Billie Eilish, Paul Rudd Host ‘SNL’ in December

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Eilish pulls double duty as host and musical guest Dec. 11

Saturday Night Live on NBC
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Billie Eilish will host Saturday Night Live on NBC Dec. 11, and will be the musical guest as well. Holder of seven Grammys, Eilish’s new album is called “Happier Than Ever.” It is her first time as SNL host and second time as musical guest. 

Paul Rudd hosts for the fifth time Dec. 18. Rudd stars in Ghostbusters: Afterlife and the Apple TV Plus series The Shrink Next Door. 

Charli XCX will be the musical guest Dec. 18. 

Simu Liu, star of Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, hosts SNL Nov. 20, with Saweetie as the musical guest.    

Saturday Night Live is produced in association with Broadway Video. The creator and executive producer is Lorne Michaels. ■

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.