SNL 10/4/25

I hope they do Weekend Update like a North Korean Broadcast.

Good Roo, Emoji Tiger host.

Does you care?

I cares.

I can't wait to see all the new white people who only have online video/stand-up experience and little to no fluency in live sketch work!

And the Black MAGA podcast guy!

This is a formula for major success!

Will they bring up the MAGA Superbowl meltdown?

Are we still on the air??

[quote]Are we still on the air??

Tonight, yes. Monday is still an open question.

Bed Boney

I wonder if Sinclair and Nexstar are going to get their nipples in a wringer over "community standards".

Fuck them.

Jost as Hegseth.

Interesting choice.

I'm excited to see downer lesbian Wickline make us suffer thru another season.

R10, I believe he's played him before.

LOL, I like Trump's new bird's nest hairdo. Very observant hair department.

Is Dismukes a white name?

Hello Tommy!!!

Is it me - or do these new cast members look like infants?

Are they all early 20s?

What's with the shades? Is he hiding from ICE?

I fucking despise Jon Hamm....

I wonder if Bed Boney trimmed his boosh.

Jeesh - if you're gonna have a guest host - they should at least speak English.

BAD Bunny? More like Bisexual Bunny. Wait for his "good friend" Pedro to show up...

Love Bad Bunny, my fellow Puerto Rican

Game Show!

So original.

Every sketch should involve Marcelo wearing nothing but a fig leaf.

This is really bad for a season opener. Is this truly the best they could do?

Hopefully, this is the year that puts a stake in the heart of this fucking mess!

So the new castmember in the incredibly original “Jeopardy” game show sketch, is the show’s new version of “Kristen Wiig”?

It literally just started r24. This is the first skit

The Jeopardy skit is laugh free.

The premise of the Jeopardy! sketch was so dumb it would have been rejected as too old-hat 50 years ago.

R26, I think Ashley Padilla is the new version of Kristen Wiig. This new chick is some sort of sitcom girl next door reject.

R27, if it starts out with such a stale, unfunny skit, it doesn't get better.

Two sketches in and this is worse than the 1980-81 season.

At least one of the new guys is kinda hot.

Lame

The writing is not great, but Bad Bunny is game and not bad at sketch.

R43, that's like being kind of pregnant. You either are or you aren't. He isn't.

Will tonight’s episode go into overtime to give him a chance to complete all his sketch lines?

What the fuck with this show tonight? Who the hell are these asian chicks?

This is the best NBC production from a non-English-speaking host who memorized their dialogue phonetically since Pink Lady and Jeff.

I’d love to hear Chloe expand her vocalizations by learning to portray at least one character in her career who doesn’t speak using her one-note Valley Girl Teen accent.

Is the theme from Knight Rider?

This performer’s what happens when Frankenstein and his Bride give birth to Shirley Temple.

Is this the Halloween show? The Rocky Horror Picture Show is alive and well in 2025. Somebody call a medic, Doja Cat has TB.

So that was Doja Cat. Okay.

It's sad SNL didn't have Doja Cat on years ago to do Say So and Kiss Me More, two actual pop hits that have a chance of enduring, instead of this belabored crap.

Doja Cat reminds me of a Klaus Nomi update.

Leslie Jones with a mustache. It just keeps getting worser and worser.

R44 her being on years ago wouldn’t mean she wouldn’t be on now…

This new guy sketching on news desk tonight is funny and standout…how?!

I can understand Kam Patterson less than Bad Bunny.

This episode is no worse than the last few years lmao.

And this is far from the worst since 1980. 1994 and 1985 still exist.

R47, I mean that those songs deserve to be in the canon of SNL performances, not this.

Say goodnight, Kam.

And call me!

Hey, it’s Bill Maher! 😃

All of this torture and now a wardrobe malfunction featuring Yang's nipple. MAKE IT STOP.

Bowen = mute

A crotch shot mishap? They're going to get fined for that one.

