• "Saturday Night Live" kicked off its 51st season this weekend. • The cast wasted no time in getting back to an old favorite: mocking the Trump administration. • James Austin Johnson returned as President Donald Trump while Colin Jost played Pete Hegseth.

"Saturday Night Live" returned to screens this weekend, kicking off its 51st season with a signature roast of the Trump administration and a nod to the recent crackdown on late-night TV.

The show, hosted by Bad Bunny, began with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, played by Colin Jost, dressing down US military leaders over their appearance, referencing a speech Hegseth made this past week.

"This is serious," an impassioned Jost said. "We are facing the greatest threat to freedom and democracy the world has ever known."

"Late-nigh

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