Created by: Lorne Michaels
Premiere date: October 2, 2021
Episodes: 13
Genre: Comedy
Running time: 1h 30min
The forty-seventh season of the NBC comedy series Saturday Night Live premiered on October 2, 2021, during the 2021–22 television season with host Owen Wilson and musical guest Kacey Musgraves, and concluded on May 21, 2022 with host Natasha Lyonne and musical guest Japanese Breakfast. For the first time, the season’s first five episodes and the remainder from episode ten onward were live-streamed on the streaming service Peacock in addition to its coast-to-coast live television broadcast.
Kate McKinnon did not appear in the first seven episodes of the season, as she was filming Joe vs. Carole. This was the final season for McKinnon and Aidy Bryant, who both had been cast members since 2012, Kyle Mooney who had been a cast member since 2013, and Davidson, who had been since 2014.
Cast
Repertory Players: Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, Melissa Villaseñor, Bowen Yang
Featured Players: Aristotle Athari, Andrew Dismukes, James Austin Johnson, Punkie Johnson, Sarah Sherman
Production Photos
Episode Guide
| Sketch | Character |
| A Holiday Message From Dr. Anthony Fauci Cold Open | Dr. Anthony Fauci |
| Christmas Cards | Barbara Jacobs |
| TikTok | Rose |
| Lonely Christmas | Barbara |
| The Night I Met Santa | Beth |
| Musical Intro | Herself |
| Business Garden Inn & Suites & Hotel Room Inn | Kathreen |
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| HomeGoods | Eileen |
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| Monologue | Herself |
| New Governess | Maria |
| Sappho | Joanne Druck |
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| The Ingraham Angle | Laura Ingraham |
| Cinema Classics | Ingrid Bergman, Paula |
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| Russian Disinformation Cold Open | Teenager |
| Tenant Meeting | Mrs. Bowman |
| 28th Annual Badminster Dog Show | Jane Bosworth |
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| Prayer for Ukraine | Herself |
| COVID Discussion | Girl |
| Subway Churro | Puddle |
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| Fox News Ukrainian Invasion Celebration Spectacular Cold Open | Laura Ingraham |
| Paw Patrol | Citizen |
| Inventing Chloe | Herself |
| Weekend Update | Herself |
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| White House TikTok Meeting Cold Open | Jen Psaki |
| Monologue | Catwoman |
| Porch Scene | Josh |
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| Fox and Friends Cold Open | Ginni Thomas |
| Is My Brain Okay? | Lisa Something |
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| New Supreme Court Justice Cold Open | Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
| Dream Home Cousins | Bea |
| The Singers Four | Singer |
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| A Message From The Easter Bunny Cold Open | Dr. Anthony Fauci |
| TikTok | Grandma |
| Six Flags Guys | Albert |
| Throne Room | Goat woman |
| Symphony Orchestra | Harpist |
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| Roe v. Wade Cold Open | Woman |
| Just Like You | Grandma |
| Weekend Update | Amy Coney Barrett |
| The Understudy | Herself |
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| MSNBC Special Report Cold Open | Nicole Wallace |
| The Three Daughters | Blondelia |
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| Final Encounter Cold Open | Colleen Rafferty |
| The Places We’ll Go | Carly Hill |
| Grey Adult Pigtails | Woman |
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