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Terry Sweeney, like Chevy Chase, didn't have a long run on Saturday Night Live, spending two seasons on the long-running NBC variety series in separate stints, with season six almost exclusively as a writer in 1980-81 and as a writer-cast member in season 11 in 1985-86 Chase was a cast member from its first two[...]

This is especially the case when you're doing sketch comedy like Saturday Night Live, and a key to the longevity of a cast member is creating a fan favorite like Rachel Dratch did with the signature character of Debbie Downer, which is as literal as it gets In the sketches featuring Debbie, Dratch finds herself[...]

We were hoping that host Ariana Grande and musical guest Cher would help NBC's Saturday Night Live head into its midseason break on a strong note, and we were not disappointed One of the sketches that worked well for us (check out our full review) was "Random Duets Christmas Spectacular," in which Grande and the[...]

No one can ever take away what Chevy Chase has done, helping to build the legacy of NBC's Saturday Night Live as part of its inaugural cast in 1975 and leaving the cast the following season While his tenure was too brief, he never forgot where he came from, with cameos in seasons 3, 22,[...]

Any time your TV series or film is referenced on Saturday Night Live, you've made it as a pop culture sensation, which was the case with Disney's Phineas and Ferb and star Vincent Martella, who voices Phineas Flynn, took to social media to acknowledge the SNL skit the series was referenced in on the December[...]

We've really liking what NBC's Saturday Night Live has been doing this season when it comes to filming special content for YouTube and social media We were treated to another one earlier today, as new SNL cast members Ben Marshall, Jeremy Culhane, Tommy Brennan, Kam Patterson, and Veronika Slowikowska get a chance to answer some[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live ended the year and headed into the holidays off of what might have been its best show to date this season, though the departure of SNL star Bowen Yang left it feeling a bit bittersweet With the long-running, late-night sketch comedy series set to return in less than a month (we[...]

Having gotten the "Grinch" stuff out of the way, NBC's Saturday Night Live's cast and writers, host Ariana Grande, and musical guest Cher had a lot of heavy lifting responsibility-wise heading into the show Not only was it a holiday-themed show, but it was also the final show before the midseason break No one wants[...]

Earlier today, NBC's Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang confirmed that tonight's year-end show, with host Ariana Grande and musical guest Cher, would be his last as an SNL cast member Heading into tonight's show, we looked back at the sketch that sold us on Yang's comedy greatness Now, we're getting a look at Yang's goodbye from his[...]

With host Ariana Grande and musical guest Cher helping usher in the holiday-themed final episode of 2025, we were wondering if tonight's episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live will offer us another edition of "Weekend Update" anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che's "Joke Swap." So, it looks like Che convinced Jost they weren't doing a[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live isn't making us wait too long for Season 51 to return, announcing the return intel during tonight's year-end show with host Ariana Grande and musical guest Cher We can mark down January 17th, 2026, as the SNL return date, with host Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things 5) and musical guest A$AP Rocky. Image:[...]

We've got a festive yet bittersweet edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live tonight On the one hand, we have host Ariana Grande and musical guest Cher for a year-end, holiday-themed show, which is always something special On the other hand, we're staring down a break until the end of January or the beginning of February[...]

I learned that comedy is mostly logistics and that it will usually fail until it doesn't, which is the besssst." With that start to his social media post from earlier today, NBC's Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang confirmed the reporting on Friday that he would be departing SNL after tonight's year-ending, holiday-themed show with host[...]

On Friday, the news broke that NBC's Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang would be departing SNL after tonight's year-ending, holiday-themed show with host Ariana Grande and musical guest Cher Earlier today, Yang confirmed the news in a heartfelt post where he shared an image gallery from his time at SNL and shared his feelings heading[...]

This week, we're getting a double dose of NBC's Saturday Night Live This weekend, host Ariana Grande and musical guest Cher will be on hand to help SNL head into the holiday season and the new year on a strong note But before we get to that, A Saturday Night Live Christmas hits NBC screens[...]

