'Saturday Night Live' Scores With De Niro

NBC's Saturday Night Live last night posted its best overnight rating since the season premiere. The show hosted by Robert De Niro with musical guest Diddy-Dirty Money drew a 5.0/12 in metered-market households, up 14% from the same night last year. De Niro, who was promoting Little Fockers, was joined in two sketches with co-star Ben Stiller. Here are SNL's WikiLeaks/TMZ-themed cold open featuring De Niro as Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai and a sketch featuring him in a drag opposite Diddy.

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'Saturday Night Live' Suckfest This Season

OK, I've watched almost an hour of Saturday Night Live tonight and it SUCKS. Just like?its other shows opening this season. When they can't even find anything amusing to say about Halloween, it's time to hang it up. Jeez, why is it so hard for showbiz to do funny that's actually funny? At least Monday night's The Women Of SNL is a retrospective of better days.

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