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White Lotus Star Calls Out SNL for 'Mean and Unfunny' Skit

Sketch mocked actress Aimee Lou Wood's distinctive teeth

(Newser) - The latest White Lotus-adjacent controversy is actually a Saturday Night Live controversy. This weekend's episode of SNL featured a parody of the HBO comedy-drama series titled " The White Potus ," in which President Trump and his family were depicted as White Lotus-like characters—with one notable exception. SNL...

SNL Is Making a Move Across the Pond

UK version of Lorne Michaels' decades-old Saturday night comedy staple to launch in 2026

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live announced on Thursday that it plans to launch a British version of the US sketch comedy show, which is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary in the States. The AP reports that the UK version of the program, produced with Sky Studios, will have a British cast of...

Saturday Night Live Has Two Jokes About Wallen's Exit
SNL Returns to Wallen's Exit
Apr 6, 2025 10:30 AM CDT

SNL Returns to Wallen's Exit

Singer had left stage quickly the week before

(Newser) - Morgan Wallen was in a hurry to leave Saturday Night Live last weekend, but it seems the show wasn't finished with him yet. In the NBC program's first broadcast since the singer's hasty retreat at the end of the show on which he was the musical guest,...

Morgan Wallen's Odd SNL Exit Raises Eyebrows
Kenan Thompson Weighs In on
Morgan Wallen's Odd SNL Exit
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Apr 5, 2025 6:00 AM CDT

Kenan Thompson Weighs In on Morgan Wallen's Odd SNL Exit

'Seems like a complicated individual, I guess,' SNL star says

(Newser) - At least one of the stars of Saturday Night Live seems to disagree with the source who insisted Morgan Wallen's abrupt exit from the most recent show was totally normal. "I thought maybe he had to go to the potty or something," Kenan Thompson tells Entertainment Weekly...

Morgan Wallen Now Selling 'God's Country' Merch

$45 will get you a T-shirt or trucker hat

(Newser) - Morgan Wallen appears to be capitalizing off the headlines. Since his abrupt exit from Saturday Night Live and social media plea to "get me to God's country" fueled speculation that the country artist wasn't pleased to be in New York, Wallen has doubled down on his apparent...

Elon Musk Has Terse Response to Mike Myers' Impersonation

'Humor fails when it lies,' he tweets after SNL sketch

(Newser) - Elon Musk appears not to have been amused at Mike Myers' impression of him on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, reports Unilad Tech . "Humor fails when it lies," Musk tweeted .
  • In the show's cold open, Myers as Musk crashed a meeting of President Trump and Ukraine'
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Joy Behar Agrees With MAGA Over Hanks Skit

'They're making anyone who voted for Trump look like a racist,' says The View host of SNL

(Newser) - Tom Hanks revived his "Doug" MAGA character for the Saturday Night Live anniversary show, and he's been taking flak from the right ever since, reports Fox News . On Tuesday, however, a new critic joined the chorus whose name is likely a surprise to supporters of the president: Joy...

Two Murderers Have Hosted SNL? Behind Mulaney's Joke

Most think he meant Robert Blake and OJ Simpson

(Newser) - As part of the opening monologue in Sunday night's anniversary show for Saturday Night Live, John Mulaney joked about how difficult some of the celebrity hosts could be:
  • "Over the course of 50 years, 894 people have hosted Saturday Night Live, and it amazes me that only two
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5 Moments From the SNL Anniversary Show

Including Meryl Streep's first appearance and another by Jack Nicholson

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live celebrated its 50th anniversary with a three-hour live show Sunday night. Some of the moments generating the most buzz:
  • Jack Nicholson made his first public appearance in years—the 87-year-old introduced Adam Sandler from the audience. Sandler then performed a musical homage to Lorne Michaels, reports Variety
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Aubrey Plaza Makes First Public Appearance Since Husband's Death

Star popped up on SNL 's 50th anniversary special to introduce a musical act

(Newser) - It was short and sweet, but over the weekend, Aubrey Plaza made her first public appearance since her husband's death last month, popping up on the stage of Saturday Night Live for the show's 50th anniversary special. Per People , even though the 40-year-old White Lotus and Parks and ...

