Saturday Night Live · season 49, episode 965 · Saturday, April 13, 2024 Host: Ryan Gosling (3rd time). Musical guest: Chris Stapleton. • Chris Stapleton performs "White Horse" with his wife Morgane Stapleton and "Mountains of My Mind" and appears in the pre-recorded "Get That Boy Back" sketch. • Kate McKinnon appears in the cold open, reprising her character Colleen Rafferty, introduced alongside Gosling in a season 41 episode. • Emily Blunt appears in the opening monologue. • Caitlin Clark appears on Weekend Update. • Kyle Mooney appears in the cut-for-time "Papyrus 2" sketch. • Following seven days of catch-up viewing, this episode reached 7.51 million viewers (the highest linear audience since December 10, 2022); with additional viewing across digital platforms, this increased to 8.9 million (the largest cross-platform audience since December 11, 2021). This episode was also the show's "most watched ever" on Peacock. • With seven days of cross-platform catch-up viewing, this episode scored a 2.0 demo rating, the highest in that metric since November 12, 2022. • The episode also recorded the highest number of YouTube users who had "viewed a portion of the episode" since 2020 (46 million). Wiki link