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Based on Reitman and Kenan's interviews with the living cast, writers, and crew about the launch of Saturday Night Live, the film is based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the show's very first broadcast Set for a theatrical release on October 11th, we're getting[...]
Vance during this fall's POTUS election, a lot of folks hit social media to let NBC's Saturday Night Live EP Lorne Michaels and SNL's writers know that they thought Steve Martin (Onlu Murders in the Building) would be a no-brainer as Gov Walz, standing beside SNL icon and comedy goddess Maya Rudolph's VP Harris for[...]
Ego Nwodim is fortunate to be in such a nurturing environment as Saturday Night Live, initially as a featured player in 2018 before getting elevated to a full-time cast member in 2020 Among her memorable characters include Lisa from Temecula, Laura Winslow, L'evanka Trump, and Edith Puthie She's also amassed an impressive array of impressions,[...]
Not long after it was announced, a whole lot of folks (us included) put the word out there to NBC's Saturday Night Live EP Lorne Michaels and SNL's writers that Steve Martin (Onlu Murders in the Building) would be a perfect Gov Walz to have standing beside SNL icon and comedy goddess Maya Rudolph's VP[...]
One thing Trump and Vance won't be able to run away from is NBC's Saturday Night Live With this being an election year and the show's milestone 50th season, you know EP Lorne Michaels and SNL's writers are going to have some plans in play In fact, we learned late last month that SNL icon[...]
A day after learning that Saturday Night Live star Punkie Johnson would be departing the long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series on Thursday, SNL star Molly Kearney has confirmed that they will also be departing the show ahead of its milestone 50th season after two seasons "Yall, that's a wrap on my time on SNL! Reflecting[...]
This is the part of the Saturday Night Live off-season that we're not a big fan of at all Taking to Instagram to make it official after addressing the matter during a comedy show on Wednesday night, SNL star Punkie Johnson confirmed that they would not be returning to NBC's long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series[...]
Earlier this month, we wondered if NBC's Saturday Night Live EP Lorne Michaels had already given SNL icon and comedy goddess Maya Rudolph a call after the news hit that President Joseph Biden had stepped down as the Democrats' nominee for the 2024 POTUS race and that Vice-President Kamala Harris was looking to be (and now[...]
Though the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics have just gotten underway (running from July 26th to August 11th – yup, 16 days), our focus is already on the fall season – and in this case, the upcoming jaw-dropping 50th season of NBC's Saturday Night Live With NBCUniversal spending a ton of cash for the rights to air[...]
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).
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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,[...]
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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.