Most recently, Baldwin seemed to hope SNL’s need for the character would abate with the election, while a separate incident saw Baldwin commenting on NBC’s unwillingness for SNL to make official endorsements.
Presidential portrayer Alec Baldwin even expressed uncertainty he’d ever don the wig for SNL again, but sources confirm the sketch series’ take on Trump will return Baldwin to the limelight with Kristen Wiig this weekend.
Complicit or otherwise, SNL knew that the first post-election show needed a note of relief, moreso than reminders of Trump’s victory.
Baldwin will apparently reprise the role “every now and then,” though the actor clarified he wouldn’t make every Saturday available to NBC.