What will become of “SNL” and John Oliver and — oh, dear — Samantha Bee now that the election is officially over? Will they now make a living the next four years by doing President Donald Trump jokes? It could’ve been worse — Hillary could have won.

The fact is, the volatile rivalry between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton provided so much material that some stalwart comedic political commentators must be positively bereft now that the campaign is over.

Lorne Michaels was probably secretly rooting for a Trump victory.

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“Saturday Night Live” will now have to give Alec Baldwin a full-time job to mine this thing for comedy gold for the next four years — though he was one of dozens of entertainers who threatened to move out of the country should a Trump presidency come to pass.

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Come mid-November, however, sketch writers at “Comedy Central” and pretty much all of the late-night shows are going to be positively itching for something to latch onto — after the Trump vs. Hillary dust settles and the president-elect sets his sights on the White House.

Historically, comedians and writers immediately move on from politics to pop culture — provided someone somewhere is giving them something to move on to. In November 2012, Conan O’Brien gleefully opened his TBS late-night program, saying, “Let’s start with some good news. The election is over!” Thunderous applause. And that was just incumbent Barack Obama taking on Mitt Romney, aka “The Good Ol’ Days.” We will be getting this very routine every night this week, on every channel.

By the next night, O’Brien was able to move on to — get this — Hurricane Sandy jokes. But there was only so much material there. Fortuitously, this was also when news broke of four-star general David Petraeus, then the director of the CIA, having an extramarital affair with his biographer. The tips of No. 2 pencils must’ve snapped beneath the furious nature with which late-night joke writers churned out material there.

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Heck, Piers Morgan was still busily reaching for the stars at that time, moving on promptly to see if an interview with former “Beverly Hills 90210” star Jason Priestley could generate press. Priestley’s autobiography was hot off the presses. Surely there was some Shannen Doherty dirt to exploit.

Samantha Bee should be so lucky. Bee’s show has taken off in large part due to the election, and the volatile nature of, really, both candidates. She is anticipating a necessary nationwide coping period in the aftermath of this gruesome presidential election, telling the Daily Beast, “I feel like we’re all going to have great, national [post-traumatic stress disorder] once this is all done.”

She then also expressed her desire for a day when she doesn’t have to say Donald Trump’s name even one time in a “Full Frontal” broadcast (that’s the name of her hit show on TBS). A show that just might not fare that well without a Trump providing her with soundbites she could so easily work off.

As for “Saturday Night Live” sketches, there is a long history of material emboldening the fall ratings period, only to hit a slump once the election has passed. Who can forget Tina Fey’s impression of Republican vice presidential candidate and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin? Or Jon Lovitz as Michael Dukakis? Does anyone even remember Dukakis?

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To be sure, Alec Baldwin’s skewering of Trump saw “SNL” get some of its best ratings in over 20 years. Lorne Michaels was probably secretly rooting for a Trump victory, so that the comedy gravy train could keep on chugging. Hillary Clinton would only give Kate McKinnon so much to work with, although a Horatio Sanz return to play Tim Kaine could have been a thing of beauty.

“SNL” will always have an eye on Washington. A Baldwin-as-Trump inauguration sketch will obviously generate a ton of laughs.

A Fey 2008 Palin sketch attracted 10 million viewers one night, when she performed alongside Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton. But Palin lost.

Right now, over at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, writers are probably glad they don’t have to wildly cross their fingers for Kanye and Bieber to get into a slap-fight or something in the next week or so. But they’ll need something hot out of Hollywood come Thanksgiving weekend, that’s for sure.