| Cold Opening | Presidential Address |
| Film | Time To Bleed |
| Sketch | Christmas Sing-a-long “Debra's Time” |
| Musical Performance | "Paradise" |
| Sketch | Brunch |
| Sketch | Pirate Ship |
| Musical Performance | "Sunday Candy" |
| Sketch | Hunk Junktion |
| Commercial |
| Beck Bennett | ... | announcer Voice |
| Taran Killam | ... | guy |
| Kyle Mooney | ... | guy |
| Bobby Moynihan | ... | guy |
| Wally Feresten | ... | guy |
| Matt Yonks | ... | guy |
| Akira Yoshimura | ... | guy |
| Louie Zakarian | ... | guy |
| Show |
| Taran Killam | ... | Ted Cruz |
| Kate McKinnon | ... | Greta Van Susteren |
| Bobby Moynihan | ... | Chris Christie |
| Jay Pharoah | ... | Ben Carson |
| Steve Higgins | ... | announcer Voice |
| Film | Time To Bleed |
| Beck Bennett | ... | officer |
| Kyle Mooney | ... | Ruman |
| Kenan Thompson | ... | doctor |
| Sasheer Zamata | ... | officer |
| Jon Rudnitsky | ... | officer |
| Show |
| Beck Bennett | ... | coach |
| Aidy Bryant | ... | announcer Voice |
| Taran Killam | ... | Marky |
| Kyle Mooney | ... | Tommy |
| Pete Davidson | ... | player |
| Jon Rudnitsky | ... | player |
| Sketch | Christmas Sing-a-long “Debra's Time” |
| Taran Killam | ... | Dan |
| Kate McKinnon | ... | guest |
| Cecily Strong | ... | wife |
| Kenan Thompson | ... | guest |
| Sasheer Zamata | ... | Jen |
| Weekend Update |
| Colin Jost | ||
| Michael Che | ||
| Kate McKinnon | ... |
Angela Merkel
Response to being Time's Person of the Year |
| Leslie Jones |
Commentary on "Breaking Bad" |
| Sketch | Brunch |
| Vanessa Bayer | ... | girl |
| Aidy Bryant | ... | Megan |
| Kate McKinnon | ... | girl |
| Cecily Strong | ... | girl |
| Sketch | Pirate Ship |
| Taran Killam | ... | Scraggy Pete |
| Cecily Strong | ... | captive |
| Kenan Thompson | ... | Cutthroat Jake |
| Jon Rudnitsky | ... | Mark |
| Sketch | Hunk Junktion |
| Beck Bennett | ... | Craig |
| Aidy Bryant | ... | girl |
| Taran Killam | ... | Phil |
| Kate McKinnon | ... | girl |
| Jay Pharoah | ... | Keith |
| Cecily Strong | ... | girl |
| Kenan Thompson | ... | emcee |
| Leslie Jones | ... | girl |
| Jon Rudnitsky | ... | dancer |
| Commercial |
| Vanessa Bayer | ... | woman |
| Beck Bennett | ... | plumber |
| Taran Killam | ... | announcer Voice |
| Kyle Mooney | ... | piano tuner |
| Bobby Moynihan | ... | George |
| Jay Pharoah | ... | Terry |
| Kenan Thompson | ... | carpenter |
| Pete Davidson | ... | Dan |
| Show |
| Taran Killam | ... | Ted Cruz#2 |
| Kate McKinnon | ... | Greta Van Susteren |
| Bobby Moynihan | ... | Chris Christie#5 |
| Jay Pharoah | ... | Ben Carson#3 |
| Weekend Update |
| Kate McKinnon | ... |
Angela Merkel#5 Response to being Time's Person of the Year |
| Cold Opening | Presidential Address |
| Will Ferrell | ... | George W. Bush#34 Live |
| Darrell Hammond | ... | announcer Voice |
| Commercial |
| Beck Bennett | ... | announcer Voice |
| Taran Killam | ... | guy |
| Kyle Mooney | ... | guy |
| Bobby Moynihan | ... | guy |
| Wally Feresten | ... | guy |
| Matt Yonks | ... | guy |
| Akira Yoshimura | ... | guy |
| Louie Zakarian | ... | guy |
♬"Star Wars" Theme
| Show |
| Taran Killam | ... | Ted Cruz#2 |
| Kate McKinnon | ... | Greta Van Susteren |
