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Saturday Night Live has served as a launching pad to TV superstardom (Tina Fey and Bill Hader), dominance at the box office and even #1 music albums (Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi). But not every SNL star goes on to greater showbiz heights.

Here are five comedians who killed on the show only to find they just weren’t as good at anything else. In fairness, as insults go, “You were better at Saturday Night Live than anything else,” isn’t the worst that one could hear.

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Joe Piscopo might have been the first comedian to get huge on Saturday Night Live who couldn’t transfer that success beyond the show. After the original cast left, Piscopo became the show’s first new star, cranking out uncanny versions of David Letterman, Jerry Lewis and his idol Frank Sinatra. His original characters, unfortunately, had the bad habit of being more...

It’s Homecoming Year at Saturday Night Live — as the show celebrates its 50th season, several former cast members have returned to get a piece of Lorne Michaels’ anniversary cake. Not all comedy cameos are created equal, however. Here are all of the SNL alumni who’ve returned this year, ranked by their impact on the show…

7 Punkie Johnson

I’ll admit it — until I dug into this list, I didn’t realize Punkie Johnson, who left the show over the summer after getting passed over to play Kamala, had appeared during Season 50. But there she is during the good-byes of the Charli Xcx show, relegated to the second row behind fellow ex-cast members Kyle Mooney and Andy Samberg. The fact that most didn’t know Johnson was there earns her last place on this list.

6 Pete Davidson

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“Saturday Night Live” is finding its rhythm this season now that the election is out of the way, with stellar hosts Charli Xcx and now Paul Mescal bringing a youthful, silly energy to “SNL 50.” But that doesn’t mean Lorne Michaels and the cast don’t have a few political punches left to throw.

For the evening’s cold open, Dana Carvey returned once again, not to impersonate Joe Biden or Elon Musk, but to bring back one of his most beloved characters, the Church Lady. It was a welcome return that featured many headline-grabbing figures such as Matt Gaetz, played by Sarah Sherman, and Hunter Biden, played by fellow past cast member David Spade. While the show has always tried to be fair in its equal skewering of the right and the left, it definitely seems like its become more bold with its hits on both parties in its last few episodes.

Enid Strict, better known as The Church Lady, practically had to return to Saturday Night Live in the December 7 episode. After all, 2024 was, in her appraisal, “the most satanic year in history.” The cold open marked the first time Dana Carvey has reprised the role of Enid since 2016, though the SNL alum has been a regular presence in Season 50, serving as the NBC show’s President Joe Biden. “Instead of Mother Mary, little girls are looking up to the Hawk Tuah Girl,” Enid began. “Everywhere you look, you’ve got 11-year-olds dressing up like that vixen Sabrina Carpenter. Do you know who was the best carpenter? Jesus. [Singing to the tune of ‘Espresso’] He’s working late ’cause he’s a savior.” Enid then took aim at multiple political figures who were brought on as guests. As she kicked off her “Church Chat” talk show on Saturday, Enid welcomed former U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz, played by Sarah Sherman,...

With all the hype surrounding its 50th anniversary season, someone was due to stand out on Saturday Night Live this year. Marcello Hernandez seemed primed to take the spotlight. Maybe Chloe Fineman would finally be crowned queen. Sarah Sherman? Ego Nwodim? One of the new featured players? But an unexpected comedian has become the season’s breakout star: Dana Carvey.

Yeah, that Dana Carvey.

It was an unexpected giggle in the season premiere when Carvey dropped in unexpectedly as the show’s ninth (ninth!) Joe Biden impersonator. Predictably, Carvey nailed the guy in ways that more precise impressionists like James Austin Johnson couldn’t. “Guess what? And by the way…” became Biden shorthand in the way that Carvey’s “Nah ga da it!” defined George Bush. Maybe Carvey wasn’t throwing 100 mph anymore but he still had enough of a fastball to deliver quality innings during election season.

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You know what Gladiator II was missing? A lot of singing and dancing, apparently.

