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Kristen Wiig Returning to Host SNL

Townsquare News Network — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:58:52 +0000

A year after leaving "Saturday Night Live," Kristen Wiig is coming back to host the show.

Melissa McCarthy Spoof of Rutgers Basketball Controversy on 'SNL' Among the Funniest SNL Bits of All Time [POLL]

Ray Rossi — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:36:24 +0000

I don’t get to watch “Mike and Molly”, so I never got to see how “insane in the membrane” Melissa McCarthy is until my wife got me to see “Bridesmaids.”

She steals the movie.

So it comes as no surprise how she steals the show with what I think to be one of the funnies SNL bits of all time

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Saturday Night Live Spoofs Mike Rice's Practice Technique [VIDEO]

Dan Alexander — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:53:23 +0000

Saturday Night Live took aim at former Rutgers University mens basketball coach Mike Rice with a coach that behaved even worse in practice.

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Saturday Night Live Revisits Early Years [VIDEO]

Joe Votruba — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:27:26 +0000

Between the lack of writing, bad guests and a cast-transition this season, Saturday Night Live has been off it's game. In an effort to save the season, they brought back one of most loved hosts in recent memory: Justin Timberlake.

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'SNL' Does 'The Walking Dead,' Totally Avoids Being Racist

Emerald Catron — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:55:40 +0000

Kevin Hart hosted 'Saturday Night Live' this weekend. Here he is in a pretty good send-up of 'The Walking Dead.' It seems as though not seeming racist is more important for the survivors then succumbing to a zombie apocal

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'SNL' Tackles the Stranded Carnival Cruise

Kyle Dowling — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:09:38 +0000

One of the most talked about topics this past week was the stranded Carnival cruise ship that found itself simply floating along in the ocean without power, sanity, and toilets. Naturally, the story eventually found itself on the floor of studio 8H in Rockefeller Plaza -- home of 'Saturday Night Live.'

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Governor Christie on SNL – So What's the Problem? [POLL/VIDEOS]

Ray Rossi — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:16:22 +0000

I conked out early on Saturday night after having a fine dinner and more than a few glasses of wine with our friends, the Technors from down the block; so unfortunately I missed the comedic highlight of the week

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Saturday Night Live Announces First Three Hosts and Performers – Who Do You Want to See?

Joe Votruba — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:08:34 +0000

Regardless of how you feel about the current cast or direction the writers are taking their skits nowadays, if someone you admire is hosting or performing on Saturday Night Live, you're going to watch. If not live, then definitely on DVR or online later.

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Former "Saturday Night Live" Writer Tom Davis Dies

Townsquare News Network — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:25:30 +0000

A writer who with Al Franken helped develop some of the most popular skits in the early years of "Saturday Night Live" has died in New York. Tom Davis was 59.

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Sun Tan Mom Patricia Krentcil Thought SNL Sketch Was "Hysterical" [VIDEO]

Dan Alexander — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:37:02 +0000

Sun Tan Mom Patricia Krentcil didn't feel burned by this weekend's Saturday Night Live sketch about her.

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