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  "id": 6456458,
  "title": "Here’s the Host & Musical Guest for Every ‘Saturday Night Live’ Season Premiere",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/heres-the-host-musical-guest-for-every-saturday-night-live-season",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-09T18:25:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Billboard",
    "slug": "billboard",
    "url": "https://www.billboard.com/lists/saturday-night-live-host-and-musical-guest-every-season-premiere-episode/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Saturday, September 26, Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks and KATSEYE will be the host and musical guest for Saturday Night Live's Season 52 premiere. This marks the first time an all-female group will be the musical guest on a season-opening episode. Brunson will become the third basketball star to host a season opener, following Charles Barkley in 1993 and LeBron James in 2007. KATSEYE, who has had six top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including their current No. 21 hit \"Gabriela,\" will be the first all-female group to hold this position. The first episode of SNL back in 1975 saw George Carlin as the host and a duo of Billy Preston and Janis Ian as the musical guests. Steve Martin and Tom Hanks are tied for the record of hosting the most season-openers, with four each. Ye (formerly Kanye West) has the honor of being the musical guest on three season openers, more than any other performer. Only The Rolling Stones and Miley Cyrus have ever served as both host and musical guest on the same season opener.",
  "summary": "Steve Martin has hosted four season openers, more than anyone else. But who is the most frequent musical guest on a season premiere?",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Billboard",
        "title": "KATSEYE, Turnstile, Rosalía and Gracie Abrams Tapped as Musical Guests For ‘Saturday Night Live’ Season 52",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/katseye-turnstile-rosalia-and-gracie-abrams-tapped-as-musical-guests",
        "published": "2026-09-09T17:00:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Consequence",
        "title": "Turnstile Book First-Ever Saturday Night Live Performance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/turnstile-book-first-ever-saturday-night-live-performance",
        "published": "2026-09-09T17:38:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Stereogum",
        "title": "Turnstile, Rosalía, KATSEYE Booked For SNL Season 52",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/turnstile-rosalia-katseye-booked-for-snl-season-52",
        "published": "2026-09-09T17:42:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The A.V. Club",
        "title": "Saturday Night Live drafts Knicks' Jalen Brunson to host the season 52 premiere",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/saturday-night-live-drafts-knicks-jalen-brunson-to-host-the-season-52",
        "published": "2026-09-09T18:01:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Pitchfork",
        "title": "Rosalía, Gracie Abrams, Turnstile Set for New Season of Saturday Night Live",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/rosalia-gracie-abrams-turnstile-set-for-new-season-of-saturday-night",
        "published": "2026-09-09T18:48:53.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}