New 'SNL' Actor Lets Expletive Slip

"Saturday Night Live" has started the season with a bang, or, more precisely, an F-bomb. Newcomer Jenny Slate let the dreaded word slip during a parody of a talk show. The sketch was laden with tough talk from its participants, but the most objectionable word was substituted, with rapid-fire comic frequency, with an inoffensive stand-in for that vulgarity. Then, midway through the sketch, Slate slipped and said the word she meant to avoid. The sketch aired live at about 12:40 a.m. Eastern, well after primetime, when use of expletives can be punished by the Federal Communications Commission.