After the runaway box office success of Moana 2 and Wicked, this week’s Saturday Night Live reimagined Gladiator II as a musical, with host Paul Mescal — who stars in the big-screen epic — reprising his role as warrior Lucius… only with a lot more singing this time. To kick off the fake trailer, Kenan Thompson led the ensemble in a stirring opening number called “There’s No Place Like Rome,” where (oof) “every senator has a boy to molest.”

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Dana Carvey reprised his Saturday Night Live character Church Lady for the first time since SNL‘s post-2016 election show, this time questioning presidential son Hunter Biden (David Spade), as well as former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz and MLB free agent Juan Soto.

Biden, Church Lady said, “is someone who actually is a lot like Jesus, because he also has a dad named Joseph whose life is made way more complicated because of him.”

“Haven’t been here in a while,” Biden began. “I’ve been laying low a little bit.

Dana Carvey’s Church Lady character opened “Saturday Night Live” with her talkshow guests including a parade of “sinners” representing the “most Satanic year in history”: Sarah Sherman as Matt Gaetz, David Spade as Hunter Biden and Marcello Hernandez as baseball free agent Juan Soto.

“Are you okay, Matt? You look a little surprised to be here,” Carvey says.

“No, this is just how my face is,” Gaetz’ Sherman replies.

“Matt, let’s see if I have this straight. You were involved in some little sexual peccadillos? They wrote a whole report about it, but somehow we never got tosee it, did we? Isn’t that convenient?,” the Church Lady says.

“For me it is, yes,” Gaetz answers.

“You better repent Matt. There’s 17 days left to Christmas,” says the Church Lady.

“You had me at 17!” says Gaetz.

The Church Lady was then visited by David Spade as Hunter Biden,...

Dana Carvey resurrected his iconic Saturday Night Live Church Lady skit during the cold open for the December 7 episode.

The 69-year-old actor originated the character, who is also known as Enid Strict, all the way back in 1986. He portrays an uptight elderly woman who hosts a talk show called Church Chat where she covers current events.

He’s reprised the role several times over the years, most recently in 2016 after the presidential election. During his most recent return, he poked fun as both Matt Gaetz, who has been wrapped up in scandals, and Hunter Biden, who was recently pardoned by his father President Joe Biden.

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In the skit, Church Lady proclaimed that 2024 had been “the most satanic year in history.”

It featured cameos from Sarah Sherman as Matt, David Spade as Hunter and Marcello Hernandez as baseball star Juan Soto. Check out the video below!

Church Chats at Saturday Night Live are back in session.

Dana Carvey reprised his iconic character, the Church Lady, during the newest episode’s cold open, sitting down to scold Matt Gaetz, played by Sarah Sherman;, Hunter Biden, played by David Spade; and baseball player Juan Soto, played by Marcello Hernández.

“Welcome to Church Chat. I’m the Church Lady,” Carvey says. “You know, it’s great to be back to ring out the end of 2024, the most satanic year in history. Instead of Mother Mary, little girls are looking up to the Hawk Tuah girl. Well, you know what I say, instead of hawk tuah-y, you need to walk tuah-y to a church.”

Carvey continues, “Have you seen Wicked? It’s just like The Wizard of Oz, but instead of saying, ‘Lions, tigers and bears, oh my,’ they say, ‘Lions, tigers and sluts, oh yes.’ A little bit different.

The Church Lady is back to pass judgment this week on Saturday Night Live… and you don’t want to face her wrath.

Former cast member Dana Carvey reprised his famous SNL character to open Saturday’s episode, with the Church Lady marking the end of “the most Satanic year in history.” She lamented that little girls these days are “looking up to the Hawk Tuah girl” when they really “need to Walk Tuah a church!” She also turned her ire to the movie Wicked and “that vixen” Sabrina Carpenter: “You know who’s the best carpenter? Jesus!”

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Dana Carvey returned as the Church Lady for the Saturday Night Live cold open tonight, interviewing a succession of sinners, including David Spade as Hunter Biden.

“I haven’t been here in a while. I have been laying low a little bit,” Spade’s Biden told her.

“Oh, I think that’s okay. At least you haven’t been doing a podcast,” Carvey’s Church Lady told him.

Spade and Carvey do the Fly on the Wall podcast.

“Easy, church woman,” Hunter Biden told her.

