--- description: Watch each Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump debate stage moment compared to Saturday Night Live's parody version title: See How SNL's 3rd Debate Parody Compares to the Real Thing image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2eeae3a7ce32d9c/6988ab51a988ca74c26b9dfa/gettyimages-617348568-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See How _SNL's_ Third Presidential Debate Parody Compares to the Real Thing by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 24, 2016 8:58 PM CUT  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- "Tom Hanks" Episode 1708 -- Pictured: (l-r) Alec Baldwin as Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump and Kate McKinnon as Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton during the "Third Debate Cold Open" sketch on October 22, 2016 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- "Tom Hanks" Episode 1708 -- Pictured: (l-r) Alec Baldwin as Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump and Kate McKinnon as Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton during the "Third Debate Cold Open" sketch on October 22, 2016 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)NBC-NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 24, 2016 8:58 PM CUT _Saturday Night Live’_s [parody of the third and final presidential debate](http://time.com/4451557/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-impressions/ "undefined") once again let [Alec Baldwin play a caricature](http://time.com/4514683/alec-baldwins-saturday-night-live-donald-trump/ "undefined") of a juvenile, faltering Donald Trump and Kate McKinnon play a gratingly boastful [Hillary Clinton on cruise control](http://time.com/4541826/snl-donald-trump-alec-baldwin-tom-hanks-debate/ "undefined"). The real third debate, which drew roughly 71.6 viewers according to [Nielsen numbers](http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2016/third-presidential-debate-of-2016-draws-71-6-million-viewers.html "undefined") already came fully loaded with pre-written punchlines, so just how spot-on was the satire? McKinnon celebrated the debate’s two biggest sound bytes: Trump’s “bad hombres”? It’s a Bingo board for Hillary Clinton. That “nasty woman” remark in response to Clinton’s comment about how her economic plan would affect the Republican nominee? It’s a mug for sale for her campaign, in a bit that suggested the real Clinton just laughs all the way to the bank when Trump’s statements are poorly received by some. For Baldwin’s part, he reprised the line “no one respects women more than me,” and Tom Hanks as moderator Chris Wallace had to silence the whole planet’s laughter on that one. But the sketch also presented its Clinton character as the master of the pivot: faking an interruption to get off the topic of her e-mails and onto the allegations of sexual misconduct facing Trump. Most meta of all, Baldwin, gave a shout out to his own brother for being a Trump supporter. Watch the debate stage moments, and _SNL’s_ take in the video above. Take a look at TIME’s _SNL_ vs. real debate comparison videos for [the first debate](http://time.com/4516571/saturday-night-live-debate-comparison-reality/ "undefined"), and [second debate](http://time.com/4533134/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-debate-saturday-night-live/ "undefined") while you’re at it. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4542803/saturday-night-live-presidential-debate-3-analysis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4542803/saturday-night-live-presidential-debate-3-analysis/"},"headline":"See How SNL's Third Presidential Debate Parody Compares to the Real Thing","datePublished":"2016-10-24T20:58:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:55.985Z","description":"How far did they take the debate highlights?","url":"https://time.com/4542803/saturday-night-live-presidential-debate-3-analysis/","keywords":["2016 Election","Newsfeed","2016 Election topic","politics","Saturday Night Live"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2eeae3a7ce32d9c/6988ab51a988ca74c26b9dfa/gettyimages-617348568-1.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/bltb2eeae3a7ce32d9c/6988ab51a988ca74c26b9dfa/gettyimages-617348568-1.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":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4542803/saturday-night-live-presidential-debate-3-analysis/","name":"See How SNL's Third Presidential Debate Parody Compares to the Real Thing"}}]}] ```