List of Saturday Night Live guests - wikipedia List of Saturday Night Live guests George Carlin, the first person to host Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live ( abbreviated as SNL ) is a late - night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. It premiered on NBC, a terrestrial television network, on October 11, 1975 under the title NBC 's Saturday Night. The show often satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics. Saturday Night Live features a two - tiered cast : the repertory members, also known as the `` Not Ready for Prime - Time Players '', and newer cast members, known as `` Featured Players. '' A typical episode of SNL will feature a single host, who delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast. While the format also features a musical guest, and a number of episodes have featured celebrity cameos, the focus of this article is the guest host. George Carlin was first to host the show ; Candice Bergen was the first woman to host the show a few weeks later and again hosted only six weeks after that. Guests that host five times ( or more ) are members of the Five - Timers Club ( see below ) -- a term that originated on December 8, 1990, when Tom Hanks became the seventh person to host their fifth episode. Every so often, a host will also be the musical guest, such as first seen with Paul Simon on October 18, 1975, and, most recently, Drake on May 14, 2016. Contents 1 List of Saturday Night Live hosts 2 Five - Timers Club 3 See also 4 References List of Saturday Night Live hosts Main articles : Guests ( A -- D ), ( E -- H ), ( I -- L ), ( M -- P ), ( Q -- T ), and ( U -- Z ) Saturday Night Live has featured a wide array of hosts and musical guests. George Carlin served as the show 's first host in October 1975 ; three episodes later, Candice Bergen became the first female host and the first to host more than once. Actor Alec Baldwin holds the record for most times hosting, having performed the duty on seventeen different occasions since 1990 ; Baldwin took the record from actor Steve Martin who has hosted fifteen times since 1976. Several former cast members have returned to take on hosting duties. Original cast member Chevy Chase has hosted the most times, eight in total. Bill Murray and Tina Fey follow behind, having hosted five times. On December 11, 1982, Eddie Murphy became the only person to host while still a member of the cast, filling the role at the last minute when the scheduled host ( his 48 Hours co-star Nick Nolte ) became ill. Musical guests can be solo acts or bands, who perform two to three musical numbers. Occasionally, the musical guest has also simultaneously served as the host. Paul Simon was the first example, hosting and performing on the second episode on October 18, 1975. As of May 19, 2012, Dave Grohl is the most frequent musical guest, performing on eleven shows since 1992. In 1982, at age 7, Drew Barrymore became the youngest person to host the show. Actress Betty White is the oldest person to host, having done so at 88 years of age on May 8, 2010. Concerned about White 's age and possible fatigue, her episode had Tina Fey, Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch and Amy Poehler on standby to replace her ; White went on to appear in every sketch. In 2000, singer Britney Spears became the youngest person to both host and simultaneously serve as the show 's musical guest, at 18 years and 161 days old. In addition to making cameo appearances, political figures have also hosted the show. Al Gore hosted in 2002, the only former Vice President to do so. Presidential candidates, either former, current, or future, have served as hosts : Ralph Nader in 1977, George McGovern in 1984, Steve Forbes in 1996, Rudy Giuliani in 1997, John McCain in 2002, Al Sharpton in 2003, and Donald Trump in 2004 ( promoting the reality TV hit The Apprentice ) and again in 2015 as a presidential hopeful. Five - Timers Club The Five - Timers Club is the group of performers who have hosted SNL at least five times. The club was first mentioned on the show on December 8, 1990 by Tom Hanks who, in his monologue, touched upon the fact that it was his fifth appearance as host : Believe it or not, this is the fifth Saturday Night Live I have been lucky enough to host. Now, the first time you do the show, you ca n't believe you 're here. You just ca n't believe it. Your head buzzes with excitement. The second time you do the show, it means you were funny enough to be asked back - and you 're pushing a movie. The third time you do the show, the second time did n't go so well, and you have something to prove to yourself. The fourth time you do the show, you 're just blatantly pushing a movie. But the fifth time you do the show is the most special time of all, because you get this ( holds up a card )... a membership card in the Five - Timers Club. Come with me... ( walks off the stage ) I 'm gon na give you a chance to look in on one of the most exclusive clubs in the world. Actor Alec Baldwin has hosted the show