LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC says a correspondent on Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show” is joining “Saturday Night Live.” Comedian Michael Che will handle “Weekend Update” duties with Colin Jost […]
SNL Characters From The ’90s Selling Insurance
Pardo, the durable television and radio announcer whose resonant voice-over style was widely imitated and became the standard in the field, died Monday in Arizona at the age of 96.
Exclusives
Noel Wells and John Milhiser learn their contracts are not renewed one day after Brooks Wheelan does, while Nasim Pedrad departs after five seasons to appear on a Fox sitcom.
NEW YORK (AP) — Seth Meyers has departed “Saturday Night Live,” just weeks before he begins his new job as host of “Late Night.” Meyers co-hosted “Weekend Update” on the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” says Colin Jost (johst) will be the new man at the “Weekend Update” anchor desk. Jost, the NBC comedy show’s head writer, succeeds […]
NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” is adding a black woman to its cast after being criticized for a lack of diversity. NBC said Monday that Sasheer Zamata will […]
NBC’s latenight U.S. comedy sketch show that regularly mocks politicians, popular culture and celebrities is being shown exclusively on the website of Sohu Video, a unit of Chinese online media group and Nasdaq-listed Sohu.com Inc. Ten episodes from the current 39th season of Saturday Night Live are available now. Future episodes will be available online without subtitles the Monday after airing in the United States, and a version with Chinese subtitles and explanations of cultural references will be available at 10 p.m. the following Saturday
After coming under fire for the lack of minorities in this season’s new cast, Saturday Night Live will add an African-American woman to the sketch comedy by next month.
The ad-free Saturday Night Live channel is only available internationally to promote overseas TV syndication deals. A bulk of SNL’s content is available only on Yahoo, which is using thousands of segments from the show to anchor the launch of its original comedies. NBC and Hulu retain the online rights to full episodes.
NEW YORK (AP) — When “Saturday Night Live” returns this weekend for its 39th year, executive producer Lorne Michaels won’t be fretting. “We’re gonna do a good show,” he declared. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — After eight years on the air at “Saturday Night Live,” Jason Sudeikis says he’s calling it quits. Sudeikis used another late-night institution to make his announcement, […]
The avalanche of lawsuits on the internship front keeps coming. The latest is a proposed class action against NBCUniversal from Jesse Moore, who says he worked 24-hour-or-more weeks in the booking department at MSNBC in 2011, and Monet Eliastam, who says she worked 25-hour-or-more weeks on the staff of Saturday Night Live in 2012.
The decision by the Mormon church-owned Salt Lake City, Utah, affiliate is part of the station’s plan to make the lineup stronger and improve its relationship with NBC, said Tami Ostmark, KSL’s VP of marketing, research and promotion.
NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Hader is leaving “Saturday Night Live” after an eight-year run. His spokesman confirms that the 34-year-old comedian will depart “SNL” after this weekend’s season finale. […]
On the eve of the much anticipated digital Newfronts, during which 18 programmers will attempt to make the case for Web originals, Yahoo has struck a major deal to add tons of not ready for prime time content to its stable. The Web portal has partnered with Broadway Video Entertainment to snag the rights to nearly 40 years of archival footage from Saturday Night Live. Starting this September all the big clips from the show’s debut in 1975 to this year will be available on Yahoo.
Not known for treating anything seriously or tenderly, NBC’s Saturday Night Live made a fitting exception during the first moments of its show Saturday. Rather than the usual comedic sketch, a children’s choir appeared on camera and angelically sang “Silent Night,” with the touching refrain, “Sleep in heavenly peace.” Then the members of the New York City Children’s Chorus shouted out the NBC show’s time-honored introduction: “Live from New York, it’s ‘Saturday Night!'”
‘SNL’ To Air Primetime Election Spoofs
The live Saturday Night Live specials, which follow an election-cycle tradition for the satire series, will air Sept. 20 and 27.
HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — A writer who with Al Franken helped develop some of the most popular skits in the early years of “Saturday Night Live” has died in New […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy Samberg has wrapped his seven-season run on “Saturday Night Live,” a spokeswoman for the actor-comedian said Friday.Samberg won’t return as a cast member next season, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Kristen Wiig got a musical sendoff on the season finale of “Saturday Night Live” as the popular and versatile cast member made her exit after seven […]
NEW YORK (AP) — How can “Saturday Night Live” possibly replace (fill in the blank)? How many times have we asked that question across nearly four decades? “Impossible!” said some […]
