With Bill Hader gone, Kenan has stepped up as the grand old man of the show. Kenan Thompson has never been an SNL cast member particularly renowned for the accuracy of his impressions, but he’s become such a vital anchor for so many sketches, and his work as Steve Harvey in 'Family Feud' exemplified that. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. RELATED: Brands Have Ruthlessly Taken Over Star Wars Day Now Philip is Andrew Garfield's cellblock neighbor.

That SNL has not covered Beyonce's devoted following before was honestly surprising, considering it's a very real phenomenon, as our Philip Bump discovered late last year. This week had its moments, to be sure, lest we say anything that might get us killed by the Beygency, the clear highlight of pre-Weekend Update sketches. The show's usual intense, grinding writing process brings out the best stuff, which speaks to how crazy you have to be to work on Saturday Night Live. A long layoff should give the writers enough time to write material to fill a full episode, but SNL seems to come up short every time the show returns from a break. That SNL used 'Bird Bible,' a favorite sketch from two months ago, in the 12:55 slot says a lot about the quality of this week's episode. This week's episode was a fairly mediocre affair with few sketches that really jumped off the screen, and at least one rerun, which was strange.

After a prolonged layoff, Saturday Night Live kicked off the final stretch of the season with a sleepy episode, no thanks to that charming Andrew Garfield.

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