Sam Rockwell makes his Saturday Night Live hosting debut tomorrow night in the first new episode of 2018, and the show released a round of promos this week to get you excited. In the above clip, Rockwell is joined by cast member Cecily Strong and musical guest Halsey, and in the below clip, Rockwell shows […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live just revealed the rest of its January hosts. On Twitter, the show announced that Jessica Chastain will host on January 20th with musical guest Troye Sivan, while Will Ferrell is set to host on January 27th with musical guest Chris Stapleton: Kicking off 2018 with three straight shows, starting this weekend with […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live entered 2017 with good ratings, millions of viral shares, and more momentum than it has had in years. Much of this upshot was due to the political climate–and the country’s need for the humorous angle of what often seems like dark times. SNL did an admirable job in 2016 of getting political […]
Continue ReadingAnother week, another Beck Bennett/Kyle Mooney sketch that Saturday Night Live sadly cut for time despite being weird and wonderful. This time around it’s a New Year’s Eve-themed sketch called “New Year’s Kiss” that serves as the perfect inspiration to avoid the crowds, skip all the parties, and stay home on December 31st this year […]
Continue ReadingThis episode of SNL was a disappointment to me because I didn’t get to see the one thing I wanted more than anything: Pete Davidson’s new Hillary Clinton tattoo. Instead we got cameos ranging from the welcome (Scarlett Johansson), the tired (Alec Baldwin) and the delightful (a llama!). At the center was energetic Kevin Hart, […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live has set its first host for 2018. Over the weekend, the show announced that Sam Rockwell will host the next new episode on January 13th with musical guest Halsey: Excited to announce our first show of 2018! #SNL pic.twitter.com/GbUPXqyzXb — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) December 17, 2017 It will make […]
Continue ReadingKevin Hart returned to host Saturday Night Live for the variety show’s annual Christmas holiday edition, and if you were expecting Hart to address his recent infidelity or the #MeToo movement, well, then, surprise. Instead, Hart joked about being a father for the third time and how he wasn’t excited about it, then joked about […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live wraps up 2017 with its final episode of the year tomorrow, and NBC released a round of promos this week to get you excited. In the above clip, returning host Kevin Hart is joined by Leslie Jones and musical guest Foo Fighters to get in the Christmas spirit on the SNL stage, and […]
Continue ReadingIn other Saturday Night Live news heading into its Christmas episode before winter break, Lorne Michaels announced that Michael Che and Colin Jost have been named additional co-head writers of SNL, joining Kent Sublette and Bryan Tucker. Jost previously had served as a head writer for the long-running Emmy-winning variety show, before Michaels put him […]
Continue ReadingAlec Baldwin, who won an Emmy for impersonating President Donald J. Trump on Saturday Night Live for the past year, wants to bring the parody to Broadway. “We may take the book and make it into a one-man show on Broadway,” Baldwin told Howard Stern this week. “Like Will Ferrell did the Bush thing.” If […]
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