Kenan Thompson Archives

And while checking in with guest host & SNL alum Leslie Jones on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jackson (jokingly) pointed an accusatory finger at Kenan Thompson for being the reason why he's been "banned" (though EW confirmed with SNL that no such band actually exists). "Kenan got me banned from 'Saturday Night Live.' He didn't cut[...]

Four of the main stars of the Trolls franchise will return for NBC's Trolls Holiday in Harmony, with Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Kenan Thompson, and Rachel Bloom set for the half-hour animated musical special from DreamWorks Animation Also joining them are alum Ron Funches, Kunal Nayyar, Anderson .Paak, Anthony Ramos, Ester Dean, Walt Dohrn, Da'Vine[...]

So Elon Musk happened. As did a lot of things during Saturday Night Live- from Murder Durder and Miley Cyrus to... Chad dying? Our thoughts...

… 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[...]

So we have a look at the table read waiting for you- but before we get to that? Yup, it's Thursday so that means it's "live promos" time- with Mulligan and Kid Cudi being joined by SNL cast member and Kenan star Kenan Thompson. Image: Screencap In the first promo, Mulligan is the proud recipient of an[...]

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-[...]