What a night for Melissa Villaseñor! After a season and a half of 1-2 lines every episode, she was featured in five sketches this weekend and closed out the show with a banger Nickelback rendition. I think the episode needed her more reserved stage presence to counterbalance Sterling K. (Kathleen) Brown’s theatricality. Brown brought a […]
Continue ReadingSterling K. Brown makes his Saturday Night Live hosting debut this weekend with musical guest James Bay, and the show got extra creative today with the promo, which reimagines the SNL cast and opening credits as a tiny world of toys. Bonus points for Aidy Bryant as a Care Bear, cardboard versions of Grand Central […]
Continue ReadingHey, we’re adults. We can talk about big issues directly and frankly. I need to know why Charles Barkley hosted SNL this week. He was promoting nothing, he didn’t have a hit indie movie last summer. What gives? Was it because all the movie actors are in Hollywood for the Oscars? Does Charles Barkley live […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live returns from hiatus tomorrow night with a new episode featuring four-timer host Charles Barkley, and NBC released a round of promos this week to get you excited. Check out a promo featuring Barkley, Kate McKinnon, and musical guest Migos above, then watch another promo below, where Barkley begins his very intense SNL training […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live just revealed two more hosts for this season. First up is Sterling K. Brown, who will make his hosting debut on March 10th with musical guest James Bay. Then, on St. Patrick’s Day, SNL alum Bill Hader will host with musical guest Arcade Fire. Hader last hosted the show back in 2014. […]
Continue ReadingA new documentary about Gilda Radner is on the way. According to Variety, the Tribeca Film Festival will open on April 18th with the premiere of a documentary about the original Saturday Night Live cast member called Love, Gilda. Here’s more info on the documentary, which has the backing of the Gilda Radner estate: The […]
Continue ReadingNatalie Portman mentioned in her monologue that she hasn’t hosted since 2006, and the entire cast from that season came by to honor the occasion. Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Andy Samberg, and the Brain that Wouldn’t Die—Alec Baldwin. Perhaps it was a big deal because this was apparently the only SNL episode of February. Seriously, […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live’s next season 43 host has been announced. Over the weekend, NBC revealed that Charles Barkley will host the next new episode on March 3rd with musical guest Migos: Mark your calendar! #SNL pic.twitter.com/aQj1VzLOtO — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) February 4, 2018 It will make Barkley’s fourth SNL hosting stint; he […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live is having lots of fun with interactive 360° promos this year. Last week’s promo followed Will Ferrell as he gave an informative tour of Studio 8H, and this time around, returning host Natalie Portman gives a much more hands-off tour of one of the hallways backstage. Watch another promo featuring Pete Davidson […]
Continue ReadingDuring the 2016 Summer Olympics, Saturday Night Live‘s Leslie Jones live-tweeted the action with such patriotic fervor that NBC realized they needed to bring Jones to Rio to enhance the network’s coverage. This February, NBC isn’t going to wait so long. Jones is heading to Korea. NBC’s live coverage of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games begins […]
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