Sunday, September 23, 2012

Seth MacFarlane, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Daniel Craig to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’

Seth MacFarlane

Coming off a summer in which his directorial debut, “Ted,” was the season’s breakout hit comedy, Seth MacFarlane will take a victory lap as the host of “Saturday Night Live” for its premiere on Sept. 15, NBC said on Wednesday. Mr. MacFarlane, the creator and star of the Fox animated comedy “Family Guy” (who moonlights as a big-band singer), will be joined for the start of the 38th “SNL” season by musical guest Frank Ocean, and a cast that is still in flux but will include stalwarts like Bill Hader and Fred Armisen.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who didn’t have such a shabby summer himself in films like “The Dark Knight Rises” and “Premium Rush,” will make his second appearance as an “SNL” host on Sept. 22, in an episode that will also feature Mumford & Sons as its musical guest.

And if parachuting into the London Olympics with Queen Elizabeth II weren’t exciting enough, Daniel Craig will leap into his first hosting role on the Oct. 6 broadcast of “Saturday Night Live,” with Muse, the British rock band that created the official song for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Mr. Craig will be promoting the new James Bond movie, “Skyfall” – yes, “Skyfall” – which opens on Nov. 9.

A version of this article appeared in print on 08/30/2012, on page C3 of the NewYork edition with the headline: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Names a Few Hosts.


Source & Image : New York Times

1 comment:

  1. I really liked most of the episode. Most of my favorite skits didn’t have Joseph Gordon-Levitt in them. I’m excited to see Daniel Craig this weekend. I set my Hopper a few weeks back to record the entire season to the two terabyte DVR automatically since I work late at Dish and can’t see them live. I’m just glad that I won’t have to miss any of the shows! I just hope that he is as good or better than Joseph Gordon-Levitt!

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