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Maya Rudolph is returning to 'Saturday Night Live' to play Kamala Harris in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. Production on Rudolph's Apple TV+ series 'Loot' was scheduled to start work on season three in late August, but it's been delayed for scheduling reasons. This helps free up her time to work on 'SNL.' Reps for NBC haven't replied to a request for comment.

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00:00The fun is back, baby! America's fun end!

00:04Maya Rudolph is returning to Saturday Night Live to play Kamala Harris in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.

00:11Production on Rudolph's Apple TV Plus series, Loot, was scheduled to start work on Season 3 in late August,

00:16but it's been delayed for scheduling reasons.

00:19This helps free up her time to work on SNL.

00:21Reps for NBC haven't replied to a request for comment.

00:24Rudolph played Harris several times in the lead-up to the 2020 election,

00:28first as a candidate for president and then as Joe Biden's VP pick.

00:32She most recently did so in a March 2021 episode that she hosted.

00:44SNL has brought in former cast members and A-listers to play political figures a number of times over the years.

00:50Tina Fey played Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin several times in 2008.

00:55Frequent host Alec Baldwin did a Donald Trump impression on a number of episodes during the former president's term,

01:00and a Biden impression was passed from Jason Sudeikis during the Obama years to Jim Carrey before the 2020 election.

01:07SNL is set to begin its milestone 50th season on September 28th.

01:12For more on this story and the latest entertainment news, head to THR.com.

01:16This is The Hollywood Reporter News.

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