Saturday Night Live (season 41)
Episodes

Saturday Night Live (season 41)

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No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date	Ratings/ Share

788	1	Miley Cyrus	Miley Cyrus	October 3, 2015	4.5/11

Miley Cyrus performs "Karen Don't Be Sad" and "The Twinkle Song". Hillary Clinton appears in the Hillary Clinton Bar Talk sketch as Val.

789	2	Amy Schumer	The Weeknd	October 10, 2015	3.9/10

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".

790	3	Tracy Morgan	Demi Lovato	October 17, 2015	4.2/11

Demi Lovato performs a medley of "Cool for the Summer" and "Confident" for her first set and "Stone Cold" for her second, also appearing in the "Astronaut Jones" sketch.

791	4	Donald Trump	Sia	November 7, 2015	6.6/16

Sia performs "Alive" and "Bird Set Free". Larry David returns as Bernie Sanders in the cold open.

792	5	Elizabeth Banks	Disclosure	November 14, 2015	4.0/10

Disclosure performs "Magnets" with Lorde and "Omen" with Sam Smith. Mike O'Brien appears in the pretaped sketch "Uber for Jen".

793	6	Matthew McConaughey	Adele	November 21, 2015	4.6/12

Adele performs "Hello" and "When We Were Young". J.J.

794	7	Ryan Gosling	Leon Bridges	December 5, 2015	4.1/10

Leon Bridges performs "Smooth Sailin'" and "River". Mike Myers appears in the opening monologue.

795	8	Chris Hemsworth	Chance the Rapper	December 12, 2015	3.8/10

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.

796	9	Tina Fey & Amy Poehler	Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band	December 19, 2015	5.1/13

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".

797	10	Adam Driver	Chris Stapleton	January 16, 2016	3.0/15 in 18-49 (approximately 5.7 overall)

Chris Stapleton performs "Parachute" and "Nobody to Blame". Darrell Hammond again plays Trump in the cold open.

798	11	Ronda Rousey	Selena Gomez	January 23, 2016	5.0/12

Selena Gomez performs a medley of "Good for You" and "Same Old Love" for her first set and "Hands to Myself" for her second.

799	12	Larry David	The 1975	February 6, 2016	5.1/12

The 1975 performs "The Sound" and "Love Me". Bernie Sanders appears as a passenger in the "Steam Ship" sketch and helps introduce The 1975's first song.

800	13	Melissa McCarthy	Kanye West	February 13, 2016	4.4/11

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.

801	14	Jonah Hill	Future	March 5, 2016	4.0/10

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".

802	15	Ariana Grande	Ariana Grande	March 12, 2016	4.0/10

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.

803	16	Peter Dinklage	Gwen Stefani	April 2, 2016	4.0/10

Gwen Stefani performs "Make Me Like You" and "Misery" and appears in the "Mafia Meeting" sketch. Darrell Hammond appears as Donald Trump in the cold open.

804	17	Russell Crowe	Margo Price	April 9, 2016	4.0/10

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.

805	18	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Nick Jonas	April 16, 2016	3.9/10

Nick Jonas performs "Close" with Tove Lo and "Champagne Problems". Additionally, Jonas appears in the "Huge Jewelry" sketch and the pre-recorded "Pool Boy" short.

806	19	Brie Larson	Alicia Keys	May 7, 2016	4.1/10

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.

807	20	Drake	Drake	May 14, 2016	3.9/10

Drake performs "One Dance" and "Hype". Darrell Hammond appears as Donald Trump in the cold open.

808	21	Fred Armisen	Courtney Barnett	May 21, 2016	3.7/10

Courtney Barnett performs "Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party" and "Pedestrian at Best". Larry David and Darrell Hammond appear in the cold open, as Bernie Sanders and Bill Clinton respectively.

Sentence(s)

The Saturday Night Live season 41 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.

final_sentence: The Saturday Night Live season 41 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.