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Based on Reitman and Kenan's interviews with the living cast, writers, and crew about the launch of SNL, Sony Pictures' upcoming film Saturday Night is based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the show's very first broadcast Last week, we were treated to our[...]

When Yang checked in with Andy Cohen during a recent edition of Watch What Happens Live – an episode that also included Matt Rogers wearing vibrating undies for the segment "Truth or Kink!" – they were asked about the worst behavior from an SNL host that Yang's ever witnessed Though not naming names, Yang described[...]

"It was wild!" Rudolph shared during an interview with Variety, showcasing that she is nominated for an Emmy for hosting SNL and for her roles in Netflix's Big Mouth and Apple TV+'s Loot "On top of the excitement I felt, I received so many GIFs that had me laughing: LeBron [James] waiting to get in the game,[...]

Seth Meyers, who hosts Late Night on NBC, reflected on when Manning approached him during his days as an SNL writer and cast member about slipping a joke about Brady into his monologue in the episode that followed his first championship when the Colts defeated the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI. Peyton Manning in "Saturday[...]

Set to hit theaters on October 11th, here's the official trailer for director/writer Jason Reitman and writer Gil Kenan's film Saturday Night.

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Apple TV+'s Disclaimer, The Animation Guild (TAG), SNL 50: Steve Martin/Gov Tim Walz, Netflix's Wednesday, Taylor Swift, Paramount+'s Colin From Accounts, Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, SNL 50: Ego Nwodim, Netflix/A Different World, FX's American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez, Netflix's Cobra Kai, and more! Images/Screencaps: Netflix, CBS Entertainment, The Animation Guild, Hulu, CBS News,[...]

Vance during this fall's POTUS election, a lot of folks hit social media to let NBC's Saturday Night Live EP Lorne Michaels and SNL's writers know that they thought Steve Martin (Onlu Murders in the Building) would be a no-brainer as Gov Walz, standing beside SNL icon and comedy goddess Maya Rudolph's VP Harris for[...]

One time I slipped up and called him 'Daddy Lorne' to his face." Michaels is in his 43rd season and not looking to leave any time soon, at least not before the NBC weekly late-night variety series' 50th anniversary. "We're doing the 50th-anniversary show in February of '25, so I will definitely be there for that,[...]

Not long after it was announced, a whole lot of folks (us included) put the word out there to NBC's Saturday Night Live EP Lorne Michaels and SNL's writers that Steve Martin (Onlu Murders in the Building) would be a perfect Gov Walz to have standing beside SNL icon and comedy goddess Maya Rudolph's VP[...]

Discovery, Hulu's All's Fair, Prime Video's The Boys, SNL: Steve Martin/Gov Tim Walz, Netflix's Wednesday, Apple TV+'s For All Mankind, and more! Images/Screencaps: Netflix, Prime Video, TWDC, Warner Bros Discovery, Adult Swim SNL, Hulu, CBS News BCTV Daily Dispatch: LOTR: The Rings of Power, VP Kamala Harris/Gov Tim Walz, House of the Dragon, The Sandman, Rick and Morty: The Anime,[...]

With this being an election year and the show's milestone 50th season, you know EP Lorne Michaels and SNL's writers are going to have some plans in play In fact, we learned late last month that SNL icon and comedy goddess Maya Rudolph will reprise her take on VP Harris through the final run of[...]

A day after learning that Saturday Night Live star Punkie Johnson would be departing the long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series on Thursday, SNL star Molly Kearney has confirmed that they will also be departing the show ahead of its milestone 50th season after two seasons "Yall, that's a wrap on my time on SNL! Reflecting[...]

Entertainment's Watchmen, Apple TV+'s Before, Netflix's Geeked Week, CBS's Tracker/Jensen Ackles, Prime Video's Pop Culture Jeopardy!, Netflix's Star Trek: Prodigy, and much more! Images/Screencaps: DC Studios, CBS Entertainment, Boomerang, FX Networks, SNL, Netflix, Warner Bros Entertainment BCTV Daily Dispatch: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Only Murders in the Building, SNL, Superman & Peacemaker, Boomerang/WBD, Doctor Who, RuPaul's Drag Race,[...]

Taking to Instagram to make it official after addressing the matter during a comedy show on Wednesday night, SNL star Punkie Johnson confirmed that they would not be returning to NBC's long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series "After four seasons, I will not be returning to SNL for the 50th," Johnson noted "There is no bad[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Netflix's Star Trek: Prodigy, Netflix's Squid Game, TBS's AEW Dynamite, Prime Video's Batman: Caped Crusader, Peacock's Battlestar Galactica, Tony Khan/Shane McMahon, Netflix's Cobra Kai, Paramount+'s Criminal Minds: Evolution, Disney+'s Vision, HBO's House of the Dragon, Prime Video's Spider-Noir, Disney Entertainment Television, Hulu's Only Murders in the Building, Netflix's Terminator Zero, FX's Grotesquerie, Disney+'s Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, SNL Season[...]

