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Before we get to really focus on the upcoming jaw-dropping 50th season of NBC's Saturday Night Live, there's the not-so-small matter of the 2024 Summer Olympics to get through Running from July 26th to August 11th – yup, 16 days – viewers can expect to see Olympics coverage on pretty much anything and everything that[...]

Does anyone else get the feeling that comedy goddess Maya Rudolph's been getting a ton of attention from NBC's Saturday Night Live EP Lorne Michaels since the big news broke earlier today? Of course, we're talking about the news that President Joe Biden stepping down as the Democrats' nominee for the 2024 POTUS race, endorsing[...]

Welcome to a new edition of SNL Second-Guessing, our weekend series where we look back on NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 49 shows (depending on what's being repeated during the between-seasons break) to see if we missed anything the first time around, to shine a spotlight on standout sketches that deserve more love, or to[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live made sure to give Newhart the love and respect he deserves, with the actor/comedian having hosted Season 5, Episode 18 (May 10, 1980 – with musical guest The Amazing Rhythm Aces/Bruce Cockburn) and Season 20, Episode 12 (February 11, 1995 – with musical guest Des'ree). SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (Image: SNL Screencap) The 1980 show[...]

Andy Samberg will always be grateful for everything Saturday Night Live has done for his career during his seven seasons on the long-running NBC variety series The actor did return a few more times in uncredited appearances in seasons 38, 41, and 43, and hosted a season 39 episode His longevity on SNL is only[...]

As we inch closer to the return of NBC's Saturday Night Live for its milestone 50th season, we've been using this downtime from the long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series to look back on Season 49 for some "SNL Second-Guessing." What we do is take a look back at an episode from the most recent season (based[...]

In this week's SNL Second-Guessing, we look at why "Scooby-Doo" might just edge out "Beavis and Butt-Head" as the top Season 49 sketch...

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Saturday Night Live, Prime Video's The Boys, Donald Trump/The Philadelphia Inquirer, Netflix's Stranger Things 5, Adult Swim's My Adventures with Superman, Tiffany Smith/Supernatural, Sony Group Corp./Blu-rays, Paramount+'s Mayor of Kingstown, CW's Superman & Lois, TNT's AEW Rampage, Crunchyroll's Kaiju No[...]

If it's a Saturday during NBC's Saturday Night Live off-season, then it must be time for another round of "SNL Second-Guessing," where we look back at an episode from the 49th season (based on the show being repeated during the summer off-season) and spotlight a sketch or a situation that deserved a bit more attention[...]

It was during NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 21 (December 9, 1995) when then-cast member David Spade dropped a joke about Eddie Murphy that the former SNL star, comedian, and actor didn't appreciate Spade's "Hollywood Minute" was one of the most vicious – and often times, one of the funniest – sketches that SNL had[...]

Welcome back to another edition of SNL Second-Guessing, where we look back at an episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 49 (based on the show being repeated during the summer off-season) and spotlight a sketch or a situation that deserved a bit more attention Sometimes, it's for good reasons – as was the case[...]

If you had a chance to check out our update earlier this week (more on that in a minute), then you know that plans are already coming together in terms of celebrating the 50th season of NBC's Saturday Night Live – and rightfully so Think about it How many live, late-night sketch comedy/music series can[...]

Last month, the word went out regarding early plans to celebrate the milestone 50th season of NBC's Saturday Night Live The network confirmed that there will be a "celebratory weekend" that wraps up on Sunday, February 16th (from 8-11 p.m ET), with a live, primetime special Now, thanks to an interview he had with The New[...]

The 1985-86 cast of Saturday Night Live might be arguably one of the worst in the NBC late-night variety series' history, but it also the one that features the show's only Oscar winner in Robert Downey Jr, who won for 2023's Oppenheimer Also featured in that season was fellow Brat Pack member Anthony Michael Hall,[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Saturday Night Live, FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who, DC Studios/Wonder Woman, Wheel of Fortune/Ryan Seacrest, Prime Video's The Boys, Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, AEW Collision/AEW Rampage, and more! Images/Screencaps: Prime Video, CBS News, FX Networks, DC Comics, Max, BBC, Netflix, SNL BCTV Daily Dispatch: Saturday[...]

