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Saturday Night Liveseason 44 has come to a close.
We broke down each cast members screen time, determining how much comedic real estate they occupied.
This system lets us moneyballSNL.
Leading a sketch carried more weight than being part of an ensemble or doing a thankless waiter walk-on.
Points were deducted for generating think pieces, because who needs that?
There is such a thing as bad press nowadays.
And, justified or not, Colin Jost gets a lot of it.
Cast members also got bonus points for saying Live from New York, its Saturday Night!
Kate McKinnon got the most LFNY bumps of any regular cast member, and it really helped her numbers.
But until then, I will clack away with my abacus.
People get different things out of theirSNLtime.
Beck Bennett has been in every show Ive watched in the past year.
(Somehow including old reruns ofStar Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Did they edit him in?
Aidy Bryant found a way toshoot and promoteShrillwhile staying onSNL,and Beck guest-starred.
The cast is so big, people can slip out pretty easily and it goes without notice.
The finale began with a nearly all-cast sing-along, with special guests Alec Baldwin and Robert De Niro.
It was typical of this season: a true ensemble affair.
Big scenes dominated, and performers who could hang benefited.
The cold open was typical of season 44 in another way: too many cameos.
Because of the explosion of celebrity guests onSNLthis season, we included all the cameos in our tallying too.
The Update Boys are at the bottom of this list, but they arent going anywhere.
Update gets longer with every Trump outrage.
Plus, how could a show have only one head writer?
Before that, Nwodim was mostly relegated to one- or two-liners, and the occasional Okoye.
When hes not rapping (or playing a rapper like Kanye), Redd tends to blend into scenes.
And although those need filling, Redd really excels at mania and menace.
Give him more of that to play.
Alex Moffat: 5.3%
Bigger casts of the past have been called bloated.
Am I the worlds only Alex Moffat stan?
I hope not, but even if I am, hes there for me.
She does theskittish Goop employee, theblustering Angel, and theflirty Bailey Gismert.
She has the range!
When heavy hitters like Cecily Strong and Kate McKinnon leave, Gardner is going to clean up this game.
In the meantime, shes just going to keep building the character library.
Leslie Jones is also an Update player more than anything else.
Jones is atSNLto do a very specific thing: be Leslie Jones.
That usually translates into yelling.
If you need a reserved performance, look elsewhere.
Kyle Mooneys stature inSNLis outsize compared to his actual presence on the show.
The sketches he stars in are so distinctive, he seems like a heavier hitter than he really is.
But Mooney actually hadtwo episodesthis seasonwhere he appeared in no sketches.
Pete Davidson: 5.7%
Petes season 44 started out with a bang.
Dudewas with Ariana Grande, and it was the main point of discussion in the season premiere.
Robert Mueller went from being one of Kate McKinnons many labors to yetanother nail in Robert De Niros coffin.
Why does he keep doing it?
He cant quite read the cue cards and can NEVER say Live from New York, its Saturday Night!
He can take a joke at his appearances expense.
Mikey Day: 6.8%
Mikey Day plays frustrated and/or ignorant very well.
Thats why he plays embedded reporters so often.
Aidy Bryant: 7%
We love a vers queen.
Aidy Bryant can play goofy, or she can play straight.
She can lead a sketch with a weird accent, or play the dejected mom.
Beck Bennett: 7.97%
Beck Bennetts politically salient impressions got him a lot of screen time this season.
He also had one of the standout new Update characters: Jules,who sees things a little differently.
But he wont reply to any of my letters!
Cecily Strong can do no wrong, and Im not just saying that because it rhymes.
Herchav British accentis a thing of legend.
Its now illegal for a new drug to come to market without Strong doing the VO for the commercials.
Shes just that good.
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Kate McKinnon: 9.22%
It should have never been in doubt.
If there is one star ofSaturday Night Liveat the moment, it is Kate McKinnon.
McKinnon plays multiple goblins in the Trump administration, and she gets a sustained applause break every time.
McKinnons bug-eyed energy keeps the momentum moving forward.
