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After cracks about Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem and President Donald Trump’s vendetta against CNN, Michael Che on Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update touched on the ongoing controversy at Cornell University and Ryan Murphy’s decision to bring back Glee. Che first served up a serious note by…

Just a month away from the volatile midterms and a president way down in the polls, there was once again a plethora of political material ripe for this week's SNL cold open, and the NBC late-nighter went full MAGA, with some Mitch McConnell on the side. Played by Mickey Day, the wheelchair bound…

Taylor Swift gave Dakota Johnson some pretty sweet payback for appearing in her “Patient Zero” music video: the mega-star joined the Verity actress during her opening monologue tonight on Saturday Night Live. Perhaps it was just a birthday present for Johnson, who turns 37 on Sunday. Either way…

As the Paramount-Warner Bros merger goes through, Bill Maher has a message for his new Skydance bosses. On Friday’s episode of Real Time, the comedian pleaded with the Ellisons not to listen to their pal Trump’s criticism of him now that they own his show’s longtime home HBO. “The merger…

Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Guillermo Rodriguez was working three jobs, one of which was a parking lot security guard when he got caught sleeping in Jimmy Kimmel Live! announcer Dicky Barrett's car. That surprisingly led to a job on the ABC late-night show as Kimmel's sidekick, a job that…

Jimmy Kimmel has had an incredibly busy year after being pulled off the air last September by ABC and becoming a free-speech hero in the process. Last month, it emerged he was in talks to renew his deal with Disney ahead of his contract expiring in May. Dana Walden, President and Chief…

For those wondering how SNL‘s new cast members factored into tonight’s season premiere, the answer was: not much. The two new featured players, Saidah Belo-Osagie and Grace Reiter, were introduced together, as part of an early sketch on the search for reality competition The Debut: Dream Academy…

Following the Knicks’ big win at Madison Square Garden, Jalen Brunson took the stage at 30 Rockefeller Center for his Saturday Night Live hosting debut. On Saturday’s Season 52 premiere, the NBA Finals 2026 MVP showed off some comedic chops in an otherwise business-as-usual episode of the NBC…

Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update was back and focused on the movie business. Jeremy Culhane returned as Tucker Carlson and he was giving his thoughts on the summer's slate of blockbusters. "It's movie time, let's find our seats, silence our cell phones and abandon Christian values," he…

It wasn't a great start to the season for Saturday Night Live in many parts of the country after linear viewers suffered a delay thanks to college football running late. The Oregon-USC game finished just over 15 minutes late, meaning that many affiliates started after the Jalen Brunson-hosted ope…

Saturday Night Live kicked off its 52nd season with a victory lap for Knicks fans, as host Jalen Brunson was joined onstage by his teammates. The 2026 MVP swapped some quips with teammates Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby and Josh Hart during his opening monologue on Saturday’s…

The cold open of the new season of Saturday Night Live featured Ramy Youssef as New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, getting another visit from President Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson). It was a riff on their latest meeting earlier this week, an unlikely lovefest between the left-wing mayor and…