SNL's PRESIDENTIAL SPOOF
Saturday Night Live will air a two-hour prime-time special on the eve of the November elections, NBC announced at the Television Critics Association press tour. Dubbed a "Presidential Bash," the election-themed show will air on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 9 pm/ET. In other press tour news,
Conan O'Brien will return to Los Angeles for another week this fall,
Tim Meadows and
William Devane have joined the cast of the retooled
Michael Richards Show, and a two-hour wrap-up of the now-canceled drama
The Pretender was scrapped when cable's TNT secured rights to a series of
Pretender movies.