Connor Storrie Hosts SNL Tonight With Hudson Williams Cameo — Heated Rivalry Takes Over Studio 8H
Connor Storrie made his Saturday Night Live debut on the March 1, 2026 episode, bringing the full energy of his hit series Heated Rivalry to 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The SNL host tonight drew one of the loudest audience reactions of the season when his Heated Rivalry co-star Hudson Williams made a surprise cameo during a live sketch filmed at the Rink at Rockefeller Center.
What Time Is SNL on Tonight and Where to Watch SNL
Saturday Night Live tonight airs on NBC at its standard SNL start time of 11:30 PM ET. For viewers asking how to watch SNL live or how to watch SNL without cable, the episode streams live on Peacock. The SNL time remains consistent week to week — 11:30 PM ET on Saturday nights, with the cold open typically beginning right at the SNL start time and running through to approximately 1:00 AM ET.
The March 1 episode featuring SNL host Connor Storrie is already airing, with highlights circulating widely across social media in real time.
Who Is Connor Storrie — SNL Host Tonight
Connor Storrie is a 26-year-old actor who plays Russian hockey captain Ilya Rozanov on the HBO Max and Crave series Heated Rivalry, a steamy sports romance based on Rachel Reid's Game Changers book series. The show became one of the biggest breakout hits of 2025, turning both Storrie and co-star Hudson Williams into certified stars virtually overnight.
Storrie grew up in Texas and worked as a waiter before landing the Heated Rivalry role. He previously trained in improv with The Groundlings in Los Angeles and appeared in the coming-of-age film Riley before his breakout. Since Heated Rivalry debuted on HBO Max in November, Storrie has presented at the 2026 Golden Globes, served as a torchbearer in the 2026 Olympic Torch Relay, and is now in talks to join the A24 ensemble comedy Peaked.
Connor Storrie SNL Monologue: Olympic Hockey and Heated Rivalry
Connor Storrie's SNL monologue leaned directly into the cultural moment surrounding both Heated Rivalry and hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics. He opened by joking that the show "taught a lot of straight women that their sexuality is actually gay guy," drawing immediate laughter from the SNL cast and audience.
He was then joined onstage by Olympic hockey players Quinn Hughes and Jack Hughes of the men's U.S. gold medal team. The real crowd-pleasing moment came when women's team stars Hilary Knight and Megan Keller walked out to thunderous applause, a pointed reference to the controversy in which the men's team was invited to the State of the Union while the women — who also won gold — were not. "It was gonna be just us," Knight told the audience, "but we thought we'd invite the guys, too."
Hudson Williams SNL Cameo — The Heated Rivalry Reunion
The most talked-about moment of SNL tonight came when Hudson Williams skated onto the Rockefeller Center ice during a live sketch. The sketch featured SNL cast members Veronika Slowikowska and Tommy Brennan as a couple mid-argument over a rejected marriage proposal, while Storrie, Mikey Day, and Ben Marshall played a cheerful bachelor party group skating nearby.
Williams crashed into Storrie and the group to massive cheers, with the audience clearly aware of who had just appeared. The Heated Rivalry co-stars skated together in a four-person train before Brennan's character ultimately abandoned his failing relationship to join them on the ice. Williams later returned to the SNL stage alongside Storrie to introduce musical guest Mumford & Sons, who performed their new single Rubber Band Man from their album Prizefighter — with Hozier joining as a surprise guest for the performance.
SNL Cast Highlights and Best Sketches
Beyond the Heated Rivalry reunion, the SNL cast delivered several notable sketches across the March 1 episode. Storrie's comedic timing was widely praised, particularly in a bachelorette party sketch in which he played a severely injured Las Vegas stripper who pushed through his duties despite barely being able to stand. An 1892-set gentleman's duel sketch featuring Mikey Day and Storrie — built around increasingly escalating glove slaps — also received strong reviews for resisting the show's recent tendency toward excessive physical violence. The cold open featured James Austin Johnson's President Trump celebrating a fictional war with Iran.
Heated Rivalry Season 2 is confirmed and begins filming in August 2026, with a spring 2027 release targeted. Both Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams are already attached to next projects — Storrie with A24's Peaked and Williams returning to Crave for the Carrie-Anne Moss-led series Yaga.
