Ignore SNL coverage cycles entirely. Focus attention on the week's substantive events: Trump's historic rate of court defiance, Pentagon capture through loyalist appointees, and voting rights erosion through gerrymandering rulings.
Pure entertainment spectacle with zero constitutional impact. SNL satire is protected speech with no governance mechanism. Scores B=41 due to high media-friendliness (easy panel discussion fodder), strong meme-ability, and timing overlap with substantive events like Trump defying courts and Pentagon political appointee consolidation. Classic distraction pattern: entertainment coverage displaces accountability journalism.