SNL soars with Swift

Rarely do I sit through an entire episode of SNL. Normally I'll catch up on Sunday via HULU, but Saturday night i sat down and watched the entire show, songs and all, from start to finish. On the whole I really enjoyed it.
The opening sketch was not funny and was indicative of one theme throughout the show, which is that Kristin Wiig is in every sketch. The only time she didn't appear was during Weekend Update (when she probably worked a camera) and when Swift sang (didn't see her doing backup vocals). Wiig is definitely the best actress on the show, but i feel like she could burnout. In part because they over use some of her characters, like Penelope, and also because she will physically and emotionally show the toll. Some of her roles could have been done by the other cast members, including Abbey Elliot, who is a rising star on the show.
Besides the cold open, which was a forgettable spoof on FOX News (Sudekis as Glen Beck was good, but Jon Stewart did it better this week) the show was funny.Swift killed her monologue with a great song that basically just poked fun at the more public aspects of her life.
The highlight of the night was the fake infomercial about bad parental driving. Sudekis and Wiig were hilarious in it, but only because they perfectly captured the tendencies of my mom.
Swift fit right in playing Kate Gosselin as a guest star on THE VIEW. As usual Keenan Thompson and Fred Armisen stole the show playing Whoopi Golberg and Joy Behar respectively, but she carried her own weight. The only surprising reveal of the skit was that a new actress was playing Barbara Walters. She's a featured player so i didn't bother learning her name or looking it up.
Keenan Thompson and Taylor Swift made an amazing duo as part of a scared straight team, which Thompson regularly does. She pretended to be a male convict and while not selling it at all, got me to laugh simply by the premise of her as a male criminal.
I hope Swift has a long musical career, just so she can come back and host again.