This week's disastrous presidential debate was spoofed by Saturday Night Live as NBC's comedy variety show returned for its 46th season, with Alec Baldwin reprising his role as President Trump and Jim Carrey debuting as Joe Biden.

In the sketch, Biden gets meditation guidance from Harry Styles to keep his anger in check, Trump steamrolls over a helpless Chris Wallace, and Kamala Harris scolds both candidates as if they were children.  

The cold open begins with a narrator introducing the debate, saying: 'We thought it was important to see it again, since it might be the only presidential debate.'

'And it was fun to watch - as long as you don't live in America,' the narrator added.

The cold open begins with Chris Wallace, the Fox News journalist played by Beck Bennett, saying: 'I think I'm going to do a really, really good job tonight.'

In real life, Wallace was widely criticized for not taking control of the debate, which deteriorated into a shouting match between the candidates as they frequently interrupted each other.