Saturday Night Live Season 51 is going to look a lot different. In the past few weeks, several cast members — including Michael Longfellow, Emil Wakim, and Devon Walker — and a handful of the show’s writers have announced that they’re leaving SNL ahead of the next season. The exits …
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Saturday Night Live is crossing the pond. The late-night sketch comedy series, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, will debut a British edition on Sky in 2026. Creator Lorne Michaels will executive produce Saturday Night Live UK. It will be produced by Broadway Video and Universal Television Alternative Studio’s UK …
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Anthony Michael Hall’s career spans four decades, beginning with his unforgettable roles in iconic 1980s films like Pretty in Pink, Weird Science, and The Breakfast Club. While those early performances cemented his status as the typical dorky average-Joe teen, Hall evolved into a versatile actor who has played heroes, villains, …
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Two weeks after the Rolling Stones hosted Saturday Night Live in 1978, Lorne Michaels served as a character witness for Keith Richards as the guitarist battled a drug charge in Canada that could’ve put him in jail for life. While Richards’ drug trial in Canada is a well-known chapter in …
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Critics have written off Saturday Night Live as “Saturday Night Dead” countless times over the past half-century. But the haters always underestimate the genius of Lorne Michaels and the show’s undying cultural capital that has us hardwired to tune our TVs to NBC every Saturday night. (Or at least catch …
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Lorne Michaels once rebuffed Taylor Swift’s efforts to kill a Saturday Night Live sketch lightly spoofing her 1989-era squad days, according to a new story in New York Magazine. The confrontation between the two cultural heavyweights occurred in 2015 and actually began with SNL asking Swift if she would appear …
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How much do you love Saturday Night Live? Can you rattle off your personal Top 10 favorite sketches at a moment’s notice? Have you torched friendships while debating who is the most overrated and underrated cast members of all time? (We’re not touching that first one, but the correct answer …
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Lorne Michaels has given his personal archives — which provide a behind-the-scenes history of Saturday Night Live, as well as the producer’s other shows — to the University of Texas. The Harry Ransom Center announced the acquisition of “The Lorne Michaels Collection” Wednesday, noting that it spans from Michaels’ early …
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Ahead of Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary special, the celebrated sketch show released a trailer for a four-part docuseries honoring the show’s knee-slapping skits, acclaimed cast, and its treasured legacy. “I’vebeen obsessed withSaturday Night Liveas long as I can remember,” wrote the doc’s executive producer Morgan Neville in a statement. …
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A new four-part docuseries will delve into the history and behind-the-scenes make-up of Saturday Night Live as the sketch show celebrates its 50th anniversary. SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night will premiere on Jan. 16 on Peacock, and it’ll feature over 60 contributors, including many SNL alumni. The four episodes will each …
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