James Talarico kicks off ‘SNL’ days after historic Texas Senate win
Topics: Texas Politics
2 outlets (NBC News and The Guardian US) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 2 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Both headlines use “Talarico”, “James”. Distinct wording: NBC News uses “historic” and “Senate”; The Guardian US uses “post-election” and “Saturday”. The Guardian US frames it as a question. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- NBC News reports: “Talarico introduced himself in the cold open as the “guy who’s been texting you every day” for campaign contributions.”
- The Guardian US reports: “SNL booking comedian Druski post-midterms felt misbegotten in low-energy episode failing to capture historic ‘blue-nami’Four days after the historic “blue-nami” midterms, Saturday Night Live opens …”
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- NBC News: James Talarico kicks off ‘SNL’ days after historic Texas Senate win
- The Guardian US: Saturday Night Live: Druski hosts and James Talarico cameos, but where’s the post-election comedy?
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