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No, NBC's Saturday Night Live hasn't kicked off the PR push for this weekend's host, Ariana Grande (Wicked), and musical guest Stevie Nicks – at least not at the time we wrote this But what SNL did do was give viewers a chance to get to know new featured players Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim, and Jane[...]

With NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 50 now underway, SNL's "election team" is firmly in place: VP Kamala Harris (Maya Rudolph), husband, Douglas Emhoff (Andy Samberg), Gov Tim Walz (Jim Gaffigan), Sen JD Vance (Bowen Yang), President Joseph Biden (Dana Carvey), and Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) While much of the summer was spent pushing to make sure[...]

I think it's safe to say that NBC's Saturday Night Live and comedian Nate Bargatze really know how to play nice together Proving that his first outing wasn't a one-hit wonder – and with the excellence of Coldplay in support – Bargatze demonstrated more of his comedic range in a lineup of live and filmed[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live returned this weekend with host Nate Bargatze and musical guest Coldplay for the second show of the milestone 50th season – and just like last week, we kicked things off with a political cold open with some very big names returning from last week (now available above) Tonight's SNL kicked off with VP[...]

With host Nate Bargatze and musical guest Coldplay ready to take the stages of NBC's Saturday Night Live in just a few hours, we're rolling out something that might become a semi-regular thing around these parts during the season In this first edition of SNL 50 Pregame," we check it with Bargatze and late-night host and SNL[...]

With Nate Bargatze and Coldplay set to take the stages of NBC's Saturday Night Live this weekend for the second show of the milestone 50th season, it's time for the host and musical guest to take the stages of Studio 8H for this week's on-stage promos – joined by SNL star Kenan Thompson First up, Thompson[...]

When we last checked in with NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 50 ahead of this weekend's show with host Nate Bargatze and musical guest Coldplay, it was earlier today when Bargatze and SNL star Bowen Yang teamed up for the midweek sketch – one involving some confusion over who the new cast members are (you'll see what we're talking[...]

After a strong start to Season 50, NBC's Saturday Night Live returns this weekend with host Nate Bargatze and musical guest Coldplay – a host to who we've given a ton of credit in the past for setting the tone for Season 49, so we're excited to see what's ahead on Saturday[...]

Jason Reitman's Saturday Night is certainly ambitious in trying to capture the chaos surrounding the premiere episode of Saturday Night Live in 1975 The biopic chronicles the struggles of creator Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) as he tries to organize the series with comedic unknowns and several creative challenges by NBC along the way Co-written by[...]

What amazes me the most about NBC's Saturday Night Live is that, after what's soon to be 50 seasons, people seem to forget that SNL is a comedy show that satirizes society – especially when either they or something they love is the target You know, it's the "it's funny when it's about them but[...]

The Brooklyn Nine-Nine star took to the podcast The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers to speak on how it felt to be on the other end of the parody with SNL alum, writer, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-creator Mike Schur doing a version of The Lonely Island's Lazy Sunday with Lazy Scranton featuring stars Steve Carell[...]

Though the opener to NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 50 – with host Jean Smart (Hacks) and musical guest Jelly Roll – wasn't lacking in live and filmed sketches and some excellent music, not every sketch made it onto our screens Thankfully, SNL continues to share some of those "Cut for Time" sketches over the past[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live kicked off its 50th season this weekend with host Jean Smart (Hacks) and musical guest Jelly Roll – and it was a strong start to the milestone season for the long-running late-night sketch comedy and music series One of the many factors in why the season opener clicked was SNL star[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live kicked off its milestone 50th season this weekend with host Jean Smart (Hacks), musical guest Jelly Roll (who owned the stage during two amazing performances), three new featured players, and the unveiling of SNL's Election 2024 major players Spoiler? If Saturday night was a sign of things to come, then SNL might[...]

Of course, we're talking about NBC's Saturday Night Live kicking off its milestone 50th season this weekend with host Jean Smart (Hacks) and musical guest Jelly Roll – less than two months before U.S voters will choose between Vice President Kamala Harris and ex-reality show host, multi-impeached ex-POTUS, and convicted felon Donald Trump[...]

