Kenan Thompson may be SNL’s MVP: “What Up With That?”
by If Kenan Thompson comes back to Saturday Night Live — whether in May or this fall (depending upon a potential WGA strike) — he’d be …
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“Why did the chicken cross the road?” Louis CK’s 2017 SNL monologue
This is the look on Louis CK’s face right after he told a live television audience that he’d like to buy a goat so he …
Episode #132: Colin Quinn
Colin Quinn is the godfather of contemporary New York city comedy in more ways than one. After his first TV break as the sidekick on …
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 Chris Redd, your new Saturday Night Live star in the making?
Chris Redd would have and could still be the breakout star of Popstar, if you’d only see the movie. You probably will be much more …
Mikey Day promoted to Saturday Night Live cast for Season 42
Mikey Day passed his summer audition, receiving a promotion from writing staff to cast member for the upcoming 42nd season of Saturday Night Live after …
Saturday Night Live cuts Taran Killam, Jay Pharoah and Jon Rudnitsky in transition to Season 42
Lorne Michaels has orchestrated Saturday Night Live‘s first major purge of veteran cast members in a decade, letting loose repertory players Taran Killam and Jay …
Remembering Matt Villines, half of comedy directing duo Matt & Oz
Matt Villines died in July after a two-year battle with kidney cancer. Villines was only 39, still approaching the heights of his career as a …
Jimmy Fallon owed money to The Groundlings when he got hired on Saturday Night Live
Mike Birbiglia says that his new movie about an improv group, Don’t Think Twice, uses plenty of real-life influences and anecdotes. Jimmy Fallon’s life isn’t …