--- title: Alec Baldwin and Kate McNinnon Are Hillary and Donald on SNL description: The comedians take on the characters of the presidential candidates in a new promo for Saturdays' season premiere of the comedy show. canonical: https://time.com/4512216/snl-donald-trump-alec-baldwin/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-28T20:43:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:08.797Z og:title: Alec Baldwin and Kate McNinnon Are Hillary and Donald on SNL og:description: The comedians get into character ahead of Saturday night's season premiere. og:url: https://time.com/4512216/snl-donald-trump-alec-baldwin/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alec Baldwin and Kate McNinnon Are Hillary and Donald on SNL twitter:description: The comedians get into character ahead of Saturday night's season premiere. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Alec Baldwin Will Take on Donald Trump on _Saturday Night Live_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 28, 2016 8:43 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 28, 2016 8:43 PM UTC It’s the night we’ve all been waiting for, as [_Saturday Night Live_](http://time.com/4210650/saturday-night-live-famous-politicians-meet-comedians-bernie-sanders/?iid=sr-link9) puts it: no, not [the next presidential debate](http://time.com/4508941/presidential-debate-trump-clinton-gender/?iid=sr-link6), but the _SNL_ season premiere. Given _SNL’s_ track record in political parody, though, it can sometimes seem like the show’s opening skits have just as much cultural weight as the real thing. In a new promo spot for Saturday’s season kickoff, SNL released a clip of comedians [Kate McKinnon](http://time.com/4347460/kate-mckinnon-hillary-clinton-ellen-degeneres-impressions/?iid=sr-link1) of recent _Ghostbusters_ fame and Alec Baldwin—who has [hosted the show more times](http://time.com/3705585/snl-hosts/?iid=sr-link7) than anyone else—prepping for their big moments onstage (as Clinton and Trump, naturally). The wigs. The makeup. The signature facial expressions. It’s all there. [Margot Robbie will be hosting](http://time.com/4505214/saturday-night-live-premiere-margot-robbie/?iid=sr-link1) the evening, with The Weeknd as musical guest. But many will be watching just for that iconic opener. Watch the promotional spot below. > [](https://twitter.com/nbcsnl/status/781218473208864768) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4512216/snl-donald-trump-alec-baldwin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4512216/snl-donald-trump-alec-baldwin/"},"headline":"Alec Baldwin Will Take on Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live","datePublished":"2016-09-28T20:43:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:08.797Z","description":"It's high stakes for Hillary vs. Donald","url":"https://time.com/4512216/snl-donald-trump-alec-baldwin/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4512216/snl-donald-trump-alec-baldwin/","name":"Alec Baldwin Will Take on Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live"}}]}] ```