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Kevin Rooney, an Emmy-winning comedy writer and performer, died July 9 in his home after a long battle with diabetes and end-stage renal failure. He was 71. Rooney wrote Jay Leno’s first comedy special, Jay Leno and the American Dream. He also worked on Leno's "What's my beef?" tirades for Late Night with David Letterm…

Chadwick Boseman and Jessica Walter received Emmy nominations today for their work in animation more than a year after their deaths. Both are nominated in the Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance category alongside F. Murray Abraham (Moon Knight), Julie Andrews (Bridgerton), Maya Rudolph (Big Mouth), Stanley…

Norm Macdonald is going to have a last laugh. Netflix has confirmed Macdonald will have a final, posthumous stand-up special on Netflix launching May 30. Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special, which he named, was self-taped in the comedian's home. The late comic, who died of cancer in September 2021, secretly recorded a…

One of the most memorable riffs by comic Norm Macdonald was his classic rips at Melrose Place star Courtney Thorne-Smith’s choice of films on a 1997 edition of Late Night With Conan O'Brien.   Macdonald took off on Thorne-Smith’s then-upcoming film with Carrot Top, Chairman of the Board.  "If it's got Carrot Top in…

Tonight on Saturday Night Live, the Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che paid tribute to longtime cast member and Weekend Update anchor Norm Macdonald who died on September 14, following a private, nine-year battle with cancer, aged 61. “It is a bittersweet night for us tonight,” said Jost. “Norm is the…

The Conners’ live Season 4 premiere was dedicated to Norm Macdonald, a longtime member of the Roseanne family. The former SNL Weekend Update anchor, who recently died at the age of 61 after a long, private battle with cancer, was a writer on Roseanne in the early 1990s and served as a consulting producer on the Roseann…

Larry King, Norm Macdonald, Michael K. Williams and no fewer than three cast members of The Mary Tyler Moore Show were among the stars remembered during this year’s Emmy In Memoriam segment, as the photos of those we lost scrolled by to the tune of Leon Bridges’ lovely “River.” 73rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards: Deadli…

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…

Bob Saget, whose friendship with fellow comedian Norm Macdonald stretched back to their earliest days in Ottawa’s stand-up comedy clubs, remembers the late, great comic in an emotional, heartfelt 37-minute video tribute posted in the wee hours of the morning today, “when most of you who loved Norm will be awake and…

UPDATE, with Fallon Late-night hosts across networks paid tribute on Tuesday to Norm Macdonald, who died earlier in the day, following a nine-year, private battle with cancer, at age 61. The most detailed and personal tributes came from two former Saturday Night Live cast members who, like Macdonald, had anchored the…

Norm Macdonald, the stand-up comic and Saturday Night Live alum who died Tuesday at age 61, was considered a comedian’s comedian, a favorite of late-night hosts like David Letterman and Conan O’Brien where he held court in some of his most memorable moments. They help make up a nearly matchless collection of Macdonald…

Norm Macdonald is being remembered by his Saturday Night Live family on Tuesday, after the shocking news of his death from cancer at 61. “Today is a sad day. All of us here at SNL mourn the loss of Norm Macdonald, one of the most impactful comedic voices of his or any other generation. There are so many things that…