Live cold open saw James Austin Johnson returning as Donald Trump, two days before the inauguration, this time talking about the TikTok ban. About an hour before the show aired, TikTok went dark as a new U.

After that, the show will take another break before returning in mid-February, when it will have a new episode that will be followed a Sunday night live broadcast of “SNL50: The Anniversary Special” on Feb. 16.

Donald Trump has had a rocky relationship with NBC's “Saturday Night Live, ” the sketch-comedy show he accused of orchestrating “ Republican hit jobs ” during his first presidential term. But many "SNL" cast and crew members believed they helped get him elected.

The White House has issued a statement following the controversy surrounded a Saturday Night Live writer's sickening joke about President Donald Trump's 10-year-old son Barron

And it was “not because it portrayed him as heartless," according to The New Yorker's profile of the show's creator Lorne Michaels.

In the scrapped SNL skit from 2015, Trump was meant to play another tree planted nearby, which, by the end of the sketch, would have called the Giving Tree a sucker for its unconditional generosity.

Get the latest updates on the weekend inaugural events for President-elect Donald Trump. Events include a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington, a Make America Great Again Victory Rally, and more.

A forecast of record cold temperatures on Monday upended the planned ceremony, which now will take place indoors. More than 220,000 ticketed guests will be unable to view the swearing-in.

Get the latest updates on the weekend inaugural events for President-elect Donald Trump. Events include a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington, a Make America Great Again Victory Rally, and more.

Get the latest updates on the weekend inaugural events for President-elect Donald Trump. Events include a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington, a Make America Great Again Victory Rally, and more.