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Episode #473: Veronica Osorio

by Sean L. McCarthyJune 10, 2025June 10, 2025

Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Veronica Osorio moved to New York City after spending her teen years clowning and acting in South America. Once in America, …

Saturday Night Live says goodbye to four, fires three and hires four cast members for Season 48

by Sean L. McCarthySeptember 19, 2022September 20, 2022

Lots of comings and goings this summer inside 30 Rock’s offices and studios for Saturday Night Live. Long story short: Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete …

Highlights from winners at the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards

by Sean L. McCarthySeptember 20, 2017September 20, 2017

Would you believe Saturday Night Live took home the most Emmy Awards in 2017? Weird, right. But without Game of Thrones, or Mad Men, or …

Watch the red-band trailer for “Rough Night”

by Sean L. McCarthyMarch 8, 2017

Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs have stepped up from Broad City to the big screen. Aniello directs and co-writes Rough Night with Downs, which …

Leslie Jones and Vanessa Bayer as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live

by Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 12, 2017

“It’s about giving America what it wants.” That’s why Leslie Jones says she wants to portray President Donald Trump in a short film that played …

Episode #130: 2016 Comedy MVPs with Jason Zinoman of the New York Times

by Sean L. McCarthyDecember 26, 2016December 26, 2016

Jason Zinoman is the comedy critic for The New York Times, and has written a new book about David Letterman which will come out April …

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

by Sean L. McCarthyNovember 13, 2016

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 …