With Kristen Wiig hosting, viewers naturally had hopes for this year’s final original episode of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.”
Instead, they got a show that looked remarkably similar to Wiig’s previous guest appearances.
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Just hours after Joe Biden was declared the victor in the most hotly contested presidential race in modern memory, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” returned with a show that perhaps captured the mood of the country: celebratory but still disbelieving.
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NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” delivered the best show of the season last night – which, admittedly, is damning with faint praise considering how abysmal the season has been.
But powered by the utter charm of guest host Adele, the show for the first time did not feel like a horrible chore.
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NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” returned for its 46th season with comedian Jim Carrey playing Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, Alec Baldwin returning as President Donald Trump, and a tone that suggested the rush of recent events were even too much for the writers to process.
Those events included that debacle of a presidential debate, Trump’s failure to denounce white supremacy, and Trump being diagnosed with the coronavirus.
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