Saturday Night Live season 41#ep794
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| first_aired = {{Start date|2015|10|3}}
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The forty-first season of the NBC comedy series Saturday Night Live premiered on October 3, 2015, during the 2015–2016 television season.{{#invoke:cite web||title=Saturday Night Live Season 41 Episode 01|url=http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/saturday-night-live/EP000037100973|publisher=TV by the Numbers|access-date=August 5, 2015}} The season premiered on October 3, 2015, with host & musical guest Miley Cyrus and concluded on May 21, 2016 with host Fred Armisen and musical guest Courtney Barnett.
Kate McKinnon won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in this season.
Cast
After two consecutive seasons with higher-than-average levels of cast turnover, no major changes occurred prior to this season. The entire cast of the previous season returned, with Beck Bennett, Colin Jost, Kyle Mooney and Sasheer Zamata being promoted to repertory status, while Michael Che, Pete Davidson and Leslie Jones remained featured players.{{#invoke:cite news||last1=Wright|first1=Megh|title=The Entire 'SNL' Cast From Last Season Is Returning|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/08/the-entire-snl-cast-from-last-season-is-returning.html|access-date=December 12, 2021|work=Vulture|date=August 31, 2015}}
Prior to the start of the season, comedian Jon Rudnitsky of the Groundlings joined the show as a featured player.{{#invoke:cite news||last1=Gajewski|first1=Ryan|title='Saturday Night Live' Adds New Castmembers for Season 41|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/saturday-night-live-adds-new-818917/|access-date=June 23, 2022|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 31, 2015}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/31/jon-rudnitsky-saturday-night-live-best-sketches|title=Jon Rudnitsky joins Saturday Night Live as a featured player: See his best sketches, stand-up|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}
This would be the final season for longtime cast members Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah, who had both been on the show since 2010, and the only season for Rudnitsky.{{#invoke:cite news||last1=Chuck|first1=Elizabeth|title=Jay Pharoah, Taran Killam, Jon Rudnitsky to Exit 'Saturday Night Live'|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/jay-pharoah-taran-killam-dropped-snl-n626151/|access-date=August 9, 2016|work=NBC News|date=August 9, 2016}}
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Repertory players
- Vanessa Bayer
- Beck Bennett
- Aidy Bryant
- Colin Jost
- Taran Killam
- Kate McKinnon
- Kyle Mooney
- Bobby Moynihan
- Jay Pharoah
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
- Sasheer Zamata
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Featured players
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bold denotes "Weekend Update" anchor
Writers
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Before the beginning of the season, six new writers joined the staff: Upright Citizens Brigade performers Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, and Will Stephen; former Late Show with David Letterman writers Paul Masella and Chris Belair; and stand-up comedian Dave Sirus.{{#invoke:cite web||first=Megh|last=Wright|title=Meet 'Saturday Night Live's Six New Writers|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/09/meet-saturday-night-lives-six-new-writers.html|website=Splitsider|date=September 21, 2015|access-date=December 12, 2021}}
Colin Jost, a cast member on the show and anchor of Weekend Update, who has also served as a writer since 2005 (and as co-head writer in 2012), stepped down as co-head writer, although he remained on the writing staff. Rob Klein and Bryan Tucker continued as co-head writers.{{#invoke:cite web||url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/10/colin-jost-is-no-longer-a-head-writer-at-snl.html|title=Colin Jost Is No Longer a Head Writer at 'SNL'|work=Vulture|date=October 20, 2015|access-date=December 12, 2021}}
This would be the final season for writers Zach Kanin and Tim Robinson (Kanin had been with the show for five years since 2011; while Robinson lasted three seasons as a writer, initially starting in 2013, and overall was with the show for four years, as having briefly been joined the cast for the 2012-13 season).{{cite episode|title=Margot Robbie/The Weeknd|series=Saturday Night Live|season=42|number=1|network=NBC|date=October 1, 2016|time=Closing credits}}
This was also Klein's final season as head writer (a role he held for three seasons, previously beginning in 2013), but would return to the show the next season as a regular writer. This was also the only season for Sirus, Masella, and Belair in the writing staff.
