The show decided to forgo a cold open sketch in favor of a moving and somber choir performance.
The two performers bring Carole Baskin and Joe Exotic's ongoing feud to life in the Peacock original series.
The political commentators respond to the 'Saturday Night Live' impressions of them during the show's cold open.
The limited series, which dramatizes the Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin saga, drops in March.
The 'West Side Story' star shared the stage with Kate McKinnon to bring some musical magic to Studio 8H.
'SNL' made sure to get a few jabs in a the Cuomo bros in their coronavirus-focused opening sketch over the weekend.
'SNL' star Kate McKinnon also returns for the first time this season since stepping away to film her Peacock series, 'Joe Exotic.'
The 37-year-old actress was spotted for the first time as Carole Baskin for the upcoming ‘Joe Exotic’ series on Peacock.
Kate McKinnon has transformed into Carole Baskin for Peacock's 'Joe Exotic.'
John Cameron Mitchell and Kate McKinnon will portray 'Tiger King' subjects Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin in the Peacock adaptation.
Saturday Night Live’ Season 47 premieres Oct. 2 on NBC.
Those coming to 'SNL' for COVID advice might already be confused.
Mitchell will join Kate McKinnon for the limited series which is set to tell the story of the 'Tiger King' himself.
This week's 'SNL' cold open poked fun at the GOP defense of the former president.