HBO, HBO Max Has Renewed Both Sketch Shows By Sam Jay and Michael Che
by This May, two similar yet tonally completely different sketch series premiered on HBO and HBO Max from the orbit of Saturday Night Live. And now …
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R.I.P. Anne Beatts
Another of the original writers for Saturday Night Live has died. Anne Beatts, who was the first woman hired to help edit The National Lampoon, …
The PIT Announces First 20 SNL Scholarship Recipients
An update from The Peoples Improv Theater! Today The PIT announced the first 20 recipients of the program’s new SNL Scholarships. Applicants will receive: 5 …
Dave Chappelle’s 2020 Saturday Night Live Post-Election Monologue
Sixteen minutes! Smoking inside during COVID! Dave Chappelle gave zero fucks tonight, delivering the monologue after the 2020 election, returning to SNL four years after …
John Mulaney’s Halloween 2020 Monologue on Saturday Night Live
John Mulaney returned to host SNL for a fourth time, and this time coincided with Halloween, and the weekend before the 2020 presidential election. Mulaney …
About The Saturday Night Live Scholarships with The Second City, The Groundlings, The PIT and THe UCB
In the build-up to season 46 of Saturday Night Live, NBC announced that the sketch-comedy TV institution would be partnering with select comedy theaters and …
Bill Burr’s Monologue on Saturday Night Live
After three decades of stand-up comedy, Bill Burr finally landed “a lifelong dream” by hosting Saturday Night Live in October 2020. He covered familiar themes …
Chris Rock’s Monologue for the Season 46 Premiere of Saturday Night Live
Chris Rock hosted the season 46 premiere of Saturday Night Live, and set the tone for his eight-minute monologue, emerging from the traditional entry wearing …
Michael Che Launching Sketch Comedy Series for HBO Max
Even a head writer for Saturday Night Live knows certain comedy sketches won’t fly on live television on NBC, even late at night. So Michael …
NBC’s Late-Night/SNL Cue Card Guy Making Customized Cards During Quarantine
For more than 30 years, we’ve seen Wally Feresten emerge from time to time, from just off-camera to on camera, as the longtime cue card …