Donald Trump to host Saturday Night Live

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Donald Trump to host 'Saturday Night Live' in November

NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will host NBC's "Saturday Night Live" next month, calling it a "great honor."

Trump told Fox News Channel on Tuesday that he and NBC settled their beauty pageant "dust-up" and have moved on.

In June, NBC said it would end its business relationship with Trump because of comments he made during the announcement of his presidential campaign about Mexican immigrants. The network dropped the annual Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, which had been a joint venture between it and Trump.

Trump recounted Tuesday that he had purchased NBC's half of the Miss Universe Organization, which included the two pageants, and sold the company to WME-IMG.

"It worked out well for everybody, so I think NBC's happy and I'm certainly happy, and we're doing 'Saturday Night Live' and that'll be exciting," Trump told Fox.

Asked how he thinks his appearance on "SNL" will go, Trump was upbeat.

"I think it's going to go fine. ... I've done it before. It's always a great honor," he said. He added that CBS' "60 Minutes" earned strong ratings for a September episode that included interviews with him and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"I think it's going to be good for them (NBC), it's going to be fine for me, and you know it's really very much of an honor when you can do a '60 Minutes' or a 'Saturday Night Live.' I think on your own little shelf it's very much of an honor," Trump said.

NBC said Tuesday that its former "Celebrity Apprentice" host will be the headliner of the Nov. 7 show. It's the second time he has hosted the comedy institution; he was on the show in April 2004. Trump was also skewered in the season premiere's opening sketch.

Trump has been ratings gold for nearly every television outlet he's touched since his presidential candidacy took off this summer, the main reason behind record viewership for the two GOP candidates' debates in August and September.

Sia will be the "Saturday Night Live" musical guest on the night that Trump hosts.


-- (c) Associated Press 2015-10-14

[zaphod reborn]

Another desperate plea for publicity. He's not going to win any supporters from SNL's audience. He just want to get his name mentioned in the media and show that he can take a joke. Not difficult, because he and his entire candidacy has been a joke.

[Boon Mee]

Well, he's got to be funnier than that sad, pathetic Letterman on the other channel.

[brewsterbudgen]

Well, he's got to be funnier than that sad, pathetic Letterman on the other channel.

Letterman retired months ago.

[Boon Mee]

Well, he's got to be funnier than that sad, pathetic Letterman on the other channel.

Letterman retired months ago.

Hmmm...well, it's been years since he was funny.

Maybe Trump will bring is babe wife on the show? That would get the ratings thru the roof!

Edited October 14, 2015 by Boon Mee

[godden]

I like this man no PC sh*t with him, go Donald go.

[Expat1]

Personally I agree with his stand on immigration in the USA however, that having been said, I already feel sorry for the poor Americans having to endure such bad leadership and media cronyism but, if this guy gets to be President it will go far past sympathy for the Amers, it will just be a really sick, bad joke.

[ALLSEEINGEYE]

Personally I agree with his stand on immigration in the USA however, that having been said, I already feel sorry for the poor Americans having to endure such bad leadership and media cronyism but, if this guy gets to be President it will go far past sympathy for the Amers, it will just be a really sick, bad joke.

you do realize that most, if not all of his wives are and have been immigrants? You don't see any hypocrisy there?

[JetsetBkk]

Personally I agree with his stand on immigration in the USA however, that having been said, I already feel sorry for the poor Americans having to endure such bad leadership and media cronyism but, if this guy gets to be President it will go far past sympathy for the Amers, it will just be a really sick, bad joke.

you do realize that most, if not all of his wives are and have been immigrants? You don't see any hypocrisy there?

Were they illegals?