Saturday Night Live Guests May 23, 2026
Guests
The May 23, 2026 episode of Saturday Night Live featured Finn Wolfhard and A$AP Rocky.
Episode clips
Finn Wolfhard
Finn Wolfhard appears in sketches about a teenager choosing an indie-band tour over college and a Boys’ Day gathering that tests whether a girlfriend can fit into the group’s idea of male friendship. Both clips use family and social expectations to turn his youthful roles into awkward comedy.
Finn Wolfhard discusses Opening.
Finn Wolfhard discusses Snack Homiez and the podcast’s snack-focused comedy.
Finn Wolfhard discusses Space Emperor - SNL.
Finn Wolfhard plays a teenager who wants to use his college money to tour with an indie band, but his father insists he become a pop star like the members of True2U. The family dispute ends with an awkward father-son song.
During Boys’ Day, a girlfriend tries to prove she is a “guy’s girl” by joining the group’s jokes and interests, but the men’s idea of inclusivity quickly becomes a competition over who belongs.
Other episode clips
Finn Wolfhard discusses Heated Wizardry.
A fictional cabinet meeting brings President Trump together with Marco Rubio, JD Vance, Kristi Noem, and Pete Hegseth for jokes about Venezuela, Cuba, Epstein, Minneapolis, tariffs, Greenland, and military bravado.
Weekend Update jokes about Trump’s foreign-policy ambitions, ICE actions in Minneapolis, the Nobel Peace Prize, and political retribution before turning to other current events.
Weekend Update covers Harry Styles’s announced album “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.”, a Skims-Nike shoe collaboration, primate behavior, a viral carriage horse, and Zohran Mamdani’s childcare plan.
Michael Irvin joins Weekend Update to discuss the Miami–Indiana championship game, but the conversation becomes a comic contest of shared names, athletic intensity, and increasingly personal football talk.
Tamra explains her New Year’s resolution to collect 365 buttons, one for each day, as a way to resist time passing; the simple plan turns into a strange Weekend Update conversation about novelty and commitment.
A fake Stranger Things sequel, “Strangerous Minds,” sends Steve Harrington into a Los Angeles classroom as a teacher, turning the franchise’s dramatic mythology into an exaggerated school comedy.
Alex Honnold announces a no-ropes climb of Taipei 101, while an unqualified imitator insists he can do it too. The commercial-style sketch escalates the absurdity of free-soloing a skyscraper with confidence and no preparation.
A hastily assembled writers’ room tries to solve story problems for Euphoria Season 3, mixing contradictory network notes, writers from other shows, and Chester Barnhill’s oddly specific television credentials.
Tommy Brennan appears on Weekend Update to discuss ICE deployments in Minnesota, balancing the seriousness of the subject with jokes about his hometown, his appearance, and the limits of a television hot take.
FAQ
- Who were the guests on Saturday Night Live on May 23, 2026?
- Finn Wolfhard and A$AP Rocky were the guests on this episode. The episode originally aired on Jan 17, 2026.
- When did this episode air?
- This was a rerun broadcast on May 23, 2026. The episode originally aired on Jan 17, 2026.