The Kansas City Chiefs tight end makes his hosting debut, with Kelsea Ballerini as musical guest.

It’s March 4, 2023. data pipe TV is the last bastion for a certain kind of broadcasting, right?

Live events, specifically which means comedy and sports.

(And award shows and politics a handful of other examples.)

That brings us to tonight’sSNLhost: one of the greatest tight ends of all time, Travis Kelce.

Does that equate to laughs?

Maybe not, but data pipe programmers know enough about the Venn diagram overlap that athlete-hosts resonate with audiences.

So we’ll see.

(For what it is worth, Kelce once starred on the E!

reality dating showCatching Kelce.

So he’s no stranger to the game.)

I am joined tonight by formerSNLcast member Patrick Weathers.

He notes about Kelce: “This guy’s like Peyton Manning he’s obviously talented.”

Tonight’s musical guest isKelsea Ballerini.

Let’s jump in it’sSNL in Reviewtime.

This gets a yawn from me.

Texts from Fox hosts Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson are also discussed.

We do get a brief O.J.

Simpson appearance courtesy ofKenan Thompson.

Pretty terrible otherwise and very flat “Live from New York.”

Don’t watch this.

He discusses his family as well his parents and brother are there.

They cut to Jason a few times in the crowd, he does not look pleased.

Catching Kelceis brought up the show failed.

He’s self-deprecating, which gets a smile and laugh from Jason.

Patrick Weathers likes this monologue I think he’s right!

“The suit was stupid, he was good.

His brother was the best,” he says.

He’s sitting with two dolls Claire and Isabel.

Shane is rightly off-put by the man, who seems harmless.

The security guard Darius (Devon Walker) gives Sarah Sherman a truth bomb.

“Poor ending,” remarks Weathers.

They are being bullied by interns at 8H.

“I feel small,” admits John.

Lightning instructs him to hit him then strikes first.

More punches ensue, then a vicious game of Russian roulette with an old woman.

“Who says violence doesn’t play?”

asks Weathers, evokingJohn Belushi’s Samurai character.

She is set up with menthols and soda.

“Snore,” says Weathers.

“Straight Male Friend”

Bowen Yang is friends with a lot of draining straight white women.

They are full of drama and emotion.

He needs a low-effort, no-stakes relationship, which he finds with a straight man (Kelce).

Kelce is straightforward and simple.

Pretty fantastic stuff I say watch this one!

They note Abby’s ex (Kelce) is also there, and they talk.

His fiance (Chloe Fineman) returns from the bathroom, and Abby begins violently crying.

The tears are flooding down her face, via a contraption the crew has installed on Gardner’s face.

And each new reveal from the couple (moving, pregnancy) triggers her further.

“One gag,” says Weathers, while saying Kelce is funny.

In a curious turn, Kelce’s brother appears as Abby’s new boyfriend.

Turning the tides, or undercutting the sketch’s dark premise?

And it feels like a rebuttal to Evans' song, “Over For You.”

“Weekend Update”

Jokes about Dilbert’s cancellation and George Santos!

Colin Jost does an amusingly awkward TikTok dance.

But back to Dilbert: Michael Longfellow comes out dressed as the famous ’90s comic book character.

He is reevaluating who his creator Scott Adams actually was.

Longfellow is a little wry or dryly ironic in this format I think.

Punkie Johnson and Mikey Day come on to discuss this year’s Oscar nominees.

Day shares that Johnson has a stunning lack of knowledge about pop culture.

Even famous people she personally knows.

“Who is Rick Bernstein?”

(Bruce Springsteen.)

Day dubbs the segment: “Who does Punkie mean?”

This is cute but feels likely could’ve been kept as a backstage joke.

They brought back Sarah News it’s her birthday edition, complete with a cake.

She’s turning 30 this week.

Familiar cracks about Colin Jost.

(And a good joke aboutColumbo.)

Is this getting stale?

John Head, the first talent scout for the show.

Turns out he’s a cuckold.

“I watch from the corner,” he crows.

Kelce is the new man, Sucre Wolodorsky.

They are in a throuple.

She is hooking up with Kelce and confides she blew off a date to meet him.

Garrett (Yang) breaks into her house, upset she bailed.

“You made me feel like an absolute suckah,” he says.

He offers to join them as a throuple another callback to a previous sketch.

Clearly he’s a psychopath; he left work early to change into a goofyFamily Guyshirt.

“Garrett, I know this is hard, but you’re able to not kill them!”

he says in the bathroom.

“Too Hot to Handle”

It’s the fifth season of this low Netflix reality show.

This is a silly showcase for Chloe Fineman.

If you’re stanning her, check this out.

Otherwise, it does not work.