Donald Glover is not impressed by dominoes on these “Saturday Night Live” promos

This weekend Donald Glover is pulling double duty on Saturday Night Live, both hosting the show and performing Childish Gambino… MORE

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This week on TV: Donald Glover pulls double duty on a Saturday night

This week Lando Calrissian himself will pull double duty on late night television. That’s live, late night TV because Donald… MORE

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Colin Jost and Michael Che will host the 2018 Emmy Awards

Normally the rotating networks who host the Emmy Awards each fall use it as an opportunity to showcase their star late-night talk-show host. NBC has done that before for both Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers. For 2018, though, they’re going with Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update duo of Colin Jost and Michael Che, who’ll co-host […]

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Peabody Awards honor Hasan Minhaj, Issa Rae, John Oliver, SNL, Mrs. Maisel

Congrats to Hasan Minhaj, Issa Rae, John Oliver, and the staffs at SNL and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, for you’re all now Peabody Award winners! Five of this year’s nine recipients came from the comedy world (six if you count Bob Odenkirk’s Better Call Saul!) The Peabody Awards will celebrate the winners May 19, 2018, […]

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Leslie Jones to Star in ‘Baby Nurse,’ Lorne Michaels’ First Film at Universal

After 26 years of releasing his movies at Paramount Pictures, Lorne Michaels and Universal have announced a first-look production deal for their new comedy Baby Nurse starring Leslie Jones and Colin Jost. The film stars Jones as “a special agent assigned to the most humbling undercover role in the history of the FBI.” In addition to […]

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Amy Schumer, Tina Fey Set to Host Final Two Episodes of ‘SNL’ This Season

Days after announcing that Donald Glover would be hosting Saturday Night Live on May 5, the show announced that the two episodes after that — the final two of the 43rd season — will be hosted by Amy Schumer and Tina Fey, respectively. Schumer first hosted SNL in 2015 to positive reviews. Fey began working at […]

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‘SNL’ Is Always Better When John Mulaney Writes It

Photo: Will Heath/NBC John Mulaney has been putting up #tbt pics of his SNL years all week, and he has barely aged. And although his face has remained that of an ageless lifesize doll, Mulaney has grown a lot as a performer. When he did “I Love It” on Update back in his writer days, […]

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John Mulaney wrote two sketches from this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” almost 10 years ago

It’s no secret that sometimes sketches don’t make it to air when Saturday Night Live kicks off at 11:30pm. Thousands… MORE

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Watch John Mulaney’s monologue from this weekend’s episode of “Saturday Night Live”

John Mulaney hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time this weekend. Some might not know this, but the comedian… MORE

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Donald Glover to Host, Perform as Musical Guest on ‘SNL’ Next Month

Donald Glover will host Saturday Night Live on May 5, the show announced on Saturday. Glover will also be the musical guest, under his alias Childish Gambino, making him the 12th person to perform double-duty on SNL, joining Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Drake, Blake […]

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