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# Ryan Gosling to host ‘SNL’ on March 7
- URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open-snl-ryan-gosling-hosting/
- Published: 2026-02-12T23:15:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-19T14:19:50.000Z
- Description: The ‘Project Hail Mary’ star will return for his fourth time.
- Author: Bill Kuchman
- Tags: The Cold Open • News, The Cold Open, SNL, Ryan Gosling

*SNL* has announced which star will host the show’s first episode of March, and let’s just say **Lorne Michaels** is calling for a Hail Mary ... a *Project Hail Mary* ...

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### Who’s hosting? 

It’s **Ryan Gosling**! With *Project Hail Mary* — [a movie **Popculturology** is very excited to see](https://www.theomnicosm.com/popculturology-super-bowl-trailers/) — hitting theaters on March 20, it’s the perfect time for Gosling to return to *SNL*.

### Have they hosted before?

This will be Gosling’s fourth time hosting *SNL*, previously anchoring the show on Dec. 5, 2015, Sept. 30, 2017 and April 13, 2024\. 

You might remember Gosling’s April 2024 hosting gig as the time a “Beavis and Butt-Head” sketch broke containment and went viral for weeks — months? — after Gosling broke and caused **Heidi Gardner** to break too. (This episode earned the No. 1 spot among Season 49 hosts.)

### Who’s the musical guest?

Gorillaz will make their *SNL* debut.

[*Check out the complete list of SNL Season 51 hosts, musical guests and reviews.*](https://www.theomnicosm.com/who-is-hosting-snl/)

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