See Maya Rudolph, Jim Gaffigan & More successful Saturday Night Live Season 50 Premiere

Live from New York, it's the formed of the 2024 election.

When Saturday Night Live returned Sept. 28 for its 50th season, the amusement kicked disconnected with a political Cold Open sketch spoofing the contention to the White House, a long-awaited large uncover to spot who would beryllium joining James Austin Johnson as erstwhile President Donald Trump and Maya Rudolph as Vice President Kamala Harris connected the 30 Rock-set run trail.

While Rudolph originated the relation of Harris successful 2019, by her broadside for the archetypal clip was Jim Gaffigan playing the Democratic candidate's moving mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

"What tin I say? I got that BDE—big dada energy," helium said successful character. "See what I did there? You get it?"

Rudolph's Harris joked, "I got it. I didn't privation it, but I got it."

Meanwhile, SNL alum Andy Samberg came location to play the vice president's husband, Doug Emhoff.

Fellow erstwhile SNL formed member Dana Carvey returned to the bid to play President Joe Biden., who dropped retired of the 2024 statesmanlike contention successful July. The Wayne's World actor, who famously portrayed erstwhile President George H.W. Bush connected the NBC sketch drama bid successful the '80s and '90s, had debuted his content of Biden connected The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in 2021.

"I conscionable privation to accidental convey you, Joe Biden. Thank you for putting state archetypal and for handing implicit the reins," Maya's Rudolph told Carvey's Biden connected SNL, to which helium responded, "I didn't privation to. They made me."