Shane Gillis Archives

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[...]

Two topics that grabbed headlines had to do with actor/comedian Dave Chappelle making a random on-stage appearance at the end of one episode and ex-SNL cast member Shane Gillis being asked back to host – five years after he was cut for controversial comments Now, Yang is addressing both issues and setting the record straight[...]

Saturday Night Live's Shane Gillis topped yesterday's traffic at Bleeding Cool, where you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Saturday Night Live's[...]

(with Josh Brolin and musical guest Ariana Grande set for March 9th) have a pretty low bar to clear next weekend thanks to this weekend's host, Shane Gillis But it turns out we didn't have every sketch that Gillis was involved with inflicted upon us Saturday night In "LiMu Emu & Doug" cut-for-time sketch, Liberty Mutual's LiMu[...]

So before we slap this week's Shane Gillis-hosted edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live onto the autopsy table, let's start off with a few positives – cool? It wasn't the worst episode this season – that crown still rests comfortably on the head of Jacob Elordi By the time the credits rolled, next week's host[...]

In a surprise move, stand-up comedian Shane Gillis (joined by musical guest 21 Savage) was welcomed back to Studio 8H with open arms as this weekend's host That's a huge departure from SNL's thoughts on Gillis from September 2019, when the long-running sketch comedy/music series parted ways with the then newly-announced cast member –  only days[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live has made the decision to part ways with Shane Gillis, firing the newly-announced cast member only days after recordings of racist, sexist, and homophobic comments surfaced – part of a YouTube channel called Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast. SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE — Pictured: "Saturday Night Live" Logo — (Photo by: NBCUniversal) Here's a[...]

Only hours after the long-running sketch-comedy series revealed the additions of Shane Gillis, Chloe Fineman, and Bowen Yang for its 45th season, Gillis is having to answer for racist, sexist, and homophobic comments made in videos that were part of a YouTube channel called Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast – on the same day NBC[...]

NBC has added three new cast members to the Saturday Night Live family at 30 Rockefeller Plaza for the show's 45th Season: Chloe Fineman, Shane Gillis, and Bowen Yang The additions come shortly after the departure of long-time cast member Leslie Jones Kate McKinnon was rumored to be leaving the show, but will return –[...]