SNL Season 42: Best And Worst Episodes
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Each weekend, we here at TVLine highlight the best and worst of what Saturday Night Live
Scroll down to revisit how each of Season 42's installments have fared, based on the average grade that you gave them.
Additional rankings : Season 43 , Season 44 , Season 45
SNL 42x01 - Margot Robbie
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#10. MARGOT ROBBIE
AIRDATE: Oct. 1, 2016 (season premiere)
AVG. GRADE: B
BEST SKETCHES: "Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton Debate Cold Open," "Mr. Robot," "Live Report"
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SNL 42x02 - Lin-Manuel Miranda
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#8. LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA
AIRDATE: Oct. 8, 2016
AVG. GRADE: B+
BEST SKETCHES: "Crucible Cast Party," "Stranger Things," "Denise and Doreen"
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SNL 42x03 - Emily Blunt
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#17. EMILY BLUNT
AIRDATE: Oct. 15, 2016
AVG. GRADE: C+
BEST SKETCHES: "Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton Town Hall Debate Cold Open," "Olya Povlatsky," "Chonk"
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SNL 42x04 - Tom Hanks
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#2. TOM HANKS
AIRDATE: Oct. 22, 2016
AVG. GRADE: A-
BEST SKETCHES: "Haunted Elevator," "Black Jeopardy," "Funny New Comedy"
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SNL 42x05 - Benedict Cumberbatch
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#20. BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
AIRDATE: Nov. 5, 2016
AVG. GRADE: C-
BEST SKETCHES: "Church Lady"
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SNL 42x06 - Dave Chappelle
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#1. DAVE CHAPPELLE
AIRDATE: Nov. 12, 2016
AVG. GRADE: A
BEST SKETCHES: "Election Week Cold Open," "Election Night," "The Walking Dead"
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SNL 42x07 - Kristen Wiig
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#16. KRISTEN WIIG
AIRDATE: Nov. 19, 2016
AVG. GRADE: C+
BEST SKETCHES: "Anderson Cooper 360," "Target Commercial," "Surprise Lady"
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SNL 42x08 - Emma Stone
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#13. EMMA STONE
AIRDATE: Dec. 3, 2016
AVG. GRADE: B-
BEST SKETCHES: "Rachel from Friends on '90s Nostalgia," "Film Screening," "Wells for Boys"
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SNL 42x09 - John Cena
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#18. JOHN CENA
AIRDATE: Dec. 10, 2016
AVG. GRADE: C+
BEST SKETCHES: "The Lead With Jake Tapper," "Through Donald's Eyes," "Dyke & Fats Save Christmas"
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SNL 42x10 - Casey Affleck
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#14. CASEY AFFLECK
AIRDATE: Dec. 17, 2016
AVG. GRADE: B-
BEST SKETCHES: "Hillary Actually," "Jingle Barack," "Christmas Miracle"
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SNL 42x11 - Felicity Jones
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#19. FELICITY JONES
AIRDATE: Jan. 14, 2017
AVG. GRADE: C-
BEST SKETCHES: "Donald Trump Press Conference Cold Open," "Susan B. Anthony House"
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SNL 42x12 - Aziz Ansari
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#6. AZIZ ANSARI
AIRDATE: Jan. 21, 2017
AVG. GRADE: B+
BEST SKETCHES: "Bedroom," "La La Land Interrogation," "Kellyanne Conway"
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SNL 42x13 - Kristen Stewart
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#3. KRISTEN STEWART
AIRDATE: Feb. 4, 2017
AVG. GRADE: A-
BEST SKETCHES: "Sean Spicer Press Conference," "Totino's Pizza Rolls," "Welcome to the United States"
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SNL 42x14 - Alec Baldwin
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#4. ALEC BALDWIN
AIRDATE: Feb. 11, 2017
AVG. GRADE: A-
BEST SKETCHES: "Sean Spicer Press Conference Cold Open," "Trump People's Court," "Leslie Wants to Play Trump"
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SNL 42x15 - Octavia Spencer
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#21. OCTAVIA SPENCER — WORST
AIRDATE: March 4, 2017
AVG. GRADE: D+
BEST SKETCHES: "Jeff Sessions Gump Cold Open," "Zoo-opolis Voice Actors," "Eric and Donald Trump Jr."
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SNL 42x16 - Scarlett Johansson
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#12. SCARLETT JOHANSSON
AIRDATE: March 11, 2017
AVG. GRADE: B
BEST SKETCHES: "Complicit," "Translator," "A Sketch for the Women"
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SNL 42x17 - Louis CK
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#7. LOUIS C.K.
AIRDATE: April 8, 2017
AVG. GRADE: B+
BEST SKETCHES: "The O'Reilly Factor with Donald Trump," "Birthday Clown," "Pepsi Commerical"
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SNL 42x18 - Jimmy Fallon
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#9. JIMMY FALLON
AIRDATE: April 15, 2017
AVG. GRADE: B
BEST SKETCHES: "Celebrity Family Feud: Time Travel Edition," "Before the Show," "Take Me Back"
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SNL 42x19 - Chris Pine
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#15. CHRIS PINE
AIRDATE: May 6, 2017
AVG. GRADE: B-
BEST SKETCHES: "Star Trek Lost Episode," "The Handmaid's Tale," "Where in the World Is Kellyanne Conway?"
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SNL 42x20 - Melissa McCarthy
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#11. MELISSA MCCARTHY
AIRDATE: May 13, 2017
AVG. GRADE: B
BEST SKETCHES: "Sean Spicer Returns," "Amazon Echo," "Kyle and Leslie"
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SNL 42x21 - Dwayne Johnson
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#5. DWAYNE JOHNSON
AIRDATE: May 20, 2017 (season finale)
AVG. GRADE: B+
BEST SKETCHES: "Rap Song," "WWE Promo Shoot," "Cartier"
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