There are some episodes of “Saturday Night Live” that are tiresome to watch a second time for a number of reasons. While the repeat bad episodes are a no-brainer, even some good ones fail upon repeat viewing. Why? The simple answer is that “SNL” at times veers towards sketches that are dated in a particular […]
If you want to get an indication of just what NBC may be looking at right now when it comes to their to comedy pilots, know this: Lorne Michaels has been able to convince his longtime collaborator Jimmy Fallon to appear on one of his newest co-creations. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fallon is set […]
“Saturday Night Live” will officially return with new episodes a week from Sunday, and rather than making us wait for this show (hosted by Zach Galifianakis) in order to find out the lineup for the rest of the season, NBC is throwing us a bone a little bit early. On Friday, the show announced that […]
You have to give some credit to Ellen DeGeneres: She makes good on her promises. Back when Kate McKinnon first performed a sketch on “Saturday Night Live” mocking the daytime TV host, she invited her to come on in order to have a little bit of fun in the future. Well, with the NBC comedy […]
There are shows out there that we are at times glad to have a break from. However, “Saturday Night Live” is not one of those shows. It’s weird, wacky, and when it hits, it is brilliant. Plus, there are not many other places during the week where you can have relevant and biting satire in […]
While Lorne Michaels has been a staple at NBC for almost four decades, he is really just starting to completely dominate the world of late-night TV. After all, “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” is going to become “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” and he will be transitioning into the pivotal 11:35 p.m. time slot […]
In what is proof that you never quite know what the “Saturday Night Live” audience is going to be, a relatively weak outing last night from Vince Vaughn managed to not only beat Melissa McCarthy’s show the week before, but also bring in the show’s second-best numbers in the past five months. Overall, this weekend’s […]
We tried to remain hopeful going into this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” hosted by Vince Vaughn; while we were sure it would suffer to rise to the same level as Melissa McCarthy’s slice of brilliance last week, it still has a chance to be pretty funny. Unfortunately, there were flaws in the show almost from […]
There was a big announcement when it comes to the upcoming May 4 edition of “Saturday Night Live” made during the show hosted by Vince Vaughn this weekend; not only are we going to be seeing a certain star of the “Hangover” franchise return to the popular series, but it is someone who has had […]
Sometimes when a host returns to “Saturday Night Live” after a long layoff, it can be a disaster. Just as Lindsay Lohan when she took the job last year, or Christina Applegate earlier this season. Sometimes, actors fall out of their rhythm, and the writing isn’t always as strong the second week after the show […]
