Date uploaded: 2021-12-19 10:53:42

Live from New York, it's a pandemic "Saturday Night Live." NBC's long-running sketch show still went on, amid a spike in COVID-19 cases in the Big Apple, sans studio audience. The evening marked Paul Rudd's fifth time as host. The series announced the day-of change on Twitter. It also sent home several cast members, crew, planned special guests and musical guest Charli XCX as the latest variant of the coronavirus spread, according to a person with knowledge of the plans who was unauthorized to speak publicly. Read more on the story through the link in our bio. 📸: D Dipasupil/FilmMagic