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With a whole lot of folks wondering how this weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live will address the results of the VP Harris/Trump election and the U.S.'s upcoming four-year love affair with fascism, host Bill Burr and musical guest Mk.gee were joined by SNL star Sarah Sherman for tonight's on-stage promos[...]

As much attention there was on last weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live, this weekend's SNL is sure to get that much attention, if not more With Bill Burr hosting (Mk.gee as the musical guest), this Saturday's show marks the first show after the U.S POTUS election results landed like that squid did on New York[...]

We're going to assume the promo you're about to see for this weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live was filmed before the U.S voted to enjoy some good old fascism for the next four years With Bill Burr set to host (Mk.gee as the musical guest), the clip above finds Burr and SNL star Marcello Hernandez[...]

Before landing his first big break hosting Late Night as successor to David Letterman, he emerged as a force in writing by joining Saturday Night Live in 1987, remaining on staff for four seasons, and leaving in season 16 in 1991 in favor of Fox's The Simpsons, contributing to four episodes before being announced as[...]

Normally, we take a break on Mondays from promoting NBC's Saturday Night Live when there's a new show on the way at the end of the week But with Tuesday finding the American people having to choose between freedom and democracy (VP Kamala Harris) and brutal fascism (ex-reality show host, multi-impeached ex-POTUS, and convicted felon[...]

This weekend, VP Kamala Harris joined Maya Rudolph during the cold open to NBC's Saturday Night Live, and that did not go down well with Donald Trump's campaign – especially with Trump-appointed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner ) and Project 2025 contributor Brendan Carr Carr claimed VP Harris's appearance was a violation of the FCC's "equal[...]

Of course, we're talking about VP Kamala Harris's appearance during the cold open to this weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live – which Carr claimed was in violation of the FCC's "equal time" rule that requires television and radio stations to offer political candidates equal air time Since that time, we learned from the[...]

Earlier today, we reported on how Donald Trump-appointed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner and Project 2025 contributor Brendan Carr was crying foul, claiming that VP Kamala Harris's appearance during the cold open to this weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live was in violation of the FCC's "equal time" rule that requires television and radio[...]

Even if you missed it when it first aired, we're sure that you've seen the Cold Open to last night's Saturday Night Live, when Maya Rudolph's "VP Kamala Harris" was joined by the very real VP Kamala Harris The move was a surprising one, with EP Lorne Michaels sharing back in October during an interview with The Hollywood[...]

Host John Mulaney and musical guest Chappell Roan did not have an easy task ahead of them heading into this weekend's Saturday Night Live NBC's long-running late-night sketch comedy and music series was coming back from a one-week for the fifth new show of its milestone 50th season, so there are always those "return worries."[...]

Tim Walz and ex-reality show host, multi-impeached ex-POTUS, and convicted felon Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance, we already tonight's edition of NBC's  Saturday Night Live was going to be pretty big Thankfully, SNL had experienced host John Mulaney and musical powerhouse Chappell Roan on hand to keep things rolling. Image: SNL Screencap In an Instagram post from a few days[...]

We knew that tonight's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live was going to be something special just by looking at the calendar That's because tonight's John Mulaney-hosted, Chappell Roan-performing show is also the final one before U.S voters choose between Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov Tim Walz, and ex-reality show host, multi-impeached ex-POTUS, and convicted felon Donald[...]

With only hours to go until host John Mulaney and musical guest Chappell Roan take to the stages of NBC's Saturday Night Live, we're back with another edition of SNL 50 Pregame To help set the mood before what we're assuming will be an election-themed Cold Open, we're taking a look back at February 26,[...]

After taking a one-week break after four new shows in a row, NBC's Saturday Night Live is returning tonight with the last SNL before U.S voters choose between Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov Tim Walz and ex-reality show host, multi-impeached ex-POTUS, and convicted felon Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance[...]

Tonight marks the final edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live before voters in the U.S head to the polls to decide between Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz and ex-reality show host, multi-impeached ex-POTUS, and convicted felon Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance, so expect some famous faces to return this week[...]

