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Ego Nwodim is fortunate to be in such a nurturing environment as Saturday Night Live, initially as a featured player in 2018 before getting elevated to a full-time cast member in 2020 Among her memorable characters include Lisa from Temecula, Laura Winslow, L'evanka Trump, and Edith Puthie She's also amassed an impressive array of impressions,[...]

Bonus points for the "stabbing with a screwdriver" line and the "cousin" exchange between Ego Nwodim and Chris Redd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaKZi6p6sxg&t=35sVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Murdur Durdur – SNL (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaKZi6p6sxg&t=35s) The best sketch of the night[...]

… We hung out on a tour bus, and he says to me that night … 'I met you before.' I'm like, 'Well, I have no recollection.' He looked kinda hurt." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjiN1M34v74&t=1sVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: What Brought Dave Chappelle Back (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjiN1M34v74&t=1s) Saturday Night Live's 46th season includes Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Michael Che,[...]

"Everybody's kind of been like, 'Yo, who's the guy that's so pissed off?' Cause we're on a group text, so we're all just like, 'I don't know.' So, yeah, we're all excited and really don't understand the controversy." Saturday Night Live returns December 5th (Image: SNL/NBCU) Saturday Night Live's 46th season includes Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Michael[...]

Here's a look at SNL's post from earlier today offering a peek at the table read… or is it? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) Saturday Night Live's 46th season includes Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Alex[...]

Then the season closes out on May 22 with Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen's Gambit) hosting, with musical guest Lil Nas X– who already took to Twitter to promise "Montero" and a new song:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) Saturday Night Live's 46th season includes Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Michael Che,[...]

What should I do? — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 1, 2021 Baby Shark & Shark Tank merge to form Baby Shark Tank — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 1, 2021 Irony Man – defeats villains using the power of irony — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 1, 2021 Woke James Bond SNL May 8 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 1, 2021 Well, SNL cast member Chris[...]

We'll leave it to Che to take it from here- but we'll just say that we respect Che's ability to find a silver lining in any situation:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Michael Che (@chethinks) Saturday Night Live's 46th season includes Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi[...]

And it gave us the "Super Bass-O-Matic '76," too.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Michael Che (@chethinks) Saturday Night Live's 46th season includes Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, Melissa[...]

So let's take a deep dive into why it was worth 90 minutes of our lives… Saturday Night Live – Image: Screencaps In one of the sharper, more effective Saturday Night Live cold opens, Kenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Chris Redd, and Ego Nwodim demonstrate both the basic difference in media coverage of racial issues as[...]

You know, hosting… musical-guesting (ummm… okay…)… cast-membering?! Okay, we're throwing a flag on that last one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MByUaGiR2Z8Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Daniel Kaluuya Says Put Down Your Book and Watch SNL (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MByUaGiR2Z8) Saturday Night Live's 46th season includes Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost,[...]

Vincent (@st_vincent) March 30, 2021 Saturday Night Live's 46th season includes Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, Melissa Villaseñor, and Bowen Yang Che and Jost serve as head writers, with Bryan Tucker[...]

The following week, Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) takes the hosting handoff on April 10, with Kid Cudi performing. Images: Screencaps In 'Boomers Got the Vax," Rudolph, Kenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Mikey Day, Chris Redd, Ego Nwodim, Melissa Villaseñor, and Kyle Mooney taking out their satirical carving knives to do a job on the Boomers-[...]

Fauci Impression (https://youtu.be/EufXiqAXNG4?t=395) Saturday Night Live's 46th season includes Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, Melissa Villaseñor, and Bowen Yang Che and Jost serve as head writers, with Bryan Tucker serving as[...]

Fauci Impression (https://youtu.be/EufXiqAXNG4?t=395) Saturday Night Live's 46th season includes Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, Melissa Villaseñor, and Bowen Yang Che and Jost serve as head writers, with Bryan Tucker serving as[...]

