<em>SNL </em>Is Breaking With Its Old Patterns

Saturday Night Live wants you to know that it’s still fun. “Trust me when I say this: It has only been good here at SNL,” the host, Schitt’s Creek’s Dan Levy, said in his monologue, without a hint of irony. Given the state of the world, that’s a dangerous statement to make: The show has been through a turbulent year of struggling to find humor in definitively not-good times, Dan Levy. Are you sure you’re talking about the right show?

And yet, Levy was right. had a wholesome air to it this weekend, with a series of even highlighted who react to old songs with over-the-top, delighted awe. Levy helped establish the heartfelt tone from the top when he caught up with his father and co-star, Eugene Levy, in a sweet reunion at the end of his monologue.