‘Saturday Night Live’ Recreates Presidential Town Halls with Alec Baldwin and Jim Carrey

Also Read: NBC News' Savannah Guthrie Cuts Off Trump Speech Declaring Victory: 'Frankly Not True' (Video)No winner has been declared in the 2020 presidential election as of Wednesday evening, with the race tightening in battleground states including Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada and Pennsylvania as mail-in votes continue to be processed.In a speech on Wednesday, Democratic nominee Joe Biden expressed optimism that his campaign would secure the necessary electoral votes to win the presidency

“Saturday Night Live” once again mined the endless mill of comedy that comes from a presidential election season for this week’s “cold open.” The show mocked Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s simultaneous town hall appearances that were held on NBC and ABC on Thursday.

Saturday Night Live is tackling the dueling town halls between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

leaned too heavily on his physical comedy schtick from “The Mask” to play a 77-year-old and was stuck in a mediocre sketch in which his DNA became combined with the vice presidential debate fly.But Carrey waved good-Biden to his failures in the latest “SNL” cold open that took aim at this week’s “dueling town halls” — with Biden speaking to voters and George Stephanopoulos on ABC and President Trump appearing on NBC with Savannah Guthrie.His Biden zingers, at least, tickled.A voter in the

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsSaturday Night Live took on the competing ABC Joe Biden and NBC Donald Trump town halls during its latest episode.  The show kicked off with a cold opening that saw Alex Baldwin reprise his role as 45 and Jim Carrey transform into the Democratic presidential nominee and former vice president.The jokes about the conflicting town halls found its way into the latest “Weekend Update” installation.

once again mined the endless mill of comedy that comes from a presidential election season for this week's «cold open.» The show mocked Joe Biden and Donald Trump's simultaneous town hall appearances that were held on NBC and ABC on Thursday.Jim Carrey returned to play Biden at a town hall moderated by George Stephanopoulos (played by Mikey Day), who described the vibe they were going for as, «Poorly attended college lecture.»The sketch switched back and forth between Biden's town hall and

Ted Johnson The opener of Saturday Night Live was a skewering of the competing town halls between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.It was an easy target: There was an outcry earlier this week when NBC scheduled a town hall with Trump against one already planned on ABC with Biden. But Savannah Guthrie, moderating the NBC News event, earned widespread praise for pressing Trump with questions and followups.Kate McKinnon, playing Guthrie, opened by saying, “Good evening America.

Also Read: Jim Carrey: Watch Biden Town Hall Over NBC’s ”Black Hole’ With ‘Raging Howler Monkey-in-Chief’Gee…it must have been hard for poor John Kelly to sit idly by with his mouth shut and his hands behind his back while the “most flawed” and “pathetic” person he had ever met put the entire country, and democracy itself, in peril.

Jimmy Kimmel joined the chorus of Hollywood entertainers calling out NBC and its decision to air a “dueling” town hall for Trump directly against Joe Biden’s previously scheduled ABC event. With many of his fellow hosts on break, including NBC’s Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, the face of ABC late night took solo shots at the Peacock network during his opening monologue Thursday.

Jennifer Lopez and Joe Biden are trying to get out the vote.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticAfter all the concerns about threats to democracy in the pursuit of ratings, Thursday’s dueling town halls between Donald Trump on NBC and Joe Biden on ABC ended up being a very good night for Savannah Guthrie, a very very good night for the Atlanta Braves and an excellent night for the former Vice-President.Sitting down with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos and voters at Philadelphia’s Constitution Hall on what should have been the night of the

President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden squared off, in a way, Thursday night, their scuttled second debate replaced by dueling televised town halls that showcased striking differences in temperament, views on racial justice and approaches to the pandemic that has reshaped the nation.

President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will participate in separate town hall events Thursday, hosted by NBC and ABC, respectively, and airing in the competing time slot of 5 p.m. PT.

Tonight was to have been the second of three presidential debates between incumbent Donald Trump and challenger Biden. When Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19, the debate commission changed the format to a virtual debate.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterNBC went ahead with a town hall with President Trump on Thursday night, brushing aside criticism that the event coincided with a similar event with Joe Biden on rival ABC.Trump said he did not remember when he last tested negative for COVID-19, ducking a question from “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsRefresh for updates: Tension between Thursday night’s presidential town halls continues to unfold as hoards of Twitter users are calling to boycott NBC’s coverage of President Donald Trump in favor of ABC’s Joe Biden event. Outrage sparked as NBC announced that its town hall will air at the same time and date as ABC’s.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorPresident Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will no doubt make news when they take part in dueling town halls this evening on NBC and ABC. But the networks broadcasting their events may be looking less at headlines the two politicians will generate and more at the money they will draw.NBC and ABC hope to take in hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising revenue from their 8 p.m.

“There is a black hole on @NBC tonight. Tune in to @ABC at 8pm and watch a decent man deliver a safe way forward for this country,” Carrey tweeted alongside his latest cartoon.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticNBC are taking a lot of heat today for scheduling a primetime town hall with Donald Trump tonight opposite Joe Biden on ABC, including from the ex-Celebrity Apprentice host himself.“So you know I’m being set up tonight,” Trump just told a reelection campaign rally in North Carolina.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorPresident Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden will face off (sort of) tonight in dueling town halls live in primetime, simultaneously on broadcast networks NBC and ABC, respectively.Both events were scheduled on the night of the town hall-style second presidential debate, which was canceled after Trump would not agree to a virtual event following his COVID-19 diagnosis.The Trump event will air at 8 p.m.