Saturday, June 27, 2026

Alec Baldwin Returns to “SNL” After Alleged Punch Arrest, Makes Fun of It in Show’s Cold Opening

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Alec Baldwin is out of the dog house at “Saturday Night Live.” He returned in the cold open last night as Donald Trump, and he was a sight for sore eyes. Baldwin has been out for three weeks since he allegedly punched a guy whose parking space he thought was his. But the arrest wasn’t exactly being avoided in conversation. Baldwin made fun of it during the opening. The audience didn’t react with much gusto– either they didn’t know what he meant or they didn’t think it was funny. Anyway, the opening was the funniest spot in a desultory episode.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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