“Oh, Hunter, it’s actually Church Lady,” she responded.

“Oh, well, pardon me.”

“Pardon you? Who do you think I am, your daddy?” she replied.

And on the shtick went.

“They singled me out because of who I am. Much like Trump, they went after me because of my last name, and all the illegal things I did,” Biden insisted.

“Well, isn’t that special?...

Saturday Night Live has been in the news a lot this week thanks to a recent New York Magazine cover story that brought together an impressive number of current and former cast members including Mike Myers, Bowen Yang, Kate McKinnon, Dana Carvey and Chevy Chase, who was actually there in person, and not just photoshopped in later to avoid any potential difficulties.

The biggest takeaway from this lavish celebration of SNL’s 50th season? SNL pays like shit.

That's because Pete Davidson attracted a lot of media attention over his answer to a question about his biggest “splurge” after getting his first SNL paycheck. “Do you guys know what they pay us?” Davidson responded. “It’s like three grand an episode. I think I got dinner.”

Jason Sudeikis echoed this sentiment, telling the outlet that he simply “splurged” on paying his New York rent that month.

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Kabir ‘Kabeezy’ Singh, a comedian renowned for his 2021 appearance on America’s Got Talent, passed away unexpectedly on December 4, 2024, at the age of 39.

Singh died peacefully in his sleep in San Francisco, California.

While the official cause of death remains under investigation, preliminary reports suggest natural causes, as Singh had been dealing with health concerns.

Singh’s friend, Jeremy Curry, shared the news on Facebook, expressing deep sorrow and noting that Singh “passed away peacefully in his sleep.”

Curry also announced that funeral services are scheduled for December 14 in Hayward, California.

He requested thoughts and prayers for Singh’s family and fiancée during this difficult time.

Kabeezy starred in America’s Got Talent Season 16

Born in Portland, Oregon, to Indian parents, Singh discovered his comedic talents early in life.

He gained national recognition during Season 16 of America’s Got Talent, where his performances, blending personal anecdotes with humor, earned him a spot in the semifinals.

Updated with the latest: Saturday Night Live has announced the its host and musical guest duos for the December lineup. Gladiator II star Paul Mescal will take on the monologue and more Dec. 7 with musical guest Shaboozey. The following two shows will include pairings with hosts who are SNL alums. Chris Rock will host Dec. 14 with musical guest Gracie Abrams, and Martin Short will host Dec. 21 with musical guest Hozier.

With Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night arriving in October, the show’s beginnings became memorialized in another way. New cast members have been added ahead of SNL Season 50, and some have been updated to regulars.

Read on for everything we know about SNL Season 50.

When does SNL Season 50 start?

Season 50 premieres Sept. 28.

Who hosted the first episode of SNL Season 50?

Fresh off of her Emmy win for Hacks, Jean Smart will host the first episode of the landmark season on Sept.

Is “SNL” new tonight? No. NBC’s sketch comedy series is taking a couple weeks off, but will return for Season 50, Episode 8 on Saturday, Dec. 7 with host Paul Mescal and musical guest Shaboozey.

The regular cast members for “SNL” Season 50 are Michael Che, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Marcello Hernandez, James Austin Johnson, Colin Jost, Michael Longfellow, Ego Nwodim, Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson, Devon Walker, and Bowen Yang. The featured players are Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim, and Jane Wickline. Over the summer, Punkie Johnson, Molly Kearney, and Chloe Troast all departed the program.

For this 2024 Presidential Election cycle, former cast member Maya Rudolph returns to portray Vice President Kamala Harris, while former President Donald Trump is once again played by James Austin Johnson. The V.P. contenders are Jim Gaffigan as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and Bowen Yang as Ohio Senator Jd Vance. Two other “SNL” alums...

Thanksgiving is a time to take stock of what we have around us, give thanks, and also look to what's ahead. And when it comes to late-night TV, there's a lot to be thankful for.

Most late-night TV hosts probably weren't saying "thank you" after the election earlier this month. But that doesn't mean they're any less committed. In fact, some like Seth Meyers have said "let's f***ing go" to what's ahead.

