- It was quite the year in politics, which means NBC's "Saturday Night Live" had a lot of material to work with.
- The show, which has received a ratings bump during the Trump presidency, got political many times this year.
- Here are some of the best SNL political sketches of 2018:
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SNL reimagines "It's a Wonderful Life" in a world were Trump never became president.
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"Wow! Everyone looks so different," Alec Baldwin's Trump says. "What are those things on their faces?"
"Those are called smiles," says Keenan Thompson as Trump's guardian angel Clarence.
This sketch earned a response from Trump.
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A REAL scandal is the one sided coverage, hour by hour, of networks like NBC & Democrat spin machines like Saturday Night Live. It is all nothing less than unfair news coverage and Dem commercials. Should be tested in courts, can’t be legal? Only defame & belittle! Collusion?
Democrats showed they were very confident about the midterm elections on "Midterm ad."
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"They say 'don't trust the polls,' but I'm choosing to," quips a shaky Kate McKinnon.
An advertisement featuring Trump's emergency alert system.
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Remember the emergency alert test message we got from the Federal Emergency Management Agency when it was trying out the presidential alert system?
Here's an SNL ad for that.
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