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Druski becomes the first online creator to host Saturday Night Live THE RECEIPTS Druski becomes the first online creator to host Saturday Night Live Novemb...

Druski becomes the first online creator to host Saturday Night Live THE RECEIPTS Druski becomes the first online creator to host Saturday Night Live November 8, 2026 The first creator to host The first creator to host — Druski hosted Saturday Night Live on Saturday, November 7, 2026 — In 52 seasons, no online content creator had ever hosted the show The booking The booking Nov. 7 the night it aired, 2026 52 seasons of Saturday Night Live before it happened 1013 the episode number The Strokes the musical guest The man NBC called The man NBC called — Drew Desbordes, who performs as Druski, built his name on sketch characters and parody series — Every previous host had come from acting, music, sport or stand-up comedy The audience he brought with him The audience he brought with him — One sketch, the first episode of "Coulda Been Love", has 24 million views What the television audience looks like What the television audience looks like 4.61M watched the season premiere on September 26 4.42M watched on October 10 5.16M watched on October 31, the best night of the season Not yet the November 7 figure, unpublished when this was made Where the audience actually is Where the audience actually is — Two different measures: six months of unique YouTube reach in the first half of 2025, against one night of Nielsen television viewers — No other YouTube channel reached more Americans; ABC News reached 33.3 million and Netflix 27.8 million The channel, as of today The channel, as of today 17.5M subscribers to the Saturday Night Live channel 462M views in the 28 days to November 8, 2026 21.04B views in the channel's lifetime 38.6M unique people reached, January to June 2025 The building the decision was made in The building the decision was made in — Saturday Night Live has come out of Studio 8H since 1975 — Lorne Michaels has produced the show for almost all of that time 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, the tower that holds Studio 8H Lorne Michaels, who has produced Saturday Night Live for almost all of its run Who turned up for him Who turned up for him — Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock both appeared at the goodnights Dave Chappelle, who appeared at the end of the November 7 episode Chris Rock, who appeared at the end of the November 7 episode The reviews were not a coronation The reviews were not a coronation The AV Club graded the episode C+ Saturday Night Live booked the audience it already has Saturday Night Live booked the audience it already has 38.6 million reached on YouTube, against 5.16 million on its best television night Stay up to date with Dataspheres AI Stay up to date with Dataspheres AI Sign up and get the Dataspheres AI Weekly: the week's key stories and what to watch next. dataspheres.ai/signup Scan to sign up