And for late-night TV fans, there is a lot to look forward to in the coming months as the calendar flips to 2025. So this Thanksgiving, let's be thankful for the bounty of laughs late-night TV is ready to serve.

Jon Stewart staying at The Daily Show

Jon Stewart thrilled the world of late-night TV when he announced his return to The Daily Show earlier this year. The Comedy Central show had been a bit rudderless after Trevor Noah walked away,...

For 50 years, Saturday Night Live has invited the biggest names in movies, TV, music, comedy, sports, and more through its doors to host. And while everyone will debate who the Goat SNL host is, one story makes a pretty clear case for who should be considered the worst Saturday Night Live host of all time.

Not everyone who gets the spotlight in Studio 8H delivers. Sketch comedy is hard. Live sketch comedy in front of millions of people watching from home is even harder. But the general consensus is that if a host is game and willing to try different things, you can't ask much more of them. It's when things go the other way that a host goes from a bad fit to a disaster.

That sounds like the case when Steven Seagal hosted Saturday Night Live on April 20, 1991. If you weren't around to see the episode, just take...

It’s no secret that Saturday Night Live has been assigning some of its most high-profile political roles to celebrity friends of the show, as opposed to its current bench of talent. In the run-up to the election, SNL brought in former cast members Maya Rudolph, Dana Carvey and Andy Samberg to play Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and Doug Emhoff, respectively. Also, Jim Gaffigan was hired as Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz — a pretty good fit, considering that Walz actually did talk about Hot Pockets while on the campaign trail.

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But now that the election is over, not every guest star has stopped hanging around Studio 8H on Saturday nights. Dana Carvey has continued making regular appearances on SNL, not just as Biden, but as Elon Musk. And he will continue to do so until at least December.

More surprisingly, Andy Samberg is still there. Despite the fact that...

No more Joe Biden? No problem for Dana Carvey, who debuted his weirdo Elon Musk impression in the first post-election episode of Saturday Night Live. Jumping up and down in his all-black Musk gear, Carvey did a victory lap. “Check it out, Dark Maga!” Carvey said in a heavy, inconsistent accent. “Yeah, but seriously, I run the country now.”

The real Elon Musk was not a fan. “Dana Carvey just sounds like Dana Carvey,” he complained on Twitter when someone asked his opinion of the impression. “SNL has been dying slowly for years, as they become increasingly out of touch with reality.” For the record, Musk hosted the comedy show himself in 2021, with his own ideas for how to add a little R-rated comedy to the 50-year-old institution.

Now someone else is coming forward to criticize Carvey’s Musk impression: Dana Carvey himself. “I can’t do Elon Musk very well,...

During a recent episode of his “Superfly” podcast with co-host David Spade, veteran comedian Dana Carvey discussed the difficulty of mimicking Elon Musk. Carvey noted that recreating Musk’s distinct accent is not an easy assignment.

“I can’t do Elon Musk very well,” Carvey said. He defined Musk’s speech as a complicated blend of linguistic influences, saying that the accent was a mix of South African, Canadian, and Pennsylvania dialects with traces of Australian and British tones.

The controversy arose from Carvey’s recent Saturday Night Live (SNL) cold open on November 9, which depicted Musk donning a “dark Maga” hat and commenting on Donald Trump’s 2024 election triumph. Musk promptly responded to the performance on his social media site, X.

Musk slammed the impression, saying, “Dana Carvey just sounds like Dana Carvey.” He claimed that SNL has been “dying slowly” and getting “increasingly out of touch with reality.

Dana Carvey admitted that his Elon Musk impression needs some work during the Friday edition of his Superfly podcast with fellow Saturday Night Live alum David Spade.

“I can’t do Elon Musk very well,” Carvey said after he slipped into his take on Musk and the Tesla CEO and X (formerly Twitter) owner’s embrace of “dark Maga.” “But I can do something that sounds not like anything. He has an incredible accent … South Africa via Canada, via Pennsylvania. It’s almost like, it’s a little bit of Australian in there, a little bit of British, but he’s not totally that.”

Carvey’s remarks come after Musk criticized his portrayal, and SNL in general, after the variety show responded to Donald Trump’s 2024 election win by sarcastically trying to get on the Republican president-elect’s good side in its Nov. 9 cold open.

