Jolly old elf Martin Short is making it official — by joining Saturday Night Live’s Five-Timers Club on December 21, he’s also cementing his status as the show’s all-time Christmas Guy. Along with the season’s opener and […]
Early next year, Saturday Night Live will air a three-hour primetime special to celebrate its 50th anniversary, featuring celebrity guests and those surviving former SNL cast members who haven’t made Lorne Michaels’ enemies list — yet. But this […]
Comedian Bill Burr will host Saturday Night Live’s first episode post the 2024 presidential election on November 9th. It will mark Burr’s second time hosting the show following a stint in 2020. This time, he’ll […]
SNL recently parodied some of the most popular influencers and trends, including Gretchen Adler’s experience as a tradwife. After the skit went viral, Adler said she was happy that the show felt inspired to highlight […]
“I’m Chevy Chase, and you’re not” was a cute catchphrase to launch Weekend Update on an unsuspecting nation, but it also turned out to be prophetic. While the fake news desk made stars of comedians […]
Liam Gallagher has mocked Saturday Night Live for a sketch parodying he and brother Noel Gallagher. During Weekend Update on the latest episode of SNL, Sarah Sherman and James Austin Johnson portrayed the Oasis co-founders […]
There likely wasn’t a path to a win for Jean Doumanian when she took the reins from Lorne Michaels at Saturday Night Live in 1980. The show not only lost Michaels but all of the original […]
Former Saturday Night Live cast member Victoria Jackson has been diagnosed with an inoperable tumor in her windpipe. In an Instagram video, the 65-year-old Jackson explained that doctors “cannot operate and remove the marble in […]
Saturday Night Live is an enduring staple in not only late-night television but pop culture as a whole. The sketch comedy variety series has dominated weekend entertainment for nearly 50 years, launching some of the […]
SNL wrapped up its 49th season this weekend and, as per tradition, Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che marked the occasion with their annual joke swap. The funny segment sees the duo exchange […]
This weekend, Dune: Part 2’s Josh Brolin is set to host Saturday Night Live — so look for more more sketches set on the desert planet of Arrakis, and less sketches set in a Hooters restaurant that somehow […]
Dan Aykroyd once punched a hole in the wall of Lorne Michael’s office. Why? He was sick and tired of all the last-minute script changes on Saturday Night Live. “I was so mad at the way […]
Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish are closing out Saturday Night Live’s 2023 season. The two young musicians will serve as the musical guests for the two final episodes of the series, with Rodrigo performing on […]
A wholly original sketch without impersonations or characters that isn’t tied to a current event or game show is an increasing rarity on Saturday Night Live. For the SNL purists, last night’s sketch “Traffic Altercation” […]
Jack White joined Saturday Night Live’s illustrious Five-Timers Club with a thunderous late-night performance not soon to be forgotten. Accompanied by drummer Daru Jones, bassist Dominic Davis, and keyboardist Quincy McCrary, the Detroit rocker veered […]
Chris Pratt probably did not anticipate becoming a major trending topic on Twitter due to one of the sketches that aired on last night’s Saturday Night Live! The skit in question was a parody of […]
(Editor’s note: This piece was originally published in 2018 but we’re republishing it today because it’s, well, that time of year. Enjoy.) “You grow up Jewish and you can’t help it, it’s a big part […]
Will Ferrell has long been a Hollywood lead man, but the “Spirited” actor still recalls fondly the minor parts that helped him build his career. In a Thursday interview with “Hot Ones” host Sean Evans, […]
Comedian Joel Haver is chalking up similarities between “Saturday Night Live’s” recent Charmin Bears sketch and his own similar parody about the toilet-paper spokesanimals as “wild coincidence” and “parallel thinking,” not stealing. After the Emmy-winning […]
Comedian Joel Haver is chalking up similarities between “Saturday Night Live’s” recent Charmin Bears sketch and his own similar parody about the toilet-paper spokesanimals as “wild coincidence” and “parallel thinking,” not stealing. After the Emmy-winning […]