‘Saturday Night Live’ Extends Consecutive Run With Original Show Set After Presidential Election - Deadline

Ahead of the launch of the season on October 3, Michaels said that he had been trying to figure out how to take a week off but it didn’t work out, largely because they were trying to follow the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates.

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