We've got the year-ending, holiday-themed edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live hitting our screens this weekend, with host Ariana Grande and musical guest Cher That means that it's time for the Studio 8H promos, with Grande and Cher being joined by SNL star Bowen Yang First up, Cher has to go "Moonstruck" on a very[...]

But NBC's Saturday Night Live is heading into the holiday season and the end of the year in a huge way with host Ariana Grande and musical guest Cher Earlier today, we were treated to a midweek sketch that saw Grande getting an invite from SNL star Ashley Padilla to throw snowballs at Ben Marshall[...]

With host Ariana Grande and musical guest Cher ready to help NBC's Saturday Night Live wrap up 2025 with this weekend's holiday show, it's time to officially kick off the promo week with a look at the SNL Midweek Sketch In the clip above, Grande gets an invite from SNL star Ashley Padilla to throw[...]

When you hear that there's buzz rumbling out of a recent edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live, you hope it's for something like the "Beavis and Butt-Head" sketch or Melissa McCarthy cleaning the passenger window of a car with her breasts in anger You don't want the buzz to be about SNL using generative artificial[...]

We're getting a double serving of NBC's Saturday Night Live this week First up, we have A Saturday Night Live Christmas on Thursday, Dec 18th, which looks back at 50 seasons worth of holiday-themed madness This weekend, we have the holiday-themed, end-of-the-year show with host Ariana Grande and musical guest Cher (and hopefully, another "Weekend[...]

As NBC's Saturday Night Live inches closer to its midseason finale next week (with host Ariana Grande and musical guest Cher), host Josh O'Connor was joined by musical guest Lily Allen for this weekend's fun and freaky show It's been a recurring theme in my previous reviews, and it bears repeating following this week's show[...]

With NBC's Saturday Night Live returning tonight with host Josh O'Connor and musical guest Lily Allen (and wrapping up 2025 next week with host Ariana Grande and musical guest Cher), SNL has another opportunity to twist the knife on this week's headlines in a big way with its Cold Open What was on tap this[...]

With NBC's Saturday Night Live set to return tonight (with host Josh O'Connor and musical guest Lily Allen), we've got another edition of SNL Pregame for you to check out Before a look back at the promo week's read-thru, midweek sketch, and Studio 8H promos, we've got Ashley Padilla and Allen making some late-night stops, a[...]

If it's Thursday, then it must be time for NBC's Saturday Night Live Studio 8H promos This weekend's host, Josh O'Connor (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery), and musical guest, Lily Allen, were joined by SNL star Andrew Dismukes First up, Dismukes proves he's really, really bad at recognizing accents Following that, Dismukes[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live returns this weekend with host Josh O'Connor (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery) and musical guest Lily Allen, for what will be the penultimate show before the midseason holiday break Earlier today, we were treated to the midweek sketch (more on that in a minute), and now we're getting[...]

With two more shows remaining in 2025, NBC's Saturday Night Live is back this weekend with host Josh O'Connor (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery) and musical guest Lily Allen With today being Wednesday, that means it's time for the SNL midweek sketch In the video above, SNL star Sarah Sherman and Jeremy[...]

With NBC's Saturday Night Live heading back to our screens this weekend with host Josh O'Connor and musical guest Lily Allen, we were expecting the cool content to start rolling on Wednesday But our SNL week kicked off sooner than we expected, with SNL stars Chloe Fineman, Sarah Sherman, Mikey Day, and James Austin Johnson stepping to[...]

After heading into a two-week break, riding the momentum from what was the season's best effort to date, NBC's Saturday Night Live returned this weekend with host Melissa McCarthy and musical guest Dijon Long story short? SNL has become a welcoming showcase for comedic actors who are willing to trust the SNL process and turn[...]

The SNL trio of Please Don’t Destroy have teamed with White Claw on the limited-edition Roast Host Collection for the holidays

After a two-week holiday break, NBC's Saturday Night Live returned tonight with host Melissa McCarthy and musical guest Dijon for the first of three new shows ahead of the end-of-the-year break After this weekend, we have host Josh O'Connor and musical guest Lily Allen set for December 13th, with the midseason finale featuring host Ariana Grande and[...]