Saturday Night Live
Lorne Michaels Doesn’t Plan to Retire from Saturday Night Live After Season 50
Saturday Night Live creator and showrunner Lorne Michaels has shared that he still has “no plans to retire” from his duties at the long-running NBC program despite the seismic cast shake-up this summer and the show’s impending 50th season in 2024-2025. In an interview with The New York Times, the 77-year old prefaced the show’s 48th season by calling it “a year of reinvention” and attributed the personnel overhaul as an expected shift that was delayed by the onset of COVID-19. “The pandemic had put us in this position where no one could really leave, because there were no jobs.,” he shared. “And at the same time, if I don’t add new people every year, then the show isn’t the show. There have to be new people, for both our sake and also for the audience.” Michaels has shepherded numerous sea...
SNL to Kick Off 48th Season with Kendrick Lamar and Miles Teller
Saturday Night Live is returning October 1st, and today, NBC confirmed that Miles Teller and Kendrick Lamar will kick off the sketch series’ 48th season. Additionally, WILLOW will take the stage on October 8th alongside host Brendan Gleeson, while Megan Thee Stallion will pull double-duty on the 15th. This marks Teller’s first time hosting SNL; we just saw him fly high in Top Gun: Maverick. As for Kendrick, this will be his third visit on the show, and we can expect him to curate his performance from his new album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. Gleeson and WILLOW are both making their debuts on the show, with the actor promoting his upcoming film Banshees of Inisherin and the musician gearing up to release her fifth studio album <COPINGMECHANISM>. Megan, returning music...
Megan Thee Stallion, Kendrick Lamar and WILLOW Announced as First Musical Guests of SNL Season 48
Saturday Night Live kicks off its 48th season on Oct. 1. Today, the sketch comedy show announced its first three hosts and musical guests. Kendrick Lamar will open up as the season’s first musical guest, with WILLOW and Megan Thee Stallion to follow on Oct. 8 and 15h, respectively. Megan Thee Stallion will enter an elite club as she’s been tapped to not only perform, but she’ll be pulling double duty as the host. This will be her second appearance on the show, with her debut coming in October 2020. Lamar was a musical guest in 2013, 2014 (once on his own and again with Imagine Dragons) and 2018 (with Anderson .Paak). WILLOW made her debut appearance on SNL last April with Camila Cabello. Miles Teller and Brendan Gleeson will host the first two episodes. Japanese Breakfast was the musi...
Chris Redd Departs Saturday Night Live As Cast Exodus Continues
Chris Redd is leaving Saturday Night Live, Deadline reports. His departure marks the eighth such exit from the comedy show this year. Redd joined SNL as featured player for 2017’s Season 43 and stayed on the program for five years. In a statement, the comedian shared, “Being a part of SNL has been the experience of a lifetime. Five years ago, I walked into 30 Rock knowing that this was an amazing opportunity for growth. Now, with friends who have become family and memories I will cherish forever, I’m grateful to Lorne Michaels and to the entire SNL organization. From the bottom of my heart, I can’t thank you all enough.” Redd has appeared in Saturday Night Live alum projects like The Lonely Island’s Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Kenan Thompson’s NBC sitc...
Dogecoin has crashed 75% against Bitcoin since Elon Musk’s SNL appearance
Dogecoin (DOGE) may be back in the top-ten cryptocurrency by market capitalization, but its loses in both USD and Bitcoin (BTC) terms since Elon Musk’s SNL appearance are considerable. Dogecoin loses Musk-effect The DOGE/BTC trading pair has fallen 75% after peaking out at 1,287 satoshis on May 9, 2021, a day after Musk was a guest host on Saturday Night Live, including a sketch titled “The Dogefather.” DOGE/BTC daily price chart. Source: TradingView Before his appearance, the billionaire entrepreneur was relentlessly tweeting Dogecoin memes, images, which helped DOGE — a cryptocurrency that started out as a joke — to attain a market capitalization north of $90 billion in May 2021. That’s more than 36,000% gains in just two years. But things have gone downhill ever since. ...
Saturday Night Live Welcomes Four New Faces to Season 48 Cast
Saturday Night Live had somewhat of a mass exodus following the end of its 47th season, but the long-running sketch comedy series has now added a slew of fresh faces to its upcoming Season 48 cast. New featured players include Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, and Devon Walker. Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney, Pete Davidson, Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, and featured player Aristotle Athari all left SNL this year, marking the biggest cast turnover since Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, Bill Hader, and Fred Armisen moved on from the show in 2012 and ’13. All four of Saturday Night Live’s new additions have roots in standup. Hernandez hails from Miami and serves as creative director for the “citizen’s journalism” comedy Instagram account O...
