SNL Returns with Tom Hanks as Host for Social Distancing Episode

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Saturday Night Live returned on Saturday evening with its first new episode since going on hiatus amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The show delivered one major surprise right at the top of the episode as the night's host was none other than Tom Hanks. Hanks has hosted SNL several times in the past, of course, but this time was particularly significant.

When Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson shared that they had received positive coronavirus diagnoses, the revelation brought home the severity of the situation for many fans, so it was fitting that he would be chosen to help usher Saturday Night Live through its first at-home edition. "It is a strange time to try and be funny, but trying to be funny is SNL's whole thing, so what the heck.