After a major cast shake

Michael Longfellow and Heidi Gardner as South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem during the "Manningcast Cold Open" on Saturday Night Live on Oct. 1, 2022.

When "Saturday Night Live" returned this weekend for its 48th season, the grandaddy of all sketch shows ripped itself apart before anyone else could. In a cold open, host Miles Teller and cast member Andrew Dismukes played Peyton and Eli Manning, hosts of ESPN's "ManningCast." But instead of a play-by-play commentary on "Monday Night Football," they critiqued the premiere episode's opening sketch.

"Let's see what they spent the entire summer coming up with," they said, watching the skit-inside-a-sketch — a purposely wooden number that featured every clumsy comedy move imaginable.

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