The segment also included an appearance from Carvey as Musk,...

Dana Carvey isn’t done with his return to Saturday Night Live, although he’s probably packing in the Elon Musk impression for now.

While sharing an anecdote about recent host John Mulaney, the SNL alum revealed he’s returning to the NBC sketch comedy show next month amid his guest appearances as Joe Biden and Musk.

“When you leave the good nights at SNL, sometimes you do it with the host. You go under the bleachers and you come out. So I think it was John Mulaney. He just went right before me, and I think he was going, and then he started skipping,” he recalled on his Superfly podcast. “And I started skipping too, and skipping feels really good compared to walking or even running. It’s kinda gentle.”

Carvey continued, “So now, if you ever see me on SNL — I’m going back in December — you see me come off the stage,...

Dana Carvey agrees his Elon Musk impression isn’t great.

While chatting on his “Superfly” podcast with co-host David Space, the pair briefly fell on the topic of Elon Musk. Carvey busted out a quick impression – just weeks after playing the Tesla and X owner on SNL – before admitting his Musk could use some work.

“I can’t do Elon Musk very well but I can do something that sounds not like anything,” Carvey said. “He has an incredible accent.”

Carvey appeared on “SNL” a week after Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election and played a “Dark Maga” version of Musk who hopped around the stage and admitted that he ran the government now.

“But seriously, I run the country now. America’s gonna be like one of my rockets. They’re super cool and super fun, but there’s a slight chance they could blow up and everybody dies,...

David Spade was gobsmacked when Dane Cook told him the news this week on the Fly on the Wall podcast. Cook confessed that he didn’t remember the exact details, but someone told him that he more or less hosted back-to-back episodes of Saturday Night Live. “It was like the end of one season, and I think I’m back-to-back host because I opened the next season,” he said.

Or perhaps there was one Cook-free episode in between? “Maybe it was one,” he conceded. “It was like within three episodes, I hosted twice.”

“Shit,” exclaimed Spade. “Get more famous. My God!”

Hosting (or nearly hosting) back-to-back episodes is one hell of an accomplishment. The only problem is, Cook didn’t come close to it. You’d think a comedian would remember something like this, but Cook’s two SNL hosting stints came nearly a year apart — first on December 3, 2005, then...

David Spade and Theo Von are adding a new project to their plates with the buddy comedy Busboys.

The pair wrote the script for the feature that they will star in for director Jonah Feingold. Spade and Von are self-producing and self-financing the movie that also counts Robert Ogden Barnum as a producer.

Busboys is set in an Arizona border town and centers on two pals who mistakenly believe that becoming waiters will solve all of their problems. Production is set to begin in Los Angeles on Jan. 10, 2025. A distributor and release date have not yet been announced.

“We are looking forward to gracing everyone with this comedy that no one asked for,” Spade said in a statement.

Spade launched his career on Saturday Night Live and is known for such movies as Joe Dirt, Grown Ups and The Wrong Missy. His television work includes Rules of Engagement, 8 Simple Rules and Just Shoot Me.

David Spade and Theo Von will star in and produce a buddy comedy, “Busboys,” which they wrote and are self-financing.

Set in a border town in Arizona, the movie follows David and Theo, two friends who “think becoming waiters will solve all of their problems. They are wrong,” per the logline.

Jonah Feingold will direct “Busboys,” which is also produced by Robert Ogden Barnum alongside Spade and Von.

Production will kick off Jan. 10 in Los Angeles.

“We are looking forward to gracing everyone with this comedy that no one asked for,” said Spade in a statement.

Spade, who became a household name during his stint as a “Saturday Night Live” cast member, has also starred in comedies such as “Joe Dirt,” “Grown Ups” and “The Wrong Missy.” He was also in the sitcoms “Rules of Engagement” and “8 Simple Rules.” He received an Emmy nomination for his role as Dennis Finch on “Just Shoot Me.

Comedians David Spade and Theo Von are set to produce and star in Busboys, a buddy comedy that they co-wrote and have self-financed, which enters production in Los Angeles at the top of the new year.

Set in a border town in Arizona, the film follows David and Theo, two friends that think becoming waiters will solve all their problems. They are wrong.