more than anyone else, 17 times between 1990 and 2017, in addition to numerous guest appearances. After Hanks gave his monologue, the show segued to a sketch featuring Hanks, Steve Martin, Elliott Gould, and Paul Simon in the richly - appointed club. Martin and Gould were both five - time hosts ; Simon had only hosted four episodes, but was accepted as a member due to his numerous appearances as a musical guest. The Five - Timers Club was mentioned to have a swimming pool with perfect 80 degree waters. The food that is served there is named after SNL performers. Then - Saturday Night Live writer Conan O'Brien portrayed Sean, the doorman of the club. Jon Lovitz appears as a club waiter. Ralph Nader appears as a former SNL host trying to get into the Five - Timers Club only for Lovitz to tell him and his group to leave. The second time the Five - Timers Club was mentioned was when Danny DeVito was inducted in 1993. It was actually his sixth time hosting, but apparently they did not count the show he co-hosted with his wife Rhea Perlman. The Club was mentioned again after the mark was reached by hosts Alec Baldwin ( 1994 ), John Goodman ( 1994 ), Christopher Walken ( 2001 ), Drew Barrymore ( 2007 ), Justin Timberlake ( 2013 ), Ben Affleck ( 2013 ), Scarlett Johansson ( 2017 ) Melissa McCarthy ( 2017 ), and Dwayne Johnson ( 2017 ) ; Steve Martin appeared at the end of McCarthy 's fifth episode to present her with a jacket, while Alec Baldwin did the same for Dwayne Johnson in the monologue of the season finale. McCarthy had previously mentioned the club on her fourth appearance, when she claimed to be eligible because she had also been in the 40th anniversary special. Justin Timberlake 's monologue from March 9, 2013 featured the reappearance of the richly - appointed club. The sketch features Paul Simon, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Alec Baldwin, Tom Hanks, and Candice Bergen. There were portraits of John Goodman and Drew Barrymore in the Five - Timers Club 's Hall of Portraits. The staff at the Five - Timers Club are former cast members, with Dan Aykroyd ( 1975 -- 79 ) and Martin Short ( 1984 -- 85 ) appearing as the club 's bartender and waiter, respectively. Future cast member Mike O'Brien makes an appearance as the doorman who greets Justin. The entertainment at the Five - Timers Club involves making the current SNL performers fight each other to the death, with Bobby Moynihan shown fighting Taran Killam. Steve Martin was the fastest to join the Five - Timers club, hosting five times in only 546 days. Buck Henry is the only other member to join in less than four years, hosting five times in 671 days, although, in keeping with his persona on the show of being an undesirable or boring host, is said not to have been told about the club itself. The following people are members of the Five - Timers Club. Name Total appearances as host First appearance Fifth appearance Time to reach club Most recent appearance Affleck, Ben Ben Affleck 05 ! 5 000000002000 - 02 - 19 - 0000 February 19, 2000 000000002013 - 05 - 18 - 0000 May 18, 2013 7003483700000000000 ♠ 13 years, 88 days 000000002013 - 05 - 18 - 0000 May 18, 2013 Baldwin, Alec Alec Baldwin 17 000000001990 - 04 - 21 - 0000 April 21, 1990 000000001994 - 12 - 10 - 0000 December 10, 1994 7003169400000000000 ♠ 4 years, 233 days 000000002017 - 02 - 11 - 0000 February 11, 2017 Barrymore, Drew Drew Barrymore 06 ! 6 000000001982 - 11 - 20 - 0000 November 20, 1982 000000002007 - 02 - 03 - 0000 February 3, 2007 7003884100000000000 ♠ 24 years, 75 days 000000002009 - 10 - 10 - 0000 October 10, 2009 Bergen, Candice Candice Bergen 05 ! 5 000000001975 - 11 - 08 - 0000 November 8, 1975 000000001990 - 05 - 19 - 0000 May 19, 1990 7003530600000000000 ♠ 14 years, 192 days 000000001990 - 05 - 19 - 0000 May 19, 1990 Chase, Chevy Chevy Chase 08 ! 8 000000001978 - 02 - 18 - 0000 February 18, 1978 000000001986 - 12 - 06 - 0000 December 6, 1986 7003321300000000000 ♠ 8 years, 291 days 000000001997 - 02 - 15 - 0000 February 15, 1997 DeVito, Danny Danny DeVito 06 ! 6 000000001982 - 05 - 15 - 0000 May 15, 1982 000000001993 - 01 - 09 - 0000 January 9, 1993 7003389200000000000 ♠ 10 years, 239 days 000000001999 - 12 - 11 - 0000 December 11, 1999 Fey, Tina Tina Fey 05 ! 5 000000002008 - 02 - 23 - 0000 February 23, 2008 000000002015 - 12 - 19 - 0000 December 19, 2015 7003285600000000000 ♠ 7 years, 299 days 000000002015 - 12 - 19 - 0000 December 19, 2015 Goodman, John John Goodman 13 000000001989 - 12 - 02 - 0000 December 2, 1989 000000001994 - 05 - 07 - 0000 May 7, 1994 7003161700000000000 ♠ 4 years, 156 days 000000002013 - 12 - 14 - 0000 December 14, 2013 Gould, Elliott Elliott Gould 06 ! 6 000000001976 - 01 - 10 - 0000 January 10, 1976 000000001980 - 02 - 16 - 0000 February 16, 1980 7003149800000000000 ♠ 4 years, 37 days 000000001980 - 11 - 15 - 0000 November 15, 1980 Hanks, Tom Tom Hanks 09 ! 