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If you didn't get a chance to check out NBC's Saturday Night Live this weekend with host Jenna Ortega (Wednesday, Scream VI) and musical guest The 1975, then you missed out on SNL's take on Marvel's main mutants, The X-Men. In the sketch "School vs School," School vs School host Jay McCormick (Kenan Thompson) welcomes teacher[...]

So how did they do? Pretty damn fine, actually. SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE — "Jenna Ortega, The 1975" Episode 1841 — Pictured: Jenna Ortega during the Monologue on Saturday, March 11, 2023 — (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC) While it might not take the belt for being the best show this season, Ortega & the SNL team has me[...]

Was it the best episode of the season? No, but there was a whole lot to like and not much to take issue with, so this was definitely a mark in SNL's Season 48 win column And one of the things to like was a sketch that found Ortega channeling her inner "X-Man" in a[...]

Part of the reason [for hosting] was to face my biggest fear – happy, extroverted people who are always trying to perform." Image: NBC Screencap And that's when Ortega pointed out that SNL alum & Ortega's Wednesday co-star, Fred Armisen (Uncle Fester), was in the audience With Armisen joining her onstage, Ortega shares how much "The Californians"[...]

After this weekend, SNL is taking two weeks off but will be back on April 1st with host Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) and musical guest Lil Yachty Of course, the kind of show that ends up hitting our screens (if we do get a show) will depend greatly on whether or not SNL's post-production team[...]

This time around, Ortega checked in with Jimmy Fallon on NBC's The Tonight Show, and to no one surprise? Yup, the conversation included some interesting behind-the-scenes looks at the SNL process, with Fallon offering the perspective of being an alum of the long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series And while they didn't touch on the "The[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes Misha Collins sharing that Jensen Ackles was nearly Batman for Gotham Knights, Jenna Ortega trying to go upbeat for NBC's Saturday Night Live (we're not sure it worked), Batman: Caped Crusader finding a two-season home at Amazon, us wondering if Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle/The Punisher will sport the skull[...]

With host Jenna Ortega (Wednesday, Scream VI) and musical guest The 1975 taking the stages of NBC's Saturday Night Live Studio 8H this weekend, we've reached our favorite part of SNL's publicity – Thursday's on-stage promo And for this go-around, our host & musical guests are joined by SNL cast member Bowen Yang And we're[...]

First up, we have a look at Ortega and the SNL team during the read-thru for this weekend's show The looks at the SNL team dropped on Wednesday night, while the look at Ortega dropped a little later than usual (a few minutes before this went live). Image: SNL Instagram Stories Screencap Image: SNL Instagram Stories Screencap Image:[...]

If that happens, then that will be the first time that SNL was hit with a show-specific strike Toward the end of January, the union representing post-production workers (approximately 20 part-time film editors, editors, assistant editors & media managers responsible for pre-taped segments) authorized a strike with the hope of accelerating contract negotiations with NBCUniversal's[...]

In the following clip, Ortega appreciates what Please Don't Destroy (Ben Marshall, Martin Herlihy & John Higgins) came up with as an SNL promo idea, but she's not looking to go the "'Wednesday' dance" route again Except… well… let's just say that the trio was really hoping that Ortega would say yes… Image: SNL Screencap Here's a[...]

And to kick off the week the right way, SNL is rolling out the video red carpet for them. Image: NBC Screencap Here's a look at SNL's welcome/intro video for Ortega and The 1975 from earlier today: NBC's SNL Season 48 includes Michael Che, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Marcello Hernandez, James Austin Johnson, Punkie[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes The Flash star John Wesley Shipp & Arrow star Stephen Amell sharing heartfelt posts honoring the Arrowverse series' filming wrap, Donald Glover dropping an interesting joke involving his ex-Community co-star Chevy Chase & the N-word at the WGA Awards, NBC's Saturday Night Live, host Travis Kelce & musical guest[...]

In case you missed our review that went live earlier today, this weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live, you should know that host Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, musical guest Kelsea Ballerini & the SNL team may have pulled off the best show of the season (with Jenna Ortega this week, we're[...]

