‘Saturday Night Live’ Review: ‘SNL at Home’ Is a Rocky Return, Despite Timely Humor and a Touching Tribute

Before this week’s “Saturday Night Live” special aired, the last brand new and live “SNL” was March 7, hosted by Daniel Craig and with musical guest The Weeknd.

Next to be up were first-time host and first-time musical guest John Krasinski and Dua Lipa, but by that point, quarantine became the new normal.

Now, over a month later, “SNL” is back.

Sort of.

Last night’s return saw the cast perform a series of pre-taped sketches, using the power of Zoom and other virtual media in order to provide viewers at home with some semblance of normalcy in an abnormal time.Host: Tom HanksMore from IndieWireSNL’s Chloe Fineman Gives a Masterclass in Timothée Chalamet and Carole Baskin Impressions’Saturday Night Live’: How to Watch Tonight’s Virtual Episode of SNLTom Hanks — looking well a month after being diagnosed with Covid-19 in Australia — filled in as the episode’s emcee.

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