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See Which Celebrities Hosted Saturday Night Live the Most

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Consider the honor of hosting Saturday Night Live an audition to return. To host SNL 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 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

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16 appearances as host

Steve Martin

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15 appearances as host

John Goodman

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13 appearances as host

Buck Henry

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10 appearances as host

Chevy Chase

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8 appearances as host

Tom Hanks

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9 appearances as host

Christopher Walken

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7 appearances as host

Drew Barrymore

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6 appearances as host

Danny DeVito

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6 appearances as host

Elliott Gould

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6 appearances as host

Justin Timberlake

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5 appearances as host

Ben Affleck

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5 appearances as host

Candice Bergen

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5 appearances as host

Bill Murray

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5 appearances as host

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