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SNL cold open skewers Trump for seemingly falling asleep during meetings — and jokes he was dreaming of Mamdani

“I’m very much awake,” Trump, played by James Austin Johnson, said. “Now someone quickly tell me where am I, who am I and what year might it be.”

The Independent UK

Saturday Night Live: Glen Powell’s debut as host is dominated by Epstein

Star of Chad Powers and The Running Man makes for a charming emcee in an episode with multiple sketches focusing on week’s biggest scandal

The Guardian - US

SNL’s Trump sells gold-framed Epstein files for $800 in cold open sketch: ‘Makes a great stocking stuffer’

‘Saturday Night Live’ cold open sketch mocked White House trying to escape Epstein scandal

The Independent UK

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Darrell Hammond Explains Why SNL Switched To Alec Baldwin’s Trump Impression

He admits dealing with the change was tough.

Cinemablend

Saturday Night Live: Nikki Glaser takes hold of raunchy, fast-moving episode

Buzzy comedian becomes one of the only female stand-ups to host the show, following in the footsteps of Joan Rivers and Amy Schumer

The Guardian - US

SNL skewers Trump over travel chaos and grocery prices in cold open

The president, played by cast member James Austin Johnson, heralded a win for Republicans after the Supreme Court ruled that they could ‘stop feeding poor people’ and prices had ‘plummeted up!’

The Independent UK

SNL Turned The White House Renovation Into An HGTV Property Brothers Sketch

The budget is between $350M and Infinity.

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SNL’s Trump boasts about cognitive test as he hijacks mock NYC mayoral debate in Cold Open sketch: ‘It’s about me’

James Austin Johnson starred as President Donald Trump in Saturday’s Cold Open sketch

The Independent UK

Kyle Mooney Did A Solid For An SNL Co-Star When He Was A New Cast Member, And Now James Austin Johnson Has Continued The Tradition

I hope this tradition lasts a lifetime.

Cinemablend

‘They Don’t Give You No Life Jacket.’ Former SNL Stars Open Up About What Life Is Like After Exiting The Show

From cold opens to cold goodbyes

Cinemablend

SNL comes back swinging as Trump sketch rips into wars, late-night feuds and Epstein ties

‘I’m just keeping an eye on SNL, making sure they don’t do anything too mean about me,’ James Austin Johnson, playing Trump, quipped during the cold open

The Independent UK

‘No reason not to be all in’: is Saturday Night Live ready to meet a major political moment?

The return of the long-running series lands at a difficult time for late-night comedy – and free speech

The Guardian - US

Emmys host Nate Bargatze jokes about the television industry, devises gag to keep speeches short

Stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze kicked off the 77th Emmy Awards Sunday with a comedy sketch that poked fun at the television industry, noting it's “a world where the finest artists craft stories of staggering beauty that millions of people will watch on their phones while they’re sitting on the toilet.”

The Independent UK

Was Emil Wakim Fired From 'SNL'? Comedian Makes Heartbreaking Announcement After One Season

Comedian Emil Wakim announced he will not return to 'Saturday Night Live' after one season, calling the exit a 'gut punch' but thanking the cast.

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Amidst SNL Season 51 Exits, Rumor Has It The Weekend Update Desk May Be Making Some Changes

Big changes could be coming to Studio 8H.

The Guardian - US

South Park has become the most important TV show of the Trump 2.0 era

This season of the long-running animated sitcom has aimed its ire at the cruelty and stupidity of an administration others have found hard to successfully ridicule

Cinemablend

As Lorne Michaels Confirmed A Shakeup In SNL's Season 51 Cast, He Also Revealed One Comedian Who Will Be Returning

Change is coming...

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Bowen Yang Admits He Was Worried About What It Would Be Like To Go Back To SNL After ‘This Colbert S–t’

The comedian got candid.

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The Independent UK

SNL season finale cold open ridicules Trump boasting about ‘pre-bribe’ of $400m Qatar jet

James Austin Johnson returns once again to play the president as flagship NBC show closes out 50th season

The Independent UK

SNL mocks Trump’s use of executive orders: ‘Reduce the number of interracial couples in TV commercials’

‘It's been 100 years since I became president...excuse me, days. Wow, feels longer’ James Austin Johnson began

The Independent UK

SNL’s Colin Jost and Michael Che mock Donald Trump’s tariffs U-turn in Weekend Update skit

Jost said that listening to Trump discuss tariffs was ‘like listening to Bubba Gump talk about shrimp’

The Independent UK

SNL mocks ‘messiah’ Trump over chaotic tariffs policy with Easter-themed cold open

‘Some people call me the Messiah because of the mess I uh made out of the economy’

Salon

"SNL" mocks Trump tariffs

James Austin Johnson's Trump envisioned an America where everyone would be "eating the cats"

The Guardian - US

Saturday Night Live: Jack Black returns for a stellar episode

The actor-musician returns for the fourth time, presiding over an episode poking fun at Trump’s tariffs and Morgan Wallen’s controversial exit last week

Latin Times

Trump Doubles Down on Musk and Rubio's 'Great Relationship' After SNL Mocks Heated Oval Office Meeting

President Trump reiterated that billionaire Elon Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have a good relationship after Saturday Night Live mocked the two in its cold open.

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