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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[...]

VP Kamala Harris teamed up with SNL alum Molly Shannon's Mary Katherine Gallagher for a video submitted by VP Harris for the Al Smith Dinner.

If it's a Thursday before a new edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live, then it must be time for host Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and musical guest Billie Eilish to venture out into the main area of Studios 8H for the on-stage promos In the clip above, Keaton and Eilish are joined by SNL star Chloe[...]

With host Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and musical guest Billie Eilish set to take the stages of Studio 8H for this weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live, we were treated to a midweek sketch earlier today that saw Keaton ready to get into the SNL ring – with a sketchy ring intro and Keaton forgetting[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live rolls on with its milestone 50th season, with this weekend bringing the fourth new show in a row (with a break the following week, leading into another live show just three days before the U.S POTUS elections) With Michael Keaton set to host and Billie Eilish as the musical guest, SNL[...]

With Ariana Grande (Wicked) hosting and Stevie Nicks as the musical guest, NBC's Saturday Night Live had a solid, mixed-bag third episode of its milestone 50th season But one of the sketches that was a personal highlight was Weekend Update co-anchor Colin Jost getting a chance to interview Oasis' Noel Gallagher (James Austin Johnson) and Liam[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live host Ariana Grande (Wicked) and musical guest Stevie Nicks had some pressure on them heading into this weekend's show Jason Reitman's Saturday Night, the feature film retelling what the final 90 minutes were like before the first SNL show hit the airwaves, opened wide in theaters this week to strong critical[...]

We kicked off NBC's Saturday Night Live (with host Ariana Grande and musical guest Stevie Nicks) with a cold open that brought back SNL's all-star lineup of political comedians CNN's Kaitlin Collins (Chloe Fineman) started things off by addressing how Donald Trump was avoiding debating VP Kamala Harris – but that there was one format[...]

We knew that this season of NBC's Saturday Night Live was going to be a special one – and how could it not be? How many live, late-night sketch comedy and music series can you think of that have been around for 50 insanely impactful seasons? With Jason Reitman's feature film Saturday Night telling the[...]

Director and writer Jason Reitman had a tall task ahead: not only casting fresh faces to play the original "not ready for prime time players" in the upcoming Sony/Columbia Pictures Saturday Night, but he also had to recreate the chaos creator Lorne Michaels went through, fighting tooth and nail to convince NBC to allow the[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live is enjoying the spotlight – and rightfully so SNL just kicked off its milestone 50th season – let that sink in as you remember all of the "Saturday Night Dead" headlines predicting the show's demise that went nowhere over the past half-century. We've got Jason Reitman's Saturday Night, looking back on the final moments[...]

With host Ariana Grande (Wicked) and musical guest Stevie Nicks set to take the stages of NBC's Saturday Night Live for the third episode of the long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series' milestone 50th season, it's time for the on-stage promos For this go-around, Grande and Nicks are joined by SNL star Bowen Yang – with Grande[...]

Earlier today, NBC's Saturday Night Live kicked off its promo week for host Ariana Grande (Wicked) and musical guest Stevie Nicks with a fun midweek sketch where Grande made it clear that she was steering clear of Wicked or The Wizard of Oz sketches Based on how Marcello Hernandez, Michael Longfellow, Devon Walker, and Andrew Dismukes[...]

After giving us a chance to get to know new featured players Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim, and Jane Wickline a little better, NBC's Saturday Night Live is kicking off its promo drive ahead of this weekend's show with host Ariana Grande (Wicked) and musical guest Stevie Nicks With SNL coming off two strong outings in a[...]