Talk:Saturday Night Live season 43

Notability of Baldwin as Trump

Now that Alec Baldwin has confirmed he's returning to play Trump, is it really going to be necessary to list every single time he appears as Trump? His appearances as probably going to be as frequent as Lorne Michaels' are, who is also not listed for every time he cameos on the show, since he also plays a semi-recurring role. - Jasonbres (talk) 15:36, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Jason, in regards to that, all I know is what Baldwin himself has said, and that is that his appearances this season will be much briefer and more spread out (in his own words, a few celery sticks rather than a full meal, because of his schedule for this next year). For that reason, and because the Trump impression is a relevant part of the cultural and political climate today, and is so much a part of history right now. I would say that we do indeed need to list every time he comes on, primarily because there will be more times now where he will not. Does that make sense? --Jgstokes (talk) 23:00, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

So far he has appeared in 4 out of 7 episodes. I think the best way to mention his appearances on the show is as a recurring guest along with a list of the exact episodes in which he appears. This was done in this version of the article. Sometimes the sky is blue (talk) 03:27, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Cast for the Season

Here's a random question I had: This article asserts that Colin Jost and Michael Che will return to the Weekend Update desk next season, but the cited source does not verify this, just that they would come back for the 3-week run of Weekend Update: Summer Edition. That said, I fully believe that Lorne Michaels would not have them back for that show if they were not meant to continue to anchor the update desk for season 43. So I wondered, would it be safe for us to also assume that any who appeared during the Summer Edition segments (Kenan Thompson, Cecily Strong, Mikey Day, Alex Moffat, Leslie Jones, and Pete Davidson) will all be returning for Season 43? I would think so, but I also know that until that is confirmed or denied, it may be anyone's guess. So I wanted to open up that topic for conversation. Thoughts? --Jgstokes (talk) 22:58, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

After watching how the cast information has gone back and forth between being visible and hidden, I found a source that explicitly states that the remainder of the Season 42 cast will return for Season 43, which I have put into the article for verification. If anyone doubts that this source is reliable, please let me know, and I will find another. But USA Today (which published the article in question) has not been proven to be unreliable, so I hope this debate is put to rest now. In the meantime, I wanted to note that the specific information is confirmed in that source directly under the video entitled "Airport Shut Down (Stand Up Comedy). Hope that clears up any confusion, and I also hope this resolves the dispute once and for all. I welcome any questions about this that anyone might have. Thanks. --Jgstokes (talk) 01:06, 28 September 2017 (UTC)