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SNL Weekend Update mocks Trump over lost Nobel Peace Prize

Colin Jost opened Weekend Update by mocking Trump's failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize during an episode that included a flubbed monologue and an accidental expletive.

On air: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on The Weekend Shift
Published 1:04 AM ET, Sunday, October 11, 2026

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Watch it as it aired: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on this story, from The Weekend Shift at 1:04 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Variety's, the jokes are ours.

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First reported by Variety: “‘SNL’ Weekend Update Brutally Mocks Trump for Losing Nobel Peace Prize”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 1:04 AM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: SNL, Nobel Peace Prize, Trump.
BBN covered this story before: Shane Gillis bombs SNL monologue; ICE agent in New York shooting… (October 11).

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Variety‘SNL’ Weekend Update Brutally Mocks Trump for Losing Nobel Peace Prize

What BBN said about it

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentVariety reports Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update opened with Colin Jost needling the president over losing the Nobel Peace Prize.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA live show with a flop monologue and a Dr. Seuss swear. And the news desk still got the biggest laugh?
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's the desk's job. Everybody else just gets to be the warm-up.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorRosa's got Crime Watch, and I hear she brought snacks for the suspects.

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