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Saturday Night Live kicks off its 2021 run with host John Krasinski, who takes the 30 Rock stage with musical guest Machine Gun Kelly. Not only is it the first episode of the year, it’s also the first episode following the end of Donald Trump’s presidency. In his opening monologue, Krasinski fielded jokes from several […]
Machine Gun Kelly made his Saturday Night Live debut in sketch series’ first episode of 2021. “I remember when I was a kid watching @nbcsnl every weekend with my aunt and my dad, since they aren’t here to see this moment, I’m going to perform the song I wrote for them on the show,” MGK tweeted […]
Dua Lipa returned to Saturday Night Live as the musical guest for the show’s last episode of 2020. In addition to performing songs from her sophomore album Future Nostalgia, she also performed in a skit alongside Kristen Wiig and Bowen Yang. For the sketch, Wiig portrayed nurse Aubra July who sings for troops during a […]
Saturday Night Live‘s final 2020 episode kicked off with a little battle between VPs. Hosted by Kristen Wiig, the broadcast began with a cold open poking fun at Mike Pence, who received the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday. He’s joined by his replacement, Senator Kamala Harris played once again by Maya Rudolph. The cast portrays Pence, played by Beck Bennett, […]
In Saturday Night Live’s final episode of 2020, Kristen Wiig returned back to the 30 Rock stage to sing about her favorite things this holiday season. “I consider this home, and it’s so nice to be home for the holidays,” Wiig said. Wiig added she got employee of the month three times on the sketch […]
After a months-long delay, Dua Lipa has finally returned to Studio 8H. This weekend, the London-born pop star served as Saturday Night Live‘s final musical guest for 2020. The appearance comes more than two years after Dua first appeared on SNL, performing tracks from her self-titled debut project. Dua was originally scheduled to return in the last weekend of March, […]
Questlove appeared on this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live, making a couple of cameos, including the XXL Rap Roundtable. Quest played himself, Punkie Johnson acted as Queen Latifah, and Timothée Chalamet and Pete Davidson took on the roles of Soundcloud rap duo Zan Mob—aka SmokedCheddaThaAssGetta and Guaplord, respectively—who had broken the record for most […]
Call Me By Your Name star Timothée Chalamet made his Saturday Night Live debut this weekend, kicking off the show with a monologue about growing up in New York. He talked about how his mother had done background work for the show, appearing alongside the late Chris Farley in a sketch. He also took the […]
In the penultimate episode of the year, Saturday Night Live opened with a parody of The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer. The cast opened with this week’s news of the FDA approving the Pfizer vaccine for emergency use. Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx, played by Kate McKinnon and Heidi Gardner, attempted to explain […]
Though he didn’t mention him by name, on Monday an activist in Staten Island clearly referenced Pete Davidson by repeatedly mentioning the borough’s “King” during a press conference over a local bar co-owner, Danny Presti, who was arrested/released after allegedly reopening a bar in violation of state-mandated COVID-19 protocols, and for also allegedly hitting a deputy with his car. […]
