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UPDATED with video: Saturday Night Live took on the coronavirus outbreak in this weekend’s cold open, with help from former Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren. Kate McKinnon kicked things off as conservative Fox News host Laura Ingraham, who complained that the coronavirus crisis is a hoax designed to…

Saturday Night Live returned from hiatus this weekend, and took on the coronavirus outbreak. The cold open kicked off with Beck Bennett playing Vice President Mike Pence, who was appointed earlier this week by President Trump to lead the nation’s coronavirus response. “President Trump has put me in charge of the…

UPDATED with video: Saturday Night Live took a break from bashing President Donald Trump in the cold open to spoof yesterday’s Democratic primary debate. Before welcoming Larry David and SNL alums Jason Sudeikis and Rachel Dratch to the debate stage, Mikey Day kicked things off as ABC News anchor George…

UPDATED with video: Saturday Night Live returned this weekend after its winter hiatus, just in time to take on President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. For SNL‘s version of the historic Capitol Hill proceedings, Cecily Strong played GOP Sen. Susan Collins alongside Beck Bennett’s spot-on portrayal of Senate…

With Christmas right around the corner, Saturday Night Live made fun of those awkward political discussions many families will have to suffer through on December 25. For this weekend’s cold open, the NBC sketch comedy series dissected how the conversation shifts in different parts of the country. The sketch kicked off…

Saturday Night Live re-imagined this week’s hot mic scandal at the NATO conference in London as a bunch of mean kids — instead of world leaders — gossiping in a high school cafeteria. With Alec Baldwin reprising his portrayal of President Trump, the NBC sketch series brought in Jimmy Fallon, Paul Rudd and James Corden…

Michael Avenatti found "nothing funny" about this weekend’s Saturday Night Live cold open that turned the House impeachment hearings into a soap opera — and included an appearance by Pete Davidson as the attorney. In what appeared to be an imitation of President Trump’s Twitter style, Avenatti offered a sarcastic…

The creators of Our Cartoon President must have been drawing as they watched the last two nights of Democratic presidential primary debates. The cold open for this Sunday’s episode, released today, even includes a busing joke. Pretty much note-perfect, with no one spared, the cold open skewers the vast line-up of…

The cold open for the 44th season finale of Saturday Night Live ended on a high note, with Alec Baldwin returning as an exuberant President Trump who belted out a song about a second term. Before launching into a parody of Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now,” Baldwin’s Trump crowed: “I’m very excited about summer, getting in…

Saturday Night Live returned to politics this weekend for the cold open — after previously taking on Game of Thrones — by posing the question to Senate Republicans: “What would it take for President Trump to lose your support?” Kyle Mooney played Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd and began the conversation by waxing…

With Attorney General William Barr skipping a House hearing earlier this week on the Mueller Report, Saturday Night Live ditched the “depressing” political scene on Capitol Hill, for “the two things all Americans can get behind” — Game of Thrones and The Avengers. With SNL regulars serving as characters from the HBO…

Saturday Night Live fired up this weekend’s cold open by taking on Michael Cohen’s jaw-dropping testimony earlier this week before members of the House. Ben Stiller returned to SNL as Cohen, and arrived with a statement for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that he admitted was polished by Hollywood…