Saturday Night Live: Druski hosts and James Talarico cameos, but where’s the post-election comedy?
Topics: Texas Politics
2 outlets (The Guardian US and NBC News) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 2 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Both headlines use “Talarico”, “James”. Distinct wording: The Guardian US uses “post-election” and “Saturday”; NBC News uses “historic” and “Senate”. The Guardian US frames it as a question. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- The Guardian US reports: “SNL booking comedian Druski post-midterms felt misbegotten in low-energy episode failing to capture historic ‘blue-nami’Four days after the historic “blue-nami” midterms, Saturday Night Live opens …”
- NBC News reports: “James Talarico, a Democrat whose U.S. Senate victory this week was once thought improbable in the Republican stronghold of Texas, made a surprise appearance to help kick off the latest episode of “…”
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- The Guardian US: Saturday Night Live: Druski hosts and James Talarico cameos, but where’s the post-election comedy?
- NBC News: James Talarico kicks off ‘SNL’ days after historic Texas Senate win
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