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SNL sends up The Hunting Wives — and the cast is here for it
Saturday Night Live’s recent sketch riffing on Netflix’s hit series The Hunting Wives landed with a warm, self-aware punch — and the show’s leading ladies were delighted. Malin Akerman (Margo Banks), Katie Lowes (Callie), Brittany Snow (Sophie) and Jaime Ray Newman took to social media to share clips, laugh along and congratulate SNL for capturing the show’s tone and most notorious moments.
Akerman posted the sketch on her Instagram and joked that it was “the best thing I’ve ever seen,” teasing a mock “Season 2 premiere.” Fans quickly noticed SNL leaned into the series’ most talked-about beats: the awkwardly revealing first encounter between Margo and Sophie, the absurd wig moments, and the show’s blend of suburban satire with pulpy melodrama.
What the sketch did right
Amy Poehler, taking on Akerman’s Margo, and Chloe Fineman as Snow’s Sophie, hit the physical comedy and timing that made the original scenes buzzworthy online. The parody also featured a surprise Aubrey Plaza cameo — billed as “the new new girl” — which ended with the group reacting to unexpected news in a characteristically darkly comic way. That star turn capped a sketch that felt like a fan’s affectionate roast rather than a mean-spirited send-up.
SNL’s choices — spotlighting wigs, a topless reveal gag and the show’s hyperbolic suburban rituals — show how parody can both mock and amplify what made the original series memorable. It’s a familiar pattern: sketch comedy often elevates one or two iconic details until they become shorthand for the entire show.
Context and fan reaction
The Hunting Wives is adapted from May Cobb’s bestselling novel, and the Netflix adaptation has become a cultural talking point for blending thriller tropes with campy social satire. The SNL sketch arrived at a moment when late-night shows and sketch programs increasingly engage with streaming culture — turning high-profile series into shared jokes that help drive conversation and viewership.
Social media lit up: Lowes posted a backstage clip of herself, Akerman and Newman watching the sketch and laughing, while Snow captioned replies with a line from the parody, “It’s just us and the beans, baby!” Cobb herself reshared the sketch, showing authorial delight.
For viewers interested in prior examples, SNL has a long track record of lampooning streaming hits and prestige dramas — a tradition that both flatters and critiques popular television.
Overall, the spoof felt celebratory more than critical: an acknowledgment that The Hunting Wives has achieved enough cultural visibility to be playfully exaggerated on one of TV’s most visible stages.
A quick note for fans: beyond the laughs, these moments often boost interest in the source material — expect a bump in searches and streams after a sketch this visible.
Source: deadline
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wow didn't expect SNL to nail it so hard, that Aubrey Plaza cameo made me spit out my coffee lol. Margo wig bits were pure chaos
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