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“SNL” Books Next Two Shows, Stays Away from Oscar Race with Aubrey Plaza, Michael B. Jordan

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“Saturday Night Live” returns for two shows in January, but neither one of them will feature Oscar hopefuls as hosts.

Aubrey Plaza of “The White Lotus” will host on January 21st and Michael B. Jordan will promote his “Creed III” on January 28th.

Their respective musical guests will be Sam Smith and Lil Baby. I can’t say either of them excite me, but someone will be happy no doubt.

“SNL” has picked up its ratings thanks to the Steve Martin-Martin Short episode in December. But they also return without Cecily Strong, so we’ll see how the cast does without their longtime colleague.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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