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SNL Cold Open : Donald Trump ( James Austin Johnson ) assesses his first 100 days and signs new executive orders with Stephen Miller ( Mikey Day ) .
NBC’sSaturday Night Livereturned tonight for the first of three new shows in a row , which will put the finish touches on Season 50 . Tonight , we have hostQuinta Brunson(ABC’sAbbott Elementary ) and musical guestBenson Boonetaking to the stages of Studio 8H. After tonight , we have hostWalton Goggins(HBO’sThe White Lotus , Prime Video’sFallout ) and melodic guestArcade Fireon May 10th , with hostScarlett Johanssonand musical guestBad Bunnywrapping the time of year up on May 17th . But with SNL on a break over the past few workweek and a whole lot going on in the intelligence during that time , there were a draw of folks marvel what the focus of the long - running late - night sketch comedy and music series ' cold out-of-doors would be .
After an intro share how Trump did all of the things FDR did ( in reverse ) , we steer to The White House for " Your Next Pope " Trump ’s ( James Austin Johnson ) , who jokes about behave Elmo to El Salvador before introducing Stephen Miller ( Mikey Day , who enter to vampire euphony ) . From there , we get a summing up of new executive orders – like " The Belichick Law " that establish it socially okay for 70 - yr - erstwhile - plus hands to appointment twentysomething - class - old women , a pardon forJK Rowling(with shots at the generator and the world she created that fan take to the woods into and reimagine themselves : " a wonderful place for overweight millennials to back their whole identity " and " ' I ’m a Hufflepuff . ' No , squawk . You work at Staples . " ) . We even get an appearance from Marco Rubio ( Marcello Hernandez ) , in what was a fast , piercing cold surface that slay some key detail .
Trump signs a new batch of executive orderspic.twitter.com/xDD1LKKYUA
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SNL: Saturday Night Live Season 50 Cast
NBC’sSaturday Night LiveSeason 50 main cast and featured role player includeSarah Sherman , Kenan Thompson , Michael Longfellow , Emil Wakim , Devon Walker , Chloe Fineman , Jane Wickline , Ashley Padilla , Andrew Dismukes , Michael Che , Colin Jost , Marcello Hernández , Heidi Gardner , Mikey Day , Ego Nwodim , Bowen Yang , andJames Austin Johnson . Here ’s a looking at at the prescribed Season 50 cast exposure from PhotographerMary Ellen Matthews :
Since its inception in 1975 , the long - running late - night sketch clowning and music series has launched the careers of many of the bright comedy performers of their propagation . SNL crap headlines with topical sense of humour reflecting politics and current events , features an array of characters with an unequaled view on pop refinement , and offers sharp political comment through its signature " Weekend Update " section . A variety show that is truly one of a kind , SNL also attracts the bad stars of medicine to its phase for modern viral operation .
The long - run former - Nox live sketch comedy and music serial publication , which premiered Oct. 11 , 1975 , air live from NBC ’s famed Studio 8H in New York City ’s Rockefeller Center . Broadway Video , in affiliation with SNL Studios , produces the program , which is administrator - produced byLorne Michaels .
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