Fresh off his first Emmy nomination for producing The Gorge, Miles Teller returned to Studio 8H to host Saturday Night Live for the second time. He previously hosted in 2022 with musical guest Kendrick Lamar and appeared on the 50th anniversary special for a Bronx Beat sit-down with Betty (Amy Poehler) and Jodi (Maya Rudolph),plus Linda Richman (Mike Myers) from Coffee Talk. teller – who will next be seen in the film Eternity – hosted alongside musical guest Brandi Carlile.

Teller is the fourth host of SNL‘s 51st season, following Bad Bunny (with musical guest Doja Cat) on Oct. 4,Amy Poehler (with musical guest Role Model) on Oct. 11, and Sabrina Carpenter (who was also the musical guest) on Oct. 18. The long-running sketch comedy series recently added 11 Emmy Awards to its shelf in September, bringing its overall tally to 112.

SNL Recap: NYC Mayoral Debate & Property Brothers Take on the White House

SNL took a break from opening with national politics to focus on some local politics that have gotten national attention: the New York City mayoral race. Disgraced former New York governor Andrew Cuomo (teller) faced off against insurgent Democratic party nominee Zohran mamdani (Ramy Youssef) and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa (Shane Gillis) in the third, final, and fictional debate.But don’t worry, President Donald Trump (Johnson) showed up to make sure voters knew that every race for political office is realy about him, even the most localized ones.

OPENING MONOLOGUE

Teller barely had enough time to shed his Andrew Cuomo costume before taking the main stage for his opening monologue. He took pride in hosting the night after Halloween, since he and his sisters used to dress up as SNL characters when they were growing up (he brought along photographic evidence from one year when they dressed as “Roxbury Guys” will Ferrell and Chris Kattan). Having moved around a lot as a child, Teller has always had multiple places to call home, including the SNL stage. That sentiment was especially poignant this time, as he was one of many people to lose thier house in the Palisades fire earlier this year. Considering what happened to the last place he called home, Teller let everyone no where the fire exits were located before the show started.

PROPERTY BROTHERS MAKEOVER THE WHITE HOUSE

SNL viewers were seeing double Teller in the pre-recorded Property Brothers send-up. Twin contractors Jonathan Scott and Drew Scott (Teller) face their biggest challenge yet: building the new White House ballroom for President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump (Fineman).That’s easier said than done, as Trump has deported