Season 42 Details Casts Episode Lists of Season 42 Title Season 42 Genres Comedy News Air Date 2016-10-01 Episode Runtime 00 Hours 32 Minutes Season Number 42 Episode Count On Season 42 21 Production Companies Broadway Video, NBC Studios, Universal Television, NBC Universal Television, SNL Studios Michael Che Self - Various Characters Mikey Day Self - Various Characters Beck Bennett Self - Various Characters Vanessa Bayer Self - Various Characters Aidy Bryant Self - Various Characters Colin Jost Self - Various Characters Kenan Thompson Self - Various Characters Pete Davidson Self - Various Characters Leslie Jones Self - Various Characters Kate McKinnon Self - Various Characters Alex Moffat Self - Various Characters Bobby Moynihan Self - Various Characters Kyle Mooney Self - Various Characters Cecily Strong Self - Various Characters Sasheer Zamata Self - Various Characters Melissa Villaseñor Self - Various Characters Episode 1 2016-10-01 Margot Robbie with The We... Episode 2 2016-10-08 Lin-Manuel Miranda with T... Episode 3 2016-10-15 Emily Blunt with Bruno Ma... Episode 4 2016-10-22 Tom Hanks with Lady Gaga... Episode 5 2016-11-05 Benedict Cumberbatch with... Episode 6 2016-11-12 Dave Chappelle with A Tri... Episode 7 2016-11-19 Kristen Wiig with The xx... Episode 8 2016-12-03 Emma Stone with Shawn Men... Episode 9 2016-12-10 John Cena with Maren Morr... Episode 10 2016-12-17 Casey Affleck with Chance... Episode 11 2017-01-14 Felicity Jones with Sturg... Episode 12 2017-01-21 Aziz Ansari with Big Sean... Episode 13 2017-02-04 Kristen Stewart with Ales... Episode 14 2017-02-11 Alec Baldwin with Ed Shee... Episode 15 2017-03-04 Octavia Spencer with Fath... Episode 16 2017-03-11 Scarlett Johansson with L... Episode 17 2017-04-08 Louis C.K. with The Chain... Episode 18 2017-04-15 Jimmy Fallon with Harry S... Episode 19 2017-05-06 Chris Pine with LCD Sound... Episode 20 2017-05-13 Melissa McCarthy with Hai... Episode 21 2017-05-20 Dwayne Johnson with Katy ...
