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This story first appeared in the Daily Beast: This weekend Donald Trump is hosting Saturday Night Live, and to the chagrin of the GOP, everyone knows it will be a ratings hit. The Donald will have an hour and a half to make jokes at the expense of his Republican opponents and boost his brand, and there is nothing the GOP establishment can do about it. Trump has ridiculed, belittled, and comically dismissed anyone who has challenged him thus far, and now he will have the perfect platform to do more of it.

This is just to say, Donald Trump will host Saturday Night Live this evening. The show starts in one hour.

Viewers are getting their first peek at Donald Trump’s upcoming hosting gig on “Saturday Night Live.” NBC’s long-running sketch comedy show released a series of promos Wednesday to tout its GOP presidential candidate-hosted Nov. 7 episode.

Stations must provide other candidates airtime on request NBC affiliates may want to get their stop watches out when Donald Trump hosts Saturday Night Live. Per FCC rules, qualified candidate appearances on non-news broadcasts are subject to the "equal opportunities" requirement, which requires TV stations who give airtime to one candidate to offer other qualified candidates for the same office an equivalent amount of airtime on the station. NBC could ask the FCC for a ruling that the show was a bona fide news broadcast or news interview program or documentary, and thus exempt from the requirement, but that would...

Live from New York, it’s “Saturday Night Live” … with Donald Trump. NBC on Tuesday announced that the Republican presidential hopeful (and former NBC reality star) will host “SNL” on Nov. 7 with musical guest Sia. It will mark Trump’s second hosting appearance; he previously helmed the show in April 2004 during the first season of NBC’s “The Apprentice.” The network previously cut ties with the real estate mogul — replacing him on “Celebrity Apprentice” with Arnold Schwarzenegger and selling its interest in Trump’s Miss Universe pageant — after he announced his run for president. Trump will be the latest...