First SNL Hosts of 2013 Announced!

The January 2013 Saturday Night Live hosts have been announced! Here's who the next 2 SNL hosts will be:

1/19 Jennifer Lawrence (with musical guest The Lumineers)

Before this SNL season started, I made a Wishlist of the Top 10 New SNL Hosts I'd like see host this season.  Guest Blogger Daniel did the same.  So far, 1 of my 10 people have hosted (Louis C.K.) and now it looks like someone from Daniel's list will be hosting too.  I have to admit that I have never actually seen a film or TV show with Jennifer Lawrence in it before, so I'm really not sure what to expect here.  I generally prefer comedic actors/actresses, and based on her filmography, Jennifer Lawrence hasn't done much comedy.  However, I am kind of looking forward to her hosting simply based on how much Guest Blogger Daniel thinks she'll do well.  He insists that despite her dramatic film work, she is funny and entertaining on talk shows and that she'll make a great host.  Okay Daniel, if you say so.  You better not let me down!

1/26 Adam Levine (with musical guest Kendrick Lamar)

After Jennifer Lawrence hosts, it'll be Adam Levine's turn!  While I'm generally not a fan of singers hosting SNL, I have high hopes for Adam Levine.  I've caught a few episodes of The Voice and he has a great personality and is really fun to watch.  I think he can follow in the footsteps of Justin Timberlake or Bruno Mars (wow I'm already lumping those two together) and be another great SNL host.  Besides, he's practically already a "friend of the show", making a cameo in "The Stand Off" short earlier this season,  and appearing in many other sketches such as my all-time favorite SNL Digital Short, "Iran So Far" and  the Greek Gods sketch from 2011:

Guest Post: Daniel's Wishlist for New SNL Hosts for Season 38

Here's a new Guest Post from our Guest Blogger Daniel!  

Last week I really enjoyed reading this site's “SNL Host Wishlist”, and while I loved a lot of those choices (Stephen Colbert, Will Arnett, Ty Burrell, Elizabeth Banks, Mila Kunis, Aziz Ansari, and Mindy Kaling) I didn't love all of them (Ken Jeong). So I decided to make a list of people I thought was left off that list. And to be clear, these are not predictions of who will host, they are people I would like to see host.

1. John Krasinski

How you know him (notable works): The Office, Something Borrowed, Big Miracle, It’s Complicated, Leatherheads, Away We Go, Shrek The Third, Monsters Vs Aliens, Dreamgirls, License To Wed, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

John Krasinski has a very rare comedic skill; he can play the funny straight man. What most people don’t get about Krasinski’s performance as Jim Halpert on The Office is that while he doesn’t play as outrageous a character as Rainn Wilson's character Dwight or Brian Baumgartner’s character Kevin, Krasinski still injects a wonderful, charmingly confused yet sarcastic sense of humor to the show. Krasinski uses this same brand of somewhat subtle humor in most of the movies he appears in like It’s Complicated and Big Miracle. Krasinski is a very talented actor who has the ability to give a good performance in a mediocre movie like Leatherheads. Krasinski would also be a good choice because he is said to do impressions of the other cast members of The Office and impressions are always a good vehicle on SNL for hosts, especially if they mock someone the host knows really well. I have wanted him to host for quite some time now and thanks to The Office, Krasinski hosting has always been plausible. Now with Promised Land, a drama that Krasinski co-wrote and co-stars in with Matt Damon coming out in June, and The Office in their last season, it seems like a fantastic year for Krasinski to finally host.