Saturday Night Live · SEASON 35
Charles Barkley / Alicia Keys
Episode 11 · 2010-01-09

- Comedy
- News
Episode overview
Former basketball star Charles Barkley comes back (after a 17-year gap) to host the first new episode of 2010; Alicia Keys (who last appeared on the first episode of season 27 with host Reese Witherspoon) comes back to perform "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" and "Empire State of Mind." Sketches include "The Situation Room," "Thomas Peepers Insurance," "Reel Quotes," "MacGruber" (three-part sketch), "Shana at the Ski Retreat," "Inside the NBA," "Weekend Update" with James Carville, Nicolas Cage, and Governor David Paterson, "The Haney Project," "Digital Short: Alicia Keys' Booty Call," "Scared Straight," and "Barkley's Bank."
67 minutes
Season 35 episodes
1. Megan Fox / U22009-09-26
2. Ryan Reynolds / Lady Gaga2009-10-03
3. Drew Barrymore / Regina Spektor2009-10-10
4. Gerard Butler / Shakira2009-10-17
5. Taylor Swift2009-11-07
6. January Jones / Black Eyed Peas2009-11-14
7. Joseph Gordon-Levitt / Dave Matthews Band2009-11-21
8. Blake Lively / Rihanna2009-12-05
9. Taylor Lautner / Bon Jovi2009-12-12
10. James Franco / Muse2009-12-19
11. Charles Barkley / Alicia Keys2010-01-09
12. Sigourney Weaver / The Ting Tings2010-01-16
13. Jon Hamm / Michael Bublé2010-01-30
14. Ashton Kutcher/Them Crooked Vultures2010-02-06
15. Jennifer Lopez2010-02-27
16. Zach Galifianakis / Vampire Weekend2010-03-06
17. Jude Law / Pearl Jam2010-03-13
18. Tina Fey / Justin Bieber2010-04-10
19. Ryan Phillippe/Ke$ha2010-04-17
20. Gabourey Sidibe/MGMT2010-04-24
21. Betty White/Jay-Z2010-05-08
22. Alec Baldwin/Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers2010-05-15