Summary

The turnaround on “Saturday Night Live” is famously brutal. Technically, the production staff have Sunday and Monday off, but… do they really? The costume, hair, and makeup teams all need to hit the ground running on Tuesday when the show’s host comes in for their fitting. Through script read-throughs and rehearsals, the Friday pre-taped segments, and last-minute changes on the day of, the work runs right up until the moment each episode wraps.

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