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    'Saturday Night Live' Returns With An Audience

    Saturday Night Live returned for its 46th season with Chris Rock hosting and Jim Carrey guest starring as Joe Biden.
    by Eric Deggans Oct 04, 2020 2 minutes
    SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE — "Chris Rock" Episode 1786 — Pictured: (l-r) Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump and Jim Carrey as Joe Biden during the "First Debate" Cold Open on Saturday, October 3, 2020 — (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC)

    When the real world is as crazy as five Saturday Night Live skits, the bar raises to an absurd height for the quality of satire you need to make sense of it all.

    Which explains, in part, why SNL's 46 season opener last night felt so flat and uninspired. After the kind of week President Trump had in real life – contracting the coronavirus

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