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SNL Announces Season 52 Hosts: Navarrette, Druski, Mulaney

The sketch comedy show revealed upcoming hosts for its Halloween episode and early November installments.

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What this story says

  • Inde Navarrette is set to host Saturday Night Live's Halloween night episode.
  • Comedian and influencer Druski will host an episode on November 7, becoming the first digital content creator to host the show.
  • John Mulaney will return to host for his seventh time on November 14.
  • The musical guests for these episodes will be Gracie Abrams (with Navarrette), The Strokes (with Druski), and Phoebe Bridgers (with Mulaney).

Who covered it

Left 54%(13)Centre 42%(10)Right 4%(1)

Percentages are shares of the 24 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 19 of the 43 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

30/100

Craft

50/100

Hype

20/100

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Thin on the right so far

Only 1 of the 24 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Saturday Night Live has announced its upcoming hosts for season 52. Inde Navarrette, star of "Obsession," will host the Halloween night episode, with Gracie Abrams as the musical guest. This marks Navarrette's SNL debut and the first time the show has aired live on Halloween in six years.

The following week, comedian and influencer Druski is scheduled to host on November 7. He will be the first digital content creator to host the program. The musical guest for Druski's episode will be the band The Strokes, who are touring in support of their album "Reality Awaits."

On November 14, John Mulaney will return to host SNL for his seventh time. Mulaney, a former writer for the show, will join the ranks of its most frequent hosts. Phoebe Bridgers will serve as the musical guest for Mulaney's episode, promoting her album "Lost Weekend."

Disagreements in reporting

Variety reported that The Strokes are making their fifth appearance as musical guest, while WBAL stated it is their fourth. Variety also noted that Phoebe Bridgers is making her third appearance as musical guest, whereas WBAL stated it is her second.

What the coverage left out

None of the left-rated digests mention that the Halloween episode will be the first time SNL has aired live on Halloween night in six years, a detail included in the full reports from WBAL and Variety. None of the right-rated digests mention Druski's status as the first digital content creator to host the show, nor do they mention John Mulaney's previous writing tenure for SNL or his upcoming film and comedy tour.

Tags:#SaturdayNightLive#SNL#IndeNavarrette#Druski#JohnMulaney#PhoebeBridgers#TheStrokes

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How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

13 rated outlets

  • Left-rated reports led with the announcement of the hosts for the upcoming Saturday Night Live episodes. Multiple reports highlighted John Mulaney's return to host for the seventh time, with Variety and The Wrap specifically mentioning this detail in their headlines. Variety also noted Druski's status as the first digital content creator to host the show. Several left-rated outlets, including Variety and Billboard, mentioned the musical guests for each host, specifying Phoebe Bridgers for Mulaney and The Strokes for Druski. NBC Miami and NBC Boston focused on Druski and Mulaney hosting November episodes, with NBC Miami noting Druski's debut and Mulaney's seventh hosting gig.

Centre

10 rated outlets

  • Centre-rated reports focused on the announcement of the hosts for Saturday Night Live's season 52. Many outlets, including WBAL, Delta Daily News, and MyClallamCounty.com, used headlines that listed all three announced hosts: Inde Navarrette, Druski, and John Mulaney. WBAL provided details about each host's episode, including the musical guests and specific dates. Several centre-rated reports also mentioned that the Halloween episode would be Navarrette's SNL debut and the first live Halloween broadcast in six years.

Right

1 rated outlet

  • The single right-rated report below, from regionalmedianews.com, used a headline that listed all three announced hosts: Inde Navarrette, Druski, and John Mulaney. The digest stated that Inde Navarrette would host the Halloween night episode with Gracie Abrams as musical guest, and that it would be Navarrette's SNL debut.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover SNL Announces Season 52 Hosts: Navarrette, Druski, Mulaney?
Of the 24 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 54% are rated left, 42% are rated centre, 4% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 43. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is SNL Announces Season 52 Hosts: Navarrette, Druski, Mulaney left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 24 rated outlets on this story, 54% are rated left, 42% are rated centre, 4% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of SNL Announces Season 52 Hosts: Navarrette, Druski, Mulaney biased?
SNL Announces Season 52 Hosts: Navarrette, Druski, Mulaney is one event reported by 43 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting SNL Announces Season 52 Hosts: Navarrette, Druski, Mulaney?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered SNL Announces Season 52 Hosts: Navarrette, Druski, Mulaney?
43 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Who is hosting Saturday Night Live's Halloween episode?
Inde Navarrette, star of "Obsession," is set to host Saturday Night Live's Halloween night episode. Gracie Abrams will be the musical guest. This marks Navarrette's debut on the show.
When will Druski and John Mulaney host SNL?
Druski is scheduled to host an episode on November 7, and John Mulaney will host the following week on November 14. These are part of Saturday Night Live's season 52 lineup.
Who are the musical guests for the upcoming SNL episodes?
Gracie Abrams is the musical guest for Inde Navarrette's Halloween episode. The Strokes will perform on Druski's November 7 episode, and Phoebe Bridgers is set to be the musical guest for John Mulaney's November 14 episode.

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