Saturday Night Live Guests September 5, 2026
Guests
The September 5, 2026 episode of Saturday Night Live featured Sabrina Carpenter.
Episode clips
Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Carpenter’s appearance includes Grind Song, a middle-school music-video sketch, and a behind-the-sketch discussion of how the song and characters were developed.
Hosting Saturday Night Live, Sabrina Carpenter jokes about reactions to the cover of her new album Man’s Best Friend and pushes back on her hypersexual pop-star image. She works the audience into the routine before Kenan Thompson confronts her over “arresting” concertgoers for being hot.
Two friends attend Queen Lisha’s girl-boss confidence seminar, where motivational dancing sends the instructor crashing into a dumpster and her slogans become increasingly incoherent. One attendee suspects a concussion, but Lisha reframes the concern as internalized misogyny and resumes the routine.
Sabrina Carpenter navigates Studio 8H in an And Just Like That-style promo, trading height, weekend and Mr. Big jokes with cast members before revealing the narrator is typing on a computer that is not even turned on.
At Matthew’s birthday party, Kelsey’s friends turn a Nashville shopping trip into a musical confession that she secretly met Domingo and spent the night with him. Domingo appears to serenade Kelsey himself, while her husband learns the latest betrayal and declares it “strike six.”
Four middle-school boys debate candy and vegetables on their slang-heavy Snack Homiez podcast before welcoming President Donald Trump. The guest veers into claims about wars, Zelenskyy and George Santos, then asks whether he will get into heaven and joins the hosts in teasing their oldest friend.
A couple’s quiet weekend becomes a horror trailer when they remember long-forgotten plans with a marathon-running cousin and her husband, who shares lengthy YouTube videos. Drinks, an overcrowded ramen restaurant and an immersive play await before the worst revelation: their guests are staying till Monday.
Shop TV hosts Rhett and Bev try to demonstrate Virginia Duffy’s ergonomic neck pillow, whose shape and vibrating pressure point look increasingly suggestive on camera. Awkward close-ups, callers and a faux-fur deluxe version compound the innuendo before the product’s packaging delivers one final visual gag.
Sabrina Carpenter e Bowen Yang interpretam adolescentes de 13 anos em uma esquete musical sobre o awkward desejo de grind no ensino médio.
Behind the Sketch explica como a music video sobre personagens do ensino médio foi desenvolvida, incluindo o personagem Mason de Sabrina Carpenter.
Other episode clips
No Weekend Update, Michael Che e Colin Jost comentam a libertação de George Santos por Trump, incluindo as alegações de fraude e a imagem de seu novo corpo na prisão.
No Weekend Update, os apresentadores satirizam as novas tangas da SKIMS e um macaco que quebra o teto de vidro de um zoológico.
The Weekend Update Movie Guy reviews scary movies for Halloween, beginning with Black Phone 2 and riffing on the genre’s familiar scares.
Tommy Brennan discusses growing up in the Midwest as one of eight kids, including his family’s milkman and the odd details of his childhood home.
A Social Experiment places professional actors dressed to look dangerous in a theater to test whether people judge them by their appearance.
Weekend Update interviews biohacking pioneer Chuck Spyro, who presents exaggerated answers to health misinformation, fad diets and dubious supplements.
A couple shops for a singing lavadora e secadora (washer and dryer) whose elaborate jingles admit the machines leave clothes damp, eat delicate shirts and may make dirty laundry dirtier. Despite the warnings, the husband is captivated by the appliances, and an exuberant passar a ferro ironing number closes the sale.
An office birthday surprise frightens Laura so badly that she loses control of her body, then lashes out at her coworkers for humiliating her. Her disastrous day gets worse when she discovers her low rank and pay, and the party’s final surprise ends in an explosion.
FAQ
- Who were the guests on Saturday Night Live on Sep 5, 2026?
- Sabrina Carpenter was a guest on this episode. The episode originally aired on Oct 18, 2025.
- When did this episode air?
- This was a rerun broadcast on Sep 5, 2026. The episode originally aired on Oct 18, 2025.