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As promised, we're back with another edition of SNL Separation Anxiety, our way of dealing with Saturday Night Live and Saturday Night Live UK (SNL UK) being on their respective summer breaks while also keeping you in the loop with what's going on between seasons SNL's Ashley Padilla discusses life at Studio 8H, SNL UK[...]

We've been wrestling with what to title our Saturday Night Live coverage during the summer off-season – and we think we've settled on the winner because it pretty much cuts to the chase: SNL Separation Anxiety With the original show most likely not returning for Season 52 until October, and SNL UK already set to[...]

SNL icon Will Ferrell and musical icon Paul McCartney joined NBC's Saturday Night Live this weekend to help the long-running late-night sketch comedy series wrap up Season 51 That means we're going to pack up our coverage and do some cleanup over the next day or two For example, we have an "SNL Cut for Time"[...]

With NBC's Saturday Night Live wrapping up Season 51 tonight with host and SNL alum Will Ferrell and musical guest Paul McCartney, did "Weekend Update" anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost grace us with another "SNL Joke Swap"? When the segment kicked off, Jost and Che could tell from the audience's reaction that they were[...]

With NBC's Saturday Night Live wrapping up Season 51 tonight with host (and SNL icon) Will Ferrell and musical guest Sir Paul McCartney, who had the "honor" of being the topic of the final SNL Cold Open until the fall? Could we be looking at the return of James Austin Johnson's Donald Trump and/or Colin Jost's[...]

In a few hours, NBC's Saturday Night Live will kick off its Season 51 finale with host (and SNL icon) Will Ferrell and musical guest Sir Paul McCartney To help set the mood, we have an extra-large SNL pregame preview to pass along Sure, we've got a look back at Ferrell and McCartney's weeks and an[...]

As host Will Ferrell and musical guest Paul McCartney get ready to help NBC's Saturday Night Live wrap up its 51st season, the questions that have haunted SNL since its opening season return Who's returning for Season 52? Who's leaving? Who will get bumped up to a full cast member? Will "Weekend Update" get new[...]

While we take comfort in knowing that Saturday Night Live UK will be back in September, it still kinda sucks saying goodbye to SNL UK for the summer But host Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who, Sex Education) and musical guest Holly Humberstone are definitely a dynamic duo for the show to go into the break with[...]

In the super-rare case of life imitating almost art, SNL cast member Colin Yost, who's been playing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, revealed that the NBC weekly late-night sketch series predicted Hegseth's delivery of the Pulp Fiction (1994) Bible verse originally made by Samuel L Jackson's hitman character Julius in April Sadly, Yost never got[...]

With NBC's Saturday Night Live wrapping up Season 51 with host (and SNL icon) Will Ferrell and musical guest Sir Paul McCartney, SNL star Marcello Hernández joined the duo for the on-stage promos for this weekend's season ender First up, Ferrell and Hernández know the real reason why folks are tuning in this weekend: McCartney[...]

With Sky and NOW's SNL UK wrapping up its first season this weekend with host Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who, Sex Education) and musical guest Holly Humberstone, we've got our host and musical guest checking in with their on-stage promo For this go-around, SNL UK star Emma Sidi joins the duo, hitting Gatwa with the kind[...]

As much as we haven't processed having to say goodbye to both SNL and SNL UK this weekend, that's the reality that we face For this go-around, we're getting a chance to check out SNL Season 51 finale host (and SNL icon) Will Ferrell (who will be joined by musical guest Paul McCartney) and the SNL[...]

Sky and NOW's SNL UK will be wrapping up its first season this weekend with host Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who, Sex Education) and musical guest Holly Humberstone After some fun with the midweek sketch earlier today – more on that below – it was time for Gatwa and the SNL UK cast to get down[...]

With both SNL and SNL UK wrapping up their respective seasons this weekend, our coverage over the next few days will be flip-flopping between both sides of the Atlantic Ocean Earlier today, we checked out SNL UK Season 1 finale host Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who, Sex Education) during his midweek sketch – and now, it's[...]

