#Maya rudolph on snl series#

Jack White performs a medley of ' Don't Hurt Yourself', ' Ball and Biscuit' and Blind Willie Johnson's 'Jesus is Coming Soon' for his first set and ' Lazaretto' for his second.This episode marks the show's return to Studio 8H since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.Andrew Dismukes, Lauren Holt and Punkie Johnson's first episode as cast members.Maddie Rice debuts as a member of the Saturday Night Live Band and appears in a commercial bumper performing a guitar solo during the final commercial break.The episode pays tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died two weeks prior, with McKinnon portraying Justice Ginsburg silently sitting in the audience at the end of Weekend Update, followed by a card honoring the late justice.Baldwin defended his portrayal of Trump saying that based on news released by the White House, Trump was not gravely ill, and that the satire was about Trump's debate performance, not about his illness. The cold open generated controversy among conservatives who claimed that it was inappropriate to satirize Trump while he was hospitalized.Rudolph also appears in 'NBA Bubble Draft'. In the cold open: Alec Baldwin appears as Donald Trump, Jim Carrey appears as Joe Biden, Maya Rudolph appears as Kamala Harris, and Harry Styles appears as himself, though the latter appears via pre-recorded footage.

Stallion also appears in the pre-recorded 'Bottom of Your Face' and ' NBA Bubble Draft'.Megan Thee Stallion performs ' Savage' with pre-recorded vocals from Beyoncé, Malcolm X and Tamika Mallory, and ' Don't Stop' with Young Thug.Main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes No. It was also Lauren Holt's only season on the show. This was the final season for longtime cast member Beck Bennett, who had been on the show since 2013, a total of 8 seasons. Both Strong and Bryant were still credited as cast members throughout the season. Aidy Bryant appeared in the season premiere before taking an extended absence due to filming commitments for her Hulu show Shrill.

#Maya rudolph on snl series#

Ĭecily Strong was absent from the first six episodes of the season due to filming commitments for her Apple TV+ series Schmigadoon!. Current cast member Alex Moffat succeeded Carrey to portray as Biden during the cold open of the episode hosted by Kristen Wiig. On December 19, Carrey announced he would step down from playing Biden, stating it was the original intention that he would play Biden for only six weeks. Biden had been portrayed by Jason Sudeikis while he was vice president and by Woody Harrelson, John Mulaney, and Sudeikis the previous season. The same day of Dismukes, Holt, and Johnson's additions to the cast, it was announced that Alec Baldwin and Maya Rudolph, though not members of the cast, would reprise their respective roles as Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, while Jim Carrey would take over impersonating Joe Biden. On September 16, prior to the start of the season, SNL staff writer Andrew Dismukes, Upright Citizens Brigade alum Lauren Holt, and stand-up comedian Punkie Johnson were added to the cast as featured players. On September 15, 2020, it was announced that the entire cast from last season would be returning, with Ego Nwodim, who had been a featured player since 2018, being promoted to repertory status, while Chloe Fineman and Bowen Yang, both of whom had been hired in 2019 for the previous season, remained as featured players.

Lorne Michaels said that the show aimed to have a 'limited' in-studio audience, and that they would 'work closely with Gov. With the previous season cut short amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the show instead airing three remotely produced episodes referred to as Saturday Night Live at Home, the season premiere marked the return to Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. The forty-sixth season of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live premiered on October 3, 2020, during the 2020–21 television season with host Chris Rock and musical guest Megan Thee Stallion, and concluded on May 22, 2021, with host Anya Taylor-Joy and musical guest Lil Nas X.