Who Scored Big in Week 17 of SNL's Relevancy Poll?

This week was the most difficult Saturday Night Live relevancy poll of the season to tabulate. No one cast member dominated the airtime, and with few exceptions, the cast was spread pretty thin throughout the evening. Put it this way: At one point I was thinking, Wow, Abby Elliott is getting a lot of play this week; it sure will be nice to see her finally near the top of the poll. But that faded as it became clear that pretty much everyone got a significant amount of play this week.

But first! Before we get to the poll, let's add an epilogue to yesterday's Scorecard. Late yesterday, footage of Zach Galifianakis getting his head shaved -- the aftermath of which we saw during the good nights -- for a non-existent "Mr. T" sketch hit Hulu. While he gets his head shaved, Galifianakis drones on about how he just loves Mr. T sketches -- whatever those are. My question: Why didn't this air during the live show? The guy got his hair cut like Mr. T... right there, while a live show was in progress! Really? This couldn't have been aired? Aside from the monologue, this just may have been the funniest thing to happen during the show. Alas, nobody saw it.

1. Kenan Thompson (Last Week: 3)

Big night for Kenan. Led off the cold open, was a main component of "Comedy Tour," scored one of his "Scared Straight" sketches and showed up as Whoopi on "The Talk."

2. Kristen Wiig (Last Week: 10)

Quietly, a very good night for Kristen Wiig. She was everywhere, but did so without the use of her recurring characters. Solid job as Julie Taymor, Julie Chen and as moms in the "Noodles" and "Corn Syrup" sketches. Best moment of the night for Wiig was as Melissa Leo still delivering her acceptance speech.

3. Nasim Pedrad (Last Week: 9) A very solid night for Pedrad, too -- and it's been awhile. Pedrad's somewhat buried "Corn Syrup Commercial" was solid, she plays a kid (actually, it's been a while since she's done that, too) in "Noodles," a reporter in the cold open, Sharon Osbourne and a bit part in "Titanic."

4. Bobby Moynihan (Last Week: 11) Moynihan killed in "Comedy Tour" -- "Slappy.... Pappy!" -- and just may have been the best part about "Noodles." Also had bit parts in "Titanic" and "Scared Straight" and was the punchline in "Corn Syrup Commercial."

5. Bill Hader (Last Week: 5)

Another quiet(er) week for Hader that what we've been used to this season. Then again, it's still Bill Hader -- which means he was everwhere: Charlie Sheen, Steven Tyler, "Teenager not being scared straight," and a bit part in "Titanic" and "Celebrity Scoop."

6. Abby Elliott (Last Week: 12)

Comparatively speaking, this might have been the best night of the year for Elliott. True, she flubbed her lines as Leah Remini -- but she still did a great Remini! If, you know, that's a thing people judge? Anyway, in addition to "The Talk," Elliott had Fur Coat Rhonda, plays one of the kids in "Noodles" and has a bit role in "Titanic."

7. Andy Samberg (Last Week: 4) Interesting that Samberg didn't even appear in his own Digital Short this week, letting Galifianakis take the reigns alone. Also had a brief appearance as Dick Vitale in the cold open, as Liam on "Update," Chip "So Yeah I'm Single" Fenney and played his regular role as "Teenager not being scared straight."

8. Paul Brittain (Last Week: 14)

Brittain didn't have a whole lot to do this week, but, the one thing he did was fairly glorious in the form of Goran "Funky Boy" Bogdan in "Comedy Tour."

9. Fred Armisen (Last Week: 7) Finally, Armisen addressed the the spelling of Muammar Gaddafi/Qaddafi/Kadafi's name in the cold open. Armisen also appeared in "Comedy Tour" as the "Insert Joke Here" comic and was the host of "Celebrity Scoop."

10. Seth Meyers (Last Week: 6) Not the best week for Meyers on "Update," which most likely had a lot to do with the specter of depressing world news. He was boosted, however, by a very rare (these days, anyway) sketch appearance as Boston Powers in "Comedy Tour."

11. Vanessa Bayer (Last Week: 1)

For most of the evening Bayer was regulated to a brief part as the "news flash" comic in the "Comedy Tour" sketch and a second fiddle role in "Titanic." Her role of substance was as Sara Gilbert in "The Talk."

12. Jason Sudeikis (Last Week: 8) Sudeikis had the biggest part in the cold open along with Kenan, then -- other than a brief appearance in the pre-filmed "Comedy Tour" -- pretty much disappeared for the rest of the evening.

13. Taran Killam (Last Week: 2) After a pretty great run, Killam was one of the few casualties on Saturday. Pretty much only seen as Barry the Plumbing Gentleman in the "Comedy Tour" sketch.

14. Jay Pharoah (Last Week: 13)

Oh, Jay Pharoah... On a week everyone was getting into the action, his only appearance was as Dr. Velociraptor in "Comedy Tour."

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