--- title: 'Game of Thrones' Battles 'The Avengers' on 'SNL' description: The two franchises duked it out on a wacky version of "Family Feud," sending up everyone in the process canonical: https://time.com/5583358/game-of-thrones-the-avengers-family-feud-saturday-night-live/ author: Alejandro de la Garza article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-05-05T15:18:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:53.500Z og:title: 'Saturday Night Live' Pits 'Game of Thrones' Against 'The Avengers' in a Game of 'Family Feud' og:description: The two franchises duked it out on a wacky version of 'Family Feud' og:url: https://time.com/5583358/game-of-thrones-the-avengers-family-feud-saturday-night-live/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2f33d7c88c11977/698949798fd2ee72c835e3ba/kenan-thompson-family-feud-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Saturday Night Live - Season 44 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Saturday Night Live' Pits 'Game of Thrones' Against 'The Avengers' in a Game of 'Family Feud' twitter:description: The two franchises duked it out on a wacky version of 'Family Feud' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2f33d7c88c11977/698949798fd2ee72c835e3ba/kenan-thompson-family-feud-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Saturday Night Live' Pits 'Game of Thrones' Against 'The Avengers' in a Game of 'Family Feud'  by [Alejandro de la Garza](https://time.com/author/alejandro-de-la-garza/)  ## Alejandro de la Garza May 5, 2019 3:18 PM UTC  Kenan Thompson as Steve Harvey during a "Family Feud" sketch on Saturday, February 16, 2019 Kenan Thompson as Steve Harvey during a "Family Feud" sketch on Saturday, February 16, 2019Will Heath—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images  by [Alejandro de la Garza](https://time.com/author/alejandro-de-la-garza/)  ## Alejandro de la Garza May 5, 2019 3:18 PM UTC The characters of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/5582767/game-thrones-personality-character-quiz/) may have battled the [white walkers](http://time.com/5570506/game-of-thrones-spiral/), but their greatest fight was yet to come — facing off against [The Avengers](http://time.com/5577454/avengers-endgame-deaths/) on a parody of _Family Feud_. In a legendary cold open mashup this weekend, _Saturday Night Live_ pitted the two franchises against each other in a wacky version of the classic game show. “All right, let’s start with The Avengers, because this show is just like their movies: we’re going to open with 45 minutes of introductions,” said Kenan Thompson, playing _Family Feud_‘s mustachioed host, Steve Harvey. “First up, the sexiest man at the renaissance fair. It’s Thor.” “It’s good to be handsome,” said Alex Moffat as the God of Thunder. The sketch also didn’t pull punches mocking _Game of Thrones_. “All right next, we got a 1,000-year-old witch, Melisandre,” said Thompson-as-Harvey “Hello, Steve. This show is dark and full of terrors,” said Cecily Strong as Melisandre, referencing the character’s signature line. “You sound like my agent,” responded Thompson’s Harvey. 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