Yes, the actor, comedian & SNL alum, who was the focus of Netflix's first-ever livestream event – and who brought a year's worth of Will Smith/Jada Pinkett Smith venom with him to the stage When you combine those two, what you have are some seriously high comedic expectations And by the time Kelce, Ballerini &[...]

Joining them for this go-around is SNL cast member Heidi Gardner (who made her love of the Chiefs known at the end of last Saturday's Woody Harrelson-"hosted" edition by sporting a jersey) In the first promo, a little "name game" leads to a confession on Kelce's part Following that, Kelce sees a lot of similarities[...]

Checking in with Hot Ones, Wednesday star Jenna Ortega discussed the "The Addams Family" spinoff while showing the "wings of death" no mercy.

And that means it's Wednesday, which means it's also time to check in on how things are going with this weekend's Saturday Night Live host, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (who's joined by musical guest Kelsea Ballerini), and the SNL team during read-thru Here's a look at what SNL had to share over[...]

Later today, we're expecting to get a look at Kelce and the SNL team during the read-thru But before that, we have a new "tradition" that's been rolling regularly this season – the midweek sketch And we've got to give Kelce a ton of credit for what you're about to see because winning the Super[...]

So with that in mind, let's take a look at the SNL welcome/intro video released earlier today to wash away the stink from the weekend and start this fresh & new. Image: NBC Screencap And don't forget that on March 11th, we have Wednesday star Jenna Ortega taking the stage as host, with The 1975 along to[...]

Why should they? Why should they have to be vaccinated? How's that not up to the individual? I shouldn't be talking about this [potty mouth moment]," Harrelson added. Image: SNL Screencap But don't think for a second that the self-proclaimed "anarchist" (which you can tell he is because he calls himself that twice, even though technically it's[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes Jack Black taking a call from DC Studios' James Gunn to be the next Superman, Woody Harrelson stinking up NBC's Saturday Night Live over the weekend, and us looking at the possibility of Rick and Morty big bad Evil Morty asactually be Rick AND Morty. Image: Instagram Screencap, Adult Swim[...]

As for what didn't work? Well… SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (Image: SNL Screencap) To go sketch-by-sketch would be the written personification of beating a dead horse, so I won't But I referenced the Pascal-hosted episode earlier because I'm still finding it hard to believe that the same cast, writers & production team were behind both shows[...]

Clocking in at a little more that 6-1/2 minutes, the rambling mess included Harreslon looking for someone to give him "SNL 5-Time Host" jacket, a rundown of colors that he likes to show how he's open to all people, a lot of moments when Harrelson kinda felt the need to defend his weed use, some[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes the Batwoman Writers Room offering The CW's The Flash some love over Javicia Leslie's debut as Red Death, Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa showing three cosplayers honoring his look some love, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Picard dropping tense preview for next week, HBO's The Last of Us having its own[...]

Though our focus this week has been on this weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live and its host, Woody Harrelson, and musical guest, Jack White, we're actually grabbing some post-promo time to take a look back at one of the highlights from the last live SNL episode. Heading into his show earlier this month, we[...]

east coast, which means it's time for Harrelson and White to be joined by SNL cast member Chloe Fineman for their main stage promos. Image: NBC Screencap In the first promo, Fineman's thriller to be working with Harrelson again… well, it would be "again" if he had listened to some of the pitches she had for them[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes South Park creators Trey Parker & Matt Stone sharing about the time Comedy Central wasn't thrilled with them killing Kenny every week, Disney+'s X-Men '97 possibly dropping some big updates on March 16th, Woody Harrelson's trip down Saturday Night Live memory lane takes an awkward turn, HBO's Succession stars[...]

Yup, it's time to check in with Harreslon & the SNL cast during read-thru – take a look: Image: SNL Instagram Stories Screencap Image: SNL Instagram Stories Screencap Image: SNL Instagram Stories Screencap Image: SNL Instagram Stories Screencap   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) During the midweek sketch from earlieron Wednesday, the soon-to-be newest "Five[...]

With NBC's Saturday Night Live returning this weekend with host Woody Harrelson (HBO's White House Plumbers) and musical guest Jack White, we've reached that point in the promotional week cycle where we get a midweek sketch (with a look at Harrelson during SNL read-thru most likely hitting later) And for this go-around, the soon-to-be newest[...]