--- ---  # See How _Saturday Night Live's_ Second Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton Parody Compares to the Real Debate by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 17, 2016 8:49 PM UTC  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- "Emily Blunt" Episode 1707 -- Pictured: (l-r) Alec Baldwin as Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump and Kate McKinnon as Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton during the "Debate Cold Open" sketch on October 15, 2016 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- "Emily Blunt" Episode 1707 -- Pictured: (l-r) Alec Baldwin as Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump and Kate McKinnon as Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton during the "Debate Cold Open" sketch on October 15, 2016 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 17, 2016 8:49 PM UTC _Saturday Night Live’s_ second debate sketch drew criticism from Donald Trump, who [took to Twitter](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/787612552654155776?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) to slam [Alec Baldwin’s performance](http://time.com/4514683/alec-baldwins-saturday-night-live-donald-trump/). For the first go-around, [_SNL’s_ version of the inaugural debate](http://time.com/4516571/saturday-night-live-debate-comparison-reality/) stuck close to the script with a silly sendup of the real thing. But this time, the show presented a more extreme version of Trump’s performance at the [Town Hall](http://time.com/4524512/presidential-debate-clinton-trump-town-hall-format/). Elsewhere, _SNL_ went hard on the nominee with a [“Lemonade” parody](http://time.com/4532612/snl-melania-trump-beyonce-lemonade/) featuring the public female faces of [Trump’s campaign](http://time.com/4533794/donald-trump-women-support/), and sharp Weekend Update barbs targeting [Trump’s campaign](http://time.com/4529433/inside-donald-trump-total-meltdown/).) On the other hand, Kate McKinnon depicted the Democratic nominee as heavily coached and wooden, but also totally chilled out thanks to Baldwin’s portrayal of an increasingly self-destructive Trump. How did the cartoonish showdown _SNL_ created compare to the Town Hall debate for real? Watch the sketch show’s take on the second Presidential debate compared to the actual debate above. Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Debate: SNL Comparison Video ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4533134/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-debate-saturday-night-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4533134/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-debate-saturday-night-live/"},"headline":"See How Saturday Night Live's Second Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton Parody Compares to the Real Debate","datePublished":"2016-10-17T20:49:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:42.631Z","description":"How Trump-y is SNL's Trump?","url":"https://time.com/4533134/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-debate-saturday-night-live/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","politics","Saturday Night Live","Election 2016","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc40d8541ab21f309/6988aa4a0a4a22044e9cbabf/gettyimages-615044090.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc40d8541ab21f309/6988aa4a0a4a22044e9cbabf/gettyimages-615044090.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Saturday Night Live - Season 42","caption":"Saturday Night Live - Season 42","creditText":"NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4533134/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-debate-saturday-night-live/","name":"See How Saturday Night Live's Second Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton Parody Compares to the Real Debate"}}]}] ```