The Democratic frontrunner poured a few drinks for “SNL” regular Kate McKinnon and impersonated The Donald on Saturday night.
The show's 40th anniversary reminded viewers that the stars, not the sketches, are what matter.
On this weekend’s episode, Alec Baldwin returned as Donald Trump, Melissa McCarthy returned as Sean Spicer, and everyone else returned with a message for the president: “We know you’re watching. Let’s talk.”
The performer, whose run on the show ended last night, understood that being earnest could be very funny.
Three years of FCC documents reveal the recent Saturday Night Live sketches that Americans found most objectionable.
The show will air at the same time across the U.S. for the first time ever starting in April—thanks to social media.
The show had some bright spots—such as Larry David’s work as Bernie Sanders—but it largely failed to capture the zeitgeist in the year of Trump.
The show’s first episode back after a chaotic six weeks in American politics was the equivalent of a giant shrug.
With its latest sketch, a spoof of Love Actually, the show suggests that Clinton still has a role to play in American politics.
In the wake of a bruising moment in American history, the NBC sketch show was primed to party.