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With only hours to go until host John Mulaney and musical guest Chappell Roan take to the stages of NBC's Saturday Night Live, we're back with another edition of SNL 50 Pregame To help set the mood before what we're assuming will be an election-themed Cold Open, we're taking a look back at February 26,[...]

After taking a one-week break after four new shows in a row, NBC's Saturday Night Live is returning tonight with the last SNL before U.S voters choose between Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov Tim Walz and ex-reality show host, multi-impeached ex-POTUS, and convicted felon Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance[...]

Of course, we're talking about Maya Rudolph, Jim Gaffigan, Andy Samberg, and Dana Carvey – joining James Austin Johnson and Bowen Yang for what will most likely be SNL's "closing message" about the election But with only hours to go until host John Mulaney and musical guest Chappell Roan take the stages of SNL, leave it to[...]

Earlier today, SNL star Ego Nwodim joined the duo for two promos – but apparently, Mulaney and Roan had one more in them In the promo below, Roan suggests that they do a Twitter poll to see whose outfit is better – a suggestion that turns into a nice knife twist on how social media[...]

Joining host John Mulaney and musical guest Chappell Roan for this week's two on-stage promos was SNL star Ego Nwodim – with the trio keeping a secret in the first, and Roan and Nwodim realizing that maybe Mulaney doesn't get it when it comes to "HOT TO GO!" Image: SNL Screencap New Chappell Roan Music This Weekend? Roan[...]

After this weekend, SNL has Bill Burr set to host on November 9th – with musical guest Mk.gee On November 16th, Charli XCX will be taking to the stages of Studio 8H as both host and musical guest. Images: NBCUniversal New Chappell Roan Music This Weekend? Roan has a lot of folks wondering what could be going down[...]

That means that it's time to check in with Mulaney and the SNL writers, cast members, and featured players during tonight's read-thru – here's a look: Image: Instagram Stories Screencaps   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) New Chappell Roan Music This Weekend? Roan has a lot of folks wondering what could be going[...]

With host John Mulaney and musical guest Chappell Roan already unofficially kicking off their SNL week, we have high hopes going into this weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live With it being Wednesday, it's time to turn the heat on our coverage with a look at the midweek sketch Though it starts off looking like[...]

And then, just before we crashed, we saw that Mulaney had checked in on social media to let folks know that his SNL week was officially underway Check it out… Images: Instagram Stories Screencap SNL 50: New Chappell Roan Music This Weekend? Roan has a lot of folks wondering what could be going down this week – and[...]

But Roan already has folks wondering what could be going down this week – and it may or may not have to do with SNL In an Instagram post from a few days ago, Roan posted images of five Polaroids with one word on each image – reading "She Gets The Job Done." Before noting[...]

Thanks to the first cold open of NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 50 – hosted by Jean Smart (Hacks, Watchmen) and with musical guest Jelly Roll – viewers didn't have to wait long to learn who SNL's political ensemble was going to be between now and November 5th.  Andrew Dismukes portrayed ABC News' David Muir,[...]

While every SNL is a big deal, next Saturday has that extra vibe with it going down only three days for the U.S POTUS election That's when the American people get to choose between freedom and democracy (VP Kamala Harris) and brutal fascism (ex-reality show host, multi-impeached ex-POTUS, and convicted felon Donald Trump), which means[...]

Magazine Innovators Issue comedy cover star, NBC's Saturday Night Live EP is finally pointing fingers at who was responsible for actor/comedian Shane Gillis being fired from SNL – and they weren't pointed at Michaels. To understand the controversy surrounding Gillis, you need to go back to 2019 That's when Gillis was officially announced as joining the SNL cast[...]

John Janick, Steve Berman, and Sam Wrench executive-produce – alongside producers Aleen Keshishian, Michelle An, Tom Colbourne, Zack Morgenroth, and Merryman. Image: Netflix SNL: Adam Driver Inspires Olivia Rodrigo, Teen Heartthrobs & More It was back in December 2023 when host Adam Driver (Ferrari) & musical guest Olivia Rodrigo took to the stages of NBC's Saturday Night Live for the[...]

But before we close the book on this weekend's show, we have a Cut For Time sketch to pass along – this one from "Weekend Update." In the sketch above, Colin Jost interviews Two Guys Dressed as Doctors (Marcello Hernández and Michael Longfellow), who have some words of caution about how certain costumes have different[...]

Thankfully, host Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice), musical guest Billie Eilish, and the SNL cast and writers put those concerns to rest by playing up the fun and the goofiness while still finding the time to get some knife-twisters in there along the way. Between the flow of their performances and their past track record with sketches,[...]

Tonight, host Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and musical guest Billie Eilish are taking to the stages of NBC's Saturday Night Live for the fourth episode of the late-night sketch comedy and music series' milestone 50th season, and things kicked off with a cold open twisting the knife on FOX "News" host Bret Baier (portrayed by[...]

With only hours to go until host Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and musical guest Billie Eilish take to the stages of NBC's Saturday Night Live for the fourth episode of the late-night sketch comedy and music series' milestone 50th season, we're taking a look into both of their SNL's pasts For Keaton, this will be his[...]

SNL has a lot of classic recurring characters from the 1990s that keep coming back for both nostalgia and a bit of punch, and Molly Shannon's Catholic schoolgirl, Mary Katherine Gallagher, is the latest to return, this time at the behest of Democratic POTUS candidate Kamala Harris. Harris didn't bother to attend tonight's Al Smith Dinner[...]

In the clip above, Keaton and Eilish are joined by SNL star Chloe Fineman – with Fineman kicking things off with an impersonation of Winona Ryder falling down a hill (it's really good) Following that, it looks like Fineman is giving off mixed signals when it comes to Halloween scares (and getting a great laugh[...]

With host Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and musical guest Billie Eilish set to take the stages of Studio 8H for this weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live, we were treated to a midweek sketch earlier today that saw Keaton ready to get into the SNL ring – with a sketchy ring intro and Keaton forgetting[...]

With Michael Keaton set to host and Billie Eilish as the musical guest, SNL is kicking off the week with the midweek sketch waiting for you above And it's clear from the start that Keaton's ready to get into the SNL ring – at least he thought he was Also, make sure to pay attention[...]

Well, it looks like one-half of the band has seen the sketch, offering a response that earned a "LEGEND!!!!!!!!" from Sherman. Image: SNL Screencap; MTV Screencap Here's a look at Liam Gallagher's less-than-stellar review of the sketch – followed by Sherman loving the response We think we get it – we would probably want a response like[...]

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[...]