R31 yeah no. Look up 1985 and 1994. 1980, 1985 and 1994 were the seasons where SNL was closest to being canceled and Lorne himself said the 1994 season almost got him fired by NBC. It was the closest he got to being fired. They were fuming how bad it all was.

So no, this isn’t the worst since1980.

Bowen is the only funny cast member left.

Bowen sucks.

Who was that who got a round of applause when he suddenly walked into the sketch?

R57, R31 didn't say it was the worst SINCE 1981. R31 said it was worse than "the 80-81 season."

Doja Cat does Georgia O'Keeffe.

Benecio Del Toro, R60

R60, I believe it was Benecio Del Toro.

Thanks R63 and R64.

That big leafy red chair sure was an elaborate set piece to build for one throwaway three-minute song.

I actually liked that song Doja sang

I don't understand why Ashley Padilla was retained. She gives serious Beth Cahill/Nancy Walls energy.

Terrible. Grade F.

Five new cast members, seven new writers, no signs of life or hope.

What the FUCK is this? LAUGH TRACKS? Seriously?

what will Colin Jost do once SNL is off the air?

Two lame Superbowl jokes. The show overall stayed away from politics except for the open. It's a shame that they seem to be scared of the administration.

I usually don’t mind the show and occasionally laugh but this is unforgivable.

[Quote] Bowen sucks.

Of course he does

How is this show still on the air?

Colin Jost as Pete Hegseth - Cold Open - SNL 4 Oct 2025

Trump was rightfully slammed in the opening.

^^Some would say mocked mercilessly.

R68, I was surprised Padilla was retained, but I’m glad she was. That sort of woman, the Jane Curtin type, often gets cut early while mediocre men stay on for seasons. Some of them could have been great if given a little more time.

Bad Bunny didn't understand most of what he read off the cue cards.

Bad Bunny is not good at this. I didn't laugh at anything except for Doja Cat's hot mess of a performance. The Chat GPT commercial was dumb.

Did Pedro show up? I drifted off during Doja’s first set. I love Pedro.

I’m not convinced Doja Cat “sang” anything in that second song aside from the rappy parts. And, I’ve got nothing against Bad Bunny but you can’t do comedy in the US without a command of the English language. No comedic timing whatsoever. And that the post-monologue choice was a one-note Jeopardy sketch told you everything you needed to know about the quality of everything else coming. Poehler will hopefully right the ship next week.

R83 good thing he isn’t a comedian but a huge star who they asked to host.

STFU and know your place.

r75, because it attracts the viewer demographics advertisers want to reach. Same reason why Kimmel was called back and Roseanne wasn't.

Bad show. Bad host. Bad musical guest. Give it up, Lorne.

[R84] Right, a huge star… who should have remained the musical guest. Let people shine where their talents lie. Also, It’s not entirely his fault, the writing was terrible. A season premiere should come out of the gates at full power.

R76 Colin Jost is so untalented and never funny

[quote]good thing he isn’t a comedian but a huge star who they asked to host.

And the Republicans will spin him as a DEI hire to balance the black athletes.

[Quote] because it attracts the viewer demographics advertisers want to reach.

like flies to shit

Here's why Jane Wickline is still around according to the internets: SNL Cast Member Jane Wickline is daughter of former Letterman writer, Mathew Wickline, and Marcella Hardart, a former personal Assistant to Lorne Michaels.

Well, we knew she wasn't there because she's talented.

B.B. ees faking hes theek accent- like Charo. He does it for street cred.

Godawful big season opener. Supposed to be this big new thing with a big new cast and it was just sad, tired, relentlessly dreary shit. Lorne Michaels really needs to throw in the towel and say either I'm done or hand the show over to somebody who actually still gives a shit.

R71 He will be the new host of Jeopardy.

I tend to dismiss all the hyper ventilating that people go through to try and out trash SNL to one another. It’s a trite national pastime at this point.

But what I will say is that the first episode of a season should be top notch as they’ve all had months of time to write good stuff. I get it when things the season goes on and time each week gets crunched with only a week to write, prepare and execute a show. But you had all summer and the best you could do was that Jeopardy skit? Seriously?

