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In addition to Imagine Dragons&#8217; passionate rendition of &#8220;Demons,&#8221; the night also featured hosting work from the always reliable Melissa McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p>Hosting for the third time in as many seasons, McCarthy again proved her fitness for the &#8220;SNL&#8221; stage.  Game for whatever was thrown at her, McCarthy has a way of making even the flat sketches (and there were definitely some of those this week!) feel fun.<\/p>\n<p>The night&#8217;s biggest story, however, concerned longtime cast member and writer Seth Meyers.  Set to take over &#8220;Late Night&#8221; later this month, Meyers waved goodbye to the iconic sketch show after anchoring his final &#8220;Weekend Update.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Highlights from Saturday&#8217;s &#8220;SNL&#8221; follow:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"nbc-video-widget\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/assets\/video\/widget\/widget.html?vid=n45816\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"nbc-video-widget\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/assets\/video\/widget\/widget.html?vid=n45813\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"nbc-video-widget\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/assets\/video\/widget\/widget.html?vid=n45814\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"nbc-video-widget\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/assets\/video\/widget\/widget.html?vid=n45819\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"nbc-video-widget\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/assets\/video\/widget\/widget.html?vid=n45822\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"nbc-video-widget\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/assets\/video\/widget\/widget.html?vid=n45817\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"nbc-video-widget\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/assets\/video\/widget\/widget.html?vid=n45818\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"nbc-video-widget\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/assets\/video\/widget\/widget.html?vid=n45820\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"nbc-video-widget\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/assets\/video\/widget\/widget.html?vid=n45821\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"nbc-video-widget\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/assets\/video\/widget\/widget.html?vid=n45830\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"nbc-video-widget\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/assets\/video\/widget\/widget.html?vid=n45832\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"nbc-video-widget\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/assets\/video\/widget\/widget.html?vid=n45827\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"nbc-video-widget\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/assets\/video\/widget\/widget.html?vid=n45815\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"nbc-video-widget\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/assets\/video\/widget\/widget.html?vid=n45826\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"nbc-video-widget\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/assets\/video\/widget\/widget.html?vid=n45823\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"nbc-video-widget\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/assets\/video\/widget\/widget.html?vid=n45824\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[4,1048],"tags":[176,761,700,1545,210,666,245,180],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SNL Highlights: Kendrick Joins Imagine Dragons, Seth Says Goodbye<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last weekend, they stole the show at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. 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