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    Ex–Cast Members Were the Bright Spot on <em>SNL</em>—And That’s a Problem

    For its 45th season premiere, the venerable sketch show loaded up on celebrity drop-ins, to the detriment of its regular players.
    by David Sims Sep 29, 2019 3 minutes
    Source: NBC / Will Heath

    was handed a plum piece of political news for the week of its 45th premiere, as House Democrats launched an into President Donald Trump. What better way for the venerable sketch show to shake off the cobwebs than with some genuine White House intrigue? After years of innuendo surrounding the report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller (played on the show by Robert De Niro, usually looming in the background), finally has some congressional action to sink its. So why did the episode feel so lamely static?

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