“Saturday Night Live” recap: Colman Domingo makes his hosting debut
“Saturday Night Live” recap: Colman Domingo makes his hosting debut
Andy HoglundSun, April 12, 2026 at 3:30 AM UTC
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Colman Domingo on 'SNL'Credit: Rosalind O'Connor/NBC via Getty
Hi all – it’s your good pal SNL in Review. Welcome to Saturday night! (Or, perhaps more likely, your Sunday morning recap.)
Colman Domingo is this week’s host. I am joined tonight by the always eloquent gentleman and former Saturday Night Live cast member Gary Kroeger. He reports he first became familiar with Domingo's game during his time on "The Big Gay Sketch Show, but maybe Fear the Walking Dead, or Euphoria." He adds, "It seems that it's been 15 or more years that I've been watching him and admiring his commanding presence. He's one of those actors who seems like they've been around even before they've been around. There was no learning curve, he was just there with gravitas as if he'd been doing Shakespeare since Shakespeare. I love that SNL is finally getting around to having a host with some years on the planet. He's a grown-up. That will be refreshing."
Well put. Too often, the modern iteration of the show is seemingly chasing the fountain of youth, or the ultra-online cohort. (Rewatching older episodes, you can tell they used to actually cultivate, you know, adults.)
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Savvy comedy fans will recall none other than Kate McKinnon cut her teeth on The Big Gay Sketch Show. Good company. Domingo has two Oscar nominations under his belt, but deep down, he’s just like us, Conehead Nation: another comedy nerd! Here’s another SNL bona fide for Domingo: he's stars on Tina Fey's Netflix series The Four Seasons.
Scroll down for more! (I really hope the show resists an Uma-Oprah-style pun with tonight’s host and… Domingo. That’d be super lame!)
on Entertainment Weekly
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