Gillis and McRae’s show will be the first new episode of “SNL” since “ SNL50: The Anniversary Special ,” which aired live on Sunday, Feb. 16, and is now available to stream on Peacock.

T he ever-iconic Saturday Night Live is currently in its landmark 50th season. Created by Lorne Michaels, the late-night sketch comedy show has been airing on NBC since 1975, with

Over the weekend, Shane Gillis did a skit on “Saturday Night Live” called “CouplaBeers” where he played a man advertising a new medication that treats anxiety and depression. The bit is being praised online by viewers, including one fan who deemed it a contender for “the best SNL skit in the last 20 years.”

Shane Gillis returned to "Saturday Night Live" this weekend. The comedy star, who was once a cast member on the show, before getting quickly ousted due to controversial comments made on his podcast, hosted the program for the second time in his career.

Last night’s SNL delivered what might be its most universally praised sketch in decades. Or at least that’s what Twitter is saying about it. The pre-taped sketch, CouplaBeers, starred host Shane Gillis.

Now that Lorne Michaels has tapped Shane Gillis to host Saturday Night Live for a second time (we get it, Lorne, nobody is going to tell you who you can and can’t hire), can we declare the grand Gillis experiment over now?