--- description: Fresh off his run playing Alexander Hamilton in the Tony-winning Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda will host Saturday Night Live on Oct. 8. title: Lin-Manuel Miranda Will Host Saturday Night Live image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Lin-Manuel Miranda Will Take the Stage Again as Host of _Saturday Night Live_  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 28, 2016 3:37 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 28, 2016 3:37 PM CUT Fresh off his run playing Alexander Hamilton in the Tony-winning Broadway musical [_Hamilton_](http://time.com/money/4394088/hamilton-musical-tickets-lin-manuel-miranda/ "undefined"), [Lin-Manuel Miranda](http://time.com/4442332/first-seven-jobs-twitter-buzz-aldrin/ "undefined") will host [_Saturday Night Live_](http://time.com/4505214/saturday-night-live-premiere-margot-robbie/ "undefined")on Oct. 8. The NBC sketch show announced the appearance Wednesday morning, tweeting, “SHOUT IT TO THE ROOFTOPS! Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda will host our second episode of the season with musical guest Twenty One Pilots!” Miranda’s episode will be the second of _SNL’s_ 42nd season, with Margot Robbie and musical guest The Weeknd taking the reins for Saturday’s premiere. “I…have a bit of a week next week,” he tweeted following the big reveal. > [](https://twitter.com/nbcsnl/status/781132814943125505) > [](https://twitter.com/Lin%5FManuel/status/781134751382007808) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4511532/lin-manuel-miranda-host-saturday-night-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4511532/lin-manuel-miranda-host-saturday-night-live/"},"headline":"Lin-Manuel Miranda Will Take the Stage Again as Host of Saturday Night Live","datePublished":"2016-09-28T15:37:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:06.938Z","description":"Hamilton fans, rejoice!","url":"https://time.com/4511532/lin-manuel-miranda-host-saturday-night-live/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","SNL","Saturday Night Live","TV","lin-manuel miranda"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4511532/lin-manuel-miranda-host-saturday-night-live/","name":"Lin-Manuel Miranda Will Take the Stage Again as Host of Saturday Night Live"}}]}] ```