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Navarrette's SNL debut, plus Street Fighter's new M. Bison

Navarrette makes her Saturday Night Live hosting debut on October thirty-first, while Street Fighter's M. Bison actor says his director assigned him books on tyrants; homework, but evil.

On air: Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock on Late Night BBN
Published 10:05 PM ET, Sunday, October 18, 2026

Photo: Kevin Paul · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

Photo: David Dastmalchian — Photo: Kevin Paul · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

At a glance

First reported by /Film: “Why M. Bison From Street Fighter (2026) Looks So Familiar”, with reporting from Variety.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 10:05 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock.
Topics: SNL.

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What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorVariety says Obsession star Inde Navarrette makes her Saturday Night Live hosting debut on October thirty-first, and she's already training to play Rogue in the X-Men film set for twenty twenty-eight.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI adore Obsession, every single frame.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYou haven't seen it, Chip. It's a horror film.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThen I adore the horror.

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Navarrette's SNL debut, plus Street Fighter's new M. Bison

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