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RuPaul’s Drag Race fans and Beliebers turned up for last night’s Saturday Night Live hosted by RuPaul with musical guest Justin Bieber. The show, featuring Larry David and SNL alums Jason Sudeikis and Rachel Dratch in the cold open spoofing the New Hampshire Democratic debate, drew a 4.3 Live+Same Day household rating…

UPDATED with video: Saturday Night Live took a break from bashing President Donald Trump in the cold open to spoof yesterday’s Democratic primary debate. Before welcoming Larry David and SNL alums Jason Sudeikis and Rachel Dratch to the debate stage, Mikey Day kicked things off as ABC News anchor George…

Saturday Night Live has set a pair of returning hosts to front upcoming episodes of the late-night staple. Comic John Mulaney will make his third SNL hosting gig on February 29, and the reigning 007 Daniel Craig is booked for March 7, which will mark his second turn on the NBC show. Former Talking Heads frontman David…

Saturday Night Live has a long and successful tradition of athletes serving as hosts. The latest to take the stage of Studio 8H was NFL player J.J. Watt during Super Bowl weekend. The Feb. 1 edition of SNL, with host Watt and musical guest Luke Combs, featuring Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump in an impeachment…

UPDATED with video: Saturday Night Live has been skewering Disney for decades (remember Lindsey Lohan in Real Housewives of Disney in 2012? Or Debbie Downer aT Disney World in 2004?) and this weekend’s edition used the studio’s billion-dollar animated hit Frozen 2 to lob some satirical snowballs at corporate Hollywood…

This weekend’s edition of Saturday Night Live on NBC featured a massive guest host — literally massive, as in J.J. Watt, the 290-pound man-mountain who gobbles up quarterbacks on behalf of the Houston Texans (an NFL squad that isn’t otherwise preoccupied this weekend) and is widely admired as a home-town humanitarian…

UPDATED with video: Senate Republicans rejected witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, so Saturday Night Live held its own version of the proceedings. In this weekend’s cold open, the NBC sketch comedy series put together what it called “the trial you wish had happened.” While Supreme Court…

Houston Texans’ defensive end J.J. Watt proves his timing – comic and otherwise – in this new promo for his Saturday Night Live hosting gig this week. Repeatedly tested by SNL‘s Kyle Mooney, the pro athlete gives as good as he gets. Stick around to the end. Watt will be making his SNL debut on Saturday, with musical…

After a monthlong break, Saturday Night Live was back to originals last night with host Adam Driver in his third turn and musical guest Halsey. The episode, featuring an appearance by Jon Lovitz in the cold open, drew a 3.8 Live+Same Day household rating in the 44 local metered markets and a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating in…

Actor, writer and director Buck Henry died Jan. 8 at the age of 89. Known for co-creating with Mel Brooks Get Smart and and earning two Oscar nominations, for co-writing The Graduate and co-directing Heaven Can Wait, Henry also played a key role in the early, formative years of Saturday Night Live. In SNL’s first…

In Saturday Night Live’s first original after the Oscar nominations were announced, the show’s Melissa Villaseñor provided commentary during “Weekend Update” in the form of original songs she had written for all top contenders. Turns out most of the nominated movies — from Joker, The Irishman, Once Upon a Time In Holly…

Adam Driver was back as Saturday Night Live host tonight, and so was Undercover Ren. One of the most memorable skits from Driver’s SNL hosting debut in January 2016 was Star Wars Undercover Boss: Starkiller Base, a parody of CBS’ reality series Undercover Boss. In it, Driver, as his Star Wars villain character Kylo…