Appearing on Today this week, incoming "Weekend Update" co-host Colin Jost opened up about moving up from his head writer position to on-camera talent. He was joined by his co-host Cecily Strong, and the two got us more excited for the new era of Saturday Night Live. Read More »
Jim Parsons is gearing up to make his debut on Saturday Night Live and the Big Bang Theory actor recently stopped by TODAY to talk with Matt Lauer about his big night and his role as Sheldon. Read More »
HBO Girls star and creator, Lena Dunham, will host March 8. The announcement comes after the setting of Dunham's debut book launch and the renewal of Girls for a fourth season. The musical guest for the night will be The National. Read More »
Salon probably has its thinkpieces on deck because Lena Dunham is set to host Saturday Night Live on March 8. Read More »
In a special SNL Backstage video posted to Saturday Night Live's YouTube account, some cast members and "Weekend Update" writers said farewell to Seth Meyers. As you know, Meyers is about to start his new job as host of Late Night, so he had to leave Saturday Night Live. In this farewell video, Meyers' friends share some great and touching stories about the former anchor of "Weekend Update" in order to send him off with plenty of well wishes. Read More »
Fans of Jim Parsons and The Big Bang Theory are in for quite a treat. It's just been announced that Parsons will be making his hosting debut on Saturday Night Live. Read More »
MStars has learned that former Saturday Night Live star, Chris Kattan, was arrested for suspicion of DUI Monday morning. He totaled his luxury car, and failed a field sobriety test. Read More »
Saturday Night Live cast member Brooks Wheelan isn't the most well known guy currently on the show, but he's still new and has had quite a transition in his life to get to this point. He's put together a video montage taking one second of film from each day over 365 days to demonstrate how much his life has changed. Read More »
Saturday Night Live has been making some great moves over the last few weeks. First the show hired Sasheer Zamata as the newest cast member and then acquired new writers LaKendra Tookes and Leslie Jones. Now, with the departure of Seth Meyers for his new job hosting Late Night, SNL has moved head writer Colin Jost in front of the camera as the new "Weekend Update" anchor alongside Cecily Strong! Read More »
Drake performed double-duty as the host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live this week. Typically that means two things: terrible sketches and great musical performances. Luckily for the audience, Drizzy came through with only half of those, evoking the "JT exception" and delivering some halfway decent bits around a live performance of "Hold On, We're Going Home", "Trophies", "Started From The Bottom" and "From Time." Read More »
Just days after hiring New York City comedienne and actress Sasheer Zamata as a new cast member, Saturday Night Live added two new writers to its team. These two scribes are LaKendra Tookes and Leslie Jones and will start their new jobs next week. These three women are being seen as SNL's answer to the criticism over the lack of African-American females on the cast and crew, but they were hired for their talent and experience so we should not forget that! Read More »
After about five years and almost a year of complaints from viewers and some cast members, Saturday Night Live has cast an African American female actress for the upcoming 2014 episodes. Later this month with host and musical guest Drake, New York City comedienne Sasheer Zamata will make her SNL debut! Keep reading to find out more about the newest cast member! Read More »
Chinese audiences will now have access to the American sketch show Saturday Night Live thanks to the online video site Sohu.com. The show premiered on Dec. 23, but it was officially announced today. Read More »