Episodes
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|RTitle=Miley Cyrus
|Aux1=Miley Cyrus
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|10|3}}
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- Miley Cyrus performs "Karen Don't Be Sad" and "The Twinkle Song".
- Hillary Clinton (alongside Kate McKinnon's impersonation of her) and Darrell Hammond appear as Val and Bill Clinton, respectively, in "Hillary Clinton Bar Talk". Additionally, Clinton also introduces Cyrus's first musical performance.
- The Flaming Lips appears as Cyrus' backing band for her first performance.
- Kenan Thompson introduces Cyrus' second musical performance.
- Jon Rudnitsky's first episode as a cast member.
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|RTitle=Amy Schumer
|Aux1=The Weeknd
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|10|10}}
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- The Weeknd performs "The Hills" with Nicki Minaj and "Can't Feel My Face", and also appears on Weekend Update during a bit titled "The Weeknd Update".
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|RTitle=Tracy Morgan
|Aux1=Demi Lovato
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|10|17}}
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- Demi Lovato performs a medley of "Cool for the Summer" and "Confident" for their first set and "Stone Cold" for their second, also appearing in "Astronaut Jones".
- This was Tracy Morgan's first major comedy appearance since suffering head injuries from a near fatal car crash.{{#invoke:cite news||date=October 18, 2015 |title=Tracy Morgan bounces back from accident to host Saturday Night Live |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/tracy-morgan-saturday-night-live-1.3277009 |access-date=October 24, 2015 |work=CBC News |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |agency=Associated Press}}
- Alec Baldwin and Larry David appear in the cold open as Jim Webb and Bernie Sanders, respectively.
- Baldwin, Tina Fey, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, and Morgan all reprise their 30 Rock roles in the opening monologue. Fey also appeared on Weekend Update.
- Fey and Tim Herlihy received writing credits for this episode.{{#invoke:cite web||title=Saturday Night Live (TV Series) Tracy Morgan/Demi Lovato (2015) Full Cast & Crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4952130/fullcredits|website=IMDB|access-date=7 February 2016}}
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|RTitle=Donald Trump
|Aux1=Sia
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|11|07}}
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- Sia performs "Alive" and "Bird Set Free".
- Larry David returns as Bernie Sanders in the cold open. David also appears as himself in the opening monologue.
- Darrell Hammond reprises his Trump impersonation in the opening monologue.
- Trump's daughter Ivanka appears in "White House 2018", receiving no audience applause.
- Martin Short appears as Ed Grimley in "Hotline Bling".
- The choice of Trump was controversial and a number of Latino groups petitioned to have his invitation to host rescinded.{{#invoke:cite news||url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2015/10/22/campaign-dump-donald-trump-saturday-night-live-snl/74356854/ |title=Campaign to dump Donald Trump from SNL gains steam |date=October 22, 2015|author= Daniel González |newspaper=Arizona Republic |access-date=October 23, 2015}}
- Trump's hosting was filed with the Federal Communications Commission in regards to the equal-time rule. Although no candidate has ever requested an appearance on Saturday Night Live due to equal-time, concerns were raised over whether SNL qualified for an exception to the rule as a live entertainment program.{{#invoke:cite news||last1=Pallotta |first1=Frank |date=October 14, 2015 |title=Donald Trump's 'SNL' stint could put FCC's 'equal-time' rule in play |url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/10/14/media/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-saturday-night-live-equal-time/ |access-date=October 24, 2015 |work=CNNMoney |publisher=Time Warner}}
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|RTitle=Elizabeth Banks
|Aux1=Disclosure
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- Disclosure performs "Magnets" with Lorde and "Omen" with Sam Smith.
