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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 and audience buzz This past Friday brought the actual anniversary of the first show (which aired on October 11, 1975) and a whole[...]

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[...]

Image courtesy of NBC Original 'SNL' Star Dan Aykroyd Reviews Jason Reitman's 'Saturday Night' Saturday Night was SNL's original title before adding "Live" at the end after purchasing the rights to the title from ABC which canceled Howard Cosell's show in 1976 The bulk of the original cast is represented in the Reitman film including Newman, Morris,[...]

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 before SNL went live on October 11, 1975 – a film that's[...]

For this go-around, Grande and Nicks are joined by SNL star Bowen Yang – with Grande and Nicks reminding Yang that they're "Witch 365/24/7/" in the first clip Following that, Yang and Grande's conversation about her hosting for a second time is quickly revealed to be a plot to get Nicks to sing… and it[...]

Ryan West/Netflix © 2024 SNL "Cut for Time": John Mulaney Goes Joe Rogan & More After pulling off the best episodes of the season and one of the best of the past several (check out our review here) back in February 2022, NBC's Saturday Night Live released two Cut for Time Sketches from the show hosted by[...]

Based on how Marcello Hernandez, Michael Longfellow, Devon Walker, and Andrew Dismukes dressed for the meeting, it looks like they had other ideas (you can check it out above). Image: SNL Screencap Now, we're getting a chance to check in with Grande and the SNL cast and writers during the Wednesday night read-thru – here's a look: Image:[...]

With SNL coming off two strong outings in a row to kick off its milestone 50th season, it will be interesting to see if the winning ways can continue That brings us to the midweek sketch – one that finds Grande making it clear that she would like to steer clear of Wicked or The[...]

But what SNL did do was give viewers a chance to get to know new featured players Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim, and Jane Wickline a little better In the clip above, the trio tackles a number of questions from SNL fans – including how they reacted when they first learned they were coming aboard for the[...]

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[...]

Here's a look at what worked, one concern we had, and three sketches that really hit us hard. SNL (Image: SNL Screencaps) SNL 50: Nate Bargatze/Coldplay – Some Thoughts… What Worked? Everything With the cold open, we had Maya Rudolph (VP Kamala Harris), Andy Samberg (Doug Emhoff), Jim Gaffigan (Gov Tim Walz), and Dana Carvey (President Joseph Biden)[...]

Tonight's SNL kicked off with VP Kamala Harris (Maya Rudolph) and her husband, Douglas Emhoff (Andy Samberg), at home getting ready to watch the VP Debate between Gov Tim Walz (Jim Gaffigan) and Sen JD Vance (Bowen Yang). Images: SNL Screencaps The debate starts with CBS News moderators Norah O'Donnell (Heidi Gardner) and Margaret Brennan (Chloe Fineman) kicking[...]

In this first edition of SNL 50 Pregame," we check it with Bargatze and late-night host and SNL alum Seth Meyers as the two discuss Bargatze hosting SNL for the second time, how the "Washington's Dream" sketch went from a shaky start to sketch gold, resurrecting a cut sketch from last season, and how his[...]

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[...]

With today being Wednesday, it's time for the SNL midweek sketch – with Bowen Yang introducing Bargatze to the newest members of the SNL cast Except… Bargatze has already met them…? Except… it wasn't Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim, and Jane Wickline who Bargatze met…? Image: SNL Screencap Saturday Night Live Season 50 & SNL EP Lorne Michaels Back[...]

As one of the surviving cast members, Curtin, who hosted SNL's news segment Weekend Update from season two until five, spoke to The New York Times for the show's 50th season to reflect on the experiences she had in the premiere episode and the first season. Laraine Newman, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Gilda Ratner, Garrett Morris,[...]

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[...]

To say the SNL 50 premiere was full of surprises would be an understatement, particularly the much-anticipated cold opening that featured the return of alum Maya Rudolph, reprising her role as "Cool Aunt" and now, Democratic presidential hopeful Vice President Kamala Harris Before the season 50 premiere, there was much speculation on who would play[...]

Thankfully, SNL continues to share some of those "Cut for Time" sketches over the past few seasons – and it looks like that's going to be the case this season Earlier today, two sketches that nearly made it were released In "Blonde Dragon People," some friends (Heidi Gardner, Andrew Dismukes, Devon Walker, and Jane Wickline)[...]

One of the many factors in why the season opener clicked was SNL star Bowen Yang – with his portrayal of baby hippo Moo Deng during "Weekend Update" keeping his success streak of portraying surprising characters that make us laugh more than they normally would have any right to alive and kicking And yet… there[...]

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[...]

Tim Walz), both social and mainstream media put out the call to Maya Rudolph to return to SNL as VP Harris – a portrayal that Rudolph has made famous over the seasons But that left three unanswered questions heading into tonight's season premiere Who would portray Walz? Who Would portray Trump's VP pick, Sen JD[...]

For this one, we get a better sense of how Smart and Jelly Roll became the "bestest" of friends over the past week – dare we say, "BFFs Jean & Jelly"? Oh yes, we dare… with Billie Eilish's "Birds of a Feather" a particularly nice choice for soundtrack. Images: SNL Screencaps In the first of four promos[...]

In the first promo, SNL star Marcello Hernandez looks to impress Smart and Jelly Roll with his vocabulary – only to commit a serious age-related faux pas in the second promo After that, Maya Rudolph (returning to portray VP Kamala Harris) decides to "show up" (you'll understand) – but Rudolph, being the special guest star, doesn't[...]

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 were used so Simpson could lip-sync, but the second track from Autobiography didn't run Instead, it was "Pieces of Me," which she performed earlier in the night, and out[...]

In the clip above, Smart takes a walk down SNL memory lane through the hallways of Studios 8H as we see clips from previous seasons And then we see more clips… and less of Smart It doesn't take long before Smart realizes that SNL might be swimming a bit too much in a sea of[...]

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 Roll Following that, we have Oct 5th: Nate Bargatze / Coldplay; Oct 12th: Ariana Grande / Stevie Nicks; Oct 19th:[...]

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[...]