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‘Sábado Gigante’ Returns in ‘SNL’ Christmas Sketch Starring Paul Rudd

'Sábado Gigante' ended in 2015, but 'SNL' brought the long-running variety show back to TV, at least via short-form comedy, this season.

Sábado Gigante ended in 2015, but SNL brought the long-running variety show back to TV, at least via short-form comedy, this season. It’s a reprisal of the role for Hernández, who first appeared as the Chilean TV star in an SNL sketch in October, when Nate Bargatze was the one who had no idea what was happening on Sábado Gigante. Elsewhere during Saturday’s holiday episode of SNL, which was hosted by Martin Short, Hozier performed his hit “Too Sweet” and a cover of The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York.”

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