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So far, the only sketch that didn’t land at all for me was Chloe’s Jennifer Coolidge. Not saying everything else has been great, but that one left me flat. Lizzo’s Christmas song was beautiful.

I giggled a lot during Christmas Epiphany.

Chef Jose and his daughters are adorable. My mom is going to die watching them tomorrow.

Airing Saturday, December 17, 2022.

Really good episode IMO. I love Brandi Carlile and I adore Steve Martin Short (yes I meant to combo them!) Sarah Sherman is getting more exposure, and I think that’s great.

Cold open: yep. It’s Christmas. Let’s ignore the rest of the world!

It’s the Liberty Mutual guy! I spent the past two hours trying to figure it out and I finally got it! ‘Liberty bibberty!’ eta: this is about the Christmas Class Reunion movie

I haven’t been watching regularly but I have tried to tune in more over the last few weeks for Trevor’s last shows. Just saying how much I’ve loved loved loved Dulce in her appearances. GO DULCE!!!

Nope, Tina Fey & Amy Poehler co-hosted in Season 41. Not sure about before that though.

Airing Saturday, December 10, 2022.

Ok, ‘Keke, that’s the wrong amount of days!’ made me laugh and gave me a teeny bit of hope that the episode will have some good moments!

When she said this, I swear I rolled my eyes all the way around my head. These two are HORRIBLE. Between their treatment of Nina (yes, she’s made some not-so-great calls but COME ON! Carly with her history tossing these rocks in glass houses is not a good look!) and Joss’ treatment of Cam — annoying af, honestly!

Airing Saturday, December 3, 2022.

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Season finale dropping Wednesday, November 23rd!

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I’m surprised that Diana’s break up with Hasnat Khan was minimized. There seems to be a strong felling that led to her connecting with Dodi al Fayed.

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Dropping Wednesday, November 16, 2022.

Airing Saturday, November 12, 2022.

Not knowing how much of this is accurate to history, but Mohamed’s devotion to Sidney while he was dying was beautiful to watch. The actor playing Mohamed is a dead ringer for the real one.

Dropping Wednesday, November 9, 2022.