SNL Is Re-Airing Its Very First Show

It's part of a 50th anniversary celebration, with a 3-hour special on Sunday

(Newser) - The 50th anniversary celebration of Saturday Night Live is so big, it's not even on Saturday. Airing at 8pm Eastern Sunday and spanning three hours, the, yes, live SNL50: The Anniversary Celebration will assemble a dream team of stars who have helped the show become an enduring pop culture...

SNL Cold Open Wonders If We Now Have a King

Lin-Manuel Miranda makes an appearance

(Newser) - The first Saturday Night Live of Donald Trump's second term suggests he is more like a king than a president. In the cold open, Lin-Manuel Miranda of Hamilton fame starts launching a rap about the Declaration of Independence, and when he gets to the line, "In America, we...

At One Point on Saturday, His 'Superpowers' Emerge

New Yorker profile looks at how Lorne Michaels gets SNL to stage every week

(Newser) - For 50 years now, Lorne Michaels has been shepherding Saturday Night Live to the stage, and Susan Morrison takes an in-depth look at his mindset in a New Yorker profile that pronounces him the "real star" of the show. The piece runs through the weekly schedule but zeroes in...

Dave Chappelle Had a Request for Trump in SNL Monologue

'Do better next time,' comedian urges

(Newser) - Dave Chappelle hosted Saturday Night Live over the weekend, and offered up a 17-minute monologue being called controversial by multiple outlets. It was also SNL's longest monologue ever, NBC News reports. Among the topics he covered:
  • Trump: Toward the end of his monologue, Chappelle addressed the president-elect directly, the
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Viewers Call Out 'Classless' SNL Segment on CEO's Murder

Though others insisted it was 'the best'

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live took on the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson this weekend, and online uproar was quick to follow. On the "Weekend Update" segment with Colin Jost and Michael Che, they got right into it. "The manhunt continues for the assassin who gunned down the CEO...

Elon Musk, SNL Cast Member Spar Over Him Making Her Cry

Musk says he was afraid his appearance on the show was going to be really 'unfunny'

(Newser) - Elon Musk and Saturday Night Live cast member Chloe Fineman are in a bit of a spat over Musk's 2021 appearance as guest host on the show. As USA Today reports, Musk made it known he wasn't pleased with Dana Carvey's portrayal of him on Saturday's...

Elon Musk Slams Dana Carvey's SNL Impersonation of Him

Tesla CEO says comedian just sounds like himself

(Newser) - Color Elon Musk unamused. The Tesla CEO and Donald Trump ally had quite a bit to say about the post-election episode of Saturday Night Live, USA Today and Page Six report. The episode featured the SNL cast doing a jokey about-face on Trump , claiming they'd actually been on his...

SNL to Trump: 'We Have Been With You All Along'

Show does a jokey about-face, debuts 'hot, jacked Trump'

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live opened its first show since the re-election of Donald Trump on a somber note, with cast members seemingly lamenting the "shocking and even horrifying" results. Then came the jokey pivot. "And that is why we at SNL would like to say to Donald Trump: We...

NBC Gives Trump 'Equal Time' After Harris' Appearance on SNL

Republican FCC commissioner had complained about what he saw as a rules violation

(Newser) - After a commissioner claimed Kamala Harris' surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live violated the Federal Communications Commission's "equal time" rules, NBC offered Donald Trump equal time. Brendan Carr, a Republican appointed to the FCC by Donald Trump, posted on X Saturday that Harris' SNL appearance seemed to be...

Live From New York, It's Kamala Harris

VP briefly leaves campaign in swing states to appear in Cold Open opposite Maya Rudolph

(Newser) - It was just another Saturday night with SNL trotting out Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris, Dana Carvey as Joe Biden, James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump, and ... Kamala Harris as Kamala Harris. The vice president made an unannounced appearance on the Cold Open of the final episode of Saturday Night ...

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