How the Gender Dynamics of ‘Saturday Night Live’ Hosts Affect the Guest Emmy Submissions

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Clayton Davis Twenty-one individuals took turns gracing the stage of Studio 1A to host a week of the long-running “Saturday Night Live.” The 47th season seemed to be middle-of-the-road compared to former years, but the dominant showing of male performers in contrast to the female ones seemed to stick out more so this time around.The newest season kicked off in October with Owen Wilson, followed by Kim Kardashian.

Eight celebrities took the “SNL” stage before Christmas break, and the only other woman to host during that period was Billie Eilish, who also served as the musical guest.

Of the 21 guests this season, seven were women, two of whom played double duty as musical guests: Eilish and Lizzo. Read more: Variety’s Awards Circuit Emmys Predictions HubIn the season’s 21-person cast of regular and featured players, nine were women, two of whom exited at the end of the season — Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant.

The last time the number of women hosting “SNL” cracked double digits, with 10 or more, was in 2009 (season 35), which came one year after one of its worst showings with three.In the Emmy realm, when it comes to its submissions for guest actor in a comedy series, in the past decade an “SNL” host has won six times — Dave Chappelle (2021 and 2017), Eddie Murphy (2020), Jimmy Fallon (2014 and 2013) and Justin Timberlake (2012).Women have won guest actress in a comedy series five times — Maya Rudolph (2020, 2021), Tiffany Haddish (2018), Melissa McCarthy (2017), Tina Fey & Amy Poehler (2016).If you go by viewership, the submissions for NBC should be a no-brainer.