Live from New York: Trump to host SNL
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Live from New York: Trump to host SNL
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump will exercise his comedy muscles as the host of NBC’s live sketch show “Saturday Night Live” next month. The former “Celebrity Apprentice” host will be the headliner of the Nov. 7 show. This is the second time Trump has hosted the venerable comedy institution, also appearing in April 2004. Trump has been ratings gold for nearly every television outlet he has touched since his candidacy took off this summer, and the main reason behind record viewership for the two GOP candidates’ debates in August and September.
Viewership for the first two GOP debates was an anomaly in a highly unusual Republican nomination cycle.
Sam Feist, CNN Washington bureau chief
The real estate mogul’s meteoric rise to the top of the GOP polls — accompanied by frequent news reports about his often-unpredictable comments — has drawn significant attention, turning the Republicans’ first two primetime debates into must-see TV. The first GOP debate, hosted on CNN, drew the highest-rated non-sports cable broadcast in television history.
I’ll be watching. I don’t know how long. … It’s gonna be hard to watch. I think it’s not going to be a very exciting debate.
Donald Trump on tonight’s first Democratic debate
