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NBC's Saturday Night Live is set to celebrate its 50th anniversary in a very big way tonight – with SNL kicking off things with SNL50: Red Carpet Livestream before blasting off into the live, three-hour primetime event, SNL50: The Anniversary Special Set to celebrate the long-running late-night live sketch comedy and music series' half-century of influence[...]
SNL Releases Official Season 50 Cast Photo, First Episode In Full
With only hours to go until NBC's Saturday Night Live gets the respect it deserves with tonight's three-hour primetime special, SNL50: The Anniversary Special, the long-running late-night live sketch comedy and music series is honoring its past and its future If you didn't get a chance to check it out last night, NBC aired the original[...]
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NBC's Saturday Night Live did a damn fine job kicking off its 50th anniversary weekend, with SNL50: The Homecoming Concert setting a pretty high bar for Sunday night's primetime celebration to clear Eddie Vedder honoring some famous SNL faces who've passed over the years, and the surviving members of Nirvana (Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and[...]
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NBC's Saturday Night Live is kicking off its 50th anniversary weekend with the high bar-setting SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, streaming tonight on Peacock As we wrote in our previous article on Eddie Vedder honoring some famous SNL faces who've passed over the years, there was a whole lot to love about the concert event –[...]
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There is already a whole lot to love about tonight's SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, as the big weekend celebration for the 50th anniversary of NBC's Saturday Night Live gets underway In fact, we're already seeing the high bar that's been set for Sunday night's big primetime three-hour celebration In so many ways, one of the special[...]
SNL: Sweeney on Still Answering for “Pat” Confusion After 30 Years
Appearing on ABC's The View as part of the upcoming SNL50 anniversary special featuring the women of SNL, Sweeney spoke on the criticism that Pat was a mockery of trans and nonbinary people. Julia Sweeney in "Saturday Night Live" and "The View." Images courtesy of NBC & ABC SNL: Julia Sweeney "Took It to Heart" (Fan Criticism[...]
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Though NBC's Saturday Night Live has done an excellent job of celebrating the long-running late-night live sketch comedy and music series' 50th anniversary, this weekend is the big one Ahead of the big primetime event that's set for Sunday night, SNL is set to be musically serenaded tonight when SNL50: The Homecoming Concert gets underway[...]
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As we inch closer to Sunday's huge three-hour primetime celebration SNL50: The Anniversary Special, we're learning who the musical artists are who have been tapped to perform in honor of the 50th anniversary of NBC's Saturday Night Live Going the index card route, we can look forward to seeing Paul McCartney, Miley Cyrus, Brittany Howard, Paul[...]
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Just because this weekend is the huge three-hour primetime celebration SNL50: The Anniversary Special doesn't mean that NBC's Saturday Night Live isn't still keeping some of its traditions alive While we might not have gotten a midweek sketch, and there's a very good chance that there won't be on-stage promos, we did get a look[...]
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NBC's Saturday Night Live has been celebrating its 50th anniversary since the long-running late-night sketch comedy and music series returned for the current season – but this weekend is a big celebration Here's a rundown of what's already in play and what's planned for this weekend: SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, SNL50: Red Carpet Livestream, and[...]
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If you're looking to celebrate the 50th anniversary of NBC's Saturday Night Live, you didn't have to wait until this week for some sweet SNL nostalgia The four-part docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night and Grammy and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Emmy Award winner Oz Rodriguez's Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music[...]
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UPDATE: The next wave of famous faces expected to attend was released for the big SNL event: Adam Sandler, Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, Chris Rock, Fred Armisen, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Jason Sudeikis, Jimmy Fallon, Kate McKinnon, Kenan Thompson, Laraine Newman, Maya Rudolph, Molly Shannon, Pete Davidson, Seth[...]
SNL 50 Rewind: Charli
Beginning on Monday, expect a whole ton of NBC's Saturday Night Live nostalgia to come slamming down on us – not that we're complaining! Next Friday brings a 50th-anniversary "homecoming" concert at NYC's Radio City Music Hall, a reairing of the first SNL episode on Saturday night, and a live three-hour primetime event on Sunday[...]
