Bowen Yang makes surprise SNL return in Jensen Huang cold open sketch

Bowen Yang reunites with SNL in sketch featuring John Mulaney and parody of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

Bowen Yang made a surprise return to Saturday Night Live during this week's episode, appearing in a cold open sketch alongside host John Mulaney that referenced recent headlines involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

Mulaney, who hosted the programme for the seventh time, led the opening sketch as a CIA agent conducting training on how to identify potential female spies.

The session involved several technology executives, including Peter Thiel, played by James Austin Johnson, OpenAI chief Sam Altman, portrayed by Ben Marshall, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, played by Jane Wickline.

Andrew Dismukes appeared as Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, while Jeremy Culhane portrayed Elon Musk.

The sketch also featured a parody of Huang, who has recently been the subject of allegations involving an extramarital relationship and claims that he could be a spy.

Yang played the Nvidia chief executive, delivering the line, "You know what's about to go down — the S&P 500."

Before Huang's appearance, Mulaney's character presented the technology executives with a Venn diagram showing no overlap between "Beautiful Women" and "Your Interests and Opinions".

Yang also appeared in another sketch during the episode, portraying Mary Todd Lincoln. The role is one he also performs in the Broadway comedy Oh, Mary!.

The episode marked Yang's first appearance on Saturday Night Live since leaving the cast on December 20, 2025. The comedian previously worked on the programme as both a cast member and writer.

Mulaney was joined by musical guest Phoebe Bridgers for the episode.

Saturday Night Live is scheduled to return on December 5, with Amanda Seyfried making her hosting debut and Don Toliver appearing as the musical guest.