With only hours to go until host Jean Smart (Hacks) and musical guest Jelly Roll take the stages of Studio 8H to help the long-running late-night sketch comedy and music series kick off its milestone Season 50, NBC's Saturday Night Live shared another teaser for tonight's season-opener For this one, we get a better sense[...]

With only a little more than twenty-four hours to go until host Jean Smart (Hacks) and musical guest Jelly Roll take the stages of Studio 8H to help the long-running late-night sketch comedy and music series kick off its milestone 50th season, NBC's Saturday Night Live if offering up the first on-stage promos for the season[...]

It's hard to believe that it's been 20 years since the infamous Ashlee Simpson lip-sync debacle on Saturday Night Live in the October 2004 episode hosted by Jude Law While promoting her debut album, Autobiography, the musician suffered a vocal cord inflammation before the live SNL broadcast, losing her voice As a contingency, pre-recorded tracks[...]

With only days to go until host Jean Smart (Hacks) and musical guest Jelly Roll help the long-running late-night sketch comedy & music series to kick off its milestone 50th season, NBC's Saturday Night Live offered its first mid-week sketch of the season In the clip above, Smart takes a walk down SNL memory lane[...]

That's right! NBC's Saturday Night Live is back! Well, technically, it's back this weekend – but you know what we mean That's right, SNL's milestone 50th season kicks off with the first of four new shows in a row – and five new shows during the first six weeks This weekend, it's Jean Smart / Jelly[...]

Leave it to Please Don't Destroy (Martin Herlihy, Ben Marshall, and John Higgins) to offer us some unexpected SNL humor before NBC's Saturday Night Live kicks off its milestone 50th season this weekend.  In their defense, it wasn't something that had exactly been planned by them, either No, this came courtesy of some pigeons who found[...]

When writer and director Jason Reitman was tasked to capture the magic and chaos of the premiere episode of Saturday Night Live in Sony's upcoming biopic Saturday Night, he embraced the challenge not only finding a talented ensemble to replicate not only creator Lorne Michaels with Gabriel LaBelle, but the legendary original cast members with[...]

In one week, NBC's Saturday Night Live kicks off its milestone 50th season with the first of cour new shows in a row – and five new shows during the first six weeks Here's who's on tap (host/musical guest): Sept 28th: Jean Smart / Jelly Roll; Oct 5th: Nate Bargatze / Coldplay; Oct 12th: Ariana[...]

To understand the controversy surrounding actor/comedian Shane Gillis hosting the February 24th episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 49, you need to go back to 2019 That's when Gillis was officially announced as joining the SNL cast – only for the long-running sketch comedy/music series to part ways with Gillis only days after recordings of[...]

Earlier this week, the official promo trailer for NBC's milestone 50th season of Saturday Night Live was released Unfortunately, it's a season that sees Punkie Johnson, Molly Kearney, and Chloe Troast not returning On the plus side, Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim, and Jane Wickline have joined the SNL cast as new featured players – with Marcello[...]

Darrell Hammond was one of the most versatile cast members of Saturday Night Live for 14 seasons from seasons 21-34, cameos from 35-37, and his return as announcer for seasons 45-46 During his initial run from 1997-2009, Amy Poehler had her run on the NBC late-night series from 2001-2008, both left during season 34 as[...]

As grateful as Will Ferrell is for his time at Saturday Night Live, not everything hits as intended, or things might not feel the same way years later The Despicable Me 4 star, who also made a memorable run as a fictionalized version of himself for the Prime Video series The Boys, was an SNL[...]

The summer before NBC's milestone 50th season of Saturday Night Live saw a lot more "coming and going" than we were expecting. Unfortunately, we learned that Punkie Johnson, Molly Kearney, and Chloe Troast would not be returning to the cast – and we wish them nothing but the best with their post-SNL personal and professional lies[...]

It's hard to imagine Saturday Night Live's arguably most popular segment, "Weekend Update," without anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost, both of whom have been SNL cast members for 10 seasons Che is approaching his 10th anniversary when he joined Jost as the co-anchor chair with his debut on September 27th, 2014[...]

If you've checked out our reviews of NBC's Saturday Night Live in the past, then you know that we preach about all of the factors that come into play to make a show work – or really, really not work It's the host, the musical guest, the cast, the writers, and even the audience –[...]