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If you're new to the twistedly hysterical tradition, the writers and WU co-anchors abuse each other for our enjoyment by making each other read some truly brutal and over-the-top "news stories." And if tradition continues, we should have another round tonight, which means now might be as good a time as any to look back on[...]

With host Scarlett Johansson (Jurassic World Rebirth) and musical guest Bad Bunny set to take to the stages of Studio 8H for NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 50 finale, we're getting a chance to look back at last weekend's show with a newly-released SNL Cut For Time sketch In "Amazing Anna," Walton Goggins, Chloe Fineman, and Bowen[...]

By now, we're all very familiar with Che and co-anchor Colin Jost's "joke swaps" where the writers abuse each other for our enjoyment by making each other read some truly brutal and over-the-top "news stories." With Johansson being married to Jost, she's been a choice target of Che's, including the infamously funny "roast beef" line[...]

Setting that aside, we have host Scarlett Johansson (Jurassic World Rebirth) and musical guest Bad Bunny, joined by SNL great Kenan Thompson In the first promo, Johansson plans on ending the season in a big (and very unrealistic) way Following that, Bad Bunny plans on having an "awesome summer" (whatever that might mean) Finally, Thompson makes[...]

After being saved from a kiss-starved Colin Jost by Sarah Sherman and Michael Che earlier today during NBC's Saturday Night Live's midweek sketch, host Scarlett Johansson (Jurassic World Rebirth) is back with the SNL cast and writers for tonight's read-thru Of course, this one's a bit bittersweet since it's also the final Wednesday read-thru for the[...]

Just to be clear, we're not talking about host Scarlett Johansson (Jurassic World Rebirth), musical guest Bad Bunny, or the SNL team No, we're talking about this weekend being NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 50 finale But for now, we're keeping our focus on the here and now, which means that it's time for the[...]

By now, we all remember the drama that went down between NBC's Saturday Night Live and musical guest Morgan Wallen regarding how he exited the show during the "goodnights." As if exiting via the front of the stage while the show was still on the air wasn't questionable enough, Wallen's subsequent "Get me to God's country" post[...]

We're going to chalk up the penultimate episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 50 as a combination of a bad case of the nerves and the SNL writers taking some big and very random creative swings this week It wasn't that it was a bad show; far from it, in fact (which I'll get[...]

After a news-heavy week in which a new Pope was just one of the big headlines, many folks were wondering what SNL would tackle during tonight's Cold Open. Image: SNL Screencap Well, it was… Mother's Day! Well, it started that way, with Marcello Hernandez, Kenan Thompson, and Bowen Yang with their mothers… before being interrupted by Trump (James[...]

After a winning midweek sketch and on-stage promos with SNL star Ego Nwodim, we've been having good vibes about what tonight could bring (plus, it's been a helluva news week for the cold open) But with only a few hours left, Goggins is checking in to let us know that he's pumped, listening to Al Green,[...]

With NBC's Saturday Night Live back this weekend with the season's penultimate episode, it was time for host Walton Goggins (HBO's The White Lotus, Prime Video's Fallout) and musical guest Arcade Fire to join SNL star Ego Nwodim for Thursday's on-stage promos First up, Goggins realizes that being himself is truly the role of a lifetime (and it's[...]

Who is going to play Pope Leo XIV this weekend on NBC's Saturday Night Live? We've got Walton Goggins and Arcade Fire set for this weekend, and there are only two shows left – there is no way that SNL can avoid it this weekend As much as he didn't see himself as Gov Tim[...]

Now, we're getting a chance to check out how things are going with Goggins and the SNL cast and writers during Wednesday night's read-thru – here's a look: #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Image: SNL Instagram Stories Screencap Image: SNL Instagram[...]

That means that it's time for the SNL midweek sketch (which you can check out above), with Marcello Hernandez catching up with Goggins to see how he's feeling about hosting Maybe its a bit of PTSD from filming The White Lotus, but Goggins seems to have some "theories" on how the season will end Michael[...]

Here's a look at the five sketches that stuck out the most: Image: SNL Screencaps "Will and Todd's Radical Experience": Harriet Tubman (Brunson) and Frederick Douglass (Kenan Thompson) make it clear to a pair of "Bill & Ted" wannabes (Andrew Dismukes, Marcello Hernández) that they're more than fine staying where they are in the present[...]

