"Madame Web" star Dakota Johnson hosted for the second time, and musical guest Justin Timberlake, who has previously hosted five times, joined in the sketches as well.
Saturday Night Live skipped politics (for the most part) in its cold open on the Super Bowl, but made light of the nation’s political divisions with a line-up of NFL Today hosts James Brown (Kenan Thompson), Boomer Esiason (Beck Bennett), retired Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher (Alex Moffat), Nate Burleson (Chris Redd) and Phil Simms (Mikey Day) commenting on the newest Super Bowl ads.
One commercial featured a montage of powerful civil rights footage with a surprise twist at the end: “We’ve learned once again that freedom isn’t free. But we must always strive for equality. And we must always reach for … Cheez-Its. Cheez-Its historically delicious.”