Next October, Saturday Night Live will officially reach the 50th anniversary of its very first episode. But celebrations of the milestone started months ago with the premiere of season 50 and the release of Saturday Night in September. They’ll continue into the new year with the four-part docuseries SNL50: Beyond …
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Comedian and four-time Saturday Night Live guest host Chris Rock touched on several current events in his monologue, at one point previewing how the next Trump administration will carry out deportations with the help of MAGA devotee Elon Musk. First, though, Rock took issue with complaints about Trump being “undignified” …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update addressed the arrest of Luigi Mangione for the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, as well as scores of drones flying over parts of New Jersey and the East Coast over the last few weeks. Regarding Mangione, co-anchor Colin Jost joked: “This week, America …
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Gracie Abrams debuted as Saturday Night Live musical guest with a song from The Secret of Us, as well as an additional track in the deluxe version of that album. Abrams led off with “That’s So True,” which he had been performing during her Secret of Us tour before including …
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Adam Sandler appeared in a Saturday Night Live sketch alongside fellow SNL alum Chris Rock, with Sandler playing a patient and Rock a surgeon. The surgery to remove an appendix gets complicated by nurse Linzley (Sarah Sherman), who first fills out a form incorrectly, meaning the patient’s gallbladder is removed …
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Although Saturday Night Live is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2025, SNL alum Chris Rock recalls the show’s history differently. In a Saturday Night Live promo video released Wednesday, Chris Rock, this week’s host, interrupts a group tour to spill some false facts about the comedy variety show, starting with …
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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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Dana Carvey reprised his Saturday Night Live character Church Lady for the first time since SNL‘s post-2016 election show, this time questioning presidential son Hunter Biden (David Spade), as well as former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz and MLB free agent Juan Soto. Biden, Church Lady said, “is someone who actually …
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Saturday Night Live guest host and Gladiator II star Paul Mescal reimagined his role in that historical drama film as a gladiator who sings about how misunderstood he is. An extra 50 minutes of songs were added to the movie after a series of “rushed reshoots” spurred by the box …
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Shaboozey debuted on Saturday Night Live by performing his hit single “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” along with his newer country ballad, “Good News.” The former, from his May album Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, recently tied the record (set by Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road”) for most …
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