But that's next month- here's a small taste of what we can expect when Rudolph returns to SNL this weekend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePcVnt0isz4Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Maya Rudolph Is Returning to Host Saturday Night Live! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePcVnt0isz4) Saturday Night Live's 46th season includes Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi[...]

Vincent as musical guest, and April 10 seeing Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) hosting and Kid Cudi performing. Image: NBCU Saturday Night Live's 46th season includes Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, Melissa[...]

As much as I enjoyed the sing-a-long, I also appreciated it (and Andrew Lloyd Webber needs to consider Jonas for something in the future). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1htC7EyPKoVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Dionne Warwick Talk Show: Nick Jonas, Dua Lipa – SNL (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1htC7EyPKo) (5) "Dionne Warwick" Talk Show: More Ego Nwodim is never a bad thing[...]

Here's a look at the index cards making it official: Image: SNL Saturday Night Live's 46th season includes Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, Melissa Villaseñor, and Bowen Yang[...]

In the first of two sketches, Jonas is joined by SNL cast members Ego Nwodim and Bowen Yang– who make sure Jonas understands that this could be the break he's been waiting for, kid! Following that, Nwodim and Yang are surprised to learn that Jonas is also the musical guest because their newest single just[...]

Earlier this week, he even beat the show when it came to getting the first lead-in post out (impressively beating the intro video)- earning him bonus points with us because we like it when hosts and musical artists offer us looks at the show we wouldn't normally get. Image: Screencap Here's a look at SNL's official "host[...]

When you're hosting and serving as the musical guest, we're guessing it's good to have that kind of energy in the tank. Image: Screencap Here's a look at Jonas's post from Monday, clearly enjoying the warm, cozy weather that comes with New York City in February:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by NICK JONɅS (@nickjonas) And now[...]

But the sketch lost points by wasting an opportunity to go after Gina Carano (Cecily Strong) in the same manner, offering nothing more than a line, a "yeah but," and then Strong trying not to break to Bryant's Cruz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuaJ6J9iTb4Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Britney Spears Cold Open – SNL (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuaJ6J9iTb4) Yes, Bad Bunny[...]

pic.twitter.com/ZLl3nkttIK — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) February 20, 2021 Saturday Night Live's 46th season includes Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, Melissa Villaseñor, and Bowen Yang[...]

pic.twitter.com/ZLl3nkttIK — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) February 20, 2021 Here's a look back at the promo that was released earlier this week for tonight episode, with Page and Villaseñor feeling inspired by Bad Bunny to try a different take on their names: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiJ1rdgeBAkVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Regé-Jean Page Tries Out a Bad[...]

Hmmm… In fact, here's a look at Bad Bunny on Instagram with the title:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by @badbunnypr Now here's a look at SNL's posts from earlier today- which left us wondering (A) who will end up WWE 24/7 Champ during the show and (B) how many times will it change hands? If[...]

Spoiler? "Regé-Jean Bunny" actually kinda' works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiJ1rdgeBAkVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Regé-Jean Page Tries Out a Bad Bunny-Inspired Nickname – SNL (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiJ1rdgeBAk) Saturday Night Live's 46th season includes Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd,[...]

Now things are back on track because we also have a look at Page live for New York at SNL table reads. Images: Screencaps Here's a look at Page hard at work, which means we should be expecting a promo or two on Thursday (maybe Friday?):   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) Saturday[...]

Following that, a misunderstanding between King and Bennett leads to some awkward Valentine's Day confusion:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fj-B7kPNAsVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Regina King Is Beck Bennett's Valentine – SNL (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fj-B7kPNAs) Saturday Night Live's 46th season includes Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson,[...]

Following that, a misunderstanding between King and Bennett leads to some awkward Valentine's Day confusion. Image: Screencap So here's your look at this week's promos- and make sure to keep an eye on our coverage for news of who the hosts and musical acts will be for the February 20 and 27 episodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fj-B7kPNAsVideo can't be loaded because[...]