Saturday Night Live says goodbye to four, fires three and hires four cast members for Season 48
by 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 …
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Netflix Announces Season 3 of The Standups
Netflix is getting back into the business of producing half-hour comedy specials. Today the streaming giant announced the six-pack of stand-up comedians who’ll tape their …
Live Comedy Is Back With A Vengeance In Summer 2021
A year ago, most comedy clubs had shuttered for the pandemic, leaving stand-ups to go to whatever lengths to find live audiences, from parks to …
SNL cast members start the show with their mothers for Mother’s Day 2018
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 …
Notes on the Season 42 premiere of Saturday Night Live
For all of the talk about cast changes, stunt casting and the word that Saturday Night Live would have fewer ad time this year, the …
Alex Moffat and Melissa Villaseñor officially join Saturday Night Live cast
Saturday Night Live has confirmed that it’s adding Melissa Villaseñor and Alex Moffat to the cast as featured players for season 42. I told you over …
Melissa Villaseñor’s impersonations should be seen on TV again
What happens when comedians sit down with Lorne Michaels remains such an enigma shrouded in mystique that Marc Maron has made it a staple of …
Meet the contestants of USA’s “First Impressions” first season with Dana Carvey
The USA network not only announced that Freddie Prinze Jr. will host the upcoming first season of Dana Carvey’s televised comedy showcase showdown, First Impressions, …
The launch of Broadway Video’s Más Mejor comedy channel
Más Mejor, the new comedy channel by and for Latino comedians, has launched today. It comes from Broadway Video and puts two of that company’s …
Melissa Villasenor’s impersonation of Whitney Cummings
Melissa Villasenor, last seen by you on your TVs last summer on NBC’s America’s Got Talent (and last seen by Canadians in Montreal’s Just For …