Claire and Nathan are both out of town this weekend, so I’m stepping in for the season finale. And as finales go, this…
Last night witnessed a rare and wondrous occurrence, like Halley’s Comet or a quiet moment of self-reflection on Jersey…
Last night may have been the first time I saw someone who was too excited to host SNL. Sweet Gabby Sidibe (I haven't…
If you're reading this because you didn't watch last night's SNL and want to know if you missed much, you can exhale…
A few years back something strange and unexpected happened. People started paying attention to Saturday Night Live again…
While there were too many weak recurring sketches and characters (“Secret Word”, Fred Armisen’s incompetent…
When I read Nathan's recap of last week's SNL I noted his observation that maybe this show shouldn't be covered every…
Jennifer Lopez is now in the enviable position of having people not care about her personal life. Lopez began as a…
SNL has tried, and mostly failed, to find the funny in the Obama administration. The writers have attempted to…
Last night Jon Hamm returned to host SNL for the second time, and I think most of us had fairly high expectations. He's…
I experienced a powerful bifurcated response to watching 30 Rock as a civilian this last Thursday. The critic in me…
In previous Saturday Night Live TV Club posts I have raged semi-coherently about the show’s current policy of only…
Since I'm filled with the spirit of Christmas, and since I'm also tired of complaining about the same issue I have with …
Watching Saturday Night Live is a good way to feel old. I was born a year after the show debuted in 1975, so when…
To me, the most interesting part of last night's episode was the tag informing us that next week, Taylor Lautner will…
There is a maddening paradox to this year’s spectacularly underachieving season of Saturday Night Live. The show is…
What I don't understand is, why go to the trouble of hiring new writers and new cast members if SNL is just going to…
If you enjoy laughing at archival footage of famous people laughing then the good folks over at Budweiser Golden Wheat…
Coming off one of its biggest seasons, SNL is pretty much 0-for-3 this year with a mostly exhausting episode that…
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