If you missed it, check out (above) John McCain's appearance on Saturday Night Live with Tina Fey playing his Vice Presidential running mate, Sarah Palin.

Lovesit!

P.S. Fierce cameo by Cindy McCain.

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If Sarah Palin can do for the economy what she's done for Tina Fey and television ratings, then she just might just have won our vote.

Juuust kidding!

But, Sexy Sarah has proven to be a bit of a lucky charm for Tina Fey, whose hilarious portrayal of the Little Lady from Alaska not only bolstered SNL ratings, but has drawn people back to her own Emmy award-winning 30 Rock.

And, it's gotten the show some new eyeballs too!

Thursday night's premiere debuted to 8.5 million viewers, 21% more than last year's debut. And with a guest appearance from Oprah Winfrey scheduled for next week's show, ratings are sure to continue to climb.

The rest of the NBC family landed the network in third place, with ratings for My Name is Earl dropping slightly, while Kath & Kim and ER experienced slight raises.

CBS won the ratings race despite mild drops in their strongest shows, such as Survivor (7%), CSI (17%), and Eleventh Hour (6%).

In second place ABC experienced ratings jumps with Grey's Anatomy and Life on Mars, with a slight drop in Ugly Betty's viewership, despite the Lindsay Scanadal.

Fox found itself in fourth place while the CW rounded things out with a fifth place finish.

[Images via WENN.]

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Saturday Night Live is THE place to be for political playas!

John McCain is set to appear in this weekend's SNL.

We hope he'll appear alongside Tina "Palin" Fey!!

That would be so brills!!

Die-hard Democrat, Ben Affleck, is this week's celebrity host.

Will they incorporate him into the McCain skit too?

[Image via Getty Images.]

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If you missed SNL's election special last night…

You MUST watch this clip above!!!

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Veteran SNL star Chevy Chase gave his review of Sexy Sarah's weekend stint on the comedy show and it wasn't kind!

He said that the Alaskan Governor, "couldn't improvise herself out of a paper bag."

It's back to the pageant talent show for her!

Palin opened the show, standing beside SNL chief Lorne Michaels backstage, she awkwardly criticized Tina Fey's brilliant impersonation, and then told Alec Baldwin she was fond of his brother.

In a second skit, she appeared on Chase's own Weekend Update and took a backseat to Amy Poehler's maverick-raising rap.

Chase went on to say that it was a "mistake" for Palin to go on the show.

"The management behind McCain’s campaign has been dumb. This has only helped accentuate the problem of his judgment in choosing, in such a cynical way, a candidate like Sarah Palin for vice president. I think the last thing that they would want right about now is to have the rest of America knowing all that…to have her be seen on SNL, certainly never there. If anything, you just want her to be seen just from a distance.

Chase, who achieved his own "political" fame impersonating a bumbling President Gerland Ford, had more praise for fellow SNL-er Tina Fey.

He said, "I think Tina Fey’s in a lot of trouble. Because after Jerry Ford lost, I made about $80 million. Are you kidding? You’re talking to the wrong guy here. Tina’s great!”

Here's hoping there's $80 million in Fey's future!

[Image via Mavrix Online.]

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This weekend Sexy Sarah became one of the most popular um - celebrities? - to utter, "Live from New York it's Saturday Night!" since Nancy Kerrigan (Remember that?) hosted alongside musical guest - and Queen of Soul, don't you forget - Aretha Franklin back in 1994.

Hosted by Josh Brolin, this weekend's SNL averaged a 10.7 rating and 24 share in 56 metered markets, according to Nielsen Media Research, and probably confused a viewer or two with all the presidential impersonations.

The show's viewership has been turning out 76% higher than this time last year.

Alec Baldwin, Mark Wahlberg, Oliver Stone, and, of course, Tina Fey as You-Know-Who dropped by the set. Stephen Baldwin couldn't make it cause he was helping Michael Lohan "train," although he did receive a shout out from her Lady of Abstinence Only.

[Image via WENN.]

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Check out the Republican Vice Presidential nominee's two appearances on SNL this weekend (above).

Nice cameos from Alec Baldwin, Mark Wahlberg and Tina Fey, of course.

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Tina "Sarah Palin" Fey was a guest on Letterman Friday night and talked - amongst other things - about her portrayal of the Alaskan governor.

CLICK HERE to check it out!

Tina Fey is #1!

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Multiple sources have confirmed to CNN that Sexy Sarah will indeed be appearing on Saturday Night Live this weekend, though it is unknown in what capacity.

Whether or not Palin's impersonator, Tina Fey, will be appearing is still uncertain.

But let's hope so!

SNL's ratings would go through the roof!

[Image via WENN.]

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