SNL’s Weekend Update gets primetime summer run for August 2017 on NBC

After sending Colin Jost and Michael Che last summer to the 2016 Republican and Democratic conventions for special live editions of Weekend Update on MSNBC, the Saturday Night Live duo is getting an upgrade this summer to primetime on NBC. Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update will premiere Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, at 9 p.m. Eastern for a […]

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NBC Orders Four Primetime Half-Hour ‘Weekend Update’ Specials

Last month news was swirling that Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update segment might turn into a weekly series in some form, and today NBC confirmed the news. According to TV Line, the network has ordered four half-hour Weekend Update specials hosted by Colin Jost and Michael Che called Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update, which will […]

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Louis C.K. is hosting “SNL” for the fourth time on April 8

That didn’t take too long: less than two years after hosting the show’s 40th season finale, Louis C.K. is set… MORE

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Scarlett Johansson hosted “Saturday Night Live,” and joined the Five-Timers Club

It’s incredible to think that the first time Scarlett Johansson hosted Saturday Night Live was over 10 years ago (January… MORE

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Scarlett Johansson Returned to ‘SNL’ For the Fifth Time to Host a Solid Episode

Dream girls Scarlett Johansson and Lorde led a pretty solid week for Saturday Night Live, with a handful of fun, thankfully lighter than usual sketches (including, hooray, another creative cold open!) that were, if nothing else, at least a nice distraction from the week’s news. Alien Attack Cold Open Though, of course, the week’s news […]

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Scarlett Johansson Returned to ‘SNL’ For the Fifth Time to Host a Solid Episode

Dream girls Scarlett Johansson and Lorde led a pretty solid week for Saturday Night Live, with a handful of fun, thankfully lighter than usual sketches (including, hooray, another creative cold open!) that were, if nothing else, at least a nice distraction from the week’s news. Alien Attack Cold Open Though, of course, the week’s news […]

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Louis C.K. to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’ Next Month

Louis C.K. is returning to host SNL next month. Over the weekend, the show announced that C.K. will host on April 8th with musical guest The Chainsmokers. It will make C.K.’s fourth SNL hosting stint; he last hosted the season 40 finale back in 2015.

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Pete Davidson Reflects on Being Sober for the First Time in Eight Years

Earlier this week, SNL cast member Pete Davidson revealed on Instagram that he’s been “kinda missing” from the show recently because he quit drugs, and that he’s now “happy and sober for the first time in 8 years.” During his appearance on Opie Radio yesterday, Davidson spoke a little more about his decision to quit […]

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Scarlett Johansson preps mind and body in teasers for this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live”

Scarlett Johansson is hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend. Lorde is also dropping in as the musical guest. In these… MORE

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If Alec Baldwin is about to retire his Trump, maybe it’s time “Saturday Night Live” finally hired Anthony Atamanuik?

Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live’s Trump-in-residence, might be hanging up his wig sometime soon. The actor, who’s hosted the sketch… MORE

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