feel like not only is this my biggest, this is very special. It’s been hard for me to watch the video, and listen to the song, but also, it’s very beautiful. When you see it, and hear it, you’re going to understand what I’m saying. It’s very beautiful because long live Nipsey Hussle. The Marathon Continues.”<doc-sep>
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- "Idris Elba" Episode 1761 -- Pictured: (l-r) Leslie Jones as Gayle King and Kenan Thompson as R. Kelly during the "R. Kelly Interview" Cold Open on Saturday, March 9, 2019 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC) Should Saturday Night Live fans expect to see a new episode tonight? When the calendar turns over to May, Saturday Night Live fans know what that means. The season is drawing to an end. Fans also know that it has been difficult to predict exactly when they’ll get a new episode. The show takes breaks around the holidays like everyone else but there are also off weeks that can surprise fans. Even President Donald Trump can’t tell when a rerun is coming on. So knowing that season 44 is coming to an end, is this the week we get a new episode? The answer is yes. It is bittersweet news however. Tonight’s new episode of Saturday Night Live is also the season finale. That means that after tonight it will be a long, long time before fans see anything new from SNL. Paul Rudd is the host and DJ Khaled is the musical guest. You can read our episode preview here. Expect tonight’s show to be the best of the season. Rudd is always a fantastic host. DJ Khaled is bringing a lot of friends. And the season finale always has surprises planned along with cameos from big stars. As we point out in the episode preview, there is a good chance that some former Saturday Night Live stars stop by tonight. Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, and Jason Sudeikis are all possibilities. If the show really wants to make a splash, some of Rudd’s Avengers: Endgame costars will pop up as well. There is also the potential that tonight’s episode will be the final appearance for some cast members. We know that Kenan Thompson isn’t going anywhere but things may not be as definitive for others like Cecily Strong or Kyle Mooney. Saturday Night Live airs tonight at 11:30 PM ET on NBC. Enjoy the show and be sure to check back with Last Night On for a recap of all the best moments. And even though SNL will be off for the summer, be on the look out for our breakdown of the season’s best sketches as well as any other news that breaks from Studio 8H.