The final new “SNL” episode of 2025 will air on Dec. 20. “Wicked: For Good” star Ariana Grande will close the season when she hosts the show for the third time. Her return to “SNL” for the 2025 Christmas episode comes just over a year after she stopped by Studio 8H for Season 50.

Josh O’Connor hosted this week’s episode, which satirized an airborne news conference and also featured a pair of very sensitive male strippers.

Yes! You can stream new episodes of SNL live or on demand on Peacock. The Melissa McCarthy episode will be available to watch on demand on Peacock beginning Sunday, December 7. You bet. You can add Peacock to your Prime Video account for an additional $16.99/month (Peacock Premium Plus). Amazon offers a seven-day free trial for new subscribers.

The Wake Up Dead Man star played a sensitive-guy stripper and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in the penultimate show of 2025.

You simply can’t discuss the holidays on SNL without mentioning Adam Sandler ‘s “The Hanukkah Song.” It’s gone down in history as one of the show’s most iconic moments of all time, and we’ve got to give credit where it’s due. But since the episode aired in 1994, the show has brought us even funnier moments that top this one.

“Saturday Night Live” had their own version of Variety‘s Actors on Actors series on the Dec. 13 episode of the sketch show. The “SNL” version was Characters on Characters and invited some of the most iconic holiday characters to interact,

A grandmotherly neighbor tries to repay a boy for his kindness in this holiday tale from McCarthy's December 6 episode.