Editing Tina Fey (section)

===Subsequent ''SNL'' appearances===
{{See also|Saturday Night Live parodies of Sarah Palin}}
On February 23, 2008, Fey hosted the first episode of ''SNL'' after the [[2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike]].<ref name="Ref_2008b">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/tv-shows-will-dribble-back-after-writers-strike-1.730404|title=TV shows will dribble back after writers' strike|date=February 13, 2008|publisher=[[CBC.ca]]|access-date=July 1, 2009|archive-date=January 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119113621/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/tv/story/2008/02/13/shows-return.html|url-status=live}}</ref> For this appearance, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the category of [[Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program|Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program]].<ref name="Ref_2008c">{{cite news|url=http://www.emmys.tv/awards/primetime-emmy-awards-2009/2008/%252Fnominations/winners/creative |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205224442/http://www.emmys.tv/awards/primetime-emmy-awards-2009/2008/nominations/winners/creative |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2009 |title=Nominations/Winners Primetime |date=August 22, 2008 |work=Emmy Awards Official Website |access-date=December 2, 2009 }}</ref> Fey hosted ''SNL'' for a second time on April 10, 2010, and for her appearance she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series]].<ref name="Porter2010">{{cite news|first=Rick|last=Porter|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/07/emmy-nominations-the-complete-list.html|title=Emmy nominations: The complete list|access-date=July 8, 2010|date=July 8, 2010|publisher=[[Zap2it]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710053332/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/07/emmy-nominations-the-complete-list.html|archive-date=July 10, 2010}}</ref>

From September to November 2008, Fey made multiple [[guest appearance]]s on ''SNL'' to perform a [[Saturday Night Live parodies of Sarah Palin|series of parodies]] of [[U.S. Republican Party|Republican]] vice-presidential candidate [[Sarah Palin]]. On the 34th-season premiere episode, aired September 13, 2008, Fey imitated Palin in a sketch, alongside [[Amy Poehler]] as [[Hillary Clinton]]. [[A Nonpartisan Message from Governor Sarah Palin & Senator Hillary Clinton|Their repartee]] included Clinton needling Palin about her "Tina Fey glasses".<ref name="Pilkington2008">{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/tina-fey-for-vicepresident-20090403-9r02.html?page=-1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417064006/http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/tina-fey-for-vicepresident-20090403-9r02.html?page=-1|archive-date=April 17, 2014|title=Tina Fey for Vice-President! |last=Pilkington |first=Ed|date=October 23, 2008|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=June 8, 2009}}</ref> The sketch quickly became [[NBC]]'s most-watched [[viral video]], with 5.7&nbsp;million views by the following Wednesday.<ref name="Roberts2010">{{cite news|first=Soraya|last=Roberts|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/04/11/2010-04-11_tina_fey_reprises_sarah_palin_role_on_nbcs_saturday_night_live_for_first_time_si.html|title=Tina Fey reprises Sarah Palin role on NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' for first time since 2008|access-date=October 22, 2010|date=April 11, 2010|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|archive-date=April 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414232059/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/04/11/2010-04-11_tina_fey_reprises_sarah_palin_role_on_nbcs_saturday_night_live_for_first_time_si.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fey reprised this role on the show of October 4,<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/arts/television/09live.html?pagewanted=all|title=An Election to Laugh About|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=October 9, 2008|date=October 8, 2008|author=Carter, Bill|archive-date=June 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607040155/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/arts/television/09live.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref> on the show of October 18 where she was joined by the real Sarah Palin, and on the show of November 1, where she was joined by [[John McCain]] and his wife Cindy. The show of October 18 had the best ratings of any ''SNL'' show since 1994.<ref name="Holmwood2008">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/oct/20/ustelevision-tvratings|title=Sarah Palin helps Saturday Night Live to best ratings in 14 years|last=Holmwood|first=Leigh|date=October 20, 2008|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=September 14, 2009|location=London|archive-date=September 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903081437/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/oct/20/ustelevision-tvratings|url-status=live}}</ref> The following year Fey won an Emmy in the category of [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series]] for her impersonation of Palin.<ref name="Ref_2009b">{{cite news|url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/09/you-betcha-tina-fey-wins-emmy-as-sarah-palin-on-snl-entertainment-news-2468097.html|title=You betcha&nbsp;— Tina Fey wins Emmy as Sarah Palin on 'SNL'|date=September 13, 2009|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=September 13, 2009|archive-date=September 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923111304/http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/09/you-betcha-tina-fey-wins-emmy-as-sarah-palin-on-snl-entertainment-news-2468097.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fey returned to ''SNL'' in April 2010, and reprised her impression of Palin in one sketch titled the "Sarah Palin Network".<ref name="Blas2010">{{cite news|first=Lorena|last=Blas|url=https://www.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/04/tina-fey-launches-sarah-palin-network-on-snl/1|title=Tina Fey launches Sarah Palin Network on 'SNL'|date=April 11, 2010|access-date=May 9, 2010|work=[[USA Today]]|archive-date=April 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100422212816/http://www.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/04/tina-fey-launches-sarah-palin-network-on-snl/1|url-status=live}}</ref> Fey once again did her impression of Palin when she hosted ''Saturday Night Live'' on May 8, 2011.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Barrett |first=Annie |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/05/08/saturday-night-live-review-tina-fey-ellie-goulding/ |title='Saturday Night Live' review: Tina Fey celebrated Mother's Day early |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=May 8, 2011 |access-date=October 18, 2019 |archive-date=October 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018190251/https://ew.com/article/2011/05/08/saturday-night-live-review-tina-fey-ellie-goulding/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She hosted again on September 28, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/season-39/episode/1-tina-fey-with-arcade-fire-61296|title=SNL Season 39 Episode 1 - Tina Fey, Arcade Fire - NBC.com|publisher=[[NBC]]|access-date=October 14, 2017|archive-date=October 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015044458/http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/season-39/episode/1-tina-fey-with-arcade-fire-61296|url-status=live}}</ref> Fey returned to host on December 19, 2015, for which she won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emmys-2016-tina-fey-amy-927385
|title=Creative Arts Emmys: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler Share Comedy Guest Actress Award
|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]
|date=September 10, 2016
|access-date=April 20, 2020
|archive-date=August 27, 2020
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827220211/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emmys-2016-tina-fey-amy-927385
|url-status=live
}}</ref>  Her most recent hosting appearance was on May 19, 2018, during which she revived her Sarah Palin impression.

