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'SNL' Scorecard: Did Lena Dunham's Show Live Up To The Hype?


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The hype that surrounds the announcement of an interesting “SNL” host like Lena Dunham is always odd. Usually the extra noise will come from the fans of that host, as opposed to people who watch “SNL” on a weekly basis. And then the show starts and … well, there’s Lena Dunham dressed as a teenager for a sketch like any other host would be doing. And Dunham was fine as a host – some of her sketches were funny, some weren’t; like pretty much any other show – though I suspect that her performance will be maddeningly over-analyzed because it’s Lena Dunham and that kind of thing seems to happen to her. (Oh, see, Nikki Finke has already done just that, tweeting, “One of the worst hosts of one of worst SNL shows.” I mean, that’s insanity.) Anyway, let's take a look at this week's Scorecard, shall we?

Sketch of the Night
”Ohh Child” (Killam, Thompson, Strong, Dunham, Wheelan) First of all, it really is impossible to get a good car sing-along going when GPS is constantly interrupting the song. I’m not always a fan of the tacked-on sketch ending that has nothing to do with the rest of the sketch – in this case, the joke of Dunham constantly being interrupted by the GPS turns into the fact that that the foursome is going to kill Brooks Wheelan. But, whatever, this one worked.


· Lady Gaga 6.06
· Melissa McCarthy 6.03
· Edward Norton 5.91
· Paul Rudd 5.90
· Drake 5.82
· Jimmy Fallon 5.80
· Lena Dunham 5.77
· John Goodman 5.76
· Josh Hutcherson 5.75
· Jonah Hill 5.73
· Bruce Willis 5.68
· Kerry Washington 5.60
· Jim Parsons 5.51
· Tina Fey 5.35
· Miley Cyrus 5.20