Monday, November 30, 2020
SNL Hosts for December Announced; Jeopardy! Announces Final Week of Alex Trebek Episodes Then Ken Jennings Guest Host Week

TV and movie veteran Jason Bateman will host Saturday Night Live for the second time on Dec. 5 on NBC. The Emmy Award-winning director, producer and star of Ozark currently co-hosts the new podcast SmartLess. Morgan Wallen will perform as musical guest for the first time. His highly anticipated new album "Dangerous: The Double Album" is due out Jan. 8. Timothée Chalamet will make his SNL hosting debut on Dec. 12. The Academy Award-nominated actor next stars in Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch and Denis Villeneuve's Dune. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform as musical guest for the third time. Springsteen made Billboard chart history with his newest release, "Letter To You," as the first artist to have a Top 5 album in each of the last six decades.
Kristen Wiig will make her fourth appearance as host on Dec. 19. Wiig stars in Wonder Woman 1984, in theaters and streaming on HBO Max Dec. 25. Dua Lipa will perform for the second time as SNL musical guest. Last week she received six Grammy Award nominations, including Album of the Year, for her newest release, "Future Nostalgia." Saturday Night Live is produced in association with Broadway Video. The creator and executive producer is Lorne Michaels. Every season of SNL is now streaming on Peacock.
As JEOPARDY! remembers and celebrates the life of Alex Trebek, the show announced today that it will resume production today (Monday, November 30). Though a long-term replacement host will not be named at this time, JEOPARDY! will return to the studio with a series of interim guest hosts from within the JEOPARDY! family, starting with Ken Jennings. Earlier this year, Jennings claimed the title of JEOPARDY!'s Greatest of All Time in an epic ABC primetime event; he also holds the all-time records for most consecutive games won (74) and highest winnings in regular-season play ($2,520,700). Additional guest hosts will be announced in the weeks ahead. Jennings will also be featurned with his other Greatest of All Time contestants in a new ABC primetime series The Chase, beginning Jan. 7 at 9PM.
JEOPARDY! also announced an update to its broadcast schedule: in memory of Alex, the show will air 10 of his best episodes the weeks of December 21 and December 28, 2020. New episodes will continue to air now through December 18. Due to anticipated preemptions around Christmas and New Year's, Alex's last week of episodes will now air the week of January 4, 2021, in order to give his millions of fans a chance to see his final appearances. Alex's final episode will air Friday, January 8. The first week of guest-hosted shows will air the week of January 11, 2021.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Tuesday, May 27
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Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of May 26)
Tuesday, May 27
- Nathan Fielder (The Curse) - Catch Nathan on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- John Krasinski (The Office) - John is a guest on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Reba McEntire (Happy's Place/Malibu Country/Reba) - Reba appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Kate Micucci (Raising Hope/Scrubs), Milana Vayntrub (Other Space) and Karan Soni (Miracle Workers/Blunt Talk) - Kate, Milana and Karan are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Sarah Jessica Parker (And Just Like That.../Divorce/Sex and the City/Square Pegs) - E! News has an interview with Sarah at 11pm on E!.
- Ashley Tisdale (Carol's Second Act/Merry Happy Whatever/Clipped/The Suite Life of Zack & Cody) - Ashley talks about Phineas and Ferb on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am, on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm, and on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
- Lucy Freyer and Owen Thiele (Adults) - Lucy and Owen talk about Adults on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
- Julianne Moore (Sirens) - Julianne stops by for a chat about the new series Sirens on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Tiffany Haddish (The Last O.G./The Carmichael Show) - Tiffany will be on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
- Keegan-Michael Key (Schmigadoon!/Friends from College/Playing House/Gary Unmarried) - Keegan-Michael is a guest on a rrepeat of Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
- Harry Hamlin (Movie Stars) - Harry appears on a repeat of Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
- Method Man (Method & Red) - Method Man is back and heating up the screen in his new dark comedy Bad Shabbos on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
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