As former Saturday Night Live cast member Will Forte said in his opening monologue tonight, getting the series to launch on his MacGruber in Peacock was ultimately about 12 years after his departure to host a late-night sketch show. was invited to.
In the monologue, Forte announces a Season 2 renewal for McGruber, viz. "I want to officially announce that McGruber has been selected for Season 2," he said, before adding, "I want to announce it. But it hasn't been picked up yet so I can't. We Looking forward to hearing."
While Peacock does not release viewership figures, McGruber is said to have done well, and for the past few weeks there have been talks that the show will be renewed for Season 2.
McGruber originated as a recurring SNL sketch before giving birth to the 2010 theatrical film and current streaming sequel series. Tonight, the NBC show wasted no time welcoming the character back to where it started—right after Forte's monologue.
Replicating the way the McGruber skits originally ran on SNL, tonight was three separate shorts featuring McGruber (Forte) as he tries to defuse a bomb with seconds left on the timer. Forte was joined by her co-stars from the Peacock series and film: Kristen Wiig, who originated her character Vicki St. Elmo and Ryan Phillippe (Dixon Piper) on SNL with Forte.
In SNL's return, McGruber skits received a coronavirus pandemic update with the title protagonist, as Philip K. Piper said, "going down some sort of outright misinformation rabbit hole." After doing extensive online "research", Forte's MacGruber took on the cancellation of masks, COVID vaccinations, Ivermectin, Dr. Anthony Fauci as well as the Oath Keepers, the Proud Boys, Hollywood celebrities, women's rights, some pretty outrageous , shared QAnon conspiracy theory-influenced thoughts. even more. See all three sketches one after the other.
On YouTube, the video is accompanied by a link to CDC information about COVID-19.