But with SNL on a break over the past few weeks and a whole lot going on in the news during that time, there were a lot of folks wondering what the focus of the long-running late-night sketch comedy and music series' cold open would be. Image: SNL Screencap After an intro sharing how Trump did all[...]

To help set the mood, we're offering a "pregame" that kicks off by looking back at Brunson's SNL PR week (including an interview with NBC New York waiting for you above) Following that, we look back at some of the highlights from the first time Brunson hosted (with musical guest Lil Yachty on April 1,[...]

With only a few days to go until NBC's Saturday Night Live resumes Season 50, upcoming host Quinta Brunson (ABC's Abbott Elementary) and musical guest Benson Boone were joined by SNL star Sarah Sherman for Thursday's on-stage promos Except that this week's promos were a bit different… think of it more as a three-act tragic play[...]

With NBC's Saturday Night Live resuming Season 50 this weekend with host Quinta Brunson (ABC's Abbott Elementary) and musical guest Benson Boone, we saw Brunson pitching Andrew Dismukes on her idea to use sketches to get around Trump's tariffs during the SNL midweek sketch from earlier today (though we're not sure Heidi Gardner was sold[...]

That brings us to the SNL midweek sketch, with Brunson pitching Andrew Dismukes on her idea to use sketches to get around Trump's tariffs We're just not sure Heidi Gardner is buying into "Toilet Paper Mama"… Image: SNL Screencaps SNL: Saturday Night Live Season 50 Cast NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 50 main cast and featured players include[...]

We're not sure if SNL's writers are influenced by social media in the days leading up to a new show, especially when it comes to political news for the cold open and "Weekend Update." Well, it seems a lot of SNL fans are hoping to see the long-running late-night sketch comedy and music series take[...]

While we still have another weekend to get through before NBC's Saturday Night Live returns on May 3rd with host Quinta Brunston (ABC's Abbott Elementary) and musical guest Benson Boone, SNL isn't waiting to let us know who's on board for the season's final two episodes On May 10th, we have host Walton Goggins and musical[...]

The bad news? We're going to be painfully lacking in our weekend dose of NBC's Saturday Night Live over the next few weeks – with SNL returning on May 3rd with host Quinta Brunson (ABC's Abbott Elementary) and musical guest Benson Boone The good news? With this being SNL's milestone 50th season, there are a[...]

In fact, it's been the opposite – with the SNL team sharpening their satirical knives every week as they tee off on the latest round of Trump's atrocities Between "Weekend Update," the Easter-themed Cold Open, and an epic mashup between the Trump family and administration and HBO's The White Lotus, this weekend's show (with host[...]

In what could've been the best sketch of the night, "The White POTUS" was SNL's mashup of the Trump family and his administration and the hit HBO series The White Lotus In this reality, Johnson's Trump is Timothy Ratliff – with Chloe Fineman's Melania as Victoria Ratliff, Day's Donald Trump Jr as Saxon Ratliff, and the[...]

Between Mikey Madison and Morgan Wallen, and Jack Black and Elton John & Brandi Carlisle, NBC's Saturday Night Live has had two shows in a row that's grabbed headlines for a wide range of reasons – from weird end-of-the-show walk-offs to the amazing "Miss Eggy." With the long-running late-night live sketch comedy and music series[...]

In SNL's Trump/The White Lotus mashup ("The White POTUS: An American Horror Story"), James Austin Johnson's Trump is Timothy Ratliff – with Chloe Fineman's Melania as Victoria Ratliff, Mikey Day's Donald Trump Jr as Saxon Ratliff, and the returning Alex Moffat's Eric Trump as Lochlan Ratliff – with Trump trying to decide whether to kill[...]

Of course, we can't have a show without a cold open – and what did SNL have on tap for us tonight to help set the tone ahead of Hamm's monologue? How about "The Cleansing of the Temple" and the tale of how Jesus (Mikey Day) cleared out the marketplace – only for Donald "Jesus"[...]

But what about the remainder of the milestone 50th season? Heading into tonight, we weren't sure if SNL would be taking the Easter and 4/20 weekend off Well, the word came down that the long-running late-night sketch comedy and music series would be back on May 3rd, with host Quinta Brunson (ABC's Abbott Elementary) and[...]

Maybe it's doubt or wear, but the Wicked star appeared on The Daily Show about what he discussed with SNL creator Lorne Michaels about suggestions on who he feels can replace him in the role. Bowen Yang in Saturday Night Live Image courtesy of NBC SNL: Bowen Yang Wants Lorne Michaels to "Buyback" J.D[...]