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SNL cast members start the show with their mothers for Mother’s Day 2018

by Sean L. McCarthyMay 13, 20180

By now, you’re well past used to seeing Saturday Night Live open cold at 11:30 p.m. Eastern with a political sketch lampooning Trump. Not this …

Colin Jost and Michael Che will host the 2018 Emmy Awards

by Sean L. McCarthyApril 26, 20180

Normally the rotating networks who host the Emmy Awards each fall use it as an opportunity to showcase their star late-night talk-show host. NBC has …

Saturday Night Live reinstates Colin Jost as a co-head writer, promotes Michael Che as well

by Sean L. McCarthyDecember 13, 20170

In other Saturday Night Live news heading into its Christmas episode before winter break, Lorne Michaels announced that Michael Che and Colin Jost have been …

Here is the full writing staff for Season 43 of Saturday Night Live

by Sean L. McCarthyOctober 2, 20170

Saturday Night Live announced new staff writer hires last week in advance of its 43rd season premiere. But SNL usually doesn’t put out press releases …

Summer SNL Weekend Update writing staff includes once-suspended Katie Rich

by Sean L. McCarthyAugust 11, 20170

Saturday Night Live brought back a limited-edition primetime half-hour version of Weekend Update last night. It’s not exactly the same as when they first tried …

SNL’s Weekend Update gets primetime summer run for August 2017 on NBC

by Sean L. McCarthyMarch 14, 20170

After sending Colin Jost and Michael Che last summer to the 2016 Republican and Democratic conventions for special live editions of Weekend Update on MSNBC, …

Dave Chappelle and Saturday Night Live hit the right notes, and the most inside notes, after Election 2016

by Sean L. McCarthyNovember 13, 20160

Timing really is everything. After a tumultuous week with a divided nation turning out for the 2016 presidential elections, what better time for us to …