Halloween horror: Alec Baldwin returns to ‘SNL’ as Michael Keaton hosts
A ghost of ‘SNL’ past was back to haunt the show.
Lorne Michaels doesn’t know how to quit Alec Baldwin.
After the 2020 election, it looked like the SNL showrunner had learned his lesson. Baldwin was yeeted from the show, his version of Donald Trump banished along with Jim Carrey’s Joe Biden and Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris. For a few seasons, things were good. SNL’s young cast got to shine, and it really felt like they had been given the keys to the franchise.
Then Michaels backslid in a major way, having Rudolph return to play Harris while adding Andy Samberg as Doug Emhoff, Jim Gaffigan as Tim Walz and Dana Carvey as Biden, boxing out SNL’s actual cast from these major roles.
It got even worse this weekend. Alec Baldwin was back.
SNL kicked off the episode with a cold open featuring Baldwin as Fox News’ Bret Baier, pairing him with Rudolph’s Harris.
Why won’t anyone tell Lorne Michaels that this is bad?
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