- Mike O'Brien appears in the pretaped sketch "Uber for Jen".
- Cecily Strong begins the show with a tribute to France in light of the November 2015 Paris attacks, speaking both English and French. In addition, the SNL logo in the bumpers is colored blue, white, and red, the colors of the French flag. The stage lights after Sam Smith's performance and before Lorde's are also in those same colors.
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|EpisodeNumber2=6
|RTitle=Matthew McConaughey
|Aux1=Adele
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|11|21}}
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- Adele performs "Hello" and "When We Were Young".
- J. J. Abrams, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Emma Stone, Michael Bublé, and Jon Hamm appear in the pre-recorded "Star Wars Audition".
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|EpisodeNumber2=7
|RTitle=Ryan Gosling
|Aux1=Leon Bridges
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|12|05}}
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- Leon Bridges performs "Smooth Sailin'" and "River".
- Mike Myers appears in the opening monologue.
- A photo is dedicated to SNL wardrobe person Jenna Krempel before the goodbyes.
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|RTitle=Chris Hemsworth
|Aux1=Chance the Rapper
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- Chance the Rapper, backed by The Social Experiment, performs "Somewhere In Paradise" with Jeremih and "Sunday Candy" with Jamila Woods.
- Will Ferrell appears in the cold open as George W. Bush.
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|EpisodeNumber2=9
|RTitle=Tina Fey & Amy Poehler
|Aux1=Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|12|19}}
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- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band perform "Meet Me in the City" and "The Ties That Bind" and are later joined by Paul McCartney and the cast for "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town".
- Darrell Hammond portrays Donald Trump in the cold open, replacing Taran Killam (who himself appears as Ted Cruz) and appears in the goodnights singing "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" with the cast.
- Maya Rudolph appears in "StarVista" and reprises her role as Jodi Deitz on "Bronx Beat".
- Gayle King and Amy Schumer appear in the pre-recorded "Amy and Tina's Dope Squad" segment.
- This was the first time an episode had featured multiple hosts since 2004.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Lockett |first=Dee |date=2015-11-17 |title=Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Are Hosting SNL Together As Your Christmas Present This Year |url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/11/tina-fey-and-amy-poehler-will-host-snl-together.html |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Vulture |language=en}} Tina Fey and Amy Poehler received a historic Emmy co-nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a comedy for their roles as co-host of the Christmas episode, which they ultimately won.{{#invoke:cite web||last= |first= |date=September 11, 2016 |title=Fey, Poehler share creative arts Emmy gold as 'SNL' hosts |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-creative-arts-emmy-fey-poehler-20160911-story.html |access-date=April 23, 2017 |work=ChicagoTribune.com}}
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|RTitle=Adam Driver
|Aux1=Chris Stapleton
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|1|16}}
|Viewers= 3.0/15 in 18-49
(approximately 5.7 overall){{#invoke:cite web||last=Porter|first=Rick|title='Saturday Night Live' hits 2-year high in adults 18-49 overnights|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/01/17/saturday-night-live-hits-2-year-high-in-adults-18-49-overnights/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118191254/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/01/17/saturday-night-live-hits-2-year-high-in-adults-18-49-overnights/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 18, 2016|publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=January 17, 2016|access-date=January 23, 2016}}{{#invoke:cite web||title=SNL with Host Adam Driver Posts Highest Rating in Adults 18-49 in Two Years|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/SNL-with-Host-Adam-Driver-Posts-Highest-Rating-in-Adults-18-49-in-Two-Years-20160122|website=Broadway World|access-date=12 December 2016}}
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- Chris Stapleton performs "Parachute" and "Nobody to Blame"
- Darrell Hammond again plays Trump in the cold open.
- Fred Armisen appears to pay tribute to David Bowie who had died six days earlier. A clip of Bowie performing "The Man Who Sold the World" from season{{nbsp}}5 is then shown.
