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Earlier today, we learned that Please Don't Destroy's Ben Marshall had joined the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live for its 51st season, joining Tommy Brennan (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon), Jeremy Culhane (Dropout TV, LA's Upright Citizens Brigade), Kam Patterson (Kill Tony), and Veronika Slowikowska (Tires, What We Do in the Shadows)[...]

After last week brought the departures of writers Rosebud Baker and Celeste Yim, cast members Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow, and Heidi Gardner, and featured player Emil Wakim, NBC's Saturday Night Live announced five new additions to the cast First, Please Don't Destroy's Ben Marshall has joined the cast (with Martin Herlihy expected to stay on[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live EP Lorne Michaels gave us the heads-up earlier this month that SNL would be going through some significant changes ahead of its return for Season 51 on October 4th Since then, we've learned that writers Rosebud Baker and Celeste Yim, cast members Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow, and Heidi Gardner, and featured player[...]

With NBC's Saturday Night Live set to return for its 51st season on October 4th, EP Lorne Michaels made it clear earlier this month that SNL would be undergoing significant changes Since then, we've learned that writers Rosebud Baker and Celeste Yim, cast members Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow, and Heidi Gardner, and featured player Emil[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live EP Lorne Michaels shared that there would be some significant changes to SNL before Season 51 premieres on October 4th, and we've been seeing that play out over this week Writers Rosebud Baker and Celeste Yim, cast members Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow, and Heidi Gardner, and featured player Emil Wakim are[...]

With reports that more announcements could still be on the way, sources are saying that Heidi Gardner will also be departing NBC's Saturday Night Live ahead of the show's 51st season (set for October 4th) after eight seasons with the long-running sketch comedy and music series With SNL set to return in less than two[...]

Earlier this week, we learned that NBC's Saturday Night Live writers Rosebud Baker and Celeste Yim, cast member Devon Walker, and featured player Emil Wakim would not return to the long-running sketch comedy and music series for its 51st season Deadline Hollywood is now reporting exclusively that SNL cast member Michael Longfellow is also departing before[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live's Emil Wakim will not be returning for the long-running sketch comedy and music series's 51st season, with the featured player taking to social media to make the announcement With SNL set to return on October 4th, EP Lorne Michaels previously shared that there would be some profound changes heading into the 51st[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live EP Lorne Michaels shared that there would be some serious changes heading into the long-running sketch comedy and music series' 51st season, and that we would start getting announcements this week Previously, comedians and writers Rosebud Baker and Celeste Yim announced that they would be departing ahead of the show's October[...]

As we await official word from NBC's Saturday Night Live EP Lorne Michaels regarding who's staying, who's going, and who's joining SNL before it returns for Season 51 on October 4th, unfortunately, the writing team is facing another departure Earlier today, writer and comedian Rosebud Baker confirmed with LateNighter that she is departing the long-running[...]

Last week, NBC's Saturday Night Live EP Lorne Michaels dropped word during an interview with Puck's Matt Belloni that we could be getting some news beginning this week regarding who's staying, who's going, and who's joining SNL before it returns for Season 51 on October 4th The report referred to the changes as a "significant shake-up,"[...]

In the 50 years of running Saturday Night Live, there were bound to be some misses or regrets from creator Lorne Michaels One such miss was not inviting vocalist Sinéad O'Connor back to the weekly late-night series following her controversial appearance in October 1992 when at the end of her cover of Bob Marley's "War,"[...]

With NBC's Saturday Night Live set to kick off Season 51 on October 4th, SNL EP Lorne Michaels had some interesting things to share with Puck's Matt Belloni regarding what viewers can expect. After scouting new cast members in Los Angeles and Chicago, auditions were reportedly held in Studio 8H last week Michaels noted that an announcement[...]

We know that NBC's Saturday Night Live will be kicking off Season 51 on Saturday, October 4th Other than that? Well, that's about it But it looks like that could be coming to an end based on what SNL EP Lorne Michaels had to share During an interview with Puck's Matt Belloni, Michaels shared some updates on[...]

Back in April 2025, Sky announced that it was moving forward with an edition of NBC and series creator/EP Lorne Michaels' Saturday Night Live for the UK and Ireland That means that in 2026, an SNL UK cast made up of (hopefully) some of the best and brightest comedians that the UK will get a chance[...]

