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A whopping 91% of “Saturday Night Live” jokes targeted conservatives this season, according to a new<\/strong> analysis by Media Research Center\u2019s NewsBusters<\/a>, and President Donald Trump<\/a> has remained the show\u2019s favorite punching bag.<\/p>\n

According to the analysis, provided exclusively to The New York Post<\/a>, “Weekend Update” delivered 205 jokes aimed at conservatives compared to just 18 targeting liberals and three nonpartisan jabs during the season\u2019s first 19 episodes.<\/p>\n

Trump alone accounted for more than 100 punchlines, nearly half of those assessed, while conservative figures dominated the show\u2019s cold opens at a far higher rate than their left-leaning counterparts.<\/p>\n

More specifically, 49 Republican-centered portrayals overshadowed the 10 Democratic-focused and one nonpartisan-focused portrayals identified in the analysis.<\/p>\n

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Jokes taking aim at the president were made in tandem with more than a dozen Trump portrayals from James Austin Johnson during this season’s cold opens, the Post wrote, followed in quantity by War Secretary Pete Hegseth<\/a>, ex-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt\u2019s characters.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to NBC for comment but did not immediately hear back.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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As far as “weekend Updates” jokes are concerned, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr<\/a>. trailed the president at second, followed by Noem.<\/p>\n

The Post highlighted how New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani had only been targeted once by “Weekend Update,” while tying the analysis to a broader critique of the anti-Trump sentiment of late-night television.<\/p>\n

When reached for comment, NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck told Fox News Digital, “For liberals who might be fearful they won’t be able to receive their far-left “comedy” fix once Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ goes dark, look no further than ‘SNL.’\u2026 Whether it’s celebrity appearances or incendiary rhetoric masquerading as satire, ‘SNL’ will scratch that itch.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Houck added, “These networks are largely unapologetic\u00a0in the fact that they do not represent all Americans. It’s about using their supposed power to bend the public to their worldview.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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NewsBusters has called out<\/a> the late-night comedy show with previous assessments of partisan leanings, including one article last October emphasizing that 82% of the prior season’s jokes had targeted conservatives or Republicans.<\/p>\n

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