Saturday Night Live (season 43)
Episodes

Saturday Night Live (season 43)

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

830	1	Ryan Gosling	Jay-Z	September 30, 2017	4.5

Jay-Z performs "Bam" with Damian Marley and "4:44". Alec Baldwin appears as Donald Trump in the cold open.

831	2	Gal Gadot	Sam Smith	October 7, 2017	4.4

Sam Smith performs "Too Good at Goodbyes" and "Pray". Jason Aldean performs "I Won't Back Down" in the cold open as a tribute to both the victims of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting and Tom Petty, who died earlier in the week.

832	3	Kumail Nanjiani	P!nk	October 14, 2017	4.6/11

P!nk performs "What About Us" and "Beautiful Trauma". Alec Baldwin appears as Donald Trump in the cold open.

833	4	Larry David	Miley Cyrus	November 4, 2017	4.7/11

Miley Cyrus performs "Bad Mood" and "I Would Die for You" and also appears as a contestant in The Price Is Right sketch, Baby Snatch in the "Baby Steps" sketch, and a member of the drama club in the Fresh Takes sketch.

834	5	Tiffany Haddish	Taylor Swift	November 11, 2017	4.3/10

Taylor Swift performs "...Ready for It?" and an acoustic version of "Call It What You Want." Larry David and Jason Sudeikis appear as Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, respectively, in the "DNC Commercial" sketch.

835	6	Chance the Rapper	Eminem	November 18, 2017	4.3/10

Contrary to the usual format in which musical guests perform two songs at two different segments, Eminem performs a single medley of "Walk on Water," "Stan," and "Love the Way You Lie." Skylar Grey performs the entire medley with Eminem, but is not credited as a musical guest.

836	7	Saoirse Ronan	U2	December 2, 2017	4.3/10

U2 performs "American Soul" and "Get Out of Your Own Way." Alec Baldwin appears as Donald Trump in the cold open.

837	8	James Franco	SZA	December 9, 2017	4.5/10

SZA performs "The Weekend" and "Love Galore." Jonah Hill, Steve Martin, and Seth Rogen appear in the opening monologue. Dave Franco appears in the "Reunion" sketch.

838	9	Kevin Hart	Foo Fighters	December 16, 2017	4.6/11

Foo Fighters perform "The Sky is a Neighborhood" and a medley of "Everlong," "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)," and "Linus and Lucy." Alec Baldwin and Scarlett Johansson appear as Donald and Ivanka Trump, respectively, in the cold open.

839	10	Sam Rockwell	Halsey	January 13, 2018	4.6/10

Halsey performs "Bad at Love" and "Him & I" with G-Eazy. Fred Armisen and Bill Murray appear as Michael Wolff and Steve Bannon, respectively, in the cold open.

840	11	Jessica Chastain	Troye Sivan	January 20, 2018	4.3/10

Troye Sivan performs "My My My!" and "The Good Side." Method Man appears in the pre-recorded The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air sketch.

841	12	Will Ferrell	Chris Stapleton	January 27, 2018	4.9/11

Chris Stapleton performs "Midnight Train to Memphis" and "Hard Livin'", both with Sturgill Simpson. Tracy Morgan appears in the pre-recorded "The House" sketch.

842	13	Natalie Portman	Dua Lipa	February 3, 2018	4.6/12

Dua Lipa performs "New Rules" and "Homesick". Alec Baldwin appears as Donald Trump in the cold open.

843	14	Charles Barkley	Migos	March 3, 2018	4.2/10

Migos performs "Stir Fry" and "Narcos". Alec Baldwin appears as Donald Trump in the cold open.

844	15	Sterling K. Brown	James Bay	March 10, 2018	4.1/10

James Bay performs "Pink Lemonade" and "Wild Love". Vanessa Bayer appears as Dawn Lazarus on Weekend Update.

845	16	Bill Hader	Arcade Fire	March 17, 2018	4.5/10

Arcade Fire performs "Creature Comfort" and "Put Your Money on Me" and appears in the "CBC News Hour" sketch. John Goodman and Fred Armisen appear as Rex Tillerson and Michael Wolff, respectively, in the cold open.

846	17	Chadwick Boseman	Cardi B	April 7, 2018	4.6/11

Cardi B performs a medley of "Bodak Yellow" and "Bartier Cardi" for her first set and "Be Careful" for her second, and appears in the pre-recorded "Aidy B" sketch.

847	18	John Mulaney	Jack White	April 14, 2018	3.9/9

Jack White performs "Over and Over and Over" and "Connected by Love" with the McCrary Sisters and appears in the unaired "Wedding Toast" sketch.

848	19	Donald Glover	Childish Gambino	May 5, 2018	4.1/10

Childish Gambino performs "Saturday" and "This Is America". The cold open features Ben Stiller as Michael Cohen, Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump, Martin Short as Harold Bornstein, Jimmy Fallon as Jared Kushner, Scarlett Johansson as Ivanka Trump, and Stormy Daniels as herself.

849	20	Amy Schumer	Kacey Musgraves	May 12, 2018	4.3/10

Kacey Musgraves performs "High Horse" and "Slow Burn" and appears in the unaired "Spirituality Rap" sketch. The mothers of Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Colin Jost, Kyle Mooney, Luke Null, Chris Redd, Kenan Thompson, and Melissa Villaseñor appear in the cold open.

850	21	Tina Fey	Nicki Minaj	May 19, 2018	4.5/11

Nicki Minaj performs "Chun-Li" and "Poke It Out" with Playboi Carti, and appears in the unaired "Friendship Song" sketch. Alec Baldwin, Robert De Niro, and Ben Stiller appear in the cold open as Donald Trump, Robert Mueller, and Michael Cohen, respectively.

Sentence(s)

The forty-third season of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 30, 2017 with host Ryan Gosling and musical guest Jay-Z, and concluded on May 19, 2018 with host Tina Fey and musical guest Nicki Minaj.
The forty-third season of the series Saturday Night Live premiered on September 30, 2017 during the 2017–2018 television season with host Ryan Gosling and musical guest Jay-Z, and concluded on May 19, 2018 with host Tina Fey and musical guest Nicki Minaj.
The forty-third season of the series Saturday Night Live premiered on September 30, 2017 during the 2017–2018 television season with host Ryan Gosling and musical guest Jay-Z, and concluded on May 19, 2018 with host Tina Fey and musical guest Nicki Minaj.

final_sentence: The forty-third season of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 30, 2017 with host Ryan Gosling and musical guest Jay-Z, and concluded on May 19, 2018 with host Tina Fey and musical guest Nicki Minaj.
final_sentence: The forty-third season of the series Saturday Night Live premiered on September 30, 2017 during the 2017–2018 television season with host Ryan Gosling and musical guest Jay-Z, and concluded on May 19, 2018 with host Tina Fey and musical guest Nicki Minaj.
final_sentence: The forty-third season of the series Saturday Night Live premiered on September 30, 2017 during the 2017–2018 television season with host Ryan Gosling and musical guest Jay-Z, and concluded on May 19, 2018 with host Tina Fey and musical guest Nicki Minaj.