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NBC announced today that Saturday Night Live would have three new featured players when the 38th season kicks off this week with host Seth MacFarlane and musical guest Frank Ocean. The new cast members are Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant and Tim Robinson. All three are former Second City performers in …
With star players such as Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg departing Saturday Night Live this spring, plus the departure of Abby Elliott over the summer and the potential swan song of Jason Sudeikis coming after Election Day, it’s almost a foregone conclusion that Lorne Michaels would look to bring in …
Still trying to read the tea leaves to see if Jason Sudeikis will return to Saturday Night Live this fall? One thing’s for certain. Sudeikis will continue working with the SNL crew in primetime, as NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt announced today at the TV Critics Association summer press tour that …
Remember when Peyton Manning hosted several years ago and proved to be more than adequate for an athlete on Saturday Night Live — of course, he also was the amusing spokesman for several TV advertising campaigns at the time, too. So now, here comes his younger brother, Eli Manning, who has …
The most remarkable thing about this week’s Saturday Night Live, with Josh Brolin returning to host, was how unremarkable the sketches were. I mean. Trust me. I’ve got remarks. You’ve got remarks. But if there’s anything to say about SNL in mid-April 2012, it’s this: You know that feeling seniors …
The easiest way for me to tell you how thrilled I am about Kate McKinnon joining the cast of Saturday Night Live is to remind you what I’ve told readers about McKinnon. From my review of her “one-woman sketchtacular,” Kate McKinnon on Ice, last year during its run at the …
The New Girl was in town this weekend. Who’s ready to get adorkable? But how adorkable is too much? Let’s find out, with the Saturday Night Live recap! https://www.hulu.com/watch/328537/saturday-night-live-cold-opening-mitt-romney-primaries Another week, another cold open featuring more work for Jason Sudeikis. So many Romney cold opens, but I don’t think it’s as …
Saturday Night Live returned from a mid-winter break minus one writer (interesting?!) and also without featured player Paul Brittain (what now?), who left the cast to pursue other opportunities. Someone please make sure the editing booth knew to adjust the opening credits, and someone else hold Don Pardo’s hand to …
Some Web videos go viral for being awful and then turn those mediocre people into rich and famous celebrities. Way to go all Opposite Day, Internet haters! Thankfully, the success of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is a wonderful thing created by truly talented and funny people, and has …
Paul Brittain up and left Saturday Night Live in the middle of his second season. Why? Entertainment Weekly quoted a source close to Brittain that claimed he “had the opportunity to pursue other projects, and he and the show parted ways amicably.” Well, OK. Brittain put one of his pre-SNL …
