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‘West Wing,’ ‘Happy Days,’ ‘SNL’ Stars Reunite for Emmys Ceremony
The West Wing, Happy Days, Saturday Night Live, Reba and Schitt’s Creek were among the popular series to reunite their casts at the 2024 Emmys. With NBC’s The West Wing celebrating the 25th anniversary of its series premiere on Sept. 22, 1999, the show’s stars Martin Sheen, Dulé Hill, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff and Allison […]
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Emmys: John Oliver Thanks His Dog As ‘Last Week Tonight’ Repeats as Best Scripted Variety Series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver took home the award for best scripted variety series Sunday at the 76th Emmy Awards. The win was the second straight in the category for Last Week Tonight, which is also as many awards as have been given out for best scripted variety series. It won out over NBC’s […]
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Michael Che Recalls Colin Jost’s “Weekend Update” Joke on ‘SNL’ That Left Him “So Frustrated”
Michael Che and Colin Jost are used to taking jabs at each other on Saturday Night Live‘s “Weekend Update,” but there’s one joke that has previously left Che “frustrated.” During a recent interview on the Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade podcast, the two SNL castmembers were asked if they had ever said […]
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Emmys Preview: Producers Talk ‘SNL’ Reunion, Levy Chemistry and Leaning Deeper Into Nostalgia
The producers of the first 2024 Emmy telecast — you know, the one that was intended to take place in 2023 — came out of their show with one perfectly clear takeaway to carry into Sunday’s other 2024 Emmys: nostalgia works. “Sometimes with awards shows, there’s a little bit of a mean-spiritedness or inside baseball, but the […]
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‘SNL’ Actor Chloe Troast Says Season 50 Exit “Was Not My Choice”
Chloe Troast’s exit from Saturday Night Live was “not my choice,” the comedian told fans on social media Wednesday. “Hey everyone! I wanted to let you know that I will not be on SNL next season,” she wrote on TikTok. “This was not my choice, I wish I was there getting to be with my friends. It […]
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‘SNL’ Adds Three New Castmembers for Season 50
Saturday Night Live is welcoming in three new members of its cast for the show’s landmark 50th season. Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim and Jane Wickline have joined the NBC late night show as featured players for 2024-25. The season will premiere Sept. 28 with most of last season’s ensemble intact, although Punkie Johnson and Molly […]
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Nate Bargatze Sets Holiday Variety Show at CBS
Nate Bargatze is going primetime. The world’s top earning comic, according to Pollstar, has signed on to do his first primetime special, an hour-long, holiday-themed variety show for CBS. Lorne Michaels and his Broadway Video are on board as producers of the hour, which will roll out in December and also stream on Paramount+. “I’m […]
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‘Saturday Night’ Director Jason Reitman Recalls Real Life ‘SNL’ Writing Gig: “You Sit Around Shaking”
Saturday Night director Jason Reitman, who in his latest movie chronicles the lead-up to the first Saturday Night Live show in 1975, had a unique training ground. In 2008, Reitman served as a guest writer on an SNL show and delivered one sketch to air, and all on a tense yet freestyling TV set led […]
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Jason Reitman’s ‘Saturday Night’ Movie to Make Awards Push Early in Theaters
Sony is ramping up its award campaign plans for filmmaker Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night Live movie, a dramatic recreation of the 90 minutes leading up to the iconic NBC show’s first episode in the mid-1970s. The studio announced late Thursday that it will release Saturday Night in select theaters on Sept. 27 in New York, […]
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Jimi Hendrix Doc in the Works From Director Bao Nguyen
The Greatest Night in Pop director Bao Nguyen has been tapped to helm Jimi, a feature documentary about the origin story for the legendary rock star Jimi Hendrix. Authorized for the first time by the Jimi Hendrix estate, the film is produced by Network Entertainment, financier Double Agent and Experience Hendrix. “Telling the story of […]
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Peacock Sets Live Comedy Special From Colin Jost and Michael Che
Peacock is now trying its hand at live comedy. The streamer announced Colin Jost & Michael Che Present: New York After Dark, which will have the Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” duo hosting at The Bell House in Brooklyn. It will stream Sept. 12 at 9 p.m. ET and feature a rotation of the pair’s […]
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Punkie Johnson Says She Left ‘SNL’ Because “I Didn’t Really Feel Like I Fit”
Punkie Johnson is opening up about the reason for her departure from Saturday Night Live after four seasons. The comedian recently stopped by the Fly on the Wall podcast, and told hosts/SNL alums Dana Carvey and David Spade that she “didn’t really feel like I fit” on NBC’s sketch comedy show. Johnson first revealed she wasn’t returning for the show’s […]
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