'Saturday Night Live' starts season with F-bomb

NEW YORK Newcomer Jenny Slate let the dreaded word slip during a parody of a talk show by biker women. The sketch was laden with tough talk from its three characters, but the most objectionable word was substituted with an inoffensive stand-in for that vulgarity.

Then, midway through the sketch, Slate slipped and said the word.

The sketch continued with no interruption or further slip-ups. NBC declined to comment on the incident, other than to say the word had been restored to "freakin"' for the show's replays in western time zones.

The sketch aired live at about 12:40 a.m. Eastern, well after prime time, when use of expletives can be punished by the FCC.

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