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15th, the network will repair the very first episode of Saturday Night Live Of course, the George Carlin-hosted effort (with Billy Preston and Janice Ian as musical guests) was originally titled "Saturday Night" when it debuted on October 11, 1975 – with a cast that included Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris,[...]
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Kicking off at 8 pm ET, NBC and Peacock's live three-hour event SNL50: The Anniversary Special is set to honor Saturday Night Live Earlier today, we were treated to a promo trailer listing just some of the names expected to attend – including Adam Driver, Ayo Edebiri, Bad Bunny, Dave Chappelle, John Mulaney, Kim Kardashian, Martin[...]
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Last week, the word came down that NBC's Saturday Night Live would be celebrating its 50th anniversary in a very big way – and we're not talking about the big primetime special set for Feb 16th Set for Feb 14th (8 p.m ET / 5 p.m PT.) and hosted by Jimmy Fallon, SNL50: The Homecoming Concert features[...]
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Even though NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 50 is on a break until most likely after the big anniversary event on Feb 16th, that doesn't mean there isn't a whole lot of SNL goodness out there to enjoy From Peacock's in-depth four-part docuseries and QuestLove's amazing musical history lesson to the "SNL: 50 Seasons in[...]
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As the calendar inches closer to the live primetime broadcast celebrating 50 seasons of NBC's Saturday Night Live, you'll want to set aside some time on February 14th We're thinking something like three hours – beginning at around 8 p.m ET / 5 p.m PT Hosted by Jimmy Fallon and featuring a lineup of chart-topping[...]
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Just because NBC's Saturday Night Live is taking a break for a bit doesn't mean that there isn't a whole lot of SNL goodness still to enjoy I mean, it's the 50th anniversary, folks! You can check out the four-part docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night on Peacock, and then there's the big primetime event set for[...]
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If you had a chance to check out the cold open for this weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live (with host and musical guest Timothée Chalamet), then you know that it began with a look at our Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence before Lin-Manuel Miranda made a guest-starring return as Alexander Hamilton[...]
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Okay, I'm going to start things off by being a bit of a "Debbie Downer." Based on the promo that ran during last night's show, it doesn't look like NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 50 will be back until after the big primetime anniversary show on Feb 16th – meaning that Saturday, Feb 22nd would[...]
SNL 50:
NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 50 was back this weekend, with Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown) as both host and musical guest – his third time hosting and his first time pulling double duty on SNL How did tonight kick-off? The cold open kicked off with our Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence, with[...]
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With the way things are going at this point, Timothée Chalamet will be a Saturday Night Live "Five-Timer" by Season 53, with the actor returning tonight as both host and musical guest With that in mind, this edition of SNL Pregame also has a "Rewind" aspect to it First up, we have a look back[...]
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Back in August 2024, Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang checked in with Andy Cohen on Cohen's Watch What Happens Live on Bravo (which you can check out above) At one point during the conversation, Yang was asked about the worst behavior from an SNL host that they had ever witnessed Though not naming names,[...]
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After being introduced to "Team Chalamet" during the midweek sketch (above) and given a chance to check out this weekend's host and musical guest during Wednesday night's read-thru with the cast and writers, Timothée Chalamet is being joined by NBC's Saturday Night Live star Sarah Sherman for the on-stage promos In the first, it's clear that[...]
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With NBC's Saturday Night Live rolling on with Season 50 this weekend, the big anniversary celebrations are also rolling along You can check out the four-part docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night on Peacock, and then there's the big primetime event set for February 16th Now, we're getting a look at what Grammy and Academy Award-winning[...]
SNL Alum Tracy Morgan Felt “Culturally Isolated” During Early Days
You don't get to be an institution that Saturday Night Live has been for the past 50 years without getting some questions about your past For example, the lack of diversity in front of the cameras and in the writers' room for years, and accusations of "tokenism." The issue stems back to SNL's premiere in[...]
SNL Read-Thru: Host/Musical Guest Timothée Chalamet, Cast Check In
Earlier today, NBC's Saturday Night Live host and musical guest Timothée Chalamet introduced us to his "secret weapon" when it comes to being able to handle all of the stress this week during his SNL midweek sketch (which you can check out above) Now, we're getting a chance to check out Chalamet and some of the[...]