You can usually tell how out-of-touch a conservative comedy “fan” is by how much stock they put in the opinions and comedy choices of Saturday Night Live. (See, for instance, Donald Trump’s general obsession with the show.) Although the long-running NBC sketch series tends to skew left-of-center in its political…

Way back in 2014, rumors started to swirl that Kenan Thompson was preparing to leave Saturday Night Live, a decision that was supposedly reversed after Lorne Michaels stepped in and convinced him to stay. The rumor was disputed at the time, and seeing as how it’s 2018 and Thompson is now the longest-tenured member of…

Nicki Minaj’s ability to deliver an ego-shattering diss is well documented in her music. And for her appearance as the musical guest on this week’s season 43 closer, Saturday Night Live put Nicki’s shit-talking prowess to use in a sketch that, although it was cut for time, is frankly more entertaining than a lot of…

On last night’s underwhelming Saturday Night Live season finale, former SNL head writer/star/Weekend Update anchor Tina Fey gave the people what they wanted to see, stepping back into the Alaskan accent and pageant hair of former Vice Presidential candidate and current Bass Pro Shop shill Sarah Palin. (If you wanted…

“Shut it down.”

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Friday, May 18, and Saturday, May 19. All times are Eastern. 

In honor of her sixth time returning to host Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey is treating fans to an animated trip down memory lane—albeit a fairly truncated one. The minute-long promo for this week’s season finale tracks a cartoon Fey’s journey from Chicago to New York, where she climbed the comedy ladder from writer,…

“I’m not saying you guys don’t work hard, because I know on Saturdays, you do.”

Last night’s Mother’s Day-themed, Amy Schumer-hosted Saturday Night Live may have played it too safe with all those actual cast members’ moms around. (The cold open jettisoned the show’s traditional Trump material for a charming parade of star’s mothers asking why they do so much Trump material.) But it was the one…

Over the summer, when there was a lot of nasty political shit going on and Saturday Night Live wasn’t there to gently ease us through it NBC brought in Weekend Update hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che for Weekend Update: Summer Edition, a special miniseries event that was a lot like the normal show except everyone was…

Donald Glover did a predictably good job on Saturday Night Live last night, since he’s good at everything he does already, but if him hosting, performing as the musical guest, and then releasing a video for his new single “This Is America” wasn’t enough Donald Glover for you this weekend, NBC has just released an SNL …

With Donald Glover (and Donald Glover as Childish Gambino) tandem-hosting last night’s Saturday Night Live, there wasn’t much room for anyone else. At least that was true during the rest of the quite solid show, but the traditional political cold open brought in seemingly every famous SNL alum and host who was in New…

“It’s so great to be back here, especially now that I’m rich.”

Weekend Update co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che are stepping out from behind the desk as co-hosts of his year’s Primetime Emmy Awards, Variety reports. The two will be at the center of a Saturday Night Live-heavy Emmys telecast executive produced by SNL bossman Lorne Michaels. NBC chairman Robert Greenblatt says…

Saturday Night Live released the names of its final two hosts for its 43rd season today, with a returning Amy Schumer taking up the job on May 12 (with Kacey Musgraves as her musical guest), and beloved alum Tina Fey handling the season finale with a returning Nicki Minaj. Schumer, presumably, will be promoting her…

Given her energy, enthusiasm, and abundant comic talents, its kind of surprising that Saturday Night Live star Leslie Jones hasn’t starred in more movies. (Even her most high-profile roles, like Ghostbusters, have been ensemble pieces.) That’s about to change, though, with Deadline reporting that Jones will be the…

These days, Saturday Night Live is at its best when it’s being unapologetically weird, like with “Space Pants” or the initial David S. Pumpkins sketch, and former writer John Mulaney appeared to be very conscious of that fact during his first-ever hosting gig on the show last night. The two best sketches from last…

On last night’s solid John Mulaney-hosted Saturday Night Live, Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump was nowhere to be seen in his traditional political cold open slot. But Kate McKinnon and Beck Bennett were on hand to take up the slack as Jeff Sessions and Mike Pence, respectively, sweating out the recent FBI raid on Trump’s…

“If you’re watching this live right now, I’ll see your crazy ass in hell.”

Stepping into the same rarefied air once occupied by Desi Arnaz, MC Hammer, and J-Lo, Donald Glover has been announced as the host and musical guest for an upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live. Glover will host the show’s May 5 installment, with his rap persona Childish Gambino providing the night’s musical…