Most SNL fans weren’t very happy that the show decided to let then-presidential candidate Donald Trump host the show back in 2015, and according Alec Baldwin, if the show had its way we would’ve had to go through at least one more Trump appearance this year. Speaking with Ellen DeGeneres, Baldwin revealed that the show […]
Continue ReadingIf Kenan Thompson comes back to Saturday Night Live — whether in May or this fall (depending upon a potential WGA strike) — he’d be due to start his record-setting 15th season as a cast member on the venerable network TV sketch comedy program. No one would fault Thompson for leaving. But SNL creator Lorne […]
Continue ReadingFor comedy professionals in particular, Aaron Sorkin’s hilariously self-righteous camp classic Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip has to be one of the most hate-watched and lovingly maligned pop culture misfires of all time. The show furiously insisted that an alternately mediocre and bewilderingly pretentious sketch comedy show modeled on Saturday Night Live was so […]
Continue ReadingDespite my previous predictions about the likelihood that this week’s host, former Saturday Night Live cast member Jimmy Fallon, would be breaking all over the place, he actually held it together quite nicely, giggling mostly when appropriate and otherwise leading a perfectly solid, back-third-of-the-season episode. Donald Trump Cold Open Whether SNL’s shots are working or his lack […]
Continue ReadingThis past Saturday, former cast member (and current Tonight Show host) Jimmy Fallon returned to SNL, for a fun evening… MORE
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Jimmy Fallon is returning to Saturday Night Live this weekend, and judging by the show’s promo, there’ll be a lot of grinning —… MORE
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Saturday Night Live alum Jay Pharoah stopped by New York radio station HOT 97 for an interview yesterday, and in addition to talking about his upcoming Showtime comedy White Famous — which Pharoah said will film this summer and hopefully debut in the late fall or early winter — he also opened up about getting […]
Continue ReadingFormer Saturday Night Live star Jay Pharoah guested on HOT 97’s morning show, and he had a lot to say about his… MORE
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Saturday Night Live has come under fire this week for allegedly ripping off a short film by Tig Notaro. The sketch in question, titled “Birthday Clown,” was a pre-taped short that aired during Louis C.K.’s episode over the weekend, and since then, many Tig Notaro fans have pointed out a striking similarity between the sketch and Notaro’s […]
Continue ReadingTo celebrate the premiere of 2017, his new Netflix special, Louis C.K. returned to Saturday Night Live for his fourth hosting gig – and he’s such a natural on the SNL stage, it’s crazy to think it’s been under five years since his very first visit. As expected, the standup delivered an extended monologue full […]
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