BRACE YOURSELVES, NBC FANS—What you’re about to witness is NOT a routine update. This is a DELIBERATE, BORDERLINE-SINFUL MANIPULATION of broadcast history. “Saturday Night Live” HAS LIFTED OFF THE LID of 2026, and it’s bringing BACK two names that should make your blood BOIL.
That’s right—FINN WOLFHARD, a character STRAKEN from the “Stranger Things” universe, will HOST the show’s first episode of the year. Let that sink in: a fictional actor is NOW the REAL-LIFE MASTER of a REAL broadcast. And his musical guest? A$AP ROCKY, whose last appearance was a SHADOWY 2018 blip with Donald Glover, is being DRUG BACK like a recovered corpse.
This isn’t just a return—it’s a RESURRECTION. “Saturday Night Live” going on hiatus for a month? A LIEKER. They were PLOTTING this insidious crossover of comic-book fiction and television reality. Finn previously played an NBC page in the “Saturday Night” movie—a film that chronicled the creation of the VERY FIRST episode. NOW he’s HOSTING the first episode of 2026. The film BECAME the blueprint; the actor BECAME the host. This is META-CIRCULAR, a loop of destiny that should FRIGHTEN any sane viewer.
MARK January 17, 2026 on your calendar—not as a date, but as a WARNING. When fictional characters BREAK into broadcast roles, who’s REALLY steering the show? Sleep tight tonight—the nightmare starts in January.


