Saturday Night Live is back! The late-night sketch comedy show returned for its 48th season after the mass exodus of the show’s most prominent cast members – Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Kyle Mooney, Aidy Bryant, Alex Moffat, Chris Redd, Aristotle Athari, and Melissa Villaseñor – and the new addition of four actors to the team.
With all these changes to SNL, what does it do? Obviously, they poked fun at the exit of the beloved cast members and the show during the very first sketch of the season. Related: Holy SNL Drama!
Chris Redd Is Dating Kenan Thompson’s Ex-Wife! Becoming one of the rare hosts to lead a cold opening, Miles Teller portrayed former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning, joined by Andrew Dismukes as Eli Manning, to spoof the duos’ Manningcast on Monday Night Football.
The two provided some real-time commentary on the Saturday Night Live cold-open sketch – and they did not hold back as they brutally ripped it apart! Jon Hamm even joined as a special guest while they made fun of the cast’s jokes, the political direction the show has taken, and even the “gratuitous stunt casting” of the show (courtesy of a cameo by Shaun White at one point).
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