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#bowen-yang
fromConsequence
6 days ago

Chevy Chase Was Hurt by Being Left Out of SNL50 Anniversary Show

I expected that I would've been on the stage too with all of the other actors. When Garrett [Morris] and Laraine [Newman] went on the stage there, I was curious as to why I didn't. No one asked me to. Why was I left aside?
Television
#ariana-grande
fromConsequence
1 week ago

Cher Returns to SNL After 40 Years with Christmas Performances

Cher made her musical return to Saturday Night Live after a 40-year hiatus to help ring in the holidays. The pop icon took the stage at SNL on December 20th, for the show's final episode of the year, and performed her holiday anthem, "DJ Play A Christmas Song." Surrounded by male dancers with faux snow falling in the background, Cher brought the festive cheer before closing the song by holding her fingers up in a heart.
Television
#donald-trump
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago
US politics

Trump Roasted for Reaction to Fainting Man in SNL Cold Open

Saturday Night Live lampooned President Trump’s indifferent reaction to a man fainting in the Oval Office, also ridiculing RFK Jr. and White House turmoil.
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago
US news

SNL roasts Trump in season premiere, as Bad Bunny addresses Super Bowl criticism

Saturday Night Live's Season 51 premiere satirized President Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and political reactions while hosted by Bad Bunny.
Music
fromConsequence
1 week ago

Geese's Cameron Winter Gets Parodied on SNL

Geese frontman Cameron Winter was spoofed on SNL's "Random Duet Spectacular," and the band's album Getting Killed reached No. 2 on a 2025 Top 50 album list.
Television
fromBustle
1 week ago

What Lindsay Shookus Did Next

Lindsay Shookus left SNL after two decades and partnered with Alex Rodriguez to produce an honest HBO documentary about his career and personal life.
Television
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

This Week's Saturday Night Live Was Drowning In Grim AI Slop

Saturday Night Live used visibly AI-generated imagery in a recent episode, undermining the show's traditionally high-quality practical design and prop work.
Television
fromJezebel
2 weeks ago

Josh O'Connor recedes pleasantly in his Saturday Night Live debut

SNL's large cast produces unpredictable screentime shifts that create alternating eras of performer dominance, with Ashley Padilla and Bowen Yang often emerging as focal points.
#lily-allen
fromPitchfork
2 weeks ago
Television

Watch Lily Allen Perform "Sleepwalking," Bring Out Dakota Johnson for "Madeline" on Saturday Night Live

fromPitchfork
2 weeks ago
Television

Watch Lily Allen Perform "Sleepwalking," Bring Out Dakota Johnson for "Madeline" on Saturday Night Live

Television
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

Saturday Night Live Recap: Josh O'Connor Kissed Everyone Except You

Josh O'Connor hosted Saturday Night Live, delivering charming straight-man performances, brief sketches, and showcasing his busy film slate despite being underused.
#dijon
fromPitchfork
3 weeks ago
Music

Watch Dijon Perform "Higher!" and Baby Medley on Saturday Night Live

Dijon performed "Higher!" and a medley from his new album on Saturday Night Live with a 12-person band including Amber Coffman, Justin Vernon, and Nick Hakim.
fromPitchfork
1 month ago
Music

Dijon Announced as Saturday Night Live Musical Guest

Dijon will be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on December 6, 2025, with Melissa McCarthy hosting.
World politics
fromVulture
3 weeks ago

Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost) Fields Questions on Venezuela on Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live depicted Pete Hegseth as an aggressive hawkish caricature endorsing extrajudicial drone strikes while Trump appears indifferent and distracted.
#melissa-mccarthy
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Colin Jost Portrays Pete Hegseth as Raging Loon in SNL Open

Pete Hegseth is portrayed as a maniacal, alcohol-addled defense secretary who endorses lethal strikes and is mocked alongside politicians and the president.
Wellness
fromwww.insidehook.com
3 weeks ago

This Weekend's "SNL" Featured Very Practical Travel Advice

Pack and apply sunscreen when traveling in winter to avoid painful sunburns that can ruin vacations and cause dehydration.
fromRoger Ebert
1 month ago

A Wall of Laughter: Edie Baskin on Photographing the First 25 Years of Saturday Night Live | Interviews | Roger Ebert

