Saturday Night Live has made some changes to its writing staff. According to Variety, Weekend Update co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che have been named co-head writers at the show, joining Kent Sublette and Bryan Tucker. (Jost previously served as a head writer from seasons 38-40 but stepped down in 2015 presumably to focus on Update.) […]
Continue ReadingSeth Rogen said what we were all thinking: SZA was the thing to get stoked for last week on SNL. “This is my fourth time hosting,” admitted James Franco, “which is the most you can do without it being special.” And this was not a special night of television. It was a very quotidian affair. But […]
Continue ReadingJames Franco returns to Saturday Night Live tomorrow night for his fourth hosting stint, and NBC released a round of promos today to get you excited featuring Franco alongside Kate McKinnon and musical guest SZA. Check out another promo below, and catch the rest when the episode airs on NBC tomorrow night. SNL will close […]
Continue ReadingMuch of the buzz for this week’s SNL surrounds “Welcome to Hell,” a Kyary Pamyu Pamyu-esque pop number about all the men being exposed as predators this year. It was a fun take on an exhausting and triggering news cycle. Yet other sketches in this episode were downright yucky in their sexual politics. Comedy is […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live kicks off its stretch of final shows of 2017 tomorrow night when Saoirse Ronan makes her hosting debut with musical guest U2, and the show released a round of promos this week to get you excited. In the above clip, Ronan and U2 are joined by cast member Kenan Thompson so that […]
Continue ReadingBefore Saturday Night Live, before The Groove Tube even, Ken Shapiro was making funny faces on television with Chevy Chase when nobody knew their faces. Shapiro and Chase performed sketches together on Channel One, then on PBS as the first people seen on-air on The Great American Dream Machine, before making sketch comedy movie The […]
Continue ReadingBefore Saturday Night Live, before The Groove Tube even, Ken Shapiro was making funny faces on television with Chevy Chase when nobody knew their faces. Shapiro and Chase performed sketches together on Channel One, then on PBS as the first people seen on-air on The Great American Dream Machine, before making sketch comedy movie The […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live has revealed the rest of its December host lineup. On Twitter today, the show announced that James Franco will host on December 9th with musical guest SZA, followed by Kevin Hart on the 16th with musical guest Foo Fighters: Happy December! #SNL pic.twitter.com/5tY7Vj2xjm — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) November 27, […]
Continue ReadingChance the Rapper’s SNL episode could never have happened without the show’s recent, much needed diversity push. Chance could have hosted before, but he wouldn’t have starred in four sketches where the majority of players were black. These sketches varied greatly in style and content and wigs: there was a straight sketch, a mockumentary, a […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live has lined up its first host for December, and it will mark yet another hosting debut this year. Over the weekend, the show announced that Saoirse Ronan will host the next new show on December 2nd with musical guest U2: DECEMBER 2! #SNL pic.twitter.com/Q2x6j00zci — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) November […]
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