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Will Ferrell is set to host Saturday Night Live on Nov. 23, making the visit his fifth return since leaving the cast in 2002. Musical guest is King Princess, making her SNL debut. She recently released her debut studio album, "Cheap Queen," and her first single “1950.” This weekend’s guest  host is Harry Styles…

Harry Styles wants nothing to do with Facebook, Instagram or Twitter — at least when it comes to plugging Saturday Night Live. In a new promo for the NBC sketch series, Styles is given a line to recite for a video teasing his upcoming stint as host and musical guest. The former One Direction boybander is told to look…

As the weather cools down and the holiday season heats up, NBC is dashing through the shows. The network today unwrapped its schedule of new and classic holiday specials, movies, a year-end recap and other themed programming. Watch the promo above. Along with Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving and Christmas specials…

The Nov. 2 edition of Saturday Night Live, with host Kristen Stewart and musical guest Coldplay, has averaged a 4.1 Live+Same Day household rating in the 44 local metered markets and a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating in the 25 markets with local people meters. That was up +8% versus the metered-market household rating for its…

A Saturday Night Live skit poked fun at both the lack of White House press briefings and nation’s fascination with Conan, the military dog involved in the raid that took down ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, after Trump repeatedly tweeted about him. In opening the proceedings, Kellyanne Conway (Kate McKinnon)…

Harvey Weinstein made headlines last week when he was confronted by several women at a Manhattan comedy event, and Saturday Night Live referenced the incident during Weekend Update.  “A 2,000 pound shark has recently been spotted swimming along the East Coast,” Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che said, adding, “Not…

Saturday Night Live kicked off this weekend’s episode with the politics of money and health care. The NBC sketch comedy series started off the cold open by anointing Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren “the next president of the United States, maybe.” The Democratic presidential hopeful, played by SNL regular Kate McKi…

The Oct. 26 Halloween edition of Saturday Night Live, with host and musical guest Chance the Rapper, has averaged a 3.8 Live+Same Day household rating in 42 of the 44 local metered markets and a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating in 23 of the 25 markets with local people meters. That was even in 18-49 and in households with the…

Tonight’s edition of NBC’s Saturday Night Live included a second-half skit that took aim at Ad Astra, The Martian, The First Man, Gravity, and other astronaut screen epics that often follow a predictable flight path on their way to outer-space drama. The skit took the form of a faux trailer for a make-believe movie…

With the launch of Apple TV+ just a couple of days away,  one of the stars of its first series to debut on Friday, See‘s Jason Momoa, made a surprise appearance on tonight’s Saturday Night Live hosted by Chance the Rapper, who also was a musical guest. Momoa played a defendant in a First Impressions Court skit, a…

After a week off, Saturday Night Live came in hot with Alec Baldwin returning as Donald Trump for a rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, or as he put it, “the albacore tuna capital of the United States”. Throughout his rally, he was joined by an interesting roster of MAGA supporters — as well as some familiar faces…

UPDATE, with Stewart info Kristen Stewart and Harry Styles will host the Nov. 2 and Nov. 16 episodes, respectively, of Saturday Night Live, the NBC comedy series announced today. For Stewart, the booking marks her second hosting gig for the show – and proof that Lorne Michaels doesn’t hold a grudge over an inadvertent…