Very excited to announce our season premiere on Sept 27th will be hosted by Chris @prattprattpratt with music from @ArianaGrande!! #SNL40

— Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) September 10, 2014

And the following week, on 10/4, we’ve got @SarahKSilverman hosting w/ musical guest, @maroon5!! Kicking off #SNL40 right!! #SeeYouSoon!

— Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) September 10, 2014

SNL starting season 40 off with a bang, and a refreshing bang for that matter. Chris Pratt has never hosted SNL, and Sarah Silverman hasn’t been on the show since she was a cast member in 1994. As much as the recurring hosts, such as Paul Rudd or John Hamm, are always great, it’s also nice to see some fresh faces in there. If every sketch from the first episode is just Chris Pratt and Bobby Moynihan hunting each other I will not be upset.

Hosting SNL! That was high on the bucket list! Right up there with hunting human. Hey @bibbymoynihan Are you a fast runner?

— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) September 10, 2014

– Ryan