NBC bails out SNL bailout sketch
by MSNBC explains why its sister network NBC briefly took down one of last weekend’s SNL sketches parodying the government bailout. Here is the revised sketch. …
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Want tickets for Weekend Update Thursdays? A how-to tip!
So you know that Saturday Night Live is going live in primetime for the next few Thursdays (Oct. 9, Oct. 16, Oct. 23) before Election …
The history of politics on SNL
Saturday Night Live creator/executive producer/guru Lorne Michaels and a panel including longtime politically-minded SNL writer James Downey, current head writer Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler …
SNL #34.4 with Anne Hathaway, The Killers
With four consecutive live shows to begin the fall season in 2008, you might have expected this week’s Saturday Night Live to slip a little …
SNL #34.3 with Anna Faris, Duffy
I wonder if the new m.o. at Saturday Night Live is reaching out to any and all past cast members whenever they fit the roles …
SNL #34.2, with James Franco, Kings of Leon
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Stand-up comedian Kumail Nanjiani got a speaking role (as in, more than a regular extra gig) on last night’s …
“Jerry O’Hearn” asks SNL’s “Nicholas Fein” to “cease and desist”!
Political comedian "Jerry O’Hearn" asked Andy Daly to circulate this press release, and let’s help a guy out, right? Right. So here it is…in its …
Bobby Moynihan’s SNL debut “pepper” sketch
Following up on my recap of this season’s Saturday Night Live debut, here is when and where new cast member Bobby Moynihan gets to carry …
SNL Season 34 debut, with host Michael Phelps and Tina Fey as Sarah Palin
Having an athlete host a live televised sketch comedy show is a bit of a hit-or-miss, win-or-lose proposition. If the star athlete already has shown …
Michael Phelps will host SNL premiere Sept. 13
NBC announced on Wednesday that Olympic gold medal swimmer of swimmers Michael Phelps will host the premiere of Saturday Night Live when it returns for …