📺 Chris Rock · Megan Thee Stallion
Saturday Night Live · season 46, episode 890 · Saturday, October 3, 2020 Host: Chris Rock (3rd time). Musical guest: Megan Thee Stallion. • Megan Thee Stallion performs "Savage" with pre-recorded vocals from Beyoncé, Malcolm X and Tamika Mallory, and "Don't Stop" with Young Thug. • Stallion also appears in the pre-recorded "Bottom of Your Face" and "NBA Bubble Draft". • In the cold open: Alec Baldwin appears as Donald Trump, Jim Carrey appears as Joe Biden, Maya Rudolph appears as Kamala Harris, and Harry Styles appears as himself, though the latter appears via pre-recorded footage. Rudolph also appears in "NBA Bubble Draft". • The cold open generated controversy among conservatives who claimed that it was inappropriate to satirize Trump while he was hospitalized. Baldwin defended his portrayal of Trump saying that based on news released by the White House, Trump was not gravely ill, and that the satire was about Trump's debate performance, not about his illness. • The episode pays tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died two weeks prior, with McKinnon portraying Justice Ginsburg silently sitting in the audience at the end of Weekend Update, followed by a card honoring the late justice. • Maddie Rice debuts as a member of the Saturday Night Live Band and appears in a commercial bumper performing a guitar solo during the final commercial break. • Andrew Dismukes, Lauren Holt and Punkie Johnson's first episode as cast members. • This episode marks the show's return to Studio 8H since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wiki link