In the spirit of the holidays, the cold open began with the narrator saying, "On a cold December night, high above the Earth flies a big, jolly man of considerable girth, making his way to every home under the sun in his magical

The show took aim at the Venezuelan boat strikes, the POTUS backing the U.S. Secretary of Defense, and Trump falling asleep during press conferences.

Colin Jost reprised his blistering impression of embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Jost, who rarely appears on Saturday Night Live outside “Weekend Update,” portrayed Hegseth as an aggressive, angry man struggling to downplay the scandal of his alleged war crimes against Venezuelan drug boats.

After a three-week holiday hiatus, Saturday Night Live returned to the airwaves on Dec. 6 with one of their favorite hosts: Five-Timers Club member Melissa McCarthy. The timing couldn't be better, since she was just hired to be the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Star (everyone needs a side hustle).

The Saturday Night cold open had President Trump trying to answer questions about Venezuela and Warner Bros. Discovery.

The Wake Up Dead Man star played a sensitive-guy stripper and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in the penultimate show of 2025.

Saturday Night Live returned this weekend and decided to tap into the latest news that is making waves in the college football world. During its cold open, the SNL cast took a crack at former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore,