Saturday Night Live recap: Miles Teller is joined by Shane Gillis and Ramy Youssef in Cold Open (...

Grammywinning singer Brandi Carlile returns as musical guest. Saturday Night Live recap: Miles Teller is joined by Shane Gillis and Ramy Youssef in Cold Open (updating live) Grammywinning singer Brandi Carlile returns as musical guest. By Andy Hoglund Andy Hoglund Andy Hoglund is a writer at . He has worked at EW since 2019. EW's editorial guidelines on November 2, 2025 12:00 a.m.

Grammy-winning singer Brandi Carlile returns as musical guest.

Saturday Night Live recap: Miles Teller is joined by Shane Gillis and Ramy Youssef in Cold Open (updating live)

Grammy-winning singer Brandi Carlile returns as musical guest.

By Andy Hoglund

Andy Hoglund

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on November 2, 2025 12:00 a.m. ET

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Andrew Dismukes, Brandi Carlile, Miles Teller, and Ashley Padilla in 'SNL' promo. Credit:

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Hi all — welcome to the *SNL* in Review recap extravaganza. The show has returned and tonight is hosted by Miles Teller. It's his second time. Fans will remember he kicked off season 48.

I am joined this evening by former *Saturday Night Live* cast member Aristotle Athari, who has a new movie out. *The French Italian* is streaming now on Apple and Amazon. "I had a blast making it," says Athari. "Honestly, I don't know how we got through it because we were cracking up the entire time, mostly thanks to Ruby [McCollister] and Cat [Cohen]. I'm still shocked they managed to edit together a full movie with how many takes we ruined laughing."

Teller's second *SNL* gig is in advance of his new romantic comedy/fantasy film, *Eternity*, hitting theaters on Nov. 26. Last time he hosted, he was riding the wild success of* Top Gun: Maverick*.

Brandi Carlile is also back making her fourth *SNL* appearance.

There are on-the-ground reports about relatively short standby lines outside of 30 Rock for this one — let's hope that does not suggest there will be a low-energy audience tonight!**

It's Spectrum NY1, the region's "number five news station." It's the final and fictional NYC mayoral debate. Brought to you by… bike lanes!

It's two viable candidates and one classic New York nut. Teller portrays the disgraced Andrew Cuomo. In a bit of stunt casting, Ramy Youssef plays Zohran Mamdani, while Shane Gillis plays Curtis Sliwa. No applause for Shane, curiously. And no cast members present in this sketch besides Kenan Thompson, who notes he is playing the least famous person ever impersonated on the show. Kenan shames Mamdani for his TikTokkery and being a nerd and Youssef calls out the candidate relying on white guilt driving his support.

James Austin Johnson's Trump takes over with a soliloquy that ends with a number out of *Phantom of the Opera*. Inspired!

Cuomo was previously played by Pete Davidson on the show. Kam Patterson replaces Devon Walker as Mayor Eric Adams.

Teller dances out onto the stage and talks about how he used to dress as *SNL *characters like the Night at the Roxbury guys growing up. He moved around a lot as a kid — and movingly describes why 8H feels like home to him. It's pretty breezy, but Teller is charming and funny. He also opens up about losing his home in the Pacific Palisades fire in January.

"A lot has happened since the last time that I hosted," says Teller. "A few months ago, my wife and I lost our house in the Palisades fire. But don't worry, seriously do not worry, we're doing great. That experience has made me incredibly grateful to have so many places that I can call home... but based on what happened to the last place that I called home, I just want to say there's fire exits located there, there, there..."

"Teller's always had strong comedic instincts," notes Athari. "You can see the timing behind his eyes."**

*More to come....*

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