“SNL” returned to the air for the sixth episode of its 51st season on Saturday, Nov. 15, with actor Glenn Powell serving as host and Olivia Dean performing as musical guest.

Powell’s appearance was ostensibly tied to his lead role in this week’s new movie “The Running Man” (a second adaptation of Stephen King’s short story of the same name). But Powell was actually originally supposed to host back in 2021 when he was in “Top Gun: Maverick,” before COVID scuttled those plans.

In his self-deprecating opening monologue, Powell joked about how people are probably “tired of seeing my face,” but the journeyman actor won the audience over with an abbreviated story of his journey to stardom.

Powell was a game performer throughout the show, but the night’s highlight was the return of former ca

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