Earlier this month, we wondered if NBC's Saturday Night Live EP Lorne Michaels had already given SNL icon and comedy goddess Maya Rudolph a call after the news hit that President Joseph Biden had stepped down as the Democrats' nominee for the 2024 POTUS race and that Vice-President Kamala Harris was looking to be (and now[...]

For this go-around, we have spotlights on Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, Ronda Rousey, and LeBron James. Image: NBCUniversal Screencap Earlier this month, SNL treated us to a look back at some of the moments when the show celebrated excellence in athleticism – in its own special way Here's a look at just some of the ways that[...]

In fact, earlier today, SNL treated us to a look back at some of the moments when the show celebrated excellence in athleticism – in its own special way Here's a look at just some of the ways that SNL is celebrating what will feel like three months of athletic competition – with John Belushi's[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? SNL: VP Kamala Harris & Maya Rudolph, Disney+'s X-Men '97, CBS's Ghosts, Prime Video's Gen V, TBS's AEW Collision, Prime Video's Tomb Raider, Biden/Harris News, Crunchyroll's Tower of God, Apple TV+'s Time Bandits, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty: The Anime, BBC's Gavin and Stacey: The Final Episode, Netflix's Arcane, Adult Swim's My Adventures with Superman,[...]

While SNL could definitely look for someone new to take on the role, social media already has a very high expectation that Rudolph will be the one – and with this being the milestone 50th season, there's even more reason to have Rudolph in the spotlight With that in mind, we're offering a look back[...]

Welcome to a new edition of SNL Second-Guessing, our weekend series where we look back on NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 49 shows (depending on what's being repeated during the between-seasons break) to see if we missed anything the first time around, to shine a spotlight on standout sketches that deserve more love, or to[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live made sure to give Newhart the love and respect he deserves, with the actor/comedian having hosted Season 5, Episode 18 (May 10, 1980 – with musical guest The Amazing Rhythm Aces/Bruce Cockburn) and Season 20, Episode 12 (February 11, 1995 – with musical guest Des'ree). SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (Image: SNL Screencap) The 1980 show[...]

His longevity on SNL is only surpassed by his Fox/NBC police procedural sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Det Jake Peralta and his improvisational skills certainly served him well across eight seasons Samberg appeared on Kevin Hart's Peacock talk series Hart to Heart and broke down his fateful decision to leave SNL. Andy Samberg in "Hart to Heart"[...]

As we inch closer to the return of NBC's Saturday Night Live for its milestone 50th season, we've been using this downtime from the long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series to look back on Season 49 for some "SNL Second-Guessing." What we do is take a look back at an episode from the most recent season (based[...]

If it's Saturday night and NBC's long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series is still running repeats from Season 49, then that means it's time for another round of "SNL Second-Guessing," where we look back at an episode from the most recent season (based on the show being repeated during the summer off-season) and spotlight a sketch[...]

If it's a Saturday during NBC's Saturday Night Live off-season, then it must be time for another round of "SNL Second-Guessing," where we look back at an episode from the 49th season (based on the show being repeated during the summer off-season) and spotlight a sketch or a situation that deserved a bit more attention[...]

It was during NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 21 (December 9, 1995) when then-cast member David Spade dropped a joke about Eddie Murphy that the former SNL star, comedian, and actor didn't appreciate Spade's "Hollywood Minute" was one of the most vicious – and often times, one of the funniest – sketches that SNL had[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Saturday Night Live, Superman/Brandon Routh, HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Jeopardy!/USPS, AEW/WWE, Prime Video's Fallout, Netflix's Chinatown, BBC's Doctor Who, Adult Swim's My Adventures with Superman, Paramount+'s Mayor of Kingstown, Taylor Swift/London, William Shatner/Ryan Reynolds, and more! Images/Screencaps: Maximum Effort, BBC, Warner Bros., DC Studios, NBCUniversal, YouTube, HBO, Paramount BCTV[...]

Welcome back to another edition of SNL Second-Guessing, where we look back at an episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 49 (based on the show being repeated during the summer off-season) and spotlight a sketch or a situation that deserved a bit more attention Sometimes, it's for good reasons – as was the case[...]

How many live, late-night sketch comedy/music series can you think of that have been around for a half-century? And how many times was the show's "imminent demise" predicted by the press – with that painfully unoriginal "Saturday Night Dead" stinking up a headline? But even as the spotlight shines on what's to come beginning this[...]