Emmys 2016 winners in comedy: From first-timers to respected vets
by The 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards, handed out Sunday night live on ABC, saved its biggest prizes for repeat winners but had plenty of opportunities to …
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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 …
Taran Killam bids fond farewell to his SNL dressing room with sincere and silly videos
rother Taran Killam may not be coming back to Saturday Night Live for his seventh season this fall, but he did have a chance to …
Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah grab leads in two new Showtime comedy pilots
Turns out there’s more to the story of the sudden departures of both Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah from Saturday Night Live in the summer …
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 …