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“America Needs Football”: ‘SNL’ Fumbles Cold Open With NFL Pre-Game Offensive Ahead Of AFC & NFC Championship Games
“Without football, what are we going to talk about?” asked the NFL Today’s Nate Burleson in the pro-football thick cold open to Saturday Night Live. “I mean or insightful to say?” the Devon Walker …
In a land speed record even for SNL, they name-dropped Taylor Swift, the final season of “dentist office” fav Blue Bloods, the Pro Bowl, the Fast & Furious franchise, those troubled Boeing 737s, CBS viewership and the decline of linear TV, America’s cultural and political divides, Yellowstone and more with a tongue distinctly in cheek dollop of existential angst. “This isn’t just about us, America needs football,” lamented Mickey Day’s Bill Cowher as the men-children of CBS’ big NFL show wept for the coming conclusion of their Sunday ritual. Coming off a week that saw the nominations for the 96 th Academy Awards revealed, and Trump score a big win in the New Hampshire GOP primary and a $83.3 million loss in a NYC courtroom, the Lorne Michaels run SNL had the picket of the topical litter for tonight.
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