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It's hard to imagine Saturday Night Live's arguably most popular segment, "Weekend Update," without anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost, both of whom have been SNL cast members for 10 seasons Che is approaching his 10th anniversary when he joined Jost as the co-anchor chair with his debut on September 27th, 2014[...]

As SNL nears the start of Season 50, this weekend's SNL Second-Guessing looks at our personal favorite host and musical guest Just to be clear? This isn't any kind of slam against anyone – and this was not an easy thing to consider (thanks to SNL for its YouTube playlists sectioned by each show, making[...]

"Unfortunately I was not asked back to 'SNL' this season I wish I was going back to be with all the amazing friends I made there; it truly felt like home But it wasn't in the cards," wrote Troast in an Instagram Stories post "I wanna thank everyone who supported me Especially everyone who came[...]

In addition, this morning brought a new official trailer that builds on the previous one when it comes to giving us a sense of just how explosively manic those final 90 minutes were before the landscape of television would be changed forever. Image: Sony Screencap Based on Reitman and Kenan's interviews with the living cast, writers, and[...]

In our original review, we touched upon how Stone no longer just gives herself over to SNL's writers and cast – she vibes as if she's been a member of the cast for years With Jason Reitman's Saturday Night set to start hitting screens later this month (and going wide on October 11th), this week's[...]

Earlier today, a mini-teaser was released that does an excellent job of breaking down who's who in the massive ensemble cast – for example, Emily Fairn portrays original SNL cast member Laraine Newman Why did we mention Fairn? Because the actor – and the film – received high praise from none other than Newman[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 49 headed into the new year on a strong note, with SNL alum, actor & comedian Kate McKinnon and musical guest Billie Eilish helping the show's cast and writers offer a warm, fuzzy, funny, and slightly weird-in-all-the-right-ways stocking filled with sketches representing some of the best work of the season so[...]

Looking ahead to February 2025, SNL fans can look forward to a weekend-long tribute culminating in a live prime-time event on Sunday night But four months before all of that goes down, director/writer Jason Reitman and writer Gil Kenan are taking us back nearly 50 years to the last moments when NBC's long-running late-night sketch comedy/music[...]

Checking with SNL alum Dana Carvey and David Spade on the duo's Fly on the Wall podcast, Johnson offered some insights into why now was the right time to leave and what led to that decision – including how she considered leaving SNL heading into this past season. Image: SNL Screencap "I talked to my team[...]

For last weekend's edition, we examined how host/stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze, musical guest Foo Fighters, and the cast and writers helped set the tone for what worked best during this past season with the third episode.  So it seems only fitting (especially with NBC repeating the episode of Saturday Night Live tonight) that this weekend's[...]

pic.twitter.com/gexHWjPMYh — Foo Fighters (@foofighters) August 24, 2024 Foo Fighters: Jagger, "Rope," Mirren & More (SNL 2010/2020 Rewind) As a lead-up to the band joining first-time host/stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze for the last show of October 2023, we took a look back at the Foo Fighters' SNL timeline to highlight how it impacted the long-running sketch comedy/music series[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 49 had a decently solid opening back in October 2023, with SNL alum Pete Davidson and musical guest Ice Spice kicking things off After that, it was host/musical guest Bad Bunny – and things were starting to get a wee bit concerning Having taken the past two weeks off while[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, FOX's The Simpsons, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Jimmy Fallon & "Raygun," Prime Video's Ballard, Apple TV+'s Slow Horses, USA Network's WWE Raw, Paramount Television Studios, AMC's Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, FX's Grotesquerie, Hulu's Only Murders in the Building, Netflix's Something Is Killing[...]

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[...]