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Mediaite recaps: This week’s Saturday Night Live kicked off with a cold open dedicated to Tuesday night’s Republican debate on CNN. The sketch show’s troupe had a tall order to fill in distinguishing their skit from the real thing. They managed to pull it off with comical riffs on Donald Trump‘s bullying of Jeb Bush, Ben Carson‘s drowsy persona, and …

Via Deadline: As expected as the inevitable pantsuit joke, Saturday Night Live cohost Amy Poehler reprised her former giggling first lady impression to take on Kate McKinnon’s scrunch-faced dynamo candidate in a Dueling Hillary Clintons sketch on last night’s SNL. “Your laugh is different too,” said Poehler’s Hillary to McKinnon’s Hillary. “It’s less joyful.” Indeed. With Tina Fey cohosting alongside …

This is part of NBC’s equal time settlement following Trump’s hosting of SNL. More from CBS: Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is planning to air a parody commercial in Iowa during “Saturday Night Live,” just weeks before the nation’s first nominating contest in the state. “In the spirit of the upcoming holiday we are excited to bring a Cruz family …

Mediaite recaps: In this week’s Saturday Night Live cold open, the SNL gang took vicious aim at some familiar targets, namely Fox & Friends and Dr. Ben Carson, with a side order of Kate McKinnon‘s Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Jay Pharoah nailed Carson’s low-key delivery and quirky eye movements, while the usual cast members lampooned the F&F hosts, the Fox Nation’s …

Donald Trump was on the air for about twelve minutes last week when he hosted Saturday Night Live. Citing FCC regulations, three other GOP presidential candidates are now demanding equal time from NBC. Talking Points Memo reports: Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) filed for equal time on Friday, and former New York Gov. George Pataki …

Last night SNL’s Weekend Update segment took on the haters in Houston. Best line: “So the theory is that guys, in their relentless quest to watch women go to the bathroom, are going through years of hormones surgery, changing their names, their wardrobe, coming out to their families, all for that big payoff of peeing in a room without urinals. …

Last night Saturday Night Live opened with a brief, somber, and bilingual message to Paris. Watch below.

Mediaite recaps: SNL kicked off tonight’s show with a cold open mocking Rachel Maddow‘s Democratic forum and LARRY DAVID IS BACK, PEOPLE! After getting through Martin O’Malley, “Maddow” talked to a laid-back Hillary Clinton and promised her some tough questions––”not actually tough, just MSNBC tough.” But, really, the real star of the segment was David as Bernie Sanders yet again …

Entertainment Weekly recaps: The website DeportRacism.com owes Larry David $5,000. During Donald Trump’s opening monologue on Saturday Night Live, David shouted “Trump’s a racist,” a phrase the political action committee said would net its speaker a cash bounty if spoken during the broadcast. “Trump’s a racist,” David said at the end of Trump’s opening, before adding, “I heard if I …

Interestingly, the clip below has already been edited to remove a dig at Ben Carson. Rolling Stone reports: In a series of promos posted online — then quickly taken down — Wednesday, Saturday Night Live offers a sneak-peek of what it has in store when GOP presidential candidate and famous gazillionaire Donald Trump returns as host of the show Saturday. …

Deadspin reviews: After months of separated-at-birth? jokes about Larry David and Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, Saturday Night Live made the dream come true with its cold open last night, a recreation of the Anderson Cooper-moderated, CNN hosted Democratic candidates’ debate. Alec Baldwin was on hand to play ex-Senator Jim Webb, along with Kate McKinnon as her …

Closeted Fox News host Shepard Smith this afternoon ripped into NBC for handing Donald Trump an SNL hosting gig after breaking all business ties with Trump over the Mexican rapists debacle. Mediaite recaps the clip below: Smith mock-applauded NBC for standing on principle and cutting all ties to Trump and deciding they don’t want him on NBC anymore… at least …

Oh, brother. Here’s the announcement from NBC: Live from New York, it’s Donald Trump! The GOP presidential frontrunner and real estate magnate will host NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” on November 7, the show announced Tuesday. His appearance comes almost exactly a year before Election Day, which will fall on November 8, 2016. Trump last hosted the NBC comedy show in …

With some swipes at Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. Via the Hollywood Reporter: Fox & Friends took a look at the Planned Parenthood controversy during Saturday Night Live‘s cold open. In the segment, Steve Doocy (Taran Killam), Elisabeth Hasselbeck (Vanessa Bayer) and Brian Kilmeade (Bobby Moynihan) discussed the opening for the Speaker of the House. “I don’t know why they don’t let them …

People Magazine recaps last night’s opening skit: Miley Cyrus kicked off the season premiere of Saturday Night Live by looking back at the biggest names of summer of 2015 – including everyone from Arianna Grande to Kim Davis. Wearing a floral plastic minidress and matching bathing cap, the “Wrecking Ball” singer took aim at herself before beginning her act. “I …

Hillary Clinton’s appearance on Saturday Night Live is getting good reviews. Via Salon: The segment did exactly what those close to Clinton have been encouraging her to do to appear more personable: use her self-deprecating sense of humor she’s famous for to help boost sagging poll numbers. The two even mocked some of Clinton’s slow-to-act positions such as her opposition …

UPDATE: I’ve reached out to the Human Rights Campaign and they dispute the below-linked New York Times story. According to HRC spokesman Brandon Lorenz, Hillary Clinton “remains the morning speaker” on Saturday. Hillary Clinton was scheduled to address Human Rights Campaign staffers and supporters on Saturday in advance of their annual gala in Washington DC, but the HRC gig has …

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