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Maybe theSNLgang is still exhausted from its Thursday nightWeekend Updatespecials. the first post-commercial sketch focused on a group of construction workers who heckle female passersby with varying success. (what?!) Credit: NBC to Shes like a big bowl of butt soup with extra nipples! Then again, maybe the show is simply grooming a new MVP to take Haders place. But at Chicos, Im a large.). Its safe to say that McKinnon may have already won the race to be the next Kristen Wiig....

The 2012 Republican Primary has been a beautiful thing for comedy writers. For months on end, its been providing consistent heaps of diversely fertile material. Heck, horny pizza baron Herman Cain alone could supply a years worth ofTonight Showmonologues. So it was hardly a surprise whenSNLs cold open went big to commemorate Rick Santorums effectively primary-ending concession speech. Fortunately, Bachmann had just the thing to cheer everyone up:NewsweekFace! Yet there was still more face humor to be had....

On the other hand,SNLwas also fortunate enough to have Lin-Manuel Miranda hosting this week. Miranda brought his A-game to the show and raised the level of everyone elses performance in the process. As one might expect from the genius behind two hip-hop-inflected musicals, Miranda rapped most of his opening monologue. Credit: Rosalind O’Connor/NBC SNLmonologues can sometimes feel uninspired, but Mirandas live theater experience and rap skills made his immediately stand out....

Robbie hosts as Alec Baldwin takes on Donald Trump Live from New York, its election season! When we think Sarah Palin, we think Tina Fey and I can see Russia from my house. When we think Gerald Ford, we think Chevy Chase and his constant klutziness. Credit: Will Heath/NBC And when we think George W. Bush, we think Will Ferrell and strategery. Theres a reason why everyone gets so excited whenSNLstarts back up again during an election year....

Martin Short didnt disappoint, in fact he was my favorite host of the season. SNLwas tasked with the challenge of putting on a show the day after thetragic school shootingin Newtown, Conn. Producer Lorne Michaels asked then-New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, Can we be funny? during the cold open, to which Giuliani famously responded Why start now? Credit: Jesse Cowell/My Damn Channel http://www.hulu.com/watch/435931 Short, anSNLClass of 1985 alumnus, hosted the show for the third time last night....

Cold Open Instead, this weeksSNLopened withthe aforementionedHallelujah cover, a one-two punch of over-the-top sentiment. And we, the historically disenfranchised, demand that he give us one too. I mean yeah, of course, he says. Credit: Rosalind O’Connor/NBC The whole sketch is a spot-on skewering of liberal illusions going into this election. Instead,exit polls showthat 30 percent of Latinos and53 percent of white womenvoted for Trump. Clinton also lost Rust Belt states like Michigan and Wisconsin....

Anyone hoping for Sinead OConnor digs must be disappointed. Before you check it out (again or for the first time), tryrewatching the original. Theres also a gratuitous Taran Killam butt shot. Credit: Dana Edelson/NBC Oh, and the parodys lyrics arent bad either. (For once,the PTC was right!) Its tough to pick a favorite part Bayer and Cyrus reciting what Miley says every single morning? Bobby Moynihan as a disgruntled teddy bear, shouting,We shouldnt be doing this?...

But a special, 100th anniversary Digital Short was what really catapulted the show into the cameo-choked stratosphere. This nostalgia-palooza also injected excitement into an episode that was pretty by the numbers. (The only real shock: No CelebrityJeopardy sketch. Damn you, Trebek!) Will Ferrells next big project isThe Campaign, a political comedy that opens in August. Thats not bad, right? ), Ferrell did some advanced yelling in a cold-medicine commercial parody....

Sometimes, though, entertainment is solidly middle-of-the-road and that was certainly the case with Zach Galifianakiss thirdSNLhosting stint. Thats a pretty good batting average as far asSaturday Night Livegoes. The night got off to a slow start with anotherFox & Friendscold open. Credit: NBC that should be familiar to anyone whos seen Galifianakis doSaturday Night Liveor standup before. The bit revolved around a Jennifer Aniston Look-Alike Competition that Zach G had obviously lost....

(The show had never featured two black female cast members at the same time before.) EW: Hi Leslie, this is Hillary. Leslie Jones:Hey Hillary, how you doing? Credit: NBC I used to have a best friend named Hillary. What happened between you guys? You said used to. [laughs]No! I just moved to New York, so I dont ever see her. [laughs harder]Thats hilarious. No, I still talk to her. I called her Hilamina....

[Update:Find Stefon’s very last clubsob!at the end of the post.] His dad is David Bowie. His brother is Ben Affleck (a.k.a. Credit: NBC “David”). He lives in a trash can near the Radio Shack on 23rd St. and 7th Ave. He’s in love with Seth Meyers. (“based on the novelPushby Sapphire”). But just like Booooooooof’s round-the-clock puke party, all good things must come to an end. New York’s hottest club is:Crease...

before the ceremony was crashed by a love-struck Seth Meyers. They just want you to meet someone nice and settle down! Infamous gay running back Blowjay Simpson, manager of[looks around, furrows brow]…Kevin? Credit: NBC Gizblow, the coked-up gremlin. After youve been with one of those guys, youll ask yourself Did I do thaaaat?' Evil celebrity chef Wario Batali: Hes just like his brother, except he doesnt wear Crocs. Lewis Jacobs/NBC...

Looks like the 2013-2014 television season will be a rebuilding year forSNL. That same source tells thePostthatSNLveteran Jason Sudeikis will probably leave the show as well this year. NBC had no comment, and reps for Armisen and Sudeikis didnt immediately respond to EWs inquiries. Credit: D Dipasupil/FilmMagic It would hardly be a shock if these exit rumors turn out to be true. And Sudeikis has been pondering leaving the show fornearly a year....