After a sweet monologue from host Ana de Armas, who announced that she’s about to become a U.S. citizen, this week’s edition of Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” took aim at a trio of high-profile political figures: former game show host turned president Donald Trump, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, …
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Last year, comedian Molly Kearney made history as the first nonbinary SNL cast member. And on Saturday night, following Ana de Armas’s monologue and Colin Jost and Michael Che taking shots at a number of politicians, Kearney crashed “Weekend Update” to address all the anti-trans legislation being pushed by congressional …
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While this week’s edition of Saturday Night Live took aim at the Trump arrest during its cold open, with James Austin Johnson’s Trump crashing the Last Supper to compare himself to Jesus, “Weekend Update” also teed off on the former president for being arrested in New York on 34 felony …
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Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update focused on former president Donald Trump’s indictment during a segment that also served as an April Fools’ Day prank between the anchors. “Great news for conservatives: New York is finally cracking down on crime,” co-anchor Colin Jost said. “Former president Donald Trump was indicted for …
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Recently, Dilbert creator Scott Adams had his comic strip dropped by its distributor, Andrews McMeel Syndication, and newspapers across the country when he went on a racist rant on his Real Coffee with Scott Adams program. Adams, who’s morphed into a right-wing conspiracy theorist in recent years, was responding to …
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After a fun cold open starring Bowen Yang as the shot-down Chinese spy balloon floating in the ocean, as well as a fake trailer for a gritty/dystopian Mario Kart HBO series in the vein of The Last of Us, featuring host Pedro Pascal as Mario, it was time for SNL’s …
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Fans of Saturday Night Live were more than a little surprised when Cecily Strong, one of the sketch-comedy show’s strongest players, returned for its 48th season this October. SNL had just experienced a wave of high-profile departures—Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kyle Mooney, Alex Moffat, Chris Redd, Melissa Villaseñor …
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