Watch highlights from the sixteenth episode of Saturday Night Live’s forty-fifth season, hosted by Tom Hanks, with Chris Martin as the musical guest.
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Watch highlights from the sixteenth episode of Saturday Night Live’s forty-fifth season, hosted by Tom Hanks, with Chris Martin as the musical guest.
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LaunchSaturday, March 7th, 2020: Elizabeth Warren and Kate McKinnon, together at last, live from New York. Watch them open SNL together.
LaunchWatch highlights from the fourteenth episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, hosted by John Mulaney, with David Byrne as the musical guest.
LaunchLate night host Jimmy Kimmel revisited an old segment of his show to troll extremist Republican Senator Ted Cruz. Watch as a slew of self-identified Republicans fail to identify a single country on a blank map of the world.
Launch“We journalists should never again write that someone is too old, too young, too polarizing, too petty, too cranky or too whatever to win an election. We should listen to what he or she is saying and then analyze, with an open mind, how it’s being heard.”
LaunchWatch highlights from the thirteenth episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, hosted by RuPaul, with Justin Bieber as the musical guest.
LaunchWatch highlights from the twelfth episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, hosted by JJ Watt, with Luke Combs as the musical guest.
LaunchWatch highlights from the eleventh episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, hosted by Adam Driver, with Halsey as the musical guest.
LaunchRemember Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood? Gumby? Buckwheat? Velvet Jones? Eddie Murphy brought all those classic characters back last night.
LaunchWatch highlights from the ninth episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, hosted by Scarlett Johansson, with Niall Horan as the musical guest.
LaunchWatch highlights from the eighth episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, hosted by Jennifer Lopez , with DaBaby as the musical guest.
LaunchWatch highlights from the seventh episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, hosted by alum Will Ferrell, with King Princess as the musical guest.
LaunchCecily Strong’s Marie Yovanovitch impression was the highlight of the cold open, which also incorporated a surprise guest appearance by Jon Hamm as Ambassador Bill Taylor.
LaunchKate McKinnon as Elizabeth Warren: “Mr. Bezos, the government is a little like Amazon Prime. You reap the benefits, you gotta pay an annual fee. And that’s called… taxes!”
LaunchPaul Krugman brings the truth in a New York Times column about the IOKIYAR principle (Debt, doomsayers and double standards)
LaunchSNL spoofed Donald Trump’s hate-filled rally and reimagined it with fake appearances from Lindsey Graham, Bill Clinton, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Mark Zuckerberg. It’s almost not a parody…
LaunchWatch highlights from the third episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, including the “Guiliani & Associates” sketch that was cut for time.
LaunchWatch highlights from the second episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, including Kate McKinnon’s hilarious appearance as Elizabeth Warren on Weekend Update.
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