I did think the Spanish language sketch was serviceable and a great idea, but under developed. When they said “why is a dress a male noun?”, I was half expecting Nate Bargatze to come on stage and say “nobody knows”.

Wow, that was a season opener that NEEDS to be shut down by the FCC.

What a worthless piece of shit.

What will Amy do?

It really was an awful season opener. I honestly root for SNL too. My friends make fun of me because I watch every Saturday night. There was zero funny going on last night.

Quite frankly, I really hope this show continues to suck this season and suffers a serious rating dip so NBC will either have to cancel the show or Loren to retire and the replacement will immediately cut the cast in half.

I just finished watching and agree it was terrible. The only parts I enjoyed were Jost as Pete Hegseth and Yang’s wardrobe malfunction. I don’t listen to Bad Bunny or the female singer so they lost me there. He seemed game, but that’s about it.

I wondered how they would put this together on time when they were still hiring in September. I can see now they need more time. This was utter shit.

I have come to conclusion I've aged out of SNL. Been a good run, ha ha. I started watching in 1989 and as a 13 year old thought the cast was full of sophisticated adults and very New York. They did not seem like my peers, which is what I guest the cast would seem like now to a teenager.

I enjoyed the high school counselor flirting with the parent, and I enjoyed Weekend Update. Jeopardy was cringe. I gotta say. Bad Bunny is HOT. I'm a fan.

I don’t feel I’ve aged out of the show - the musical guests, definitely (I’m 60).

It all starts with the writing and the show does occasionally write good sketches. The taped skits are probably what they do best. I’ve watched since I was 10 and don’t plan to stop, but last night should have been much, much better.

Last years opener was bad too.

I could not watch one sketch all the way through...fast forwarded most of the show.

They really don’t have a lot of women this season-2 in the regular cast, and 3 featured players. I think the last time there were so few women on the show was in the piggish Farley/Sandler/Spade seasons.

A lot of stars came out of those years r106

I miss the 90s

[quote] But what I will say is that the first episode of a season should be top notch as they’ve all had months of time to write good stuff.

Why would they have had months of time to write? You expect them to work during their time off? Most of the writers didn’t even know if they were going to be back until the last minute.

[quote] What the fuck with this show tonight? Who the hell are these asian chicks?

Hi Boomer. 👋🏻👴🏻

Yeah R106, when they had Chloe and Sarah in one of the first sketches, I thought something was missing. Then I realized they used to write sketches for the female cast members as a group a lot and I missed Ego and Heidi.

Was Tommy even in the show?

None of the newbies were in the show except for the MAGA one Lorne wanted to give a platform to.

Chloe who? Sevigny?

Bad Bunny proved he is no actor. His sketches were embarrassing. And while not everyone has mastered the King's English, he desperately needs to find a coach who can help him get better in his line readings. Much of what he said on air was nearly unintelligible.

Overall, the season debut was one of the worst in recent memory. And casting Colin Jost as Pete Hegseth was a mistake.

[quote]Much of what he said on air was nearly unintelligible.

Much of what he says at all is unintelligible.

Keep it up, R109! Divide and conquer.

Amy, Amy, Amy!

Is her musical group going to be DL Fave

Presenting Hole?

I'm old. I remember Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, and Gilda. OMG Gilda. Teaming her up with Bill Murray was hysterical. Then, later, Seth Myers, Bill Hader, Darryl Hammond Will Ferrell, Cheri Oteri, Kristen Wiig, Fallon was funny in skits. Dana Carvey, Martin Short as Grimley, and Steve Martin. Good Times.

I loved the characters Jon Lovitz did, like the Pathological Liar and Michael Dukakis, and The Devil. Joe Piscopo, and Eddie Murphy. Eddie was brilliant. Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood, James Brown's Hot Tub, etc.

Here’s the deal with the casting that r118 and r119 mentioned. They were about HALF the cast SNL has this season and the last several seasons and yet the comedy was CONSISTENTLY MUCH BETTER than what we’ve had, again, in the last several years.

