Saturday Night Live – Season 50, Episode 18 Jon Hamm; Lizzo

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Saturday Night Live – Season 50, Episode 18

Jon Hamm; Lizzo

Aired Apr 12, 2025

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Host Jon Hamm; Lizzo performs.

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Harrison Richlin

IndieWire

May 12

While one of the show’s jobs is to satirize current events, there are times when “SNL” is hindered by its need to serve as reflection of current events more than an escape from them... Unfortunately, such was the case for Jon Hamm‘s fourth round hosting.

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Ben Rosenstock

New York Magazine/Vulture

May 5

4/5

[Brunson] blended in seamlessly with the cast and showed off her sketch-show bona fides for another rock-solid episode.

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Esther Zuckerman

The Atlantic

Apr 15

SNL can get a lot of mileage out of mocking Trump’s White House, but the sketch was a reminder that interpreting a big political story by way of a weekly grocery list makes it terrifyingly real.

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Dustin Rowles

Pajiba

Apr 15

6/10

Solid episode that flags some after “Update.” Hamm, as always, is a great sport and embraces being the butt of the joke. The episode was more political than usual, too, because that’s how Hamm rolls.

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Matt Mitchell

Paste Magazine

Apr 15

7.2/10

When Hamm was on-screen, he gelled well with the cast. But there wasn’t a whole lotta “live” material to work with.

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Karen Valby

Vanity Fair

Apr 15

Whatever your take on The White Lotus finale, I guarantee you'll love the Saturday Night Live spinoff. The White Potus: An American Horror Story had it all.

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Synopsis

Host Jon Hamm; Lizzo performs.

Creator: Lorne Michaels
Executive Producer: Lorne Michaels
Network: NBC
Rating: TV-14
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date: Apr 12, 2025

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