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SNL has fun satirizing The View and imagining Assange, Avenatti, and Loughlin in prison together

Highlights from the eighteenth episode of Saturday Night Live’s forty-fourth season:

A group of prisoners (Kate McKinnon, Kenan Thompson, Pete Davidson, Chris Redd, Michael Keaton, Kyle Mooney) discuss why they got arrested.

The women of The View (Leslie Jones, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong, Melissa Villaseñor) welcome Jenny McCarthy (Emma Stone) to the show.

Melissa Villaseñor raps about her hobbies.

Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week’s biggest news, like Trump threatening to funnel detained immigrants to sanctuary cities.

Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week’s biggest news, like Kim Kardashian announcing her plans to become a lawyer.

Seventh-grader and travel expert, Carrie Krum (Aidy Bryant), stops by Weekend Update to share her travel tips for spring break.

Nico Slobkin (Mikey Day) and Brie Bacardi (Heidi Gardner) talk to Michael Che about picnics.

View all sketches and performances uploaded from this week’s episode.

Andrew Villeneuve

Andrew Villeneuve is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, as well as the founder of NPI's sibling, the Northwest Progressive Foundation. He has worked to advance progressive causes for over two decades as a strategist, speaker, author, and organizer. Andrew is also a cybersecurity expert, a veteran facilitator, a delegate to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

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