Jack Black Hosts SNL April 4 With Jack White
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- Jack Black will host Saturday Night Live on April 4 with Jack White as musical guest, reuniting the pair who last collaborated on the Tenacious D track "Don't Blow It, Kage," recorded at White's Nashville home studio and jokingly dubbed "Jack Gray."
- The April 4 episode makes Black the latest member of SNL's "five-timer club" — his second hosting gig in less than a year after his April 5, 2025 appearance, which promoted A Minecraft Movie and featured Elton John and Brandi Carlile as musical guests.
- Black's hosting history includes a 2005 episode, and he also appeared on the show in December 2006 as musical guest with his band Tenacious D.
- Jack White is an SNL veteran in his own right, having appeared in 2002 with The White Stripes and returning in 2012, 2018, 2020, 2023, and at SNL50: The Homecoming Concert.
Why it matters: Black's April 4 gig breaks a 20-year hosting drought — his previous one was in 2005, followed by a 2025 return — and puts him in SNL's elite five-timer club on his second appearance in under a year. Pairing him with Jack White, a six-time show veteran, reunites the two Jacks from the 2018 Tenacious D track "Don't Blow It, Kage" for a rare same-episode double bill.
