Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Adele Tells “SNL” Audience “My Album’s Not Finished” But Triumphs as Host and Even Sings Medley of Hits

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Pop star Adele sang a medley of her hits as part of a sketch tonight on “Saturday Night Live.” She was totally charming as host even though she said in the closing bit that her appearance was “totally random.” She was charming and funny and looked great.

More importantly, she did admit that “my album’s not finihsed.” Next month will be five years since her last album release. Still, it was great to see her. My guess is the ratings will be very high when the numbers come in later today.

Maya Rudolph didn’t play Kamala Harris, but she was great in several sketches. She is a treasure. Ditto Kate McKinnon. Really missing Cecily Strong and Aidy Bryant.

Jim Carrey is still not making it as Biden. Alec Baldwin as Trump was, as usual, hilarious although he seemed a bit off.

HER Music sang two songs. The second one, “Hold On,” was excellent. The video is below Adele’s followed by a link.

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York 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. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. 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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