As if there wasn't enough pressure hosting the final SNL before the holidays (and a much-needed midseason break), this past season was Saturday Night Live's milestone 50th season, so you know viewers were thinking big And "big" what they got, with host Martin Short and musical guest Hozier being joined by a whole lot of[...]

While it remains to be seen who will be returning to the cast, if any of the featured players will be bumped up to cast members, and who the new faces will be, we do know when NBC's Saturday Night Live will return for its 51st season On Monday evening, NBC released its premiere dates[...]

As we await word on when NBC's Saturday Night Live will return for its 51st season and what the make-up of next season's cast will be, we've got a summer of encore airings of shows from SNL's milestone 50th season Tonight, we jump back to January 25, 2025, with Timothée Chalamet serving as both host[...]

When it comes to the Man of Steel and NBC's long-running late-night live sketch comedy and music series, Superman and Saturday Night Live have had a long-running (and pretty damn funny) relationship Over the course of SNL's run, everyone from Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Phil Hartman, Macaulay Culkin, and Jerry Seinfeld to Dwayne "The Rock"[...]

Since SNL50: The Anniversary Special, Saturday Night Live alum Amy Poehler, who was a cast member from seasons 27-34 (2001-2008), harbors her share of regret for participating in sketches that might have been okay at the time of air, but have aged poorly given current sensibilities While SNL has improved in terms of diversify its[...]

In what probably amounted to more wishful thinking on Saturday Night Live alum Will Forte's part, but he had the unenviable task of following up one of the weekly late-night series' most enduring presidential impersonations in Will Ferrell's George W Bush after he left after season 27 in 2002 to greener pastures on the big[...]

As we await word on what the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live will look like heading into Season 51, the summer is bringing us a look back at the milestone 50th season Tonight, SNL flashes back to April 12th, with host Jon Hamm (Apple TV+'s Your Friends & Neighbors) and musical guest Lizzo With[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live is back with another look at the most popular sketches from its milestone 50th season For this go-around, SNL looks at Season 50's "Top 10 Most-Watched Cold Open Sketches." We've got everything from "Founding Fathers Cold Open" and "SNL for Trump Cold Open" to "Martin Short Five-Timers Club Cold Open," "Harris and Trump[...]

Beauty might be in the mind of the beholder, but it doesn't stop Saturday Night Live cast member Bowen Yang from taking on anyone critical of the show who believes the quality of the NBC weekly late-night variety series has diminished Currently in his sixth season, the writer and repertory player spoke at the Emmys[...]

Yesterday, NBC's Saturday Night Live shared a look at the "Top 10 Most-Watched Live Sketches." Now, SNL is back with the other half of that season wrap-up equation: Season 50's "Top 10 Most-Watched Pretaped Sketches." We've got everything from "TikTok" and "Flamin' Hot Commercial" to "Goth Kid on Vacation," Gladiator II: The Musical," "The White Potus,"[...]

As we wander the in-between times (that time between seasons of NBC's Saturday Night Live), SNL has been kind enough to make the wait a wee bit easier with a series of compilation videos For this go-around, we're getting a look at the "Top 5 Most-Watched Live Sketches" (waiting for you above) But on social media,[...]

At this point, it feels like the question should be less about whether we're going to lose any Saturday Night Live cast members heading into Season 51 and more focused on how many At least, that's what social media and entertainment news sites would have you believe There were rumblings that Colin Jost would announce[...]

As we continue to deal with our post-Season 50 finale blues, NBC's Saturday Night Live has been doing its part to help SNL fans process For this go-around, we're getting a look at some of the funniest and hardest-hitting moments from the milestone season It's also serving as a reminder that we're going to be[...]

Maybe NBC's Saturday Night Live realized that a whole ton of SNL fans were suffering from the post-Season 50 blues, realizing that it's a long road between now and when the long-running late-night sketch comedy and music series returns this fall To help us process, SNL released a compilation of some choice bloopers from the[...]

Here's the thing about NBC's Saturday Night Live and season finales They suck We're not talking about the shows themselves, but the vibe that comes with them It's the goodbye we don't want, even though we know it's important to the show overall It's that time when the press starts speculating over who will and[...]