Who Wrote What Sketch? Season 52 Edition

[u/memesistential]

Previous Threads:

• Season 43
• Season 44
• Season 45 / At Home
• Season 46
• Season 47 / Part 2
• Season 48 / Part 2
• Season 49 / Part 2
• Season 50 / Part 2
• Season 51 / Part 2

The Season 52 Writing Staff [New hires marked in italics]

Head Writers: Alison Gates / Eric Kenward / Streeter Seidell / Kent Sublette

Writing Supervisors: Dan Bulla / Jake Nordwind (since S52E01) / Will Stephen

Senior Writer: Bryan Tucker

Writers: Bam Alston / Jack Bensinger / Michael Che / Mike DiCenzo / Tucker Flodman / Jimmy Fowlie / Maxwell Gay / Steve Higgins / Colin Jost / Allie Levitan / Claire McFadden / Lorne Michaels / Ceara Jane O’Sullivan / Moss Perricone / Chase Rosenberg / Jo Sunday / Carl Tart / Asha Ward / Maddie Wiener

Weekend Update Head Writer: Pete Schultz

Weekend Update Writers: Megan Callahan-Shah / Dennis McNicholas / Josh Patten / KC Shornima

Episode 01 — Host: Jalen Brunson (OAD: September 26, 2026)

• Guest Writer: Robert Smigel
• Cameos: OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Josh Hart, Karl-Anthony Towns, Rami Youssef
• Dream Academy, directed by Mike Diva; North High, directed by Christopher Werner

Promo	Writer/s
Jalen Brunson Brings His Key To NYC To Unlock Studio 8H	Josh Patten

Sketch	Writer/s
Cold Open: Trump Mamdani
Monologue	Mike DiCenzo, Colin Jost, Jake Nordwind, Robert Smigel
Office MVP	Dan Bulla, Jake Nordwind (with an assist from Chase Rosenberg)
Pretape: Dream Academy	Ceara O’Sullivan, Grace Reiter, Veronika Slowikowska, Asha Ward, Jane Wickline
Men’s Support Group	Will Stephen, Carl Tart, Asha Ward
Pretape: North High	Jeremy Culhane, Jimmy Fowlie, Allie Levitan, Carl Tart
Airport Massage Chairs
Parent-Teacher Conference
Shark Tank: Respectacles	Jack Bensinger, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Claire McFadden
Old Friend

Feature	Writer/s
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on A.I.’s Threat to Humanity	Jack Bensinger, Allie Levitan, Claire McFadden, Jane Wickline
Tucker Carlson Reviews the Summer’s Blockbuster Films	Jeremy Culhane, Tucker Flodman, Maxwell Gay, Allie Levitan, Moss Perricone

Cut for Time Sketch	Writer/s
Young Rell’s Crew	Bam Alston, Jo Sunday

[u/Afraid-Traffic-1070]

Who wrote the airport skit?

[u/thesmallprint29]

Airport Message Chairs was probably Mikey Day and Streeter Seidell.

[u/lampu_12]

Grace getting her writing credit from the jump 🔥 wow I feel like hiring her is like them hiring a celebrity (as a grace fan)

[u/JanePizza]

Yesss thanks for doing this!

I know it’s kind of a cliche to say the cut for time sketch was the best one, but it kinda was. Promising to see it was written by two new writers (Bam Alston joined this year and Jo Sunday joined last season I believe)

[u/boundforthestar]

Holy cow, the premiere was quite a night for Jeremy in the writer's room - especially considering that, aside from his update features, only one of his sketches made it to air last season.

[u/boundforthestar → u/boundforthestar]

Looking at last season's threads:
Pinwheel
Espresso Martini (cut)
Tucker
On Blast
CPAP (cut)
Tucker
On Blast
Toobins (cut)

[u/Responsible_Fold2318 → u/boundforthestar]

But Toobins is one of my favorite sketches from last season. Such a shame it got cut

[u/Phish0p]

What’s the chance JAJ and Dismukes wrote the parent-teacher conference? Is that why they had the cameo at the end?

[u/lottiekit21]

dude ngl who wrote that awful support group sketch this season

[u/copperteapots → u/lottiekit21]

will stephen needs to be humanely euthanized

[u/petrosdrak]

Jeremy Culhane wrote all 3 of my favorite skits and bits life is good

[u/Wheel_of_Armageddon]

I was not a fan of Jeremy Culhane last season. I did not think he had the chops.

This thread made me realize he had the strongest episode among all cast members. North High was a great sketch, his Tucker Carlson is the best one yet (funnier subject matter to me), and the Respectscles sketch was fantastic (in my mind the best use of Brunson in the episode). What surprises me here is that both sketches mentioned above were stronger than any that preceded them.

Jeremy Culhane has earned his spot on the show and I am looking forward to more of him.

Edit: Brunson's monologue was bad but it was accurate about one thing: the latter part of the show was much stronger than the first part.

[u/PlasticDry2654 → u/Wheel_of_Armageddon]

My most unpopular opinion is probably not really finding Jeremy that funny on-screen. But agree that he's growing on me - hoping I'll be able to get the hype more as the season progresses.

[u/jesterincase]

Jeremy leading the pack for the first episode!

[u/trythebebes]

Gives me a good feeling about Bam Alston as a writer if he co-wrote a banger like that cut-for-time in his first episode.

[u/jesterincase → u/trythebebes]

I think if they'd just tightened it a little it probably would have made it to the show. 

Fortunately, learning how to trim sketches down will likely come with experience. This really was a very promising start for Bam. 

[u/Raptorpicklezz → u/trythebebes]

Renew for second season based on the “covered income” joke alone

[u/thecricketnerd]

I think we can safely put Mikey down solo for the airport massage chairs. Also, Jeremy coming in hot this season!

[u/jesterincase → u/thecricketnerd]

This didn't feel like a solo Mikey sketch to me. 

Also, Mikey almost never writes solo.

[u/courir709 → u/jesterincase]

Yeah it's rare that full sketches are credited to one writer. Mikey also frequently cowrites with Streeter Seidell

[u/sarahbekett]

The support group one was absolutely awful, can’t believe that shit made it to air.

[u/citizen234567890 → u/sarahbekett]

I thought to myself: wait, a second sketch with Mikey Day leading a conversation amongst a group of people in a vague office setting? Oof.

[u/Limp_Competition_512 → u/sarahbekett]

especially when they cut young rell's crew

[u/Positive_Piece_2533]

Robert Smigel?!

[u/Shot-Diet2543 → u/Positive_Piece_2533]

Yup! The one and only!