Who is hosting ‘Saturday Night Live’ tonight? About ‘Christmas Show’

“Saturday Night Live” has celebrated its 50th season this year.

As the year winds down, you might be wondering: Will there be a show tonight on December 21st, or has the cast’s holiday break begun?

Read on to learn all the details behind this week’s show, including who’s hosting, performing and what power be in the store.

Is there a new episode of ‘Saturday Night Live’ tonight?

Yes! A new episode of “SNL” airs Saturday, Dec. 21. As usual, the episode begins at 11:30 PM ET / 8:30 PM PT and airs on NBC.

It will also be available to stream the next day on Peacock. Peacock is owned by TODAY’s parent company, NBCUniversal.

The episode on 21 December will be the last program in 2024 and will be the show’s Christmas episode.

Who is the host?

Martin Short is the host this week.

The veteran actor and comedian is known for countless television and film appearances, including “Innerspace,” “Father of the Bride,” “Only Murders in the Building” and “Three Amigos!” He also appeared in Broadway musicals such as “The Goodbye Girl” and “Little Me,” winning a Tony for the latter.

He has hosted “SNL” four times before, first in 1986, once in 1996, again in 2012 and finally co-hosting with Steve Martin in 2022.

Since this will be Short’s fifth time hosting, a plush “Five-Timers” jacket could be in his future. Celebrities who have hosted the show five or more times induct the new host into their “Five-Timers Club” with a fancy jacket and cigar. Emma Stone joined the club in 2023, for example

Short was also a cast member on “SNL” during the show’s 10th season in 1984-1985.

Prior to his hosting gig, “SNL” posted a tribute to some of his best moments on the show over the years. They also posted a behind-the-scenes photo of Short at the table read this week.

Who is performing?

The musical guest will be Hozier, whose real name is Andrew Hozier-Byrne.

The The Irish singer first appeared on “SNL” in 2014 following the success of his hit “Take Me to Church.” Ten years and a viral hit later, he’s back and likely to perform songs from his “Unreal Unearth” album like “Too Sweet.”

Hozier tweeted his excitement to be the musical guest, and wrote on X: “Wild way to end this year. Can’t wait.”

On the Instagram posts advertise the pairing of Short and Hozier for the final episode of 2024, fans commented with excitement.

“Martin short and hozier are such a wild couple and I’m totally here for it,” wrote one, while another called the duo “an early Christmas present.”

“SNL” too posted a video of Short and Hozier announcing that they would be hosting and performing on the December 21st show. In the clip, longtime cast member Kenan Thompson calls the episode this season’s “Christmas show.”

Fans speculated in the comments that Short’s friend and “Only Murders” co-star Steve Martin could make a cameo to do one of his famous Christmas monologues.

This article was originally published on TODAY.com