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kicked off the 50th season of a New York icon.Can you believe “Saturday Night Live” is 50 years old?However you may feel about the show, Lorne Michaels’ sketch series, which has been broadcasting from Studio 8H at 30 Rock in Midtown since 1975, has undeniably shaped American comedy as we know it.It has birthed countless stars and wrung out a million laughs.We all grew up with it, we all can quote it, we all have fiery opinions about it. The NBC show is part of the fabric of American life.Embracing his inner Canadian, Michaels went surprisingly low-key for the start of Season 50, which was hosted by the fabulous Jean Smart from “Hacks.” Country singer Jelly Roll was the musical guest.The show’s enigmatic creator previously said, sans much detail, that there will eventually be a Radio City Music Hall celebration to honor “Saturday Night Live”’s first half century.Still, it was a big and brilliant move to bring back “SNL” legend Carvey as a doddering President Joe Biden.

Saturday Night Live is back!

Ethan Shanfeld The question of who would play Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff on “Saturday Night Live” was answered immediately on Saturday night as the sketch comedy series kicked off its 50th season. Jim Gaffigan joined Maya Rudolph in the season premiere cold open as the affable Minnesota Governor and Harris’ running mate, while Andy Samberg appeared as the Second Gentleman.

#SNLPremiere pic.twitter.com/Tezan0hcKq— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) September 29, 2024Mamala’s back!Maya Rudolph returned to the “Saturday Night Live” stage to revive her Emmy-winning role as Vice President Kamala Harris for the show’s milestone Season 50 premiere.“Well your fun aunt has returned,” Rudolph said. The comedian, 52, appeared as the Democratic presidential nominee, 59, on Saturday in a hilarious skit with Andrew Dismukes and Jim Gaffigan, who portrayed ABC moderator David Muir and Harris’ running mate Tim Walz, respectively. “I’ve got to be honest here folks.

(Updated with SNL & Trump tweets, video) “Well, well, well, look who fell out of that coconut tree,” said Maya Rudolph tonight kicking off the cold open of the Season 50 premiere of Saturday Night Live. “I see you trying to leave, but the doors are locked,” added James Austin Johnson later, back as Donald Trump for another year.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is willing to admit her Veep character bears some similarities to a real-life presidential nominee.

CBS News unveiled the rules for Tuesday’s vice presidential debate between Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz, indicating that the candidates mics will not be muted during the event.

Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah “can choose a different path”, Joe Biden’s defence secretary has said, as he urged parties embroiled in Middle East conflict to reach a “viable” diplomatic solution.

Ghost of John McCain, the Off Broadway musical comedy that sent Meghan McCain into a summer-long pre-opening tizzy, has arrived after months of free publicity.

Serious question. How are people not calling for Donald Trump to drop out of the presidential race like they did with Joe Biden?

Saturday Night Live’s landmark 50th season will kick off nearly over a month ahead of the 2024 presidential election with plenty of material for its cold opens and other political skits.

Joe Biden is appearing on The View.

Donald Trump said that he won’t run for president if he loses to Kamala Harris this cycle.

A Los Angeles fundraiser headlined by Barack Obama raised more than $4 million for Kamala Harris‘ presidential campaign, sources said.

Kamala Harris‘ campaign said that she has agreed to participate in a second presidential debate with Donald Trump, accepting a CNN proposal for an Oct. 23 event.

With President Joe Biden away from the White House, it was left Friday to another man with Oval Office experience to stand at the front of the Rose Garden and give a rousing call to service.Martin Sheen and others from the cast of “The West Wing,” the hit drama about a liberal president and his staff, were invited by first lady Jill Biden for an event to mark the 25th anniversary of the show.Sheen exhorted the crowd to find something worth fighting for, “something deeply personal and uncompromising, something that can unite the will of the spirit with the work of the flesh.”His voice and hands rose, his cadence matching perfectly that of President Jed Bartlet, the character Sheen played for seven seasons.“When we find that, we will discover fire for the second time, and then we will be able to help lift up this nation and all its people to that place where the heart is without fear, and their head is held high,” Sheen said.“The West Wing” remains a favorite of many who now work in Washington, both liberal and conservative. Among those spotted in the Rose Garden were House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Joe Walsh, once a tea party-aligned Illinois congressman who is now a sharp critic of former President Donald Trump and supporting Vice President Kamala Harris.Asked to name his favorite character, Walsh replied, “I’m partial to Martin Sheen because I want to be president one day.” (Walsh ran and lost a longshot Republican primary challenge to Trump in 2020.)It was clear in the speeches and the party’s touches that at least a few “West Wing” fans work in the White House.There was the US Marine Band playing the opening notes to the show’s theme as Biden and the cast walked out.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Aaron Sorkin was clearly moved on Friday during his visit to the White House to celebrate the 25th anniversary of “The West Wing” — so much so that it has him pondering a revival of the critically adored political drama. “If I had an idea, sure,” Sorkin told Variety afterward. “I didn’t think about it seriously, frankly, until today… We’ll see what happens when I wake up tomorrow.

Cast members of The West Wing emerged from the real Oval Office this afternoon for a White House Rose Garden reception recognizing the show’s 25th anniversary.

The Kamala Harris-fueled Veep resurgence has sparked a cast reunion leading up to the 2024 presidential election.

Sheryl Lee Ralph will headline a fundraiser next week for Kamala Harris‘s presidential campaign.