- Liev Schreiber appears in a pre-recorded Golden Globes sketch.
- The show was delayed for viewers on the East Coast for 45 minutes due to the NFC Divisional Playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and the Arizona Cardinals going into overtime.{{#invoke:cite web||last1=McGlynn |first1=Katla |title=Adam Driver Hosted the Delayed First 'SNL' of 2016 |url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/01/adam-driver-hosted-the-delayed-first-snl-of-2016.html |website=Vulture |access-date=December 12, 2021 |date=January 19, 2016}}
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|EpisodeNumber2=11
|RTitle=Ronda Rousey
|Aux1=Selena Gomez
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|1|23}}
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- Selena Gomez performs a medley of "Good for You" and "Same Old Love" for her first set and "Hands to Myself" for her second. She also appears in the opening monologue and "Bland Man".
- Darrell Hammond and Tina Fey appear as Donald Trump and Sarah Palin, respectively, in the cold open.
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|EpisodeNumber2=12
|RTitle=Larry David
|Aux1=The 1975
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|2|6}}
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- The 1975 performs "The Sound" and "Love Me".
- Bernie Sanders appears as a passenger in "Steam Ship" and helps introduce The 1975's first song.
- Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson appear as their characters, Derek Zoolander and Hansel McDonald from the movie Zoolander, respectively, on Weekend Update.
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|EpisodeNumber2=13
|RTitle=Melissa McCarthy
|Aux1=Kanye West
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|2|13}}
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- Kanye West performs "Highlights" (preceded by "Low Lights") with The-Dream, El DeBarge, Kelly Price, Young Thug, and ASAP Bari and "Ultralight Beam" with The-Dream, Kelly Price, Chance the Rapper, and Kirk Franklin. He, The-Dream, El DeBarge, Kelly Price, and Young Thug also appear in a pre-recorded Kyle Mooney film, "Kyle vs. Kanye".
- In the same pre-recorded film, West also performs "I Love Kanye" from his album, The Life of Pablo.
- Darrell Hammond appears as Bill Clinton in the cold open.
- Von Miller appears as himself on Weekend Update.
- Natalie Morales, Dylan Dreyer, and Al Roker appear in the pre-recorded Kyle Mooney film, "Kyle vs. Kanye".
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|EpisodeNumber2=14
|RTitle=Jonah Hill
|Aux1=Future
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|3|5}}
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- Future performs "Low Life" with the Weeknd and "March Madness" and appears in the opening monologue and in a Weekend Update segment called "News from the Future".
- Darrell Hammond and Jason Sudeikis appear as Donald Trump and Mitt Romney, respectively, in the cold open.
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|EpisodeNumber2=15
|RTitle=Ariana Grande
|Aux1=Ariana Grande
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|3|12}}
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- Ariana Grande performs "Dangerous Woman" and "Be Alright".
- Darrell Hammond and Larry David appear as Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, respectively, in the cold open. David also introduces both of Grande's musical performances.
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|EpisodeNumber2=16
|RTitle=Peter Dinklage
|Aux1=Gwen Stefani
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|4|2}}
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- Gwen Stefani performs "Make Me Like You" and "Misery" and appears in "Mafia Meeting".
- Darrell Hammond appears as Donald Trump in the cold open.
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|EpisodeNumber2=17
|RTitle=Russell Crowe
|Aux1=Margo Price
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|4|9}}
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- Margo Price performs "Hurtin' (On the Bottle)" and "Since You Put Me Down".
- Al Sharpton appears as an analyst in the PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton sketch.
- An image of Merle Haggard, who had died three days earlier, is shown in silence following Price's first performance; also, Price's guitar strap has "Margo" stitched in the same style as "Merle" was on some of his guitars.
- Mike O'Brien and Jason Sudeikis appear in the pre-recorded short film Oprah: A Life of Love.
