‘Saturday Night Live’ Adds Travis Kelce, Jenna Ortega and Previously Announced Woody Harrelson to Next Batch of Hosts

Nervous end weeks after helping his Kansas City Chiefs win Super Bowl Arizona Travis Kelce will travel to New York to host “saturday night live’ on March 4. A week later, the ‘Wednesday’ star breaks out Jenna Ortega March 11. But first, as previously announced, woody harrelson Will return to the “Saturday Night Live” stage host for the fifth time on February 25, leading the next batch of hosts to return with “SNL” for the third consecutive week at the end of the month.

Musical guests on these nights include Jack White (February 25), Kelsea Ballerini (March 4) and The 1975 (March 11).

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Harrison will host the promotion of the new film “Champions” in theaters on March 10. In the Bobby Farrelly-directed film, Harrison plays a minor league basketball coach who is fired and embroiled in a legal battle. As part of his community service requirement, he coached the Special Olympics basketball team.

As for the evening’s musical guest, it will be White’s fourth solo appearance on the show and fifth. Last year, White released two solo records; later this year, his band, The White Stripes, will release a 20th-anniversary edition of “Elephant.”

As for Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end will make his “Saturday Night Live” debut. It also represented Ballerini’s debut as a musical guest. Her appearance follows the Valentine’s Day release of her new EP “Rolling Up the Welcome Mat” and its accompanying short film. Ballerini will also be hosting a “Heartfirst” US tour starting in March.

Then there was Ortega’s appearance on March 11, which also marked her first “Saturday Night Live” host. Ortega will host the opening of her new film, “Scream VI,” that same weekend; she’s also continuing to support Netflix’s hit series “Wednesday” in the run-up to Emmy season.

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That evening, The 1975 made another appearance as a musical guest. The group is currently touring to promote their album “Being Funny in a Foreign Language”.

“SNL” airs live on NBC at 11:30 p.m. ET / 8:30 p.m. PT on Peacock. Hosts for this season include Miles Teller (October 1), Brendan Gleeson (October 8), Megan Thee Stallion (October 15), Jack Harlow (October 29), Amy Schumer (November 5) , Dave Chappelle (November 12), Coco Palmer (December 3), Steve Martin and Martin Short (December 10), Austin Butler (December 17), Aubrey Plaza ( January 21), Michael B Jordan (January 28) and Pedro Pascal (February 4).

This season’s musical guests include Kendrick Larmar (October 1), Willow (October 8), Megan Thee Stallion (October 15), Jack Harlow (October 29), Steve Lacy (November 5) , Black Star (November 12), SZA (December 3), Brandi Carlile (December 10), Lizzo (December 17), Sam Smith (January 21), Lil Baby (January 28 ) and Coldplay (February 4).

“Saturday Night Live” stars include Michael Che, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Punkie Johnson, Colin Jost, Ego Nwodim, Kenan Thompson and Bowen Yang. Featured players are Marcelo Hernandez, James Austin Johnson, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, Sarah Sherman and Devin Walker.

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

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