SNL #39.6 RECAP: Host and musical guest Lady Gaga
by The 39th season of Saturday Night Live reminds me a little bit of the New York Jets, which for those of you don’t follow football, …
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How They Did It: Behind the scenes of the making of SNL’s Wes Anderson horror movie parody trailer
For all the wonder and amazement that goes into the fact that much of Saturday Night Live still happens live on TV on Saturday nights, …
SNL #39.5 RECAP: Host Kerry Washington, musical guest Eminem
If you thought the timing of casting Kerry Washington as guest host of Saturday Night Live seemed suspicious when you first heard about it a …
Deleted scene: Taran Killam’s “Don’t Smash My Pumpkin” music video for SNL
Just in time, but also cut for time, here’s a scene that didn’t make it into last weekend’s Saturday Night Live with Edward Norton. It’s …
SNL #39.4 RECAP: Host Edward Norton, musical guest Janelle Monae
Sometimes a show gets defensive before you have a chance to criticize it accurately, and pulls out a series of unnecessary stops to make you …
Nyima Funk is not ready to be on SNL
Talk about your NOT ready for primetime players… Nyima Funk, a Second City alum who has appeared on TV in Whose Line Is It Anyway?, …
More than 1,000 people applied to NBCUniversal’s “Late Night Writers Workshop” to diversify TV writing staffs
You’re not the only person to have noticed over the years that late-night TV comedy/talk shows are predominately written by and starring white men. NBCUniversal …
What’s your favorite SNL character name? Meet Bobby Moynihan’s “Kirby J. Buttercream”
What’s your favorite SNL character? No, I mean, by name. By full name. I don’t know that we ever learned who Stefon really was, nor …
SNL #39.3 RECAP: Host Bruce Willis, musical guest Katy Perry
Last week, NBC carried college football past 11:30 p.m., delaying the live start of Saturday Night Live in the Eastern and Central time zones (you …
SNL behind the scenes: Hair and makeup making Beck Bennett up as Philip Seymour Hoffman
Feel like you’re not seeing enough yet of new Saturday Night Live cast member Beck Bennett? Sure, you could just wait for another commercial break …