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|EpisodeNumber2=18
|RTitle=Julia Louis-Dreyfus
|Aux1=Nick Jonas
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|4|16}}
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- Nick Jonas performs "Close" with Tove Lo and "Champagne Problems". Additionally, Jonas appears in "Huge Jewelry" and the pre-recorded "Pool Boy".
- Larry David appears in the cold open as Bernie Sanders, with Louis-Dreyfus reprising her Seinfeld role as Elaine Benes.
- Louis-Dreyfus' Veep co-star Tony Hale appears in the opening monologue.
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|EpisodeNumber2=19
|RTitle=Brie Larson
|Aux1=Alicia Keys
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|5|7}}
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- Alicia Keys performs "In Common" and "Hallelujah".
- Dana Carvey and Darrell Hammond appear in the Church Chat cold open, as the Church Lady and Donald Trump respectively.
- The mothers of Pete Davidson, Brie Larson, and Kate McKinnon appear during the monologue. Davidson's mother also appears during Weekend Update.
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|RTitle=Drake
|Aux1=Drake
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|5|14}}
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- Drake performs "One Dance" and "Hype".
- Darrell Hammond appears as Donald Trump in the cold open.
- Chris Rock introduces Drake's first performance.
- Aidy Bryant introduces Drake's second musical performance.
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|RTitle=Fred Armisen
|Aux1=Courtney Barnett
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- Courtney Barnett performs "Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party" and "Pedestrian at Best".
- Larry David and Kate McKinnon appear in the cold open as Bernie Sanders and Hillary Rodham Clinton drinking together in a bar.{{#invoke:cite web|| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/snl-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-896325 | title='SNL': Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Bond over Drinks in Cold Open | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=21 May 2016 }} David also appears in "High School Theater Show" and "Harkin Brothers".
- Andy Samberg appears as Conner4real in the SNL Digital Short and in "Harkin Brothers".
- Jason Sudeikis appears in "New Girlfriend" and "Harkin Brothers".
- Maya Rudolph appears on Weekend Update as Dilma Rousseff and in "Harkin Brothers".
- Armisen's Portlandia co-star Carrie Brownstein appears in "Harkin Brothers".
- Taran Killam, Jay Pharoah and Jon Rudnitsky's final episode as cast members{{#invoke:cite web||url=http://tvline.com/2016/08/08/snl-season-42-taran-killam-jay-pharoah-leaving-saturday-night-live/|title=SNL Vets Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah Not Returning for Season 42|first=Michael|last=Auseillo|work=TVLine|date=August 8, 2016|access-date=August 8, 2016}}{{#invoke:cite web||url= http://www.vulture.com/2016/08/taran-killam-jay-pharoah-not-returning-to-snl.html|title= Taran Killam, Jay Pharoah, and Jon Rudnitsky Won't Be in Saturday Night Live's Upcoming 42nd Season|date= 9 August 2016|website= Vulture|access-date= 10 August 2016}}
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|4|23}}
|ShortSummary = A selection of Prince's performances on the show were shown in honor of his death earlier that week.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/22/saturday-night-live-prince-special-good-night-sweet |title=Saturday Night Live to air Prince special |last=Snierson |first=Dan |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=2016-04-22 |access-date=2016-02-23}} Included were his performances during the season{{nbsp}}6 episode hosted by Charlene Tilton, the 15th Anniversary Special, the season 31 episode hosted by Steve Martin, and the season 40 episode hosted by Chris Rock, as well as a performance of "Let's Go Crazy" during the after-party for the 40th Anniversary Special, which has not been aired on television before. It also included replays of the recurring sketch "The Prince Show", where Fred Armisen played Prince and Maya Rudolph played Beyoncé. Included were sketches from the season 30 episodes hosted by Queen Latifah and Robert De Niro, the season 31 episode hosted by Steve Martin, and the season 32 episode hosted by Shia LaBeouf. The performances were introduced by Jimmy Fallon who hosted this special.
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