
The segment featured Sarah Sherman as Rachel Maddow — complete with the host's signature close-cropped hairstyle and thick-rimmed glasses — who introduced herself warning that dads watching at home had "better hide their older, bookish-looking lesbian daughters."
Sherman then introduced the panel, whom she described as "basically like 'The Avengers' for your aunt" and which included cast members mimicking network regulars including Ari Melber, Joy Reid, Stephanie Ruhle and Chris Hayes.
The skit's Joy Reid — portrayed by Ego Nwodim — said the network was turning over a new leaf when it comes to covering Trump.
"This time around, we're not gonna get sucked in by every new shiny, crazy statement from Trump. We need to focus on what he does, not what he says."
At that moment, Sherman's Maddow cuts in to announce some breaking news that Trump wants to "trade Connecticut for Italy."
The segment bounced between anchors — lampooning their peccadilloes, including Melber's penchant for hip-hop and portraying Ruhle as flighty and flirtatious.
It interrupted the panelists with mock-breaking news a few more times throughout, including a made-up story that the incoming 47th president had told a group of LA wildfire victims that "Arnold Palmer had some of the longest balls in American history."
The most stinging barb of the skit came at the expense of Hayes and Maddow.

The audience awkwardly guffaws in realization as Dismukes stammers, "Oh, I'm not Rachel, I'm Chris Hayes," a riff on a longstanding internet meme that the hosts resemble each other.

The network ran a Trump campaign ad during the broadcast of NASCAR's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway and the NFL's coverage of the Minnesota Vikings-Indianapolis Colts game on Sunday night.
Comment: The screeching harridan that is Rachel Maddow & Co., has been ripe for satirical targeting for years, especially over her hyping of the Russiagate hoax. Apparently it's finally politically safe to do so.