Donald Trump’s COVID Results Had ‘Saturday Night Live’ Scrambling, Says Lorne Michaels

“Saturday Night Live” once again mined the endless mill of comedy that comes from a presidential election season for this week’s “cold open.” The show mocked Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s simultaneous town hall appearances that were held on NBC and ABC on Thursday.

once again mined the endless mill of comedy that comes from a presidential election season for this week's «cold open.» The show mocked Joe Biden and Donald Trump's simultaneous town hall appearances that were held on NBC and ABC on Thursday.Jim Carrey returned to play Biden at a town hall moderated by George Stephanopoulos (played by Mikey Day), who described the vibe they were going for as, «Poorly attended college lecture.»The sketch switched back and forth between Biden's town hall and

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThursday’s presidential town halls took the spotlight during “Saturday Night Live’s” third episode of its 46th Season.Alec Baldwin was back in his guest role as President Donald Trump, while Jim Carrey portrayed former vice president and current democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden for the third week in a row. Mikey Day portrayed George Stephanopoulos, Kate McKinnon portrayed “bad ass” Savannah Guthrie, and Maya Rudolph returned as Sen.

Whoopi Goldberg, 64, and Joy Behar, 78, are now wondering if Donald Trump, 74, lied about his COVID-19 diagnosis. Despite testing positive for the virus on Oct. 1, Trump left the hospital just four days later and resumed his campaign rallies on Oct. 12. So, Whoopi went out on a limb on the Oct. 15 episode of The View to admit, “The more he talks, the less I think he had it, personally.”

Jack White has been booked as the last-minute replacement musical guest for this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live.The weekly live variety show’s musical guest for this week had been set to be the country artist Morgan Wallen, but he was removed from the line-up earlier this week after video emerged of him not wearing a mask while attending a crowded house party.Speaking to NBC’s Today show earlier today (October 9), SNL creator Lorne Michaels confirmed that White will now perform on

Morgan Wallen. After it was announced that the 27-year-old country singer would no longer be performing on this week's after he violated their COVID-19 protocols, creator Lorne Michaels has found a replacement. Speaking with Willie Geist on Friday's show, Michaels announced that Jack White would now be performing. «We're still in the middle of it.

NEW YORK -- The big debate — the one between Alec Baldwin and Jim Carrey — was a winner in the ratings.“Saturday Night Live” scored its biggest season premiere audience in four years and second best in 12 years, emphasizing the importance of presidential election time for the NBC comedy show.Its “cold open” featured Baldwin, portraying President Donald Trump, satirizing last week's debate performance.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorPresident Trump, holed up in the White House after being infected with the coronavirus, falsely claimed in Facebook and Twitter posts Tuesday that COVID-19 is “far less lethal” than the season flu.Facebook removed the president’s post, citing a violation of the social network’s policy against COVID-19 misinformation.Twitter left Trump’s post up, but hid it behind a warning label that said, “This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about spreading misleading and

Donald Trump and Megan Thee Stallion's message supporting Black people during her performance.The NBC late-night sketch series on Saturday night jumped into the reenactment of the recent debate between Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

Alec Baldwin is addressing some online backlash for his portrayal of President Donald Trump.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVSaturday Night Live returned to the studio last night to open its 46th season with host Chris Rock and Megan Thee Stallion.

“Saturday Night Live” has truly upped the star power for this election-year season, and Jim Carrey’s take on Joe Biden might be the jolt the show needs to keep its buzz going. The comedy icon made his guest-starring debut over the weekend for a politically charged cold open that lampooned the recent presidential debates.

Saturday Night Live went political at the launch of its 46th season with a parody of last week’s presidential debate, a jab at Donald Trump by Chris Rock, and a message from Megan Thee Stallion in support of black people.

has to keep up.The sketch comedy series returned over the weekend for its season 46 premiere, and the show had to act quickly to address the recent news that President Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19.With only two days to incorporate the massive news into their sketches, here's how handled the unexpected development.As expected, Saturday's «Cold Open» sketch still focused primarily on the recent chaotic presidential debate between Trump (once again played by Alec Baldwin) and Joe

Maya Rudolph can do no wrong when it comes to portraying Kamala Harris. During 's cold open, the comedian stepped on stage as the voice of reason and strength after Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump and Jim Carrey's Joe Biden bickered back and forth during their presidential debate. The Democratic vice presidential nominee took on the role of stern teacher, telling Trump to «not treat my Joe like that.

Saturday Night Live opened on an expected note, with the Season 46 premiere riffing on the major political event — well, the scheduled one, at least — of the week: the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. With Beck Bennett portraying moderator Chris Wallace, Alec Baldwin returning as Trump, and Jim Carrey making his debut as Joe Biden, audiences were treated to another round of the very unpresidential histrionics that unfolded Tuesday night, with NotTrump immediately