Saturday Night Live Season 48 Host Speculation: Tom Cruise? Kaley Cuoco? Keke Palmer? Millie Bobby Brown?

Tom Cruise has a need, a need for speed — and what better thrill ride than 90 minutes of live sketch comedy?

The Top Gun: Maverick star has been making movies almost as long as Saturday Night Live has been on the air. Yet, in the series’ 47-year history, Cruise has not made a single appearance. That could — and, we predict, will — change this fall, when NBC’s flagship late-night series kicks off Season 48.

According to TVLine’s trusty crystal ball, several first-time hosts will grace Studio 8H in the coming months, including Star Wars vet Diego Luna (who is headlining Rogue One prequel Andor for Disney+), Ted Lasso‘s Hannah Waddingham (who will be appearing in the highly anticipated Hocus Pocus 2) and The Flight Attendant‘s Kaley Cuoco (who, let’s be real, would have been more than ready for the gig during any point in The Big Bang Theory‘s 12-season run).

Scroll down to see who else might host SNL this fall — a Season 48 premiere date remains TBA — then hit the comments with your top picks.

Ana de Armas

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A potential first-time host, de Armas will be in the midst of a promotional tour for Netflix’s Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde.
Millie Bobby Brown

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Hot off summer’s biggest show, the Stranger Things star will be making the rounds for another Netflix project, Enola Holmes 2.
Austin Butler

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The big-screen Elvis impersonator got his start in comedy, appearing in kid-friendly sitcoms like Hannah Montana, iCarly, Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide and Zoey 101.
Tom Cruise

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It’s hard to believe the Top Gun: Maverick star has never hosted SNL — but we’re certain he’ll be coming in for a landing this fall.
Kaley Cuoco

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We’ll save you another aviation pun and just say that the Flight Attendant star is bound to make her Studio 8H debut in support of Peacock rom-com Meet Cute (co-starring recently departed SNL cast member Pete Davidson).
Billy Eichner

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For a dollar: Who made his on-screen debut as an SNL extra when he was just 13 years old? That’d be the Billy on the Street host, whose star is only rising with the release of the major motion picture Bros.
Donald Glover

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The Artist Also Known as Childish Gambino made quite the first impression when he hosted during Season 43. With the release of Atlanta‘s fourth and final season, the actor/rapper is due for an encore.
Jon Hamm

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The Confess, Fletch star is still two hosting stints away from joining the coveted Five-Timers’ Club. Now’s as good a time as ever to bring him one step closer.
Diego Luna

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Andor‘s recent delay — its initial Aug. 31 premiere was pushed to Sept. 21 — means the Star Wars vet will still be in full promo mode for the Rogue One prequel when Season 48 gets underway.
Keke Palmer

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Palmer is having a bit of a moment right now, in part due to her acclaimed turn in Jordan Peele’s Nope. It helps that she’s already in the NBC family, thanks to her primetime gig as host of this summer’s Password revival.
Sarah Jessica Parker

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It’s hard to believe, but Parker’s first (and only) SNL hosting stint predates Sex and the City, having last served as master of ceremonies in support of 1994’s Ed Wood. Surely she’ll be back for Hocus Pocus 2.
Florence Pugh

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When the Don’t Worry Darling star makes her inevitable debut, we’ll need Chloe Fineman to appear in character as Meryl Streep, just so she can introduce “Florence Pugh!“
Harry Styles

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He’s already proven himself a reliable host and musical guest, most recently pulling double duty during Season 46. With two movies releasing this fall — Don’t Worry Darling and My Policeman — it’s not a matter of if he’ll be back, but when and how soon.
Hannah Waddingham

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We can think of no better way to make the Emmy-winning Ted Lasso (and Hocus Pocus 2) star feel like she’s been “struck by f–king lightning” than to let her host and watch her shine.
Michelle Yeoh

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Yeoh most recently dazzled movie goers in Everything Everywhere All at Once, and will soon appear in both The School for Good and Evil and Avatar: The Way of Water. Suffice it to say, this is her year, and the perfect time to have the industry veteran host.