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Tag: Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

NBC bails out SNL bailout sketch

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 8, 2008

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. …

Saturday Night Live

Want tickets for Weekend Update Thursdays? A how-to tip!

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 7, 2008

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 …

Saturday Night Live

The history of politics on SNL

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 6, 2008

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 …

Saturday Night Live

SNL #34.4 with Anne Hathaway, The Killers

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 5, 20081

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 …

Saturday Night Live

SNL #34.3 with Anna Faris, Duffy

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 28, 20082

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 …

Saturday Night Live

SNL #34.2, with James Franco, Kings of Leon

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 21, 20082

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 …

Saturday Night Live

“Jerry O’Hearn” asks SNL’s “Nicholas Fein” to “cease and desist”!

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 19, 2008

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 …

Saturday Night Live

Bobby Moynihan’s SNL debut “pepper” sketch

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 17, 200810

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 …

Saturday Night Live

SNL Season 34 debut, with host Michael Phelps and Tina Fey as Sarah Palin

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 14, 2008

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 …

Saturday Night Live

Michael Phelps will host SNL premiere Sept. 13

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 28, 20082

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 …

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