Melissa McCarthy, Vince Vaughn to Host SNL This April!

Melissa McCarthy and musical guest Phoenix return to SNL on April 6. The Academy Award nominated actress recently starred in "Identity Thief," the highest grossing domestic release of 2013, and can next be seen in "The Heat," to be released on June 28. Critically acclaimed group Phoenix's latest album, "Bankrupt!," is due out April 23 and has already spawned the hit single "Entertainment."

On April 13, Vince Vaughn returns to SNL with first time musical guest Miguel. Vaughn stars alongside Owen Wilson in the feature film, "The Internship," opening June 7. Grammy Award winner Miguel's second album "Kaleidoscope Dream" was released in 2012 to critical acclaim and reached number three Billboard 200 chart.

"Saturday Night Live," NBC's Emmy Award-winning late-night comedy showcase, enters its 38th season in September for another year of laughs, surprises and great performances.

Since its inception in 1975, "SNL" has launched the careers of many of the brightest comedy performers of their generation; and, as The New York Times noted on the occasion of the show's Emmy-winning 25th Anniversary special in 1999: "In defiance of both time and show business convention, 'SNL' is still the most pervasive influence on the art of comedy in contemporary culture." At the close of the century, "Saturday Night Live" placed seventh on Entertainment Weekly's list of the Top 100 Entertainers of the past fifty years.

The program has won 36 Emmy Awards and now holds the title for the most nominated television show in Emmy history with 156 nominations. "SNL" has been honored twice, in 1990 and 2009, with the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and cited as "truly a national institution." "Saturday Night Live" was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame by the National Association of Broadcasters, and the show continues to garner the highest ratings of any late-night television program, entertaining millions each week.

"Saturday Night Live" is produced in association with Broadway Video. The creator and executive producer is Lorne Michaels.

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