'Saturday Night Live' is back for season 48! In the premiere, Miles Teller hosts for the first time with musical guest Kendrick Lamar. Read EW's recap.
Next up: [Armie Hammer](https://ew.com/tv/armie-hammer-house-of-hammer-doc-trailer/) (James Austin Johnson) and [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://ew.com/person/neil-degrasse-tyson/) ( [Kenan Thompson](https://ew.com/tv/kenan-thompson-answers-20-questions-20th-season-saturday-night-live/)). [fill Pete Davidson's shoes](https://ew.com/tv/pete-davidson-leaving-saturday-night-live/). Dennis [Miller] was great, too, and [Norm MacDonald](https://ew.com/awards/emmys/norm-macdonald-nothing-special-posthumous-emmy-nominations/)..." [Here's the original](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiEeIxZJ9x0). [Shaun White](https://ew.com/person/shaun-white/) appears in "gratuitous stunt casting." [Sydney Sweeney](https://ew.com/the-awardist-podcast/sydney-sweeney-thought-she-was-being-killed-off-euphoria/) caused an uproar a few weeks ago when she [posted photos that went viral at a family event](https://twitter.com/sydney_sweeney/status/1563660155425673217). (I understand no [Tom Cruise](https://ew.com/movies/tom-cruise-airplane-stunt-mission-impossible-7-set-psa/) get, but [Glen Powell](https://ew.com/movies/top-gun-maverick-glen-powell-tom-cruise/) was the buzziest It Guy, no?) And the musical guest is [Kendrick Lamar](https://ew.com/music/kendrick-lamar-shapeshift-video-will-smith-kanye-west-more/) — this is his [third stint and fifth overall appearance](https://ew.com/tv/snl-hosts-musical-guests-season-48/) on the show. [Bowen Yang](https://ew.com/awards/emmys/bowen-yang-mom-2022-emmys-date/) attempting to launch a new catchphrase, to [Heidi Gardner](https://ew.com/person/heidi-gardner/) needlessly, and shoddily, portraying South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem. [Saturday Night Live](https://ew.com/creative-work/saturday-night-live/). [Miles Teller](https://ew.com/movies/miles-teller-jet-fuel-blood-filming-top-gun-maverick/) who — at best — was probably the third or fourth most interesting person in this summer's [Top Gun: Maverick](https://ew.com/movies/movie-reviews/top-gun-maverick-tom-cruise/). [Goodbye and farewell](https://ew.com/tv/saturday-night-live-cast-members-leaving-season-47/) Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kyle Mooney, Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, Aristotle Athari [and Chris Redd (!!!)](https://ew.com/tv/chris-redd-leaving-snl/). Hello [Marcello Hernández, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker](https://ew.com/tv/saturday-night-live-season-48-adds-4-new-cast-members/).
Miles Teller and Kendrick Lamar don't stick around for the end of Bowen Yang's summer recitation in SNL promo.
[SNL](https://deadline.com/tag/snl/), with longtime cast members leaving and new faces coming on board. Yang began blurting a laundry list of activities, draining the oxygen from the room. Tonight, the show begins its 48th season, hosted by Top Gun star [Miles Teller](https://deadline.com/tag/miles-teller/), with [Kendrick Lamar ](http://billboard.com/music/kendrick-lamar)as the musical guest.
Miles Teller makes his 'Saturday Night Live' host debut during SNL's season 48 premiere, as the 'Top Gun: Maverick' star will be joined by a cast that no ...
[headlines in recent months](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/snl-cast-overhaul-numbers-1235230880/) due to the long list of castmembers who will not return for the new season, including Kate McKinnon, Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant and Chris Redd. [Top Gun: Maverick](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/top-gun-maverick/) star makes his debut as host of the long-running [NBC](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/nbc/) comedy series on Saturday’s episode, which also features musical guest Kendrick Lamar. Additionally, Teller and Chris Hemsworth starred in the Netflix film Spiderhead that was released in June, which was the same month that Teller’s The Godfather-focused limited series The Offer ended its run on Paramount+. SNL’s season premiere is hotly anticipated for a variety of reasons. Calling this a banner year for Teller’s career is no overstatement. I’m happy to be back.” “Really great,” Teller responds. Four new featured players are [set to debut](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/snl-season-48-new-castmembers-1235221495/) in season 48. In video clips shared ahead of the premiere, [SNL](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/snl/) castmember and Bros actor [Bowen Yang](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/bowen-yang/) asks Teller to assess his summer. [Subscribe Sign Up](https://cloud.email.hollywoodreporter.com/signup/) [Share this article on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/snl-season-premiere-miles-teller-host-promos-1235231329/&title=Miles%20Teller%20Boasts%20About%20“Really%20Great”%20Summer%20in%20Promos%20for%20‘SNL’%20Premiere&sdk=joey&display=popup&ref=plugin&src=share_button&app_id=352999048212581) [Share this article on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/snl-season-premiere-miles-teller-host-promos-1235231329/&text=Miles%20Teller%20Boasts%20About%20%E2%80%9CReally%20Great%E2%80%9D%20Summer%20in%20Promos%20for%20%E2%80%98SNL%E2%80%99%20Premiere&via=thr) [Share this article on Email](mailto:?subject=thr%20:%20Miles%20Teller%20Boasts%20About%20“Really%20Great”%20Summer%20in%20Promos%20for%20‘SNL’%20Premiere&body=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/snl-season-premiere-miles-teller-host-promos-1235231329/%20-%20Miles%20Teller%20Boasts%20About%20“Really%20Great”%20Summer%20in%20Promos%20for%20‘SNL’%20Premiere) [Show