| Bobby Moynihan | ... | Chris Christie#5 |
| Jay Pharoah | ... | Ben Carson#3 |
| Steve Higgins | ... | announcer Voice |
| Film | Time To Bleed |
| Chris Hemsworth | ... | Peter Polaski |
| Beck Bennett | ... | officer |
| Kyle Mooney | ... | Ruman |
| Kenan Thompson | ... | doctor |
| Sasheer Zamata | ... | officer |
| Jon Rudnitsky | ... | officer |
| Show |
| Chris Hemsworth | ... | Matty#2 |
| Beck Bennett | ... | coach |
| Aidy Bryant | ... | announcer Voice |
| Taran Killam | ... | Marky#2 |
| Kyle Mooney | ... | Tommy |
| Pete Davidson | ... | player |
| Jon Rudnitsky | ... | player |
| Danny Peter Smith | ... | student |
| Sketch | Christmas Sing-a-long “Debra's Time” |
| Chris Hemsworth | ... | husband |
| Taran Killam | ... | Dan |
| Kate McKinnon | ... | guest |
| Cecily Strong | ... | wife |
| Kenan Thompson | ... | guest |
| Sasheer Zamata | ... | Jen |
| Weekend Update |
| Colin Jost | ||
| Michael Che | ||
| Kate McKinnon | ... |
Angela Merkel#5 Response to being Time's Person of the Year |
| Leslie Jones |
Commentary on "Breaking Bad" |
♬Sarah McLachlan - "Angel"
| Sketch | Brunch |
| Chris Hemsworth | ||
| Vanessa Bayer | ... | girl |
| Aidy Bryant | ... | Megan |
| Kate McKinnon | ... | girl |
| Cecily Strong | ... | girl |
| Sketch | Pirate Ship |
| Chris Hemsworth | ... | Captain Felder |
| Taran Killam | ... | Scraggy Pete |
| Cecily Strong | ... | captive |
| Kenan Thompson | ... | Cutthroat Jake |
| Jon Rudnitsky | ... | Mark |
| Frank Anello | ... | pirate |
| Sketch | Hunk Junktion |
| Chris Hemsworth | ... | Brandon |
| Beck Bennett | ... | Craig |
| Aidy Bryant | ... | girl |
| Taran Killam | ... | Phil |
| Kate McKinnon | ... | girl |
| Jay Pharoah | ... | Keith |
| Cecily Strong | ... | girl |
| Kenan Thompson | ... | emcee |
| Leslie Jones | ... | girl |
| Jon Rudnitsky | ... | dancer |
| Commercial |
| Vanessa Bayer | ... | woman |
| Beck Bennett | ... | plumber |
| Taran Killam | ... | announcer Voice |
| Kyle Mooney | ... | piano tuner |
| Bobby Moynihan | ... | George |
| Jay Pharoah | ... | Terry |
| Kenan Thompson | ... | carpenter |
| Pete Davidson | ... | Dan |
| Total Appearances | Characters | Impressions | Voices | Stills | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Hemsworth | 7 | 1 | |||
| Chance the Rapper | 2 | ||||
| Will Ferrell | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jeremih | 1 | ||||
| Vanessa Bayer | 3 | ||||
| Beck Bennett | 6 | 1 | |||
| Aidy Bryant | 4 | 1 | |||
| Colin Jost | 2 | ||||
| Taran Killam | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kate McKinnon | 6 | 2 | |||
| Kyle Mooney | 5 | ||||
| Bobby Moynihan | 4 | 1 | |||
| Jay Pharoah | 3 | 1 | |||
| Cecily Strong | 4 | ||||
| Kenan Thompson | 5 | ||||
| Sasheer Zamata | 2 | ||||
| Michael Che | 2 | ||||
| Pete Davidson | 3 | ||||
| Leslie Jones | 3 | ||||
| Jon Rudnitsky | 4 | ||||
| Jill Bream | 1 | ||||
| Wally Feresten | 1 | ||||
| Darrell Hammond | 1 | 1 | |||
| Steve Higgins | 1 | 1 | |||
| Matt Yonks | 1 | ||||
| Akira Yoshimura | 1 | ||||
| Louie Zakarian | 1 | ||||
| Frank Anello | 1 | ||||
| Danny Peter Smith | 1 | ||||
| 83 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
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