‘SNL’ recap: Best moments from Colman Domingo hosting ‘Saturday Night Live’

Colman Domingo hosted the April 11 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” with Anitta as musical guest.

SNL recap: Host Colman Domingo appears before the April 11, 2026 episode of “Saturday Night Live.” Rosalind O’Connor/NBC

By Kevin Slane

April 12, 2026 | 8:37 AM

2 minutes to read

“SNL” returned to the air for the 167h episode of its 51st season on Saturday, April 11, with Colman Domingo as host and Anitta as musical guest.

Domingo was hosting “SNL” for the first time, and at 56 years old, he’s one of the oldest first-timers in recent memory. The theater actor first crossed over into television in a significant way in his 40s, breaking through with “Fear of the Walking Dead” and especially HBO’s “Euphoria,” which returns for a third season this Sunday on HBO. On the topic of timely projects, you’ll also be able to see Domingo on the big screen in two weeks as Joe Jackson in the Michael Jackson biopic “Michael.”

Also making her first “SNL” appearance was Brazilian singer Anitta, who first broke through in the U.S. after a decade of success in her home country with her 2022 album “Versions of Me.” Fans got an early look at two singles from her new album, “Equilibrium,” which comes out April 16.

Following Domingo’s episode “SNL” will be on a break for a few weeks. The 51st season wraps up in May, with Olivia Rodrigo pulling double duty as host and musical guest on May 2, Matt Damon and Noah Kahan giving us a double dose of New England on May 9, and Will Ferrell hosting the May 16 finale with Paul McCartney as musical guest.

Check out the videos below to see highlights from Colman Domingo’s episode of “SNL,” including Domingo’s opening monologue, a pair of musical performances from Anitta, and all of the characters visiting the “Weekend Update” desk.

“Saturday Night Live” Cold Open

Colman Domingo Monologue

“SNL” Weekend Update Clips

Anitta Musical Performances

Some of the Best “SNL” Sketches

Sign up for the Today newsletter

Get everything you need to know to start your day, delivered right to your inbox every morning.

    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)
    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?
    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};
    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';
    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;
    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];
    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',
    'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js');
                const onetrustStorageConsent = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem( 'consent_one_trust_bdc' ) );
        if ( ( onetrustStorageConsent !== null ) ) {
            /* The above code is parsing the JSON data from the local storage and storing it in a variable.
             * Checking if the user has given consent for the cookie C0004.
             * If the user has given consent, the variable consent will be set to 'grant'.
             * If the user has not given consent,the variable consent will be set to 'revoke'.
             * Documentation https://developers.facebook.com/docs/meta-pixel/implementation/gdpr
            */
            if ( onetrustStorageConsent.C0004 !== true ) {
                fbq('consent', 'revoke');
                fbq('dataProcessingOptions', []);
            } else {
                fbq('consent', 'grant');
                fbq('dataProcessingOptions', ['LDU'], 0, 0);
            }
        }
            fbq('init', '989222871864976');
    fbq('track', 'PageView');



    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()
    {n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}
    ;if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;
    n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;
    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,
    document,'script','https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js');
                const onetrustStorageConsent = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem( 'consent_one_trust_bdc' ) );
        /* The above code is parsing the JSON data from the local storage and storing it in a variable.
         * Checking if the user has given consent for the cookie C0004.
         * If the user has given consent, the variable consent will be set to 'grant'.
         * If the user has not given consent,the variable consent will be set to 'revoke'.
         * Documentation https://developers.facebook.com/docs/meta-pixel/implementation/gdpr
        */
        if ( ( onetrustStorageConsent !== null ) &amp;&amp; (onetrustStorageConsent.C0004 !== true ) ) {
            fbq('consent', 'revoke');
            fbq('dataProcessingOptions', []);
        } else {
            fbq('consent', 'grant');
            fbq('dataProcessingOptions', ['LDU'], 0, 0);
        }
            fbq('init', '813236348753005');
    fbq('track', 'PageView');

Source link