Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2019–20

The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced during the forty-fifth season of SNL, which began on September 28, 2019.

Mid-Day News

A pair of black news anchors (Kenan Thompson and Ego Nwodim) and a pair of white news anchors (the episode's host and another cast member) play a "game" in which they guess if the person of interest in a news story, usually involving crime, is either black or white.

Chen Biao

Chen Biao (Bowen Yang) is a Chinese diplomat who guests on Weekend Update to discuss various topics of Chinese/American relations with Michael Che. He has different titles such as "Chinese Trade Representative" or "Chinese Health Minister" depending on the topic. For a Chinese official he's surprisingly casual, flamboyant, and well versed in American culture.

SoulCycle Instructors

Various SoulCycle instructors are excessively high-energy and give unhinged monologues during classes.

Competing Sisters

In classic 1950s black and white movies, two sisters try to kill each other in competition for a potential husband but both lose out to a more attractive third option.

Baby Yoda

Kyle Mooney impersonates Baby Yoda, though an adult version who speaks and is very aware of his success.

Sleepover Incident

An embarrassing disaster occurs at a girls' sleepover and Megan (Kate McKinnon) is obviously responsible but denies it. The house is eventually destroyed in a cascading series of problems caused by Megan's attempts to cover up the incident.

Uncle Meme

A man (John Mulaney) confronts his nephew about creating insulting viral Impact font memes with his image.

MasterClass Quarantine Edition

Chloe Fineman (primarily) does impressions of celebrities offering MasterClass courses from their homes.

References

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