SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: Tom Hanks and Tina Fey Welcome Paul Rudd into the Five-Timers Club—Sans Audience

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The show went on for SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE on Saturday, December 18—albeit not exactly as planned.

With COVID-19 cases rising, the show opted to do a scaled back show with no audience, and “limited cast and crew”…which meant they planned to air the few pre-taped numbers they completed pre-air and classic holiday sketches. As such, musical guest Charlie XCX was cut from the show, and host Paul Rudd didn’t do an opening monologue.

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