Other hosts this year have included John Krasinski, Dan Levy, and Regina King, who hosted the most recent episode. Even despite the pandemic, “Saturday Night Live” continues to take place within the studio and with a socially distanced, limited-capacity audience. “Bridgerton,” created by Chris Van Dusen and produced by Shonda Rhimes, was quickly renewed for a second season after becoming one of Netflix’s most-streamed series ever.

Fan buzz around Page led to his name getting thrown into the rumor mill over being a possible contender to succeed Daniel Craig as James Bond. Page added fuel to his own Bond speculation in a December 16 social media post that read, “Regency, royalty. Shaken and stirred,” a reference to how Bond likes his martini mixed. Later in January, during a virtual interview on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Page downplayed the rumors, and said, “I think the internet thinks a lot of things, and that’s one of the more pleasant ones, so I can please as far as that goes.” But Page also added that it could be because British actors tend to get complimented by being told they should play Bond. “I think there might be an element of cultural translation to be done here. Like if you’re a Brit and you do something of any kind of renowned that people regard well, then people start saying the ‘B’ word,” he said. “It’s like a merit badge, like the ‘B’ word merit badge… “I’m very, very glad to have the badge. I’m glad to be in such wonderful company of people who have the badge,” in reference to Tom Hardy, Idris Elba, and Tom Hiddleston, who’ve also been in the running. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.