New ‘SNL’ Season 50 Promo Teases Return Of Maya Rudolph As Kamala Harris

After the first promo for this week’s Season 50 premiere episode of Saturday Night Live leaned heavily into nostalgia, clips released today teased more topical subject matter.

The first of three 30-ish second snippets contained in a video newly shared to YouTube featured the typical triptych of host (Jean Smart), musical guest (Jelly Roll) and a castmember (Marcello Hernández). The final two vignettes, however, featured a former SNL castmember whose work has again become very topical: Maya Rudolph.

The Loot actress didn’t mention the former president in the snippets, but toward the end of one she does break out in a very broad Southern accent, a possible reference to memes alleging Harris affected an accent at certain rallies to seem more folksy. Watch below.

In July, Deadline confirmed that Rudolph will reprise her Emmy-winning take on the VP tas the NBC late-night comedy program covers the final stretch of the 2024 Presidential campaign.

Rudolph’s Harris became an instant breakout (and a popular meme) when she was introduced in the cold open for the December 21, 2019 episode of SNL hosted by Eddie Murphy. Despite having a few lines in a star-studded Presidential debate cold open (you can watch it below), Rudolph won the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2020 her portrayal. The “Funt” aka America’s Fun Aunt is back.

Following the 2020 election, Rudolph has reprised her role as Harris a handful of times including during her March 2021 hosting stint, which earned her another Guest Actress In a Comedy Series Emmy.

Peter White contributed to this story.

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