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‘The Other Two’s’ Chris Kelly & Sarah Schneider Are Gagging For You [Podcast]

June 13, 2019 11:12 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Podcasts, Television

Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider may not be household names, but you've seen their work for years. They wrote some of the more memorable sketches on "Saturday Night Live" this decade and were co-head writers fo...

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2019 Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series Emmys Predictions

Gregory Ellwood

May 3, 2019 10:36 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Television

This expanded field is a head-scratcher. "Mrs. Maisel's" Borstein could easily win again, but her Amazon Prime Video colleague Colman could use her Oscar momentum to give "Fleabag" a win just as easily. McKinno...

‘Roma’s’ Alfonso Cuaron Wins Top Directing Prize At 2019 DGA Awards

Gregory Ellwood

February 3, 2019 2:11 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The always influential Directors Guild Awards were handed out Saturday night and they bestowed their top prize to Alfonso Cuaron for "Roma." This confirms the prevailing theory that the Netflix release and las...

Chevy Chase Has Thoughts About The Current Cast Of ‘SNL’ & Their Ability To Say One Particular Line: “F— ’em”

Charles Barfield

September 18, 2018 12:56 pm

News, Television

By most accounts, Chevy Chase is not the easiest guy to work with. If you’ve ever heard any of the stories from his days on “Community,” working with Dan Harmon, you start to realize that maybe there’s a reason...

‘SNL’ Spoofs ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ & Asks Where In The World Is Kellyanne Conway?

Anthony Casella

May 7, 2017 9:00 am

News, Television

Chris Pine was up for anything last night when he hosted “Saturday Night Live” for the first time, and that included singing — lots of it. Pine got started during the monologue with a song-and-dance number expl...

‘Weekend Update’ Will Go Prime Time This Summer On NBC

Christian Gallichio

March 16, 2017 5:13 pm

News, Television

"Saturday Night Live" has been on something of a roll since the election of Donald Trump, upping their political satire with recurring mocking of Trump, Kellyanne Conway, Sean Spicer, and Jeff Sessions. Now, on...

SNL: Kellyanne Conway Stalks CNN’s Jake Tapper In Dark ‘Fatal Attraction’ Skit, Melissa McCarthy Returns

Rodrigo Perez

February 12, 2017 12:15 pm

News, Television

Outlets like “South Park” have made the decision to not cover Donald Trump this season, their reasoning being the administration and their distorted reality is comedy they can’t match and too ridiculously over ...

Why ‘Saturday Night Live’ Is Becoming More Important Than Ever, And Why It Still Has To Redeem Itself

Oliver Lyttelton

February 6, 2017 1:35 pm

Features, News

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There aren’t that many true institutions in television. It’s arguably the most American medium in its endless pursuit of the new, which means that only the most loved shows go over five seasons, only a handful ...

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Kristen Stewart Stars In Lesbian Love Skit Skewering Super Bowl Ads [Watch]

Edward Davis

February 5, 2017 12:31 pm

News

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“The big game brings more than just the guys together.” Let’s be clear about this: In the history of television, there has never been one Super Bowl commercial ever made for women. OK, maybe some here and there...

Melissa McCarthy Eviscerates Sean Spicer In Hilarious SNL Skit [Watch]

Rodrigo Perez

February 5, 2017 11:31 am

News

There’s your reality: the sky is blue, grass is green. And then there’s the reality of the Trump administration nitwits Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer: the sky is the unsecured window where Radical Islamic Te...

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