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The season finale of Saturday Night Live arrives this weekend, and the occasion brought together Jake Gyllenhaal, cast member Bowen Yang, and musical guest Sabrina Carpenter for the traditional Thursday promo. As usual, it was an exercise in hilarity. In the first segment, the lads claim to…

It’s a longstanding tradition: Get the cool kid to sign your yearbook. Castmember Marcello Hernández tries to do just that as he asks host Jake Gyllenhaal to sign his SNL Season Finale yearbook. The affable Gyllenhaal generously agrees and spends quite a while agonizing and rhapsodizing as he writes…

David Sanborn, the six time Grammy-winning alto saxophonist who played at Woodstock, composed music for the Lethal Weapon movies, played in the SNL and Late Night with David Letterman bands and worked with everyone from Stevie Wonder to David Bowie, died Sunday afternoon, May 12th, after an extended…

Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” segment leaned into the brain worm that U.S. presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said got into his head. Sarah Sherman had the honors of dressing up as a worm and took a jab at Vanderpump Rules star Tom Sandoval, who became known as “the worm with a…

Maya Rudolph is back as host of NBC’s Saturday Night Live and she’s doing what she does best—imitating Queen Beyoncé. In her best “Texas Hold Em” ensemble, Rudolph appeared in a sketch as the multi-Grammy Award-winning artist on her second visit to the popular YouTube chat series Hot Ones, where…

Maya Rudolph returned to Saturday Night Live as host for the Mother’s Day show. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart,” Rudolph said as she took the stage of Studio 8H. “It is so good to be back and for the Mother’s Day episode.” Rudolph said that for her, it was “extra special” as she is a…

A special to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live is planned for February on NBC. The network is planning a celebratory weekend that culminates with a live primetime special on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025 from 8-11 p.m. ET.  Another new special planned for the 2024-15 season is Defy…

This week’s SNL host Maya Rudolph was joined by veteran SNL cast member Kenan Thompson for the traditional Thursday promo to welcome this week’s musical guest, Vampire Weekend. The first bit saw them adopt fake Transylvanian accents to mock the band. Then a longstanding beef about a missing hair…

Maya Rudolph has been hiding in a Saturday Night Live closet for 17 years and is now ready to come out and host the show. In a promo ahead of Rudolph hosting the NBC late-night sketch show, Andrew Dismukes and Chloe Troast are walking the halls of 30 Rock when they notice a door and laughing noises…

Saturday Night Live‘s Mikey Day understands why Heidi Gardner couldn’t get through last month’s now infamous Beavis and Butt-Head sketch: His Butt-Head face was just too much to take in all at once. On Late Night With Seth Meyers this week, Day recalled the sketch, which co-starred Ryan Gosling as…

Saturday Night Live is poking a bit of fun at a common form of activism seen on red carpets. The sketch comedy series put together a fake ad for the “teeny tiny statement pins” frequently seen on red carpets, supporting a variety of causes. With the Met Gala approaching, SNL figured it might be…

Jerry Seinfeld crashed Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update segment, and Colin Jost introduced him as “a man who did too much press.” The Seinfeld star has been on a press tour promoting his Netflix movie Unfrosted, which he directed and stars in. Seinfeld came to the Update desk, not knowing…