Following the White House Correspondents’ Dinner performance of President Barack Obama, we then turned to the host of the hour in Cecily Strong. The “Saturday Night Live” cast member took to the stage in an effort to entertain what is a very difficult room. This is notoriously one of the hardest gigs for any comedian out there. […]
This weekend marks a time of big change for “Saturday Night Live.” It’s the first show with Colin Jost at the “Weekend Update” desk, though he does have a co-anchor in Cecily Strong who has been there all season to try to understand some of various odds and ends that go along with the job. […]
There have clearly been many changes in the cast this season on “Saturday Night Live,” but when it comes to the actual format of the show, there is still one change that sticks out more than perhaps any other: The new, two-anchor format of “Weekend Update.” Seth Meyers has been joined by Cecily Strong ever […]
As we start to close out the comedy category in our Primetime Emmy Awards preview series (the pre-nomination edition), we do with a category that is strong across the board, and not just because a woman with Strong as a last name is in it. The Supporting Actress in a Comedy field has been insane […]
If you love comedy, then you probably had a few reasons to smile over the year on “Saturday Night Live.” The Stefon sketch Saturday night was a thing of beauty, and in between it and the return of Fred Armisen’s Ian Rubbish to say goodbye, it marked the end of the era. Let’s go ahead […]