It’s the writing. It’s been the writing for years now. While the show has always had a youthful streak, it used to feel more adult, with a touch of sophistication. Modern SNL feels very young and often childish.

The cast has been too big for a while, and I would argue the past 10 years has featured the least impressive cast in the show’s history. But I don’t think any cast could elevate the bad material.

[quote] 1985 and 1994 were the seasons where SNL was closest to being canceled and Lorne himself said the 1994 season almost got him fired by NBC. It was the closest he got to being fired. They were fuming how bad it all was.

What happened in 1994 that almost got him fired? Wasn’t that the golden years with Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Victoria Jackson, GAP girls?

Don Ohlmeyer was an NBC executive who became tasked with overseeing SNL in 1993. Unlike previous NBC executives, he was very involved in SNL and gave Lorne a lot of input and direction on what needed to improve . Ohlmeyer was good friends with OJ Simpson, and in 1998 he forced the firing of Norm MacDonald and writer Jim Downey , because they kept mocking OJ during Weekend Update.

By the 1994-95 season, SNL felt tired. Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman were gone. Mike Myers was half out the door. The humor with Spade/Farley/Sandler had become infantile. Lorne hired known actors to beef up the cast, like Janeane Garofalo, Chris Elliott, Mark McKinney and Michael McKean, but the cast was bloated and they didn’t have much to do. Garofalo went to press and complained about the show while on the show-the “Saturday Night Dead” articles started popping up in the press.

Additionally, it was known that Fox planned to launch Mad TV in the fall of 1995 as SNL’s competition, at a time when SNL’s ratings were dippinG.

As a result, Lorne’s job was on the line going into the 1995-96 season. To keep it, he had to agree to fire Sandler and Farley; demote Jim Downey from head writer to Weekend Update writer (which is why he was later fired); and demote David Spade to a one minute appearance on Update.

Lorne then sourced new talent, like Cheri Oteri, Will Ferrell, etc., and the show started to improve in the ratings and reviews.

Sandler and Farley were fired? I thought they were SNL royalty.

R13, Dismukes is a Cajun name.

Very white, French Canadian.

Cajun is white?

R113, Chloe Fineman.

Sandler and Farley were fired. Lorne didn’t want to fire them-NBC forced it.

Live From New York is a fantastic book about SNL. It needs to be updated.

R127, who dat?

Your mom, R129.

Yes, Cajun is White, descending from Acadians, who were white French-Canadians living in the Acadia region of Canada.

They migrated to Louisiana to be closer to other French during the American Revolution, once they felt threatened by the British.

They interweaved with the BLACK CREOLE people to some degree, but not a great degree. So many folks think Cajun means Black, but it usually doesn't. Some Cajun have a bit of Creole in them, and vice versa.

I’ve always felt there is a little revisionist history around the idea that Sandler and Farley were “fired.” Sure, in technical terms, maybe. But everyone knew that 1994 cast was not coming back. It was a disaster of a season. Mike Meyers left halfway through the year. Farley and Sandler and some others were already halfway out the door with their other projects. Others, like Rock and Hartman, had already left a year or two before. Frankly, the bigger surprise was that David Spade, one of the other “boys” from those years, stayed into the next season. It was universally known that 1995–96 was going to be an overhaul.

I think I'm the only one who really enjoyed the 10-4 episode. I thought BB was fine as host, and did well in his sketches. Weekend Update could have been better. It was nice not to see Heidi Gardner in ever sketch for a change. I FF my DVR during Doja Cat.

Sorry, but if I have to endure MORE of Sarah and Chloe, I might throw up.

I think the inferior writing reflects both the staff and the audience being much different from the audiences and writers from previous successful seasons. I'm trying to say that people don't have much life experience, people aren't very observant of human behavior, and honestly they're not as educated or mature as previous audiences and staff. These writers suck. B ut they're trying to accommodate the data analysts who are profiling their audiences.