The “Saturday Night Live” season 51 premiere delivered exactly what viewers expected —and the White House’s paint-drying comeback proved they hit a nerve.

The late-night institution wasted no time skewering the Trump administration in its cold open, with James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump warning the cast to watch their jokes or face consequences similar to Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” cancellation and Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension from ABC.

The sketch even featured Mikey Day as FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, portrayed as the president’s “attack dog” ready to pounce on networks that step out of line. White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson fired back via Entertainment Weekly, stating she had “more entertaining things to do—like watch paint dry” than waste time watching the show.

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