additional share options](#) [Share this article on Print]() [Share this article on Comment](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/snl-season-premiere-miles-teller-host-promos-1235231329/#respond) [Share this article on Whatsapp](whatsapp://send?text=Miles%20Teller%20Boasts%20About%20“Really%20Great”%20Summer%20in%20Promos%20for%20‘SNL’%20Premiere%20-%20https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/snl-season-premiere-miles-teller-host-promos-1235231329/) [Share this article on Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=1&url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/snl-season-premiere-miles-teller-host-promos-1235231329/&title=Miles%20Teller%20Boasts%20About%20“Really%20Great”%20Summer%20in%20Promos%20for%20‘SNL’%20Premiere&summary&source=thr) [Share this article on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/snl-season-premiere-miles-teller-host-promos-1235231329/&title=Miles%20Teller%20Boasts%20About%20“Really%20Great”%20Summer%20in%20Promos%20for%20‘SNL’%20Premiere) [Share this article on Pinit](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/snl-season-premiere-miles-teller-host-promos-1235231329/&description=Miles%20Teller%20Boasts%20About%20“Really%20Great”%20Summer%20in%20Promos%20for%20‘SNL’%20Premiere) [Share this article on Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool/preview?shareSource=legacy&canonicalUrl&url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/snl-season-premiere-miles-teller-host-promos-1235231329/&posttype=link&title=Miles%20Teller%20Boasts%20About%20“Really%20Great”%20Summer%20in%20Promos%20for%20‘SNL’%20Premiere) [Miles Teller](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/miles-teller/) is reflecting on his high-flying summer in the promos for [Saturday Night Live](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/saturday-night-live/)’s upcoming season 48 premiere. In other spots promoting the episode, Yang teases Teller about his name sounding like a colloquial description of an odometer, and then the pair bond over their shared enthusiasm to rewatch Gilmore Girls this fall.
Miles Teller made his childhood dreams come true as the host of 'Saturday Night Live' revealing he used to recreate the Spartans Cheerleaders sketch as a ...
“My sisters and I would reenact some of the sketches and my mom would videotape them.” He was joined by his Top Gun: Maverick co-star Jon Hamm and snowboarder Shaun White. Growing up, me and my family would watch SNL every week,” he said during the monologue.
The 'Top Gun' star joked that while Tom Cruise performed his own stunts, he grew his own mustache.
[Spiderhead](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/spiderhead-review-netflix-1368706/), a psychological thriller that came out on Netflix less than a month after Top Gun hit theaters. I mean, it’s not every day you get a movie that’s loved both by the military community and the gay community,” Teller joked. “So I asked my friends what celebrity I look like, and I was thinking a young DeNiro, maybe a Paul Newman.
"Saturday Night Live!" opened up the show with a self-aware sketch, roasting the recent cast shakeups and departures.
On Saturday, Teller took his first flight with the sketch show Saturday. [See who's joined (and left) the cast.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2022/09/28/snl-cast-season-48/8119281001/) big summer movie, or Tom Cruise or Jon Hamm, they had to get the co-star." But in an attempt to revive the appeal, the brothers summon the actual Jon Hamm to weigh in on the progress. [for alleged cheating, Instagram DM scandals](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2022/10/02/snl-adam-levine-armie-hammer-miles-teller-season-premiere/8137469001/) [ recent cast exits](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2022/09/28/snl-cast-season-48/8119281001/).
Teller brought in a fellow "Top Gun: Maverick" actor to weigh in on a "Saturday Night Live" sketch during the show's cold open.
[Shaun White](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/shaun-white), who played the special master assigned [to review documents the FBI seized in a search of Trump’s estate](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-raymond-dearie-planted-documents-cannon-delay_n_633630d9e4b0281645285faf). [Jon Hamm](https://www.huffpost.com/entertainment/topic/jon-hamm) to weigh in on the show’s cast. [SNL](https://www.huffpost.com/entertainment/topic/snl)” for its premiere on Saturday as he – along with cast member Andrew Dismukes – played as the Manning brothers to mock the show and its new set of comedians [following a summer of departures](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-redd-leaves-saturday-night-live_n_6329b70ae4b07198f012a68a). [Miles Teller](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/miles-teller) pulled off a spot-on [Peyton Manning](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/peyton-manning) impression to break down “ [Saturday Night Live](https://www.huffpost.com/entertainment/topic/snl)” cast members’ performances during the show’s cold open this weekend. [Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/donald-trump)’s stay at his Mar-a-Lago estate during a hurricane. Teller later looped in three-time “SNL” host and fellow “Top Gun” actor
Season 48 of Saturday Night Live kicks off after cast members Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, and Kyle Mooney all made their final SNL ...
