Saturday Night Live · season 45, episode 873 · Saturday, October 5, 2019 Host: Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Musical guest: Taylor Swift. • Taylor Swift performs "Lover" and "False God" with SNL bandleader Lenny Pickett on sax. • Matthew Broderick appears as Mike Pompeo in the cold open. • Heidi Gardner and Melissa Villaseñor are both credited in the opening montage but they did not appear in this episode, although they only appear in goodbyes. • Pete Davidson does not appear in this episode due to filming commitments for The Suicide Squad, but is credited in the opening montage and mentioned by both Mikey Day and Colin Jost during Weekend Update. Wiki link