Jonah Feingold (At Midnight) is directing from Spade and Von’s script, with Robert Ogden Barnum joining the pair as producers.

Stated Spade, “We are looking forward to gracing everyone with this comedy that no one asked for.”

Breaking out as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, Spade has since then gone on to film and TV projects like Joe Dirt, Grown Ups, The Wrong Missy, Rules of Engagement, and 8 Simples Rules, among many others. A four-time Emmy nominee who continues to tour his stand-up shows nationwide,...

Good news for that one birthday party impersonator: Austin Powers might be coming back. After seemingly milking the bespectacled superspy for all he was worth more than two decades ago, Mike Myers just hinted that a reboot could be on its way sooner rather than later.

Myers recently attended New York Magazine’s Vulture Festival, where he was presented with an honorary “Master of Culture” degree for his non-Love Guru contributions to film and television. At the event, Myers recalled how he first heard about Dana Carvey from a Toronto taxi dispatcher (since he never watched Saturday Night Live growing up) and admitted that, despite being a veritable comedic catchphrase factory, he never consciously “designed” catchphrases.

But the biggest tidbit of news was revealed before he was presented with the fake degree. Speaking with TooFab outside of the venue, Myers was asked about potential revivals of some of his most iconic characters,...

“Saturday Night Live” has pulled out all the stops in recruiting hosts for their 50th season, but the show is at its best when the cast gets to shine. As a result, Charli Xcx’s turn commanding the Studio 8H stage proved to be one of the best stints yet this year. Rather than chew the scenery, Xcx blended into each sketch and let the main players flex their skills while earning laughs. Her musical performances gave her more than enough opportunity to claim the spotlight.

The night kicked off with a political cold open that satirized the Oval Office meeting between presidents Trump (James Austin Johnson) and Biden (Dana Carvey) last week, with a lot more punch than any of the sketches featured in last week’s post-election episode. SNL lampooned Trump’s seeming distaste with the trappings of the White House and skewered the “dynamic, free-thinking, animal-killing, sexually criminal,...

For a good 15 years, no one was shooting more catchphrase free throws than Mike Myers. From "party on" to "donkey," Myers was providing middle schoolers everywhere with a new vocabulary for responding to just about anything. It was a shagadelic time. Yet, despite his ability to unleash comedic earworms throughout the world,...

Just a month and change after Bowen Yang impersonated her in a viral sketch on Saturday Night Live, English electropop star Charli Xcx pulled double duty has host and musical guest of Saturday’s episode in her latest appearance on the NBC sketch comedy show. And speaking of triumphant comebacks, SNL’s November 16 installment also featured the return of fan-favorite lothario Domingo (Marcello Hernández). Trump and Biden meet in the cold open Once again, Dana Carvey played President Joe Biden and James Austin Johnson played President-elect Donald Trump in Saturday’s cold open, as the two actors spoofed Biden and Trump’s fireside chat at the White House last week. “Get a load of me,” Johnson’s Trump said. “Instead of being rude and crazy like usual, I’m doing quiet and serene, which, in many ways, is a lot scarier.” Carvey’s Biden, meanwhile, likened himself to the dog...

We’re seven episodes in, and Saturday Night Live has a 50th anniversary problem. The season thus far has ranged from “Okay, pretty good” to “hit and miss” (Bill Burr and Michael Keaton) to “yeesh” (Jean Smart and last night’s episode with in-over-her-head Charli Xcx.) That’s par for the course for the past decade of SNL, but months of drumroll leading into the anniversary year promised more.

Last night’s show was emblematic of the season’s mediocrity. Overall, SNL continues to suffer from the same self-inflicted wounds. These are the show’s three biggest missteps so far this season…

1 Recycling Old Cast Members and Guests

This bug could have been a feature. For the show’s 50th year, why not a rotating group of former SNL all-stars? It works as both fan service and a way to bring back performers who, frankly, are surer bets than current cast members.

Wicked has changed Saturday Night Live for good.

This weekend’s episode included a sketch claiming to show never-before-seen screen tests for Elphaba and Glinda in the upcoming Wicked film, before Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were