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Saturday Night Live recap: SNL avoids politics after historic midterm elections, falls flat (Videos)

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Saturday Night Live this week featured stoic Ukrainian bear Liev Schreiber with musical guest, Young Money Alum, Lil Wayne. When you are thinking of comedy potential, the Ray Donovan star isn’t the first name you think of, but he was funnier than you’d think on the perennial sketch show. The week was ripe with political news: the 2018 midterm elections, Acosta-Gate, wildfires in California, Trump’s trip to France, and the

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This Liev Schreiber SNL promo video will seriously freak you out (Video)

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Liev Schreiber is hosting this week’s Saturday Night Live. SNL dropped a promo for the episode and, man, it is bizarre. The Ray Donovan star will be joined by rapper, Lil Wayne for the fifth episode of the 44th season. This will be the usually-serious actor’s first time hosting the show. The show released two promos. One is the standard set up for the weekly promo. Schreiber, Wayne and SNL star

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Samantha Bee to Donald Trump: We should be ashamed of you! (Video)

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Samantha Bee slammed President Donald Trump for his handling of a question from Jim Acosta on Wednesday night’s Full Frontal. The late night host had a busy show covering the results of the 2018 midterm elections, the gubernatorial race in Georgia, and the loss of Beto O’Rourke in Texas’ tight Senate race. The November 7 show was the 100th episode of the popular TBS comedy series. The former Daily Show

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You’e the Worst final season gets trailer, FXX release date (Video)

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You’re the Worst has dropped a trailer for its fifth and final season. The trailer also comes with the announcement that the show will return on January 9 on FXX. You’re the Worst follows a couple, Gretchen and Jimmy, as they struggle with the pitfalls of modern love. The show has always been a critical darling but has faced challenges. After the first season, the show moved from FX to

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Saturday Night Live recap: Jonah Hill is our fave 6-year-old (Videos)

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Saturday Night Live is back this week after a Halloween break and, with any episode, there were some hits and misses. Jonah Hill came back for his fifth time hosting. He was joined by musical guest Maggie Rogers who had a bit of a rough time, but we promise that is the last we will say about the musical guest. Each week, Laughspin will break down what worked and what

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Saturday Night Live recap: Jonah Hill is our fave 6-year-old (Videos)

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Saturday Night Live is back this week after a Halloween break and, with any episode, there were some hits and misses. Jonah Hill came back for his fifth time hosting. He was joined by musical guest Maggie Rogers who had a bit of a rough time, but we promise that is the last we will say about the musical guest. Each week, Laughspin will break down what worked and what

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Bill Burr presents Paul Virzi tonight on Comedy Central as part of All Things Comedy production pact (Video)

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Bill Burr gets to launch a career tonight when Paul Virzi’s one-hour Comedy Central special debuts at 12:30 a.m. ET/PT. Bill Burr Presents Paul Virzi: I’ll Say This is the first of three stand-up specials in the network’s deal with All Things Comedy, the production banner co-founded by Burr and Daily Show alum Al Madrigal. “Paul’s growth as a comedian over the last five years has been amazing to watch,”

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Comedy Central PSA asks #ShouldWeVote (Video)

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There are no celebrities in the new Comedy Central #ShouldWeVote public service announcement. That’s right. No Academy Award-winning actor or Disney pop star is in this video to tell you to vote—no Emma Stone, no Barbra Streisand, no Bruno Mars. The absence of famous people telling you what to do leaves the everyday American lost and confused asking themselves, “Should I vote?” Comedy Central’s contribution to the Rock The Vote

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Bill Burr nearly got into a fight at World Series (Video)

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To say it’s expected for comedians to be funny during their late-night show appearances would be a practice in undeniable logic. And yes, although the general veneer of your favorite nighttime television indulgence is, indeed, comedy— as opposed to, say, action or suspense, you’d have to admit there are levels of funny based on who sits in that guest chair and, to some extent, who’s hosting. We’ve all seen the

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Tyler Perry is done with Madea after 2019

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Tyler Perry presents a Madea Retirement! Perry announced Monday during a SiriusXM interview that he will retire the gender-bending character in 2019’s A Madea Family Funeral. The loud and brass Madea character debuted nearly 20 years ago in the stage play I Can Do Bad All By Myself, which was adapted into a feature film of the same name in 2009. “We gonna say goodbye in ’19,” said Perry during

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