9 000000001985 - 12 - 14 - 0000 December 14, 1985 000000001990 - 12 - 08 - 0000 December 8, 1990 7003182000000000000 ♠ 4 years, 359 days 000000002016 - 10 - 22 - 0000 October 22, 2016 Henry, Buck Buck Henry 10 000000001976 - 01 - 17 - 0000 January 17, 1976 000000001977 - 11 - 19 - 0000 November 19, 1977 7002672000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 306 days 000000001980 - 05 - 24 - 0000 May 24, 1980 Johansson, Scarlett Scarlett Johansson 05 ! 5 000000002006 - 01 - 14 - 0000 January 14, 2006 000000002017 - 03 - 11 - 0000 March 11, 2017 7003407400000000000 ♠ 11 years, 56 days 000000002017 - 03 - 11 - 0000 March 11, 2017 Johnson, Dwayne Dwayne Johnson 05 ! 5 000000002000 - 03 - 18 - 0000 March 18, 2000 000000002017 - 05 - 20 - 0000 May 20, 2017 7003627200000000000 ♠ 17 years, 63 days 000000002017 - 05 - 20 - 0000 May 20, 2017 Martin, Steve Steve Martin 15 000000001976 - 10 - 23 - 0000 October 23, 1976 000000001978 - 04 - 22 - 0000 April 22, 1978 7002546000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 181 days 000000002009 - 01 - 31 - 0000 January 31, 2009 McCarthy, Melissa Melissa McCarthy 05 ! 5 000000002011 - 10 - 01 - 0000 October 1, 2011 000000002017 - 05 - 13 - 0000 May 13, 2017 7003205100000000000 ♠ 5 years, 224 days 000000002017 - 05 - 13 - 0000 May 13, 2017 Murray, Bill Bill Murray 05 ! 5 000000001981 - 03 - 07 - 0000 March 7, 1981 000000001999 - 02 - 20 - 0000 February 20, 1999 7003655900000000000 ♠ 17 years, 350 days 000000001999 - 02 - 20 - 0000 February 20, 1999 Simon, Paul Paul Simon 04 ! 4 000000001975 - 10 - 18 - 0000 October 18, 1975 000000001986 - 05 - 10 - 0000 May 10, 1986 7003385700000000000 ♠ 10 years, 204 days 000000002011 - 05 - 14 - 0000 May 14, 2011 Timberlake, Justin Justin Timberlake 05 ! 5 000000002003 - 10 - 11 - 0000 October 11, 2003 000000002013 - 03 - 09 - 0000 March 9, 2013 7003343700000000000 ♠ 9 years, 149 days 000000002013 - 12 - 21 - 0000 December 21, 2013 Walken, Christopher Christopher Walken 07 ! 7 000000001990 - 01 - 20 - 0000 January 20, 1990 000000002001 - 05 - 19 - 0000 May 19, 2001 7003413700000000000 ♠ 11 years, 119 days 000000002008 - 04 - 05 - 0000 April 5, 2008 Simon has only guest - hosted four times but has been included in both Five - Timers Club sketches. The show credits him as co-host of the 100th episode even though a host is not officially credited in the opening sequence. His fifth appearance on the show was as a musical guest appearance. Out of his four appearances as host, Simon acted as both host and musical guest during one episode. Out of his five appearances as host, Timberlake acted as both host and musical guest during three episodes. During his most recent appearance on December 21, 2013, he was the musical guest while Jimmy Fallon hosted. Buck Henry was the first person to host five times, with his fifth appearance on November 19, 1977. The most recent to host five times are Scarlett Johansson ( as of March 11, 2017 ), Melissa McCarthy ( as of May 13, 2017 ), and Dwayne Johnson ( as of May 20, 2017 ). This is the most people to join in a single year. As of February 11, 2017, Alec Baldwin held the record for hosting SNL the most frequently, with 17 episodes, beating out Steve Martin, with 15 episodes. In 2006, both made a cameo appearance when the other hosted, with Martin, up by one at the time, attempting to kill Baldwin before he could tie his record. When Baldwin hosted for the 15th time in 2010, Martin appeared on a television congratulating him during the monologue, but Baldwin turns and pushes him off the stage. On September 24, 2011, Baldwin finally broke Martin 's record for most host appearances with his appearance on the 37th - season premiere ; Martin appeared during the monologue to administer a drug test ( a satirical reference to long - running scandal regarding steroid use in Major League Baseball ), wanting to make sure that the person who broke his record had done so fairly. Chevy Chase was the first SNL cast member to come back and host the show, and the first to join the Five - Timers Club. Cast members Bill Murray and Tina Fey later joined the Club. The Five - Timers Club has been referenced in other media since its creation in 1990. The entertainment channel E ! placed it # 22 on its list of SNL top moments. The club was also referenced by Fox Sports as the basis behind the creation of the `` Favre Backup Club '' which seeks to be the `` NFL 's equivalent '' to the Five - Timers Club. See also List of Saturday Night Live cast members List of Saturday Night Live writers List of Saturday Night Live episodes References Jump up ^ Sklar, Rachel ( February 7, 2008 ). `` George Carlin 's SNL Monologue ''. The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on January 14, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2012. Jump up ^ Shales & Miller 2002, p. 44. Jump up ^ Shales & Miller 2002, p. 48. Jump up ^ Semigran, Aly ( September 25, 2011 ). `` ' Saturday Night Live ' recap : The return of the king ( a.k.a. Alec Baldwin ) ''. Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2012. 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Question: who has hosted the most saturday night live shows
Answer: Alec Baldwin