She served as one of the presenters on the December 18, 2021, episode hosted by [[Paul Rudd]], in an emergency restructuring of the episode due to a surge in cases of the [[SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant]]. This included her doing [[Weekend Update]] with incumbent co-anchor [[Michael Che]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hoglund |first1=Andy |title=Paul Rudd joins 'SNL' Five-Timers Club in unprecedented episode |url=https://ew.com/tv/recaps/saturday-night-live-season-47-episode-9/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=December 19, 2021 |date=December 19, 2021 |archive-date=December 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219052715/https://ew.com/tv/recaps/saturday-night-live-season-47-episode-9/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 2009, ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' put her Palin impersonation on its end-of-the-decade "best-of" list, writing, "Fey's freakishly spot-on ''SNL'' impersonation of the wannabe VP (and her ability to strike a balance between comedy and cruelty) made for truly transcendent television."<ref name="Geier2009">{{cite magazine |last1=Geier |first1=Thom |last2=Jensen |first2=Jeff |last3=Jordan |first3=Tina |last4=Lyons |first4=Margaret |last5=Markovitz |first5=Adam |last6=Nashawaty |first6=Chris |last7=Pastorek |first7=Whitney |last8=Rice |first8=Lynette |last9=Rottenberg |first9=Josh |last10=Schwartz |first10=Missy |last11=Slezak |first11=Michael |last12=Snierson |first12=Dan |last13=Stack |first13=Tim |last14=Stroup |first14=Kate |last15=Tucker |first15=Ken |last16=Vary |first16=Adam B. |last17=Vozick-Levinson |first17=Simon |last18=Ward |first18=Kate |date=December 11, 2009 |pages=(1079/1080):74–84 |title=The 100 Greatest Movies, TV Shows, Albums, Books, Characters, Scenes, Episodes, Songs, Dresses, Music Videos, And Trends That Entertained Us Over The Past 10 Years |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' called her Palin impression "[arguably] the most brilliant move ''SNL'' ever made".<ref name="Rolling Stone 1229, p. 32"/>