Alex Moffat and Melissa Villaseñor Depart Saturday Night Live
Three more bite the dust at studio 8H: Saturday Night Live cast members Alex Moffat and Melissa Villaseñor — as well as featured player Aristotle Athari — won’t be returning for the show’s 48th season. As The Hollywood Reporter points out, Moffat, Villaseñor, and Athari follow Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, and Kyle Mooney, all of whom said their goodbyes during the season 47 finale back in May. Longtime producer Lindsay Shookus also departed in August. Moffat and Villaseñor joined SNL as featured performers in 2016 and were promoted to main cast members two years later. Moffat became known for impressions including Joe Biden, Eric Trump, and Beto O’Rourke, as well as original characters like Guy Who Just Bought a Boat on “Weekend Update.” Adverti...
Conan O’Brien, Bowen Yang, and Meg Stalter Join Cast of Please Don’t Destroy Movie
Breakout Saturday Night Live trio Please Don’t Destroy are set to star in a movie produced by Judd Apatow, and the comedians are in good company: As Variety reports, Conan O’Brien, Bowen Yang, Meg Stalter, X Mayo, and Nichole Sakura have joined the cast of the film. The currently untitled picture, set to hit theaters on August 18th, 2023 via Universal Pictures, features Please Don’t Destroy — Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy — as childhood friends who attempt to find gold treasure rumored to be buried in a nearby mountain. The project now has even more comedy star power thanks to SNL alum and late night legend Conan, current cast member Yang, and Hacks star Stalter. Meanwhile, X Mayo writes for The Daily Show With Trevor Noah and appears in the N...
SNL’s Please Don’t Destroy Making Movie with Judd Apatow
After going viral during the pandemic and landing a writing gig on Saturday Night Live, comedy group Please Don’t Destroy are taking the next step by making a buddy comedy produced by Judd Apatow. Currently untitled, the movie centers around three childhood friends who live and work together. Looking to change their lives, they set out to find gold treasure rumored to be buried in a nearby mountain. Please Don’t Destroy is comprised of Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy, who met while attending New York University and started collaborating. After gaining a cult following with their self-produced online videos, they were hired for the recently concluded Season 47 of SNL. Advertisement Related Video Some of their notable sketches include “Three Sad Virgins” featuring Taylor ...
Kid Cudi Shares Mental Health Message, Says Daughter Told Him He Looked “Pretty” On ‘SNL’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NBC / Getty Kid Cudi has always been open about his struggles with mental health. At an event for the New York-Presbyterian Hospital’s Youth Anxiety Center, the rapper opened up even further, adding that his daughter Vada’s approval is top priority for him. Cudi and Vogue.com editor Chioma Nnadi led the conversation about anxiety, depression, and the importance of self-care and treatment. Related Stories The New York-Presbyterian Hospital’s Youth Anxiety Center was founded 11 years ago and hosts a clinical and research program committed to addressing the epidemic of anxiety and depression in youth and adolescents, per Vogue. “Before I actually had therapy, the music was there for me. It was the perfect way to express myself and feel safe...
Michael Che “Doesn’t Have Any Plans” to Quit Saturday Night Live
The next season of Saturday Night Live is going to look a little different from what we’re used to, but not every one is leaving. Following the news earlier this month that Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, and Kyle Mooney were all departing the show, Weekend Update anchor Michael Che said he “[doesn’t] have any plans to leave just yet.” “I think I’m staying,” Che told The Ringer’s Bill Simmons on his self-titled podcast. “I never know, it’s hard. Once the season’s over it’s best to not to make decisions like towards the end of the year because all you want to do is get out of there, you’ve had your fill. But August or September is usually a different story. I don’t have any plans to leave just yet.” Simmons did poke fun at Che’s indecisiveness, as the comedian has ...
The Best SNL Sketches of the Last 10 Years
Because Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels has actively avoided the kinds of major cast shake-ups that the show weathered in the ’80s and ’90s, it’s become harder to define recent eras of the show. The Aykroyd/Belushi/Radner/Murray era is easy; 1975 until 1980. The Carvey/Hartman/Myers era is easy; 1986 until 1995. But Kenan Thompson has been on SNL for 19 seasons. Kate McKinnon was on for a solid decade. More than ever, large chunks of the ensemble don’t disappear; instead, casts bleed into one another. When McKinnon started on the show, Kristen Wiig was still there. At the same time, some of her other early cast members will still be around next fall when the show returns for Season 48. Well, maybe. The departure of McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, and Kyle Mooney does feel...
