Saturday Night Live’s 51st season just closed out its run on the 2026 TV schedule, and it ended on a pretty strong note with Will Ferrell hosting and Paul McCartney as the musical guest. The entire season had strong hosts, with there being a mixture of first-timers and veterans. One of the first-time hosts was Colman Domingo who gave a great showing and shared a touching speech at the end of the episode in April. Before all that, though, Tina Fey apparently sent him a sweet text, and I'm smiling over how mom-coded it is.
It was announced in late March that Domingo had been tapped to host the April 11th episode of NBC's long-running sketch comedy show. While the Emmy winner and Oscar nominee has had an extensive career, his SNL gig obviously signified new territory for him. As Domingo recently recalled to The Hollywood Reporter, though, he was fortunate to have Fey in his corner:
