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Whatever you might think about this season of NBC's Saturday Night Live, the long-running late-night live sketch comedy and music series hasn't been pulling its punches since POtuS Donald Trump made his way back into The White House In fact, it's been the opposite – with the SNL team sharpening their satirical knives every week[...]

This weekend, NBC's Saturday Night Live wrapped up a three-show run with an effort hosted by Jon Hamm and with musical guest Lizzo In what could've been the best sketch of the night, "The White POTUS" was SNL's mashup of the Trump family and his administration and the hit HBO series The White Lotus[...]

Between Mikey Madison and Morgan Wallen, and Jack Black and Elton John & Brandi Carlisle, NBC's Saturday Night Live has had two shows in a row that's grabbed headlines for a wide range of reasons – from weird end-of-the-show walk-offs to the amazing "Miss Eggy." With the long-running late-night live sketch comedy and music series[...]

While NBC's Saturday Night Live was off to a pretty solid start, a filmed sketch might have been the headline-grabber of the night It took the current situation with Trump's White House and applied it to a hit HBO series that recently wrapped up its run last weekend In SNL's Trump/The White Lotus mashup ("The[...]

Tonight, NBC's Saturday Night Live returned with the third of three new shows in a row – with host Jon Hamm (Apple TV+'s Your Friends and Neighbors) set to host and Lizzo on board as the musical guest Of course, we can't have a show without a cold open – and what did SNL have[...]

Tonight, NBC's Saturday Night Live returned with the third of three new shows in a row – with host Jon Hamm (Apple TV+'s Your Friends and Neighbors) hosting and Lizzo on board as the musical guest But what about the remainder of the milestone 50th season? Heading into tonight, we weren't sure if SNL would[...]

Playing political figures is a rite of passage in Saturday Night Live, and it's something writer/cast member Bowen Yang is abundantly aware of, playing Vice President J.D Vance Maybe it's doubt or wear, but the Wicked star appeared on The Daily Show about what he discussed with SNL creator Lorne Michaels about suggestions on who[...]

After Chloe Fineman, Sarah Sherman, and Bowen Yang joined this weekend's host Jon Hamm for Wednesday's midweek sketch, Hamm and Yang are being joined by musical guest Lizzo and SNL star Marcello Hernandez for NBC's Saturday Night Live on-stage promos In the first promo, Fortnite gets confused with sex – a common mistake Following that,[...]

After months of rumblings, Sky announced that it's moving forward on 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 of some of the best and brightest comedians that the UK has to offer will get a chance[...]

With a new show hitting this weekend, NBC's Saturday Night Live offered up a look at host Jon Hamm (Apple TV+'s Your Friends and Neighbors) – with Lizzo alongside as the musical guest on Saturday night – in a midweek sketch that co-starred Chloe Fineman, Sarah Sherman (who gets in a Colin Jost dig), and Bowen[...]

Despite the Morgan Wallen drama, NBC's Saturday Night Live has had two strong shows in a row since returning from break – with serious props going to hosts Mikey Madison and Jack Black This week, we've got SNL major player Jon Hamm (Apple TV+'s Your Friends and Neighbors) hosting, with Lizzo alongside as the musical[...]

In terms of this past weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live, there was a whole lot to love about the Jack Black-hosted (with musical guests Elton John and Bradi Carlile) effort But while we didn't get the Tenacious D reunion that we were hoping for before the final "goodnights" rolled, there was a meeting[...]

Just when we thought we had caught both of the jokes that NBC's Saturday Night Live made last night during the Jack Black-hosted show, it turns out that there was a third one that we missed Going into the show, viewers were curious to see if and how SNL would address the drama from last[...]

If you had a chance to check out our review of last night's Jack Black-hosted edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live ("Flamin' Hot SNL Sees Jack Black, "Ms Eggy" & More Bring the Heat"), then you know that we were huge fans of the vibe and intensity that Black and the SNL cast and writers[...]

This weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live had a lot going for it as showtime approached Host Jack Black had gotten the news that his new movie Minecraft was blowing past opening weekend box office expectations (even after some brutal early reviews) – always a good thing On the SNL side, the long-running, late-night[...]

UPDATE: NBC's Saturday Night Live didn't just reference the Morgan Wallen drama during the Cold Open (more on that below), with SNL "Weekend Update" Colin Jost discussing how Donald Trump's tariffs are hurting Wall Street: "Money is leaving the stock market faster than Morgan Wallen at Goodnights." Image: SNL Screencap Here's a look at the clip from[...]

Leaving last weekend's Morgan Wallen drama behind, NBC's Saturday Night Live returned tonight with host Jack Black and musical guests Elton John and Brandi Carlile But with a whole lot going on this past week, a lot of folks were wondering what SNL had in store for its Cold Open With a tongue-in-cheek suck-up to Trump (James Austin[...]

Twitter owner and POtuS Donald Trump's right-hand DOGE-bag Elon Musk hasn't been a big fan of NBC's Saturday Night Live over the past few years – despite having hosted back in May 2021 (with musical guest Miley Cyrus) – and it started well before "Weekend Update," Dana Carvey, and Mike Myers, started calling out Musk[...]

Now, it's time for NBC's Saturday Night Live to roll out the on-stage promos Joining host Jack Black and musical guests Elton John and Brandi Carlile was SNL star Heidi Gardner – who got a reality check on who exactly she was sharing the stage with Following that, things get nasty between John and Black, with Black threatening[...]

On Wednesday, we were treated to NBC's Saturday Night Live midweek sketch, one which saw Ego Nwodim and Ashley Padilla kicking off a look at just how serious Jack Black is taking his role as SNL host for this weekend's show (which you can check out above) But in a case of better late than never,[...]

First thing first—with all of the Morgan Wallen drama going on, we haven't posted our actual review of last weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live—but it's on its way! But the promo machine is already underway for this week's host, Jack Black (Minecraft), who is being joined by musical guests Elton John and Brandi Carlile[...]

Even with the promotional machine getting ready to be unleashed tomorrow for this weekend's host, Jack Black, and musical guests, Elton John & Brandi Carlile, this past weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live and the questions surrounding how musical guest Morgan Wallen handled their exit during the "goodnight" at the end of the show[...]

It was an odd way for something as simple as a "goodnight" to go down, vibing as if Wallen either suddenly got lost or was looking to get away from SNL sooner rather than later. Thank you, Mikey Madison and @MorganWallen! Goodnight! pic.twitter.com/FDlInhhHqb — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) March 30, 2025 Did Wallen have issues with[...]

As we wait to see if there's any fallout from NBC's Saturday Night Live musical guest Morgan Wallen's odd departure during the "goodnights" from last night's Mikey Madison (Anora)-hosted show, veteran SNL writer Josh Patten took to social media to make it clear that they have a different definition of "god's country." Though we go more[...]

So here's a really brief history of NBC's Saturday Night Live and country music singer Morgan Wallen During Season 46, Wallen was set to be the musical guest alongside host Bill Burr, but that changed when a TikTok video of the country music artist at a house party minus a mask began circulating on social media,[...]

It's not like NBC's Saturday Night Live and country music singer Morgan Wallen don't already have a past, so many a brief history lesson is in order During Season 46, Wallen was set to be the musical guest alongside host Bill Burr for the October 10, 2020, show That changed in a very big way[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live resumed its milestone 50th season tonight with Mikey Madison (Anora) and musical guest Morgan Wallen – so what did we have waiting for us in terms of the returning cold open sketch? Of course, they were going to tackle POtuS Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (Andrew Dismukes) divulging in[...]

Bill Murray wasn't part of the initial "Not Ready for Primetime Players" lineup of Saturday Night Live, joining in season two, but he's every bit as invaluable to the late-night variety series' legacy as the original crew The actor and comedian, who's starring in the dark comedy Riff Raff, appeared on the Howard Stern Radio Show to reflect[...]

Earlier this month, we learned that NBC's Saturday Night Live would be resuming its 50th season on March 29th with Mikey Madison (Anora) and musical guest Morgan Wallen From there, we have two additional new shows in a row –  April 5th brings host Jack Black and musical guests Elton John and Brandi Carlile, while April 12th brings host Jon Hamm[...]

After getting a chance to check out Sarah Sherman pitching her "'Anora' Fedora" to this weekend's host during the midweek sketch, we're getting a chance to check out NBC's Saturday Night Live cast and writers this weekend's host Mikey Madison – set to be joined by musical guest Morgan Wallen – during the read-thru for[...]