“Saturday Night time Reside” host Jean Sensible kicked of this yr’s fiftieth season of the storied sketch present with a monologue highlighting its residence metropolis, the Massive Apple.
Taking the stage in a shiny pink pantsuit, the “Hacks” star mentioned, “I can’t let you know how honored I’m to be internet hosting the premiere episode of Season 50. It actually is unimaginable to be right here.” She added with a smile, “I haven’t gotten all dressed up and had a whole bunch of individuals clap for me in days,” referencing her latest Emmy win for lead actress in a comedy sequence.
Sensible mirrored on watching the very first episode of “SNL” and considering to herself how she’d host the present sometime. “And this was the primary Saturday that labored for my schedule,” she mentioned with a smirk. Recalling her New York Metropolis beginnings as a younger actor in her 20s, Sensible quipped, “I all the time consider New York as my residence, although I’ve a a lot nicer residence in L.A.”
She broke into music, highlighting the stenches, sights and sounds of New York, and the altering seasons, too. “I really like autumn in New York… the colour of trash luggage altering.” She additionally famous seeing Mayor Eric Adams within the information. “I didn’t learn it, I’m positive it was one thing good.” (The mayor lately pleaded not responsible to federal corruption fees.)
Sensible serenaded the audiences inside Studio 8H, singing, “I Occur to Like New York,” wherein she took loving jabs on the metropolis and mirrored on her reputation amongst lesbians. “Lesbians are obsessive about me,” mused the Emmy winner, whose “Hacks” character Deborah Vance performs, in a single episode of the Max comedy, on a cruise for homosexual girls.
Not even two weeks in the past, Sensible received the Emmy for lead actress in a comedy for her efficiency in Season 3 of “Hacks.” It was Sensible’s third time taking residence the gold for taking part in the fictional Vegas-based comedian, and her sixth Emmy general.
“It’s very humbling, it truly is. And I admire this as a result of I simply don’t get sufficient consideration. I’m critical,” Sensible joked as she accepted the trophy.
Earlier than Sensible’s monologue, “Saturday Night time Reside” kicked off its fiftieth season with a chilly open that includes the return of Maya Rudolph as Vice President Kamala Harris. The present additionally revealed Jim Gaffigan as her operating mate, Tim Walz, and Andy Samberg as her husband, Doug Emhoff.
“SNL” will have a good time its huge anniversary with a stay primetime particular on Feb. 16. The sequence airs on NBC at 11:30 p.m. ET and streams on Peacock.