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To host [_SNL_](http://time.com/4616491/saturday-night-live-behind-the-scenes/) once you need only be famous or having a moment, but to land the gig _again_, you have to sail through the night, nail the timing and roll with the punches—because the punches do come. The celebrities with the most repeat appearances over the show’s 42 seasons are [Alec Baldwin](http://time.com/4643589/alec-baldwin-saturday-night-live-february-host/) and Steve Martin, who both became members of the show’s “Five Timer’s Club” in the 90s. So who’s the host with the most appearances and who are the surprising regulars? See how many times 14 of _SNL’s_ most frequent hosts of all time took the reins at Studio 8H below. ### Alec Baldwin  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- "Alec Baldwin" Episode 1599 -- Pictured: Alec Baldwin (Photo by Dana Edelson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Dana Edelson—NBC/Getty Images 16 appearances as host ### Steve Martin  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- "Steve Martin" Episode 1545 -- Airdate 01/31/2008 -- Pictured: Steve Martin -- Photo by: Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank Dana Edelson—NBC/Getty Images 15 appearances as host ### John Goodman  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 4 -- Air Date 11/03/2001 -- Pictured: Host John Goodman during the monologue on November 3, 2001 (Photo by Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Mary Ellen Matthews—NBC/Getty Images 13 appearances as host ### Buck Henry  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Episode 20 - Pictured: Buck Henry during the monologue on May 26, 1979 - Photo by: (Al Levine/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank) Al Levine—NBC/Getty Images 10 appearances as host ### Chevy Chase  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 11 -- Pictured: Chevy Chase during the monologue on January 18, 1992 NBC/Getty Images 8 appearances as host ### Tom Hanks  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 5 -- Pictured: Tom Hanks during "Monologue" on December 14, 1985 (Photo by Al Levine/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Al Levine—NBC/Getty Images 9 appearances as host ### Christopher Walken  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 11 -- Pictured: Christopher Walken on January 20, 1990 -- (Photo by: Alan Singer/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank) Alan Singer—NBC/Getty Images 7 appearances as host ### Drew Barrymore  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- "Drew Barrymore" Episode 1557 -- Airdate 10/10/2009 -- Pictured: Drew Barrymore, host -- Photo by: Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank Dana Edelson—NBC/Getty Images 6 appearances as host ### Danny DeVito  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 8 -- Pictured: Danny DeVito during the monologue on December 11, 1999 -- Photo by: Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank Mary Ellen Matthews—NBC/Getty Images 6 appearances as host ### Elliott Gould  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 11 -- Air Date 02/16/1980 -- Pictured: Host Elliott Gould on February 16, 1980 (Photo by NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) NBC/Getty Images 6 appearances as host ### Justin Timberlake  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- "Justin Timberlake" Episode 1636 -- Pictured: Justin Timberlake -- (Photo by: Dana Edelson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank) Dana Edelson—NBC/Getty Images 5 appearances as host ### Ben Affleck  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- "Ben Affleck" Episode 1538 -- airdate 10/01/2008 -- Pictured: Ben Affleck during the monologue on November 01, 2008 (Photo by Dana Edelson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Dana Edelson—NBC/Getty Images 5 appearances as host ### Candice Bergen  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 20 -- Pictured: Candice Bergen during the monologue on May 19, 1990 -- Photo by: Raymond Bonar/NBCU Photo Bank Raymond Bonar—NBC/Getty Images 5 appearances as host ### Bill Murray  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 6 -- Pictured: Bill Murray on December 8, 1979 -- (Photo by: Alan Singer/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank) Alan Singer—NBC/Getty Images 5 appearances as host ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3705585/snl-hosts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3705585/snl-hosts/"},"headline":"See Which Celebrities Hosted Saturday Night Live the Most","datePublished":"2015-02-13T13:30:57.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T17:05:32.000Z","description":"From Alec Baldwin to Justin Timberlake, see which celebrities have had the honor to host the show","url":"https://time.com/3705585/snl-hosts/","keywords":["Television","SNL","Saturday Night Live"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3705585/snl-hosts/","name":"See Which Celebrities Hosted Saturday Night Live the Most"}}]}] ```