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Maya Rudolph to revive her Kamala Harris impression on new SNL season
Saturday Night Live.Rudolph first portrayed the Vice President on the show during an appearance in 2019, where she went head-to-head with Woody Harrelson’s Joe Biden, referencing their Democratic primary debates.She later revived the impression throughout the 2021 season, and now, after Biden endorsed Harris to replace him in the 2024 presidential election, Rudolph will be back on screen again to play her.Deadline reports that she will be a recurring presence on the 50th season, which kicks off on September 28 and will run through the final weeks of the presidential campaign.SNL is set to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a special three-hour primetime special on NBC. To be aired live on February 16, 2025, it will be part of a “celebratory weekend” for the show.“We’re doing the 50th anniversary show in February of ’25, so I will definitely be there for that, and definitely be there until that, and sometime before that we’ll figure out what we’re gonna do,” the show’s creator Lorne Michaels said.NBC ran a similar tribute for the show’s 40th birthday in 2015, featuring appearances from countless alumni from SNL history, including Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, Billy Crystal, Will Ferrell, Norm MacDonald and Tina Fey.A feature film about the show’s premiere episode on October 11, 1975 is also in the works.