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Category: Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live / TV

SNL hires Nick Rutherford to reunite, write with his Good Neighbor mates

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 9, 2014September 9, 20142

A season after hiring three-fourths of the sketch group Good Neighbor, two as cast members and one as a director of their digital shorts, Saturday …

SNL’s 40th anniversary includes State Farm partnership bringing back Hans & Franz, Richmeister for NFL ads with Aaron Rodgers
Saturday Night Live

SNL’s 40th anniversary includes State Farm partnership bringing back Hans & Franz, Richmeister for NFL ads with Aaron Rodgers

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 22, 2014August 22, 20142

To say this year’s State Farm “Discount Double Check” TV campaign is copying what worked for them last year isn’t saying it all. Say “makin’ …

R.I.P. Don Pardo, 1918-2014
Saturday Night Live

R.I.P. Don Pardo, 1918-2014

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 19, 20141

Don Pardo was such a fixture of Saturday Night Live that it’ll even take creating executive producer Lorne Michaels a few years still to catch …

John Milhiser’s year on SNL: “It was the year I felt the least funny”
Saturday Night Live / Video

John Milhiser’s year on SNL: “It was the year I felt the least funny”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 5, 2014

Just after getting fired from Saturday Night Live, cast member John Milhiser kept his date as a talk-show guest for Running Late with Scott Rogowsky …

Noel Wells, John Milhiser also one-and-done, out of SNL; Nasim Pedrad leaves for “Mulaney” on FOX
Saturday Night Live / TV

Noel Wells, John Milhiser also one-and-done, out of SNL; Nasim Pedrad leaves for “Mulaney” on FOX

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 15, 2014July 15, 20141

We all knew it wouldn’t last. Saturday Night Live enjoyed its largest cast in more than two decades for season 39, but with the coming …

Brooks Wheelan fired after one season on Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live / TV

Brooks Wheelan fired after one season on Saturday Night Live

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 15, 2014July 15, 20141

Brooks Wheelan was a last-minute addition to the cast of Saturday Night Live, originally hired on last summer as a writer. On Monday, after a …

Ben and Jerry’s announces new Lazy Sunday and Gilly flavors as part of expanded SNL partnership
Saturday Night Live

Ben and Jerry’s announces new Lazy Sunday and Gilly flavors as part of expanded SNL partnership

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 19, 2014June 19, 20141

Live from New York and a Ben & Jerry‘s scoop shop near you, it’s new Saturday Night Live flavors! Lazy Sunday: Vanilla cake batter ice …

SNL #39.21 RECAP: Season finale with host Andy Samberg, musical guest St. Vincent, and Maya Rudolph, Seth Meyers, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Fred Armisen and Paul Rudd
Saturday Night Live / TV

SNL #39.21 RECAP: Season finale with host Andy Samberg, musical guest St. Vincent, and Maya Rudolph, Seth Meyers, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Fred Armisen and Paul Rudd

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 18, 2014May 19, 2014

Season finales of Saturday Night Live are more often than not equal parts graduation and reunion for each year’s class of cast members. Even more …

AT&T SNL TBT: Milana Vayntrub interviewed Beck Bennett and Good Neighbor for “Live Prude Girls”
Saturday Night Live / Web series

AT&T SNL TBT: Milana Vayntrub interviewed Beck Bennett and Good Neighbor for “Live Prude Girls”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 15, 2014May 15, 20141

For the first episode of their webseries chat show, “Let’s Talk About Something More Interesting,” Milana Vayntrub and Stevie Nelson sat down with comedy sketch …

Late Night with Seth Meyers presents (SNL) Second Chance Theatre: “Jennjamin Franklin”
Saturday Night Live / TV

Late Night with Seth Meyers presents (SNL) Second Chance Theatre: “Jennjamin Franklin”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 14, 2014May 14, 2014

If at first your Saturday Night Live sketch does not succeed in making the cut for broadcast on NBC, try, try again. Or wait until …

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