If you’re talking about the special guest starts and their monologue, I would agree. If there is a short up front before that, those have over the years been some of their most cutting edge offerings.
I haven’t watched a skit in ten years.
The show was brilliant in 70s/80s.
The “Cold Open.” If it doesnt include Baldwin, I agree—they are pretty good. I don’t care for Kate McKinnon doing Jess Sessions either.
BUT, I think she is the talent of the operation. She did a skit about Alien abductions last year that was pee your pants funny.