<P> bold denotes "Weekend Update" anchor </P> <P> Prior to the start of the season, the show added Steven Castillo, Andrew Dismukes, Claire Friedman, Sam Jay, Erik Marino, Nimesh Patel, and Gary Richardson to the writing staff . Also prior to the season, head writers Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider departed the show . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Host (s) </Th> <Th> Musical guest (s) </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> Ratings / Share </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 830 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ryan Gosling </Td> <Td> Jay - Z </Td> <Td> September 30, 2017 (2017 - 09 - 30) </Td> <Td> 4.5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <Ul> <Li> Jay - Z performs "Bam" with Damian Marley and "4: 44 ." </Li> <Li> Alec Baldwin appears as Donald Trump in the cold open . </Li> <Li> Emma Stone appears in the opening monologue . </Li> <Li> Heidi Gardner, Luke Null and Chris Redd's first episode as cast members . </Li> <Li> Kenan Thompson's return for his fifteenth season on the show makes him the longest tenured cast member in the show's history, surpassing the previous record of fourteen seasons, which he had held jointly with Darrell Hammond . </Li> <Li> A photograph of Hugh Hefner, who had died the previous week, is shown in silence before the goodnights . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 831 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gal Gadot </Td> <Td> Sam Smith </Td> <Td> October 7, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 07) </Td> <Td> 4.4 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <Ul> <Li> Sam Smith performs "Too Good at Goodbyes" and "Pray ." </Li> <Li> Jason Aldean appears in the cold open to pay tribute to the 2017 Las Vegas shooting victims as well as Tom Petty by singing "I Won't Back Down ." </Li> <Li> This was the first episode broadcast live in Israel; until this night, it took a week for episodes aired in the US to appear on Israeli TV . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 832 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kumail Nanjiani </Td> <Td> P! nk </Td> <Td> October 14, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 14) </Td> <Td> 4.6 / 11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> <Ul> <Li> P! nk performs "What About Us" and "Beautiful Trauma ." </Li> <Li> Alec Baldwin appears as Donald Trump in the cold open . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 833 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Larry David </Td> <Td> Miley Cyrus </Td> <Td> November 4, 2017 (2017 - 11 - 04) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 834 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Tiffany Haddish </Td> <Td> Taylor Swift </Td> <Td> November 11, 2017 (2017 - 11 - 11) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 835 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Chance the Rapper </Td> <Td> Eminem </Td> <Td> November 18, 2017 (2017 - 11 - 18) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Host (s) </Th> <Th> Musical guest (s) </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> Ratings / Share </Th> </Tr>

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