Morale & the Big Steppers,” which was released in May. The rapper’s last appearance was in 2018. to where Dismukes replies as Eli, saying that was more of a “Kate McKinnon thing.” That’s like putting a whole team of Eli’s on the field and you’ve got Peyton sitting on the sidelines.” “They haven’t even used Kenan yet. “Oh, good.
SNL returned for its 48th season after the mass exodus of eight former cast members, the addition of four new players, and a host from this summer's biggest ...
- Another problem with the show is how it deals with the immediacy of social media. A lot of the jokes it made have already played out on Twitter, Instagram, or TikTok. “Rooftop Bar,” the second segment of the night that focused on men’s inability to respectively or coherently communicate with women, was somehow more of a failure than the first. Even in bad ones like “Charmin Bears” and “Send Something Normal,” he manages to find some level of humor. Best sketch of the night It was pointless, almost exclusively relying on fecal humor and played-out family dynamics, and the climax appeared to just be Teller and Bowen Yang dancing in bear costumes.
Saturday Night Live is back tonight and it's kicking off its 48th season with Top Gun: Maverick star Miles Teller as host and Grammy-winner Kendrick Lamar ...
[Series creator Lorne Michaels previously teased big plans for the season](https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/saturday-night-live-teases-season-50-plans/), which will kick off in 2024 and conclude in 2025. "The 50th will be a big event," Michaels teased to [The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/lorne-michaels-snl-cast-departures-50th-anniversary-1235227114/). Melissa Villaseñor and Alex Moffat, who both joined the show in 2016, [have left the series](https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/saturday-night-live-melissa-villasenor-breaks-silence-on-exit/). It was also recently revealed that Chris Redd [departed from the show just ahead of the new season.](https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/snl-chris-redd-leaves-show-season-48/) [the sketch series said goodbye](https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/kenan-thompson-saturday-night-live-ending-season-50/) to longtime cast members Kate McKinnon, Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney. In a new promo for tonight's episode, Teller and Lamar are joined by SNL cast member, Bowen Yang, and they're all ready for the fall season.
Miles Teller of "Top Gun" fame hosted the season 48 opener of "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, playing Peyton Manning criticizing the first sketch in the ...
He added, "How crazy is that? This is pretty standards for hosts to say, but in Teller’s case he brought receipts. Or is it desperate?" "That might be the only time we see him tonight." "I gotta mention, where’s the balance politically?" "Special?
Miles Teller's Peyton Manning impression is scary good. Teller appeared as Manning when he hosted "Saturday Night Live."
“Saturday Night Live” and a lot of other entertainment options have turned to junk and suffered serious brain rot thanks to politics. The writers also acknowledged that people have grown tired with the political nonsense and preaching. Miles Teller nailed every single part of that impression.
In his Saturday Night Live monologue, Miles Teller lived out a literal childhood dream, and he brought the home video to prove it.
What was so wonderful about his monologue though is that it was made clear that Teller loves Saturday Night Live. Something that Teller said in his monologue because he did say that it is not every day that you make a movie that pleases both the military community as well as the gay community (because yes, Top Gun: Maverick does also include a homoerotic scene on the beach. His monologue talked a lot about Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel to the 1986 film Top Gun that brought back Tom Cruise as Maverick, a fighter pilot with a need for speed.
The comedy show returns with a large portion of its cast gone and a patchy series of skits poking fun at Nicole Kidman, BeReal and Herschel Walker.
The final sketch of the night, Caribbean Queens, is a resort and spa talk show hosted by two fun-loving, hard drinking and Billy Ocean-obsessed gals (Ego Nwodim and Heidi Gardner). His family is overcome with pride and joy, only to be crushed when Toby reveals that he doesn’t want to earn a BFA (Bachelor of Flushing Arts), but that he wants to dance instead. At the swanky Cloud Bar, Teller and Day star as day traders looking to pick up “two fineys”. A commercial for Charmin sees the family of blue, bathroom-obsessed bears take a break from celebrating their beloved toiletries when son Toby gets a letter of acceptance from Toilet Paper College and (or TCP). They utterly eviscerate a run-of-the-mill Trump/Mar-a-Lago sketch (“Never seen that before,” Peyton scoffs), running it down for its smugness, clumsiness, “desperate reach for relevancy”, and “gratuitous stunt casting” (Sean White shows up, as does Jon Hamm to jaw with Teller over who the bigger celebrity is between them). It is probably too much to hope this is any kind of mission statement moving forward, but hey, the first step to recovery is admitting you’ve got a problem.
SNL parodies ESPN's ManningCast to introduce new cast members, and Teller is shockingly a perfect Peyton Manning!
I’d say the only way to differentiate the two would be to have them throw a football, but did you see Maverick? [ESPN’s ManningCast](https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/09/tracy-morgan-manningcast-monday-night-football-hilarious). Miles Teller, who was Rooster in 2022’s billion dollar smash Top Gun: Maverick, opened the season with Kendrick Lamar as the musical guest.