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SNL's 5 Best Skits: Sofia Vergara Becomes Fran Drescher, Reports from The Hunger Games

It wasn’t all about her sex appeal. Sofia Vergara flexed her strong comedy muscle in this week’s Saturday Night Live, portraying loudmouthed characters including Fran Drescher and an ill-placed TV reporter. Here are the five best skits.

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SNL's 5 Best Skits: Rush's New Advertisers and the Coolio Orchestra

Jonah Hill took the SNL stage post-Oscar bust in a hit-or-miss episode, but luckily the writers keep the guest stars flowing. Last night, Tom Hanks dropped in for a cameo and the cast talked Game Change and Rush Limbaugh. Here are the five best skits from this week’s Saturday Night Live.

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SNL's 5 Best Skits: Lindsay Lohan's Less-than-Stellar Comeback

Despite the purported legal vetting of this week’s SNL skits, the writers were keen to make fun of host Lindsay Lohan’s legal and criminal troubles as she played a jailbird and a princess fallen from grace. Here are the five best Saturday Night Live skits

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SNL’s Five Best Skits: Friends Visit Blue Ivy Carter, Linappropriate Puns

Maya Rudolph’s signature Whitney Houston impression was conspicuously (and appropriately) missing, but that didn’t stop the former SNL powerhouse from bringing the laughs – and a handful of her closest friends. Here are the five best skits from this week’s Saturday Night Live.

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SNL’s 5 Best Skits: Zooey Keeps It Quirky, Super Bowl Hangover Lingers

This week’s Saturday Night Live fluctuated from cutesy to macho, thanks to Zooey Deschanel as host and last weekend’s eventful Super Bowl that left no shortage of material. Here are the five best skits.

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SNL’s 5 Best Skits: Downton Gets the Spike Treatment, Newt Goes to the Moon

Hollywood heartthrob Channing Tatum took to the SNL stage for his first time, and while his stripper past was invoked no fewer than three times, the laughs were focused on other checkered pasts: those of Newt Gingrich and Lana Del Rey.  Here are the five best skits from this week’s show.  

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Lana Del Rey’s Letterman Performance: Did It Redeem Her Rep?

Lana Del Rey just pulled off the unthinkable: a seemingly well-received performance on national TV.

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SNL’s Five Funniest Clips: Radcliffe Kisses Hobos, Pines for Target Lady

Daniel Radcliffe couldn’t avoid a Harry Potter skit on his first stint hosting SNL, but it was far from his best of the evening. Even widely panned musical guest Lana Del Rey couldn’t sap the energy and ability from Radcliffe. Here are the five funniest skits from this week’s SNL.

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SNL’s Five Best Skits: Barkley Spoofs Shaq, Lord Wyndemere Dances

Charles Barkley took the Saturday Night Live reigns for his third time, but the show missed the hoop despite the ratings boom (though that was likely the late football hangover). Sir Charles poked fun at his fellow NBA stars and some old favorite sketches returned. Here are the five best.

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SNL’s Five Best Skits: Weekend Update Reunites, Buble Sings Christmas Duets

Just in time for Christmas, it was a weekend of nostalgia for the SNL cast, as many old-timers returned to make our spirits bright. To much hearty laughter, first-time host Jimmy Fallon brought back his most-lauded sketches from his days as a castmember. Here are the five best skits from this week’s Saturday Night Live.