The latest episode of “Saturday Night Live” was surprisingly light on political commentary.

While the show has found a new pulse in its polarizing humor, the James Franco-led edition of its “satire” show didn’t have enough steam this week to throw the usual nasty jabs at President Donald Trump and company.

The most political sketch of the night came (predictably) in the cold open, in which cast member Keenan Thompson played a Santa who took surprising questions from kids on hot-button political issues.

Controversial senatorial candidate Roy Moore was mentioned in the show — but so were Sen. Al Franken (who’d just resigned) and former “Today” show co-host Matt Lauer (who was just kicked out of NBC).

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“Is Al Franken on Santa’s naughty list this year?” asked a little girl. The child also asked if President Trump was on the naughty list — clearly in a biased, deliberate and even vicious attempt by “SNL” to try to group him with other alleged sexual predators.

“Weekend Update” co-host Michael Che later predictably went after Roy Moore by calling him “Uncle Bad Touch.”

Che also went undercover as a “liberal white woman” in a sketch meant to mock those who complain the most about his segments. Che “became” a woman named Gretchen and began his transformation by doing things like reading Lena Dunham’s book.

A show like this can only tell the same jokes for so long.

He later dealt with such issues as “manspreading.”

It was a surprisingly nonpolitical episode overall compared to past programs — but that hardly means the show is turning a corner for the better. It just means the show is running out of things to say about the president and other conservatives. After all — a show like this can only tell the same jokes for so long.