Here's how it works. With NBC's Saturday Night Live only months away from its milestone 50th season, there's going to be a lot more going on than usual, so we're keeping our coverage active In between the updates, we're running a weekly series where we look back at the episode that's being repeated that weekend and[...]

In a profile interview with Variety, NBC's Saturday Night Live stars Bowen Yang and Kenan Thompson covered a wide range of topics related to the recently wrapped 49th season as the long-running sketch comedy/music series inches closer to the milestone – Season 50 Two topics that grabbed headlines had to do with actor/comedian Dave Chappelle[...]

During a special "Super Fans" sketch that saw Robert Smigel and George Wendt reprising their roles as Carl Wollarski and Bob Swerski for the first time since the passing of Saturday Night Live & film star Chris Farley, the duo was joined by Sudeikis – who stepped into the role previously portrayed by Farley, Todd[...]

With NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 49 officially in the record books, we've been shifting into heavier summer coverage now that we're heading into the milestone 50th season We know that NBC has a three-hour primetime special wrapping up a celebration weekend in February 2025 – but what about the season and long-running sketch comedy/music[...]

Though most of late-night was off this week, Jimmy Kimmel, The Daily Show, and SNL's James Austin Johnson took on Donald Trump's conviction.

See? This is why we're glad we're still keeping our Saturday Night Live coverage active On the day when ex-reality show host and multi-impeached ex-POTUS learned 34 times over that he can now add "convicted felon" to his title, it only felt right that SNL star James Austin Johnson would check in via Instagram to[...]

With NBC's Saturday Night Live having recently wrapped its 49th season, we're starting a new series of posts that will run between now and when milestone Season 50 kicks off this fall In "SNL Second-Guessing," we're looking back at a sketch from the most recent season that either deserves reconsideration or more attention – with[...]

With NBC's Saturday Night Live having wrapped its 49th season earlier this month, we would have normally put our SNL coverage into summer storage for the next few months But as we've mentioned previously, this summer isn't quite the same as previous ones because this is the summer leading into the milestone 50th season We[...]

Earlier this week, NBC's Saturday Night Live (in conjunction with T-Mobile) shared a lineup of bloopers from the recently wrapped 49th season – and now, we have the second round for your viewing pleasure With the milestone Season 50 coming our way this fall, we're hoping to see a lot more of these behind-the-scenes looks over[...]

It always feels weird when a season of NBC's Saturday Night Live comes to an end Thankfully, there should be a lot more SNL-related buzz going on this summer as we head into the milestone 50th season – with a big weekend set for February 2025 that will include a live primetime celebration of the[...]

Shortly after, the issue ended up being a topic during Saturday Night Live co-head writers and "Weekend Update" anchors Colin Jost & Michael Che's "Joke Swap" this past weekend "ChatGPT has released a new voice assistant feature inspired by Scarlett Johansson's AI character in 'Her,'" Jost began the joke written by Che about Jost's wife,[...]

Earlier today, we wondered if Saturday Night Live co-head writers and "Weekend Update" anchors Colin Jost & Michael Che's "Joke Swap" was what finally got the attention of OpenAI regarding its new ChatGPT model that includes a Voice Mode "ChatGPT has released a new voice assistant feature inspired by Scarlett Johansson's AI character in 'Her,'" Jost[...]

  Did Saturday Night Live co-head writers and "Weekend Update" anchors Colin Jost & Michael Che's "Joke Swap" get the attention of OpenAI? During the SNL season 49 finale this weekend, Jost and Che continued their tradition of writing jokes meant to make the other one look painfully bad – and feel even worse With each[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? AMC's Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Michael Connelly/The Safe Man, Prime Video's The Boys, Disney+'s Skeleton Crew, Disney+'s X-Men '97, AEW Collision/AEW Rampage, Crunchyroll, Full House/Bob Saget, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D[...]

Of course, we're talking about the 20-episode 49th season of NBC's Saturday Night Live With a few months off before the long-running sketch comedy/music series returns for its milestone Season 50, it'll be interesting to learn over the summer what the plans are going to be, festivities-wise As we get ready to pack up our[...]