Normally, NBC's Saturday Night Live has a pretty set schedule when it comes to rolling out previews for an upcoming new show But this week, host John Mulaney and musical guest Chappell Roan have been giving us some really cool stuff to work with all week – even with the on-stage promos Earlier today, SNL star[...]

So that cleared up how NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 50 was going to look after this weekend – meaning that we can now turn our attention back to this weekend's show Joining host John Mulaney and musical guest Chappell Roan for this week's two on-stage promos was SNL star Ego Nwodim – with the[...]

After taking a break last weekend following four new shows in a row, NBC's Saturday Night Live returns this weekend with host John Mulaney and musical guest Chappell Roan But if you thought the long-running late-night sketch comedy and music series would be taking a break again after that, we learned otherwise earlier today[...]

After a surprise appearance in the midweek sketch by "Bob Dylan" (more on that above), we're back checking out what's in store this weekend when host John Mulaney and musical guest Chappell Roan take the stages of NBC's Saturday Night Live That means that it's time to check in with Mulaney and the SNL writers, cast members,[...]

With host John Mulaney and musical guest Chappell Roan already unofficially kicking off their SNL week, we have high hopes going into this weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live With it being Wednesday, it's time to turn the heat on our coverage with a look at the midweek sketch Though it starts off looking like[...]

Normally, our week covering NBC's Saturday Night Live usually gets underway on a Wednesday – but it looks like host John Mulaney and musical guest Chappell Roan are looking to get things started a bit early Late on Monday, we speculated that a recent Roan post teasing something could lead to viewers getting a chance to check[...]

Normally, we don't start talking about the upcoming edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live until Wednesday But with this being the milestone 50th season, don't expect a whole lot of things to be "normal." With this weekend marking the last new show until after the November 5th U.S POTUS election, we have John Mulaney on[...]

Thanks to the first cold open of NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 50 – hosted by Jean Smart (Hacks, Watchmen) and with musical guest Jelly Roll – viewers didn't have to wait long to learn who SNL's political ensemble was going to be between now and November 5th.  Andrew Dismukes portrayed ABC News' David Muir,[...]

After three new Season 50 shows in a row, NBC's Saturday Night Live is taking a break this weekend – returning on Saturday, November 2nd, with host John Mulaney and musical guest Chappell Roan While every SNL is a big deal, next Saturday has that extra vibe with it going down only three days for the[...]

Magazine Innovators Issue comedy cover star, NBC's Saturday Night Live EP is finally pointing fingers at who was responsible for actor/comedian Shane Gillis being fired from SNL – and they weren't pointed at Michaels. To understand the controversy surrounding Gillis, you need to go back to 2019 That's when Gillis was officially announced as joining the SNL cast[...]

John Janick, Steve Berman, and Sam Wrench executive-produce – alongside producers Aleen Keshishian, Michelle An, Tom Colbourne, Zack Morgenroth, and Merryman. Image: Netflix SNL: Adam Driver Inspires Olivia Rodrigo, Teen Heartthrobs & More It was back in December 2023 when host Adam Driver (Ferrari) & musical guest Olivia Rodrigo took to the stages of NBC's Saturday Night Live for the[...]

If you had a chance to check out our review from earlier, then you know that host Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and musical guest Billie Eilish helped NBC's Saturday Night Live go four-for-four for Season 50, as the late-night sketch comedy and music series heads into a one-week break But before we close the book on[...]

After last week's show's wobbly ending, we were a wee bit concerned about this weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live—the fourth and final new Season 50 show—and how it would leave things heading into the long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series' one-week break Thankfully, host Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice), musical guest Billie Eilish, and the SNL cast[...]

Tonight, host Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and musical guest Billie Eilish are taking to the stages of NBC's Saturday Night Live for the fourth episode of the late-night sketch comedy and music series' milestone 50th season, and things kicked off with a cold open twisting the knife on FOX "News" host Bret Baier (portrayed by[...]

With only hours to go until host Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and musical guest Billie Eilish take to the stages of NBC's Saturday Night Live for the fourth episode of the late-night sketch comedy and music series' milestone 50th season, we're taking a look into both of their SNL's pasts For Keaton, this will be his[...]