Ariana Grande took on the New York 30 Rock stage “Saturday evening live” for the third time as host and found himself in familiar circumstances.

“The last time I hosted was in 2016, and we were about to elect our first female president,” the 31-year-old singer and actor said in her monologue. “So, I guess, the second time’s the charm?”

Grande, who first presented in 2014, did it for the first time without also appearing as musical guest – a role that stood out Stevie Nicks – and promised not to sing until he started a song.

The theme continued as she vowed during the tune not to do her signature impressions of Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus and Gwen Stefani, before throwing out a bit of each. She would do a much longer version of Celine Dion in a sketch later in the show.

Grande hosted to promote her musical film “Bad,” the prequel to “Wizard of Oz” will be released next month.

She said that playing the good witch Glinda, as she does in the film, is the dream of every theater kid like her, after they “lose their virginity.”

Grande’s episode comes amid a viewing figures peak for the sketch setting, probably caused by her 50th seasonand election season. Last month’s season premiere drew the most viewers since 2020.

Just like in the first two episodes of the new season, Maya Rudolph played vice president Kamala Harris into the cold night and leads a group of former cast members who return as guest stars, including Andy Samberg as Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff and Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden.

They teamed up for an election edition of ‘The Family Feud’ and took on team Trump.

Kenan Thompson, the longest-running cast member in the show’s history, which started in 2003, reprized his long-running role as “Feud” host Steve Harvey and asked Rudolph-as-Harris about her recent media blitz.

“It’s been a great week,” she said. “I went on Howard Stern to reach the horny cab drivers, I went on ‘The View’ for the horny moms, and I also went on the podcast ‘Call her daddy’ because I have a message for young women: you have to go to the polls if you want the government out of your ballot box.”

Current cast member James Austin Johnson returned as Donald Trumpsaying that his opponent “will be terrible in this game. She is a person with a very low IQ. The whole world is laughing at her because they don’t respect her.”

Nicks, 76, was the musical guest of “SNL” for the first time in more than 40 years. She opened with her brand new single ‘The Lighthouse’, but the look of the performance was classic Stevie, with an abundance of rings and scarves and the singer draped in black. For her second song she returned with “Edge of Seventeen” from 1981.

Michael Keaton will host next week with musical guest Billie Eilish. John Mulaney and Chappell Roan are ready for next Saturday.

The beginning of season 50 has already brought reflection and nostalgia in many forms, including ‘Saturday Night’, a film comedy dramatization of the minutes before the first episode of the Lorne Michaels-led Sketch Institute on October 11, 1975.

A three-hour primetime special on February 16 will serve as an official celebration of the 50th season.