Upcoming hosts scheduled for the 2012-2013 Saturday Night Live season
| Date | Host | Musical Guest |
| September 15 | Seth MacFarlane | Frank Ocean |
| September 20* | Weekend Update Thursday | |
| September 22 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Mumford & Sons |
| September 27* | Weekend Update Thursday | |
| October 6 | Daniel Craig | Muse |
| October 13 | Christina Applegate | Passion Pit |
| October 20 | Bruno Mars | |
| November 3 | Louis C.K. | Fun. |
| November 10 | Anne Hathaway | Rihanna |
| November 17 | Jeremy Renner | Maroon 5 |
| December 8 | Jamie Foxx | Ne-Yo |
| December 15 | Martin Short | Paul McCartney |
| January 19 | Jennifer Lawrence | The Lumineers |
| January 26 | Adam Levine | Kendrick Lamar |
| February 9 | Justin Bieber | |
| February 16 | Christoph Waltz | Alabama Shakes |
| March 2 | Kevin Hart | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis |
| March 9 | Justin Timberlake | |
| April 6 | Melissa McCarthy | Phoenix |
| April 13 | Vince Vaughn | Miguel |
| May 4 | Zach Galifianakis | Of Monsters and Men |
| May 11 | Kristen Wiig | Vampire Weekend |
| May 18 (season finale) | Ben Affleck | Kanye West |
* Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday primetime airings at 8:00 PM EST
2011-2012 Saturday Night Live season
| Date | Host | Musical Guest |
| November 12 | Emma Stone | Coldplay |
| November 19 | Jason Segal | Florence + The Machine |
| December 3 | Steve Buscemi | Black Keys |
| December 10 | Katy Perry | Robyn |
| December 17 | Jimmy Fallon | Michael Buble |
| January 7 | Charles Barkley | Kelly Clarkson |
| January 14 | Daniel Radcliffe | Lana Del Rey |
| February 4 | Channing Tatum | Bon Iver |
| February 11 | Zooey Deschanel | Karmin |
| February 18 | Maya Rudolph | Sleigh Bells |
| March 3 | Lindsay Lohan | Jack White |
| March 10 | Jonah Hill | The Shins |
| April 7 | Sofia Vergara | One Direction |
| April 14 | Josh Brolin | Gotye |
| May 5 | Eli Manning | Rihanna |
| May 12 | Will Ferrell | Usher |
| May 19 (season finale) | Mick Jagger | |