SNL Season 45: Best And Worst Episodes
With Saturday Night Live's truncated Season 45 now behind us, we're revisiting how each of its 18 installments — featuring hosts Harry Styles, Chance the Rapper, Jennifer Lopez, Scarlett Johansson and Woody Harrelson, among others — fared, based on the average grade that you gave them. And because it would be unfair to compare the quality of the last three, remotely-shot episodes to the 15 preceding episodes that were filmed in Studio 8H, we have ranked the SNL at Home episodes separately and placed them at the beginning of the following rundown.
SNL 45x01 - Woody Harrelson
#13. WOODY HARRELSON
AIRDATE: SEPT. 28, 2019 (Season 45 premiere)
AVG. GRADE: C+
BEST SKETCHES: "DNC Town Hall," "Apple Picking Ad"
SNL 45x02 - Phoebe Waller-Bridge
#6. PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE
AIRDATE: OCT. 5, 2019
AVG. GRADE: B
BEST SKETCHES: "The War in Words: William & Lydia," "Mid-Day News," "Chen Biao on US-China Trade War"
SNL 45x03 - David Harbour
#11. DAVID HARBOUR (tie)
AIRDATE: OCT. 12, 2019
AVG. GRADE: B
BEST SKETCHES: "Grouch (Joker Parody)," "Father-Son Podcasting Microphone," "SoulCycle"
SNL 45x04 - Chance the Rapper
#5. CHANCE THE RAPPER
AIRDATE: OCT. 26, 2019
AVG. GRADE: B+
BEST SKETCHES: "E-Sports Reporter," "Tasty Toaster Tarts," "Spooky Song"
SNL 45x05 - Kristen Stewart
#15. KRISTEN STEWART (WORST)
AIRDATE: NOV. 2, 2019
AVG. GRADE: D+
BEST SKETCHES: "Duolingo for Talking to Children," "New Paint"
SNL 45x07 - Will Ferrell
#4. WILL FERRELL
AIRDATE: NOV. 23, 2019
AVG. GRADE: B+
BEST SKETCHES: "2020 Democratic Debate," "Heinz," "First Thanksgiving," "Ventriloquist"
SNL 45x06 - Harry Styles
#9. HARRY STYLES
AIRDATE: NOV. 16, 2019
AVG. GRADE: B
BEST SKETCHES: "Joan Song," "That's the Game," "Funeral DJs"
SNL 45x08 - Jennifer Lopez
#12. JENNIFER LOPEZ
AIRDATE: DEC. 7, 2019
AVG. GRADE: B-
BEST SKETCHES: "The Corporal," "PottyPM," "NATO Cafeteria Cold Open"
SNL 45x09 - Scarlett Johansson
#7. SCARLETT JOHANSSON
AIRDATE: DEC. 14, 2019
AVG. GRADE: B
BEST SKETCHES: "Hallmark Dating Show," "Children's Clothing Ad," "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
SNL 45x10 - Eddie Murphy
#1. EDDIE MURPHY (BEST)
AIRDATE: DEC. 21, 2019
AVG. GRADE: A+
BEST SKETCHES: "Mister Robinson's Neighborhood," "Masked Singer," "Gumby Returns," "Black Jeopardy: Velvet Jones"
Watch all the highlights here.
SNL 45x11 - Adam Driver
#2. ADAM DRIVER
AIRDATE: JAN. 25, 2020
AVG. GRADE: A-
BEST SKETCHES: "Undercover Boss," "The Science Room," "Slow"
SNL 45x12 - JJ Watt
#14. J.J. WATT
AIRDATE: FEB. 1, 2020
AVG. GRADE: C+
BEST SKETCHES: "Pilot Hunk," "Dr. Angie Hynes on Black History Month," "Robbie"
SNL 45x13 - RuPaul
#8. RUPAUL
AIRDATE: FEB. 8, 2020
AVG. GRADE: B
BEST SKETCHES: "The Library," "Chad & RuPaul," "Boop-It"
SNL 45x14 - John Mulaney
#3. JOHN MULANEY
AIRDATE: FEB. 29, 2020
AVG. GRADE: A-
BEST SKETCHES: "Airport Sushi," "Sound of Music: Rolf and Lies!," "The Admiral"
SNL 45x15 - Daniel Craig
#11. DANIEL CRAIG (tie)
AIRDATE: MARCH 7, 2020
AVG. GRADE: B
BEST SKETCHES: "The Ingraham Angle," "Salad," "The Sands of Modesto"
SNL 45x16 - Tom Hanks
#2. 'AT HOME' WITH TOM HANKS
AIRDATE: APRIL 11, 2020
AVG. GRADE: B+
HIGHLIGHTS: "Tom Hanks At-Home Monologue," "Bernie Sanders Address," "President Trump Gives Coronavirus Update," "Hal Willner Tribute"
Watch all the highlights here.
SNL 45x17 - Brad Pitt
#1. 'AT HOME' WITH BRAD PITT (BEST)
AIRDATE: APRIL 25, 2020
AVG. GRADE: A-
HIGHLIGHTS: "Dr. Anthony Fauci Cold Open," "What Up With That: At Home"
Watch all the highlights here.
SNL 45x18 - Kristen Wiig
#3. 'AT HOME' WITH KRISTEN WIIG (WORST)
AIRDATE: MAY 9, 2020 (Season 45 finale)
AVG. GRADE: B
HIGHLIGHTS: "Kristen Wiig's At-Home Monologue," "Trump Graduation Speech," "Let Kids Drink"
Watch all the highlights here.