‘Saturday Night Live’ Returns: Here Are The 5 Biggest Sketches—From Kelce To ‘Coach Prime’

Topline

Appearances from Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, an impression of Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders, a down-to-the-details Barbie parody and a speech about the Israel-Hamas conflict by host Pete Davidson defined the return of Saturday Night Live when it premiered its 49th season this weekend—after a longer-than-usual hiatus due to the writers’ strike.

Key Facts

The surprise appearance of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has ranked as the most-watched sketch of the night on the Saturday Night Live Youtube channel, with 940,000 views in the first 14 hours—the skit features comedians posing as Fox’s NFL Sunday team, who can’t seem to stop talking about his apparent relationship with Taylor Swift long enough to discuss the sport until they cut to sideline reporter Kelce, who “actually wants to talk football.”