A few people were doing it at the time. Jean Pagliuso and Benno Friedman were doing it a little bit differently. I had a boyfriend, and we went on a cross-country trip. One of the places we went was Las Vegas. I loved the Las Vegas pictures, so I decided to put some color in them, and then in some other pictures, pictures I'd done of some cows.
Photography
#glen-powell
#macgruber
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Karoline Leavitt Slammed Over Trump-Epstein in SNL Cold Open

Karoline Leavitt was lampooned on Saturday Night Live for hostile answers about President Trump's connections to Jeffrey Epstein revealed in recently released emails.
Television
fromVulture
1 month ago

Saturday Night Live Recap: Nikki Glaser Gets Weird

Nikki Glaser’s SNL hosting showcased strong stand-up skills and joke-dense moments, aided by digital shorts and straight-man ensemble roles despite some sketch flubs.
fromVulture
1 month ago

On 'Weekend Update,' Pete Davidson Says His Ferry Dreams Are Still Afloat

Pete Davidson barged back into Saturday Night Live to talk about his ferry venture with Colin Jost. Get it, barge? Anyway, Davidson addressed what the New York Times called his and Jost's "money-losing fiasco" on "Weekend Update." He blamed his appearance at the Riyadh Comedy Festival on the ferry gobbling up all his money. "I assume that's what the article says," Davidson continued. "I can't spend $5 on a paywall."
Television
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

SNL Has a Cold-Open Fix for the Trump News Cycle

Saturday Night Live consolidates fast-moving, chaotic national headlines into dense Trump cold opens, relying on James Austin Johnson's impersonation to unify disparate news into satire.
Television
fromVulture
1 month ago

Timothee Chalamet Won't Do TV Ever Again

Timothée Chalamet will not return to television, with rare exceptions for a Martin Scorsese-directed commercial or hosting Saturday Night Live.
#ego-nwodim
fromFast Company
3 months ago
Television

What's next for Ego Nwodim? SNL star talks about why she's leaving on a high note-and how she crafted that famous Miss Eggy sketch

fromFast Company
3 months ago
Television

What's next for Ego Nwodim? SNL star talks about why she's leaving on a high note-and how she crafted that famous Miss Eggy sketch

#george-santos
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago
Television

Bowen Yang lies like crazy portraying disgraced gay congressman George Santos on SNL - LGBTQ Nation

fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago
Television

Bowen Yang lies like crazy portraying disgraced gay congressman George Santos on SNL - LGBTQ Nation

Music
fromPitchfork
1 month ago

Watch Brandi Carlile Play Songs From New Album on Saturday Night Live

Brandi Carlile performed two songs from her new album Returning To Myself on SNL, reciting Thomas Jefferson's 1802 letter during 'Church & State'.
#miles-teller
Television
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

To Catch a Clueless Hubby

The Perfect Neighbor uses primary-source bodycam and interrogation footage for a raw true-crime style; SNL parodied it to lampoon domestic labor and husbands' panic.
US politics
fromConsequence
1 month ago

SNL Brings the Property Brothers to the White House

The Property Brothers help Donald Trump redesign the White House East Wing with extravagant tastes, limitless budget, and absurd decor.
#season-51
#sabrina-carpenter
US politics
fromJezebel
2 months ago

'SNL' Answers the Question: Why Do These Trump Sycophants Spell Their Names With an 'I'?

DHS used an SNL clip in an ICE recruitment video, omitting Fey's full joke and drawing criticism tied to Pamela Bondi's contentious Senate hearing portrayal.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Ana Navarro Blasts Pam Bondi's Shameful' MAGA Makeover: Completely Different Than The Person I Knew'

Ana Navarro said Pam Bondi embracing SNL mockery boosts her MAGA standing but harms DOJ credibility and ranks among the worst attorney general congressional performances.
#amy-poehler
fromPoynter
2 months ago
Television

Saturday Night ... Lite? Politics cast a dark shadow over the iconic show - Poynter

fromPoynter
2 months ago
Television

Saturday Night ... Lite? Politics cast a dark shadow over the iconic show - Poynter

Music
fromVulture
2 months ago

Role Model's Sally on SNL? It's Charli, Baby

Charli XCX appeared as the SNL Sally, wearing Role Model's promo shirt and signaling layered pop‑culture references while resolving fan speculation.
Television
fromInsideHook
2 months ago

This Week's "SNL" Took Non-Alcoholic Beer to an Unsettling Place

Saturday Night Live satirizes the non-alcoholic beer trend with a character whose double-negative obsession produces a dangerously high-ABV "non-non-alcoholic" brew.
#political-satire
fromConsequence
2 months ago
US politics