Each sketch he was in felt more like something he was working to get through, rather than living in the comedic moment and having fun. SNL (Image: SNL/SNL YouTube Screencaps) The "Auctioneers" sketch was a perfect example of this Sarah Sherman had just as much comedic heavy-lifting to do as Damon did, but I never thought of[...]

After checking out what Saturday Night Live UK had to offer cold open-wise earlier today, it's time to see what NBC's SNL has in store for us With host Matt Damon and musical guest Noah Kahan on tap for the first of the final two shows of Season 51 before SNL heads off into its[...]

With that in mind, here's a look back at Damon's and Kahan's respective previous appearances, a recap of the past week, and more (including the first four episodes of the really cool original digital series "The Rundown"): Image: SNL Screencap SNL Rewind: Matt Damon & Noah Kahan's Previous Appearances Matt Damon: Though this weekend counts as his third[...]

With only two shows to go for the first season of SNL UK and the 51st season of SNL, we're down to two cold opens each before both shows shut down for the summer Thankfully, we can now rest assured that there will be more double doses of SNL this fall, with the UK edition[...]

The biggest news is that SNL UK will be back beginning this September for a 12-show second season (maybe more?) Next week, the first season wraps up with Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who) as host and Holly Humberstone as the musical guest But before we get to any of that, Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) and musical guest Myles Smith[...]

Now, with NBC's Saturday Night Live kicking off the first of its final two Season 51 shows this weekend, host Matt Damon and musical guest Noah Kahan are joined by SNL star (and Please Don't Destroy member) Ben Marshall for this week's on-stage promos We've got fears of a Good Will Hunting joke, Damon getting[...]

Even as we inch closer to this weekend's edition of the recently renewed Saturday Night Live UK, with host Hannah Waddingham (Apple TV's Ted Lasso) and musical guest Myles Smith, viewers are still talking about SNL UK star George Fouracres and the "British Pork" sketch Shortly after it aired, Fouracres took to social media to[...]

SNL UK will be back for a 12-episode second series, with the new series kicking off in September SNL and SNL UK EP Lorne Michaels shared in a statement, "I'm incredibly proud of our team and the show It keeps getting better every week I'm grateful to Dana Strong and Sky for believing in and[...]

Before we look back at the midweek sketch from earlier today, here's Damon and some of the SNL cast checking in during the read-thru for this weekend's show. Image: SNL Screencap Here's a look at Damon and the SNL cast from Wednesday night's read-thru, followed by a look back at the SNL Midweek Sketch:   View this post on[...]

After yesterday's midweek sketch (more on that in a minute), Waddingham and the SNL UK cast are checking in from the table read for this weekend's show. Image: Sky Screencap And don't forget that SNL UK wraps up its first season on May 16th, with Ncuti Gatwa as host and Holly Humberstone as the musical guest[...]

On both sides of the Atlantic, we're down to our final shows – which means it's going to suck twice as much saying goodbye to SNL and SNL UK on May 16th But before we get to that, we still have this weekend to enjoy In the U.S., we've got Matt Damon on tap as host,[...]

From the opening show, we've found a whole lot to love about SNL UK Being on this side of the Atlantic, we will readily admit that there are quite a few UK-specific references along the way that get lost on us – at least, until we look them up The fact that we want to[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live was back this weekend with host and musical guest Olivia Rodrigo, as SNL kicks off its final three shows before wrapping up Season 51 for the summer If we had to describe last night's effort in one word, that would be "fun." It was clear that Rodrigo was enjoying her time[...]

Of course, before we get to Rodrigo's monologue, we have the very important matter of the SNL Cold Open to check out At this point, what didn't happen this week that SNL couldn't target – especially when it comes to the Trump Administration? Maybe a take on the Scott Jennings/Adam Mockler incident from CNN? Maybe[...]

But before we get to that, global phenomenon Olivia Rodrigo will take to the stage of Studio 8H as both SNL host and musical guest To help set the mood, we have a look back at Rodrigo's previous appearances, a recap of the past week, and more Also, we have some insights from Rodrigo about[...]

After host Aimee Lou Wood and musical guest Meek take to the stage this weekend, SNL UK will only have two remaining shows left for its first season – and it is going on strong Here's a look at who's on tap, announced earlier today: On May 9th, Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) hosts, with Myles[...]