Watch highlights from the fourteenth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Oscar Isaac, with Charli XCX as the musical guest, including the Fox Ukraine Cold Open spoofing Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham.
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Watch highlights from the fourteenth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Oscar Isaac, with Charli XCX as the musical guest, including the Fox Ukraine Cold Open spoofing Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham.
LaunchWatch highlights from the thirteen episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by John Mulaney, with LCD Soundsystem as the musical guest, including the cold open featuring the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka.
LaunchWatch highlights from the twelfth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Willem Dafoe, with Katy Perry as the musical guest, including the Russian disinformation cold open.
LaunchWatch highlights from the eleventh episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by SNL alum Will Forte, with Måneskin as the musical guest, including the cold open mocking Fox’s Laura Ingraham, Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, and Candace Owens.
LaunchWatch highlights from the tenth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Ariana DeBose, with Bleachers as the musical guest.
LaunchWatch highlights from the eighth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Billie Eilish, who also performed as the musical guest, including the cold open with Kate McKinnon.
Launch“The media’s fixation with false equivalency between the two political parties and fear of criticism from the right has led to distorted coverage and misleading characterizations of the assault on democracy,” Jennifer Rubin writes.
LaunchWatch highlights from the seventh episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Simu Liu, with Saweetie as the musical guest, including the Jeanine Pirro spoof cold open.
LaunchWatch highlights from the sixth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Jonathan Majors, with Taylor Swift as the musical guest, including the Ted Cruz Sesame Street cold open.
LaunchWatch highlights from the fifth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Kieran Culkin, with Ed Sheeran as the musical guest, including the Weekend Update segment on reproductive rights.
LaunchWatch highlights from the fourth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Jason Sudeikis, with Brandi Carlile as the musical guest, including the return of What Up With That.
LaunchWatch highlights from the third episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Rami Malek, with Young Thug as the musical guest, including the cold open skewering the NFL.
LaunchWatch highlights from the second episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Kim Kardashian West with Halsey as the musical guest.
LaunchWatch highlights from the inaugural episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Owen Wilson, with Kacey Musgraves as the musical guest, including the cold open skewering Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin.
LaunchWatch highlights from the twentieth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Anya Taylor-Joy with Lil Nas X as the musical guest, including Cecily Strong’s possibly final bit as Jeanine Pirro.
LaunchWatch highlights from the nineteenth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Keegan-Michael Key with Olivia Rodrigo as the musical guest, including Kate McKinnon’s appearance on Weekend Update as Liz Cheney.
Launch“[H]e is the proverbial tortoise who steadily moves ahead, pounding away at his message, talking to Congress and reaching out to the country at large. Unfortunately, the media does not seem to understand that these things take time,” Jennifer Rubin writes.
LaunchWatch highlights from the eighteenth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Elon Musk, with Miley Cyrus as the musical guest, including the cold open featuring the cast’s mothers.
LaunchThe White House Press Secretary continually pressed Newsmax’s Emerald Robinson to name names, catching Robinson off guard.
LaunchWatch highlights from the seventeenth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Carey Mulligan, with Kid Cudi as the musical guest, including the “Eyes on Minnesota” cold open.
LaunchWatch highlights from the sixteenth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Daniel Kaluuya, with St. Vincent as the musical guest, including the Weekend Update segment and cold open skewering Matt Gaetz.
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