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Play Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi in SNL's Cold Open

SNL spoofed Pam Bondi's congressional hearing with Amy Poehler as Bondi and Tina Fey cameoing as Kristi Noem delivering satirical, controversial lines about the shutdown and ICE.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago
Television

'SNL' Wants to Meet You at the Watercooler

Saturday Night Live skewered Pete Hegseth yet earned its biggest laughs from a KPop Demon Hunters pop-culture sketch, highlighting SNL's push toward zeitgeisty material.
#bad-bunny
fromFortune
2 months ago
Television

Bad Bunny defies MAGA uproar in SNL appearance, gives America '4 months to learn' Spanish for his Super Bowl appearance | Fortune

fromFortune
2 months ago
Television

Bad Bunny defies MAGA uproar in SNL appearance, gives America '4 months to learn' Spanish for his Super Bowl appearance | Fortune

Television
fromVulture
2 months ago

Huntr/x Makes Their Live Performance Debut on Saturday Night Live

Huntr/x (EJAE, Rei Ami, Audrey Nuna) made an SNL live debut within a Bad Bunny sketch, saving the scene musically with their song "Golden".
Television
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Weekend Update Lampoons Trump Rant On Stairs With Bonkers Jennifer Coolidge Mashup

Saturday Night Live premiered season 51 with Bad Bunny, new cast additions, and Weekend Update lampooned President Trump's stair rant in a Jennifer Coolidge voice.
Television
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Trump Busts In On Hegseth To Warn SNL In Brutal Cold Open: Daddy's Watching!'

Saturday Night Live opened its 51st season with a cold open where James Austin Johnson's Donald Trump interrupts Pete Hegseth and warns, 'Daddy's watching'.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

No reason not to be all in': is Saturday Night Live ready to meet a major political moment?

Saturday Night Live returns amid a late-night television crisis marked by high-profile suspensions, cancellations, FCC pressure, and political-commercial tensions.
#cast-changes
Television
fromFar Out Magazine
2 months ago

The first-ever rap artist to appear on 'Saturday Night Live'

Blondie brought the Funky 4+1 to Saturday Night Live in 1981, creating one of the program's first televised hip-hop performances and a landmark cultural crossover.
Television
fromTime Out New York
3 months ago

Say goodbye to Heidi Gardner, Devon Walker and other departing 'SNL' cast members at a farewell party next week

Virgin Hotels New York hosts a one-night farewell party for 13 departing SNL cast members and writers with skyline views, music, and an open bar.
Television
fromConsequence
3 months ago

SNL on YouTube Reaches More Americans Than Any Other YouTube Channel: Report

Saturday Night Live reached 38.6 million unique YouTube viewers Jan 1–Jun 30, the largest unique reach of any U.S. YouTube channel in that period.
#heidi-gardner
fromIndieWire
3 months ago

You've Never Seen Saoirse Ronan Quite Like This Before

In her first interview for the film, Ronan wasn't putting it on: There really isn't much like "Bad Apples," and that's a compliment. Consider two things: the film's short synopsis ("A primary school teacher [is] forced to take drastic action because of a foul-mouthed, violent student"), which doesn't sound exactly funny, and one of the main inspirations for Etzler casting the four-time Oscar nominee in a film that is, indeed, very funny.
Film
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 months ago

Canadian comic Veronika Slowikowska is 'a perfect SNL cast member,' say former teacher, colleague | CBC News

Veronika Slowikowska became the first Canadian since 1998 to join Saturday Night Live after rising from Toronto comedy bars to the SNL cast.
fromInsideHook
3 months ago

Inside the Great "Saturday Night Live" Cast Shakeup

Though a trio of cast members announced departures prior to Season 50, the past week has seen a larger exodus, with four cast members already confirmed to leave and the possibility of more following them out the door; the season doesn't actually start up until Oct. 4. Among those exiting, Heidi Gardner probably made that decision herself;
Television
#please-dont-destroy
Television
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 months ago

Barrie, Ont.'s Veronika Slowikowska joins SNL, sole Canadian among 5 new cast members | CBC News

Veronika Slowikowska, from Barrie, Ont., will join Saturday Night Live's 51st season as one of five new cast members.
Music
fromVulture
4 months ago

'So Here's This Lunatic With a Crew Cut'

G.E. Smith dominated SNL's musical presence from 1985–1995 as a charismatic bandleader, versatile session guitarist, and memorable on-screen performer.
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