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With Saturday Night Live alumnus Chris Rock (Fargo) and rapper Megan Thee Stallion kicking off the comedy-variety series' 46th season back in Studio 8H on October 3rd (kicking off the first of five new episodes), SNL creator Lorne Michaels offered some additional updates on what viewers can expect this season during an interview with The[...]

Sources tell Variety, creator Lorne Michaels and company plan to return to 30 Rockefeller Plaza to pick where they left when quarantine forced production to each cast's homes When approached, NBC declined to comment on anything in regard to the long-running variety series The network remains hesitant to announce a return date given the uncertainty[...]

Lorne Michaels will produce the film, which for now has no director This will be one of the first big projects for the two SNL cast members, as Pete Davidson is expected to leave the sketch show over the summer before it comes back in the fall, with Jost following after this fall's presidential election[...]

It's basically a "who's who" of comedy, both behind the camera and in front of it (and with involvement from Lorne Michaels, that's practically expected). Paula Pell in Mapleworth Murders (Image: Quibi). So, with a cast like Paula Pell, John Lutz, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Patton Oswalt, Maya Rudolph, and Chris Parnell (to name just a few),[...]

The long-running sketch comedy and musical series is executive produced by Lorne Michaels, produced by Steve Higgins and Erik Kenward, and directed by Don Roy King Ken Aymong serves as a supervising producer, with Lindsay Shookus, Erin Doyle, and Tom Broecker producing The series is produced by SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and[...]

The long-running sketch comedy and musical series is executive produced by Lorne Michaels, produced by Steve Higgins and Erik Kenward, and directed by Don Roy King Ken Aymong serves as a supervising producer, with Lindsay Shookus, Erin Doyle, and Tom Broecker producing The series is produced by SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and[...]

The long-running sketch comedy and musical series is executive produced by Lorne Michaels, produced by Steve Higgins and Erik Kenward, and directed by Don Roy King Ken Aymong serves as a supervising producer, with Lindsay Shookus, Erin Doyle, and Tom Broecker producing The series is produced by SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live will return with a new episode this weekend that's being produced remotely and include original content and Weekend Update.

NBC's Saturday Night Live has made the decision to part ways with Shane Gillis, firing the newly-announced cast member only days after recordings of racist, sexist, and homophobic comments surfaced – part of a YouTube channel called Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast. SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE — Pictured: "Saturday Night Live" Logo — (Photo by: NBCUniversal) Here's a[...]

On the "good news" side, Kenan Thompson and Kate McKinnon are locked in with SNL for at least another season – but on the "not-so-good news" side? Leslie Jones is leaving the long-running sketch comedy/music series ahead of the Season 45 opener. On Tuesday, Jones took to social media to personally confirm the news, and offer[...]

Eddie Murphy returns to host "Saturday Night Live" for the first time in nearly 35 years, as NBC announced the series' hosts for the 45th season.

Well, it didn't take long before Alec Baldwin would have a change of heart about returning to NBC's "Saturday Night Live" to continue playing Donald Trump.

If Alec Bladwin is true to his word, there will be a new face rockin' bad hair and orange facepaint when NBC's "Saturday Night Live" returns in the fall.

Bio is written and executive produced by O'Brien, with Seth Meyers, Mike Shoemaker, Andrew Singer, and Lorne Michaels also serving as executive producers A.P Bio is produced by Universal Television, Broadway Video and Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions. Sadly, the doors to Whitlock High School are set to close forever in the next few weeks as NBC has given Glenn[...]

Seth Meyers, Mike Shoemaker, Andrew Singer, and Lorne Michaels also serve as executive producers A.P Bio is produced by Universal Television, Broadway Video and Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions. A.P BIO — Pictured: "A.P Bio" Key Art — (Photo by: NBC) A.P Bio airs on Thursdays at 8:30 p.m ET/7:30 p.m CT on NBC. [...]