SNL Jokes About Stranger Things Continuing Forever

A few weeks after Stranger Things ended, Saturday Night Live (SNL) kicked off its first episode of 2026 by joking about something fans had already noticed online: even though the show ended, the Stranger Things franchise isn’t going away.

The episode was hosted by Finn Wolfhard, who plays Mike Wheeler in Stranger Things. One of the pre-recorded sketches was made like a glossy Netflix trailer, showing that the show would continue in every possible way, despite the series finale.

The sketch’s idea was simple but over-the-top: now that Netflix knows how many people watched the final season, the endings of shows don’t really matter anymore. The joke highlighted how popular shows often get extended, rebooted, or turned into new content, no matter how their story originally ended.

Fans of Stranger Things enjoyed the playful nod to the franchise, and the sketch also poked fun at how Netflix and other streaming platforms keep creating spin-offs and extra content long after a show officially ends.