Sarah Palin, Vice Presidential nominee, running mate of Senator John McCain, may soon appear on Saturday Night Live.  In a way, she's already left her indelible mark on the long-running sketch show.  Tina Fey, former SNL writer and cast member, has portrayed Palin brilliantly three times over the first four episodes of the new Saturday Night Live season.  Her version of Palin has brought about remarkable word-of-mouth.  The impression has become an internet and media sensation, and has helped bring Saturday Night Live its highest ratings in years.  As a result, Sarah Palin and her handlers have taken note, and are open to the possibility of Palin herself making a cameo on the series. 

Addressing rumblings that Palin would make a cameo, SNL head honcho Lorne Michaels told the Los Angeles Times, "It started as a rumor, but it's getting enough momentum that I think it will be real. And it's my experience that if people think it will do them some good, they will show up."  Palin has nothing to lose at this point by appearing on Saturday Night Live.  The McCain-Palin ticket is in dire straits, struggling in the polls as it looks like Obama-Biden are distancing themselves as election day approaches. 

Saturday Night Live goes prime-time tonight with its first of three prime-time specials, annoyingly titled Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday.  While the Palin rumors are hot right now, she's been more or less ruled out as a guest on tonight's broadcast.  On a ESPN podcast with Bill Simmons, SNL head writer Seth Myers explained the likely format for tonight's half hour special (which will air at 9:30pm, right after The Office): it will start with a recreation of Tuesday's presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, with Fred Armisen playing Obama and Darrell Hammond playing John McCain.  After that, the rest of the episode will probably be the kind of Weekend Update we're used to on the Saturday shows, maybe with a commercial or digital short thrown in.


-Oscar Dahl, BuddyTV Senior Writer
Source: E! Online, LA Times
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