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Tonight on Saturday Night Live, longtime cast member Will Forte got his first opportunity to host, speaking in his opening monologue to his excitement about finally getting his moment in the spotlight. “I was in the cast 12 years ago with Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis and Fred Armisen, so it…

Lorne Michaels, creator of Saturday Night Live, has admitted that he is considering retiring from the long-running NBC series when it hits its 50th anniversary. Michaels, who still runs the show, told CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King that it might be a "really good time to leave". The variety comedy series is currently…

UPDATED, with additional quotes: David Letterman opened Sunday night’s Kennedy Center Honors by telling the audience in the Opera House, “Tonight, it is quite nice, very nice, to see the presidential box once again being occupied.” The crowd cheered and then gave President Joe Biden a standing ovation, after which…

UPDATED, 8:20 AM: Netflix has dropped the first trailer for Saturday Morning All-Star Hits! the adult animated live-action comedy series from Saturday Night Live‘s Kyle Mooney, Bento Box Entertainment’s Ben Jones and Lorne Michaels. Mooney stars as twin hosts Skip and Treybor, taking viewers on a crazy trip through…

So, really, who is coming back to the 47th season of Saturday Night Live? That was the most immediate, pressing question in the virtual Emmys press room tonight to Variety Sketch Show Emmy winner Lorne Michaels as many yearned to know whether Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, and Cecily Strong are coming…

The Kennedy Center announced its next choices for the annual Kennedy Center Honors, with plans to return the ceremony to its traditional time and format in December. The recipients for the December 5 event will be singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, actress and singer Bette Midler, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michae…

Back for the first time in almost a month, Saturday Night Live tonight kicked off with a cold open celebrating Mother's Day courtesy of Miley Cyrus and some cast member 's Mamas – and not a significant mention of politics or host Elon Musk "Tomorrow is Mother's Day and this is for all the Moms out there," said…

UPDATE: HBO Max has dropped the trailer for Michael Che’s upcoming sketch series, That Damn Michael Che.  In the minute-long trailer, the Saturday Night Live star takes on the many elephants in the room that is America, from policing, white privilege and prison. Helping Che unpack today’s social issues with comedy are…

A Craig Robinson comedy from Brooklyn Nine-Nine pair Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici and a casino comedy starring Chris Redd and Sam Jay from Lorne Michaels have been picked up to series at Peacock. The streamer has handed series orders to the Untitled Craig Robinson Project, which was formerly known as Killing It, and B…

Mean Girls won’t be back when Broadway reopens, producers announced today. The musical based on Tina Fey’s 2004 film suspended production when Broadway went dark due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The musical, with a book by Fey, music by Jeff Richmond, lyrics by Nell Benjamin and direction and choreography by Casey…

Saturday Night Live writers were revising the season’s first cold open right up to the last minute after President Donald Trump’s positive COVID test tossed all plans into the air. In a new NBC News interview, SNL creator Lorne Michaels says the long-running sketch comedy show had a presidential debate sketch written…

Jack White will perform as musical guest on this week’s Saturday Night Live, replacing country star Morgan Wallen, who was dropped from the show earlier this week after video surfaced of the singer partying maskless at a crowded house party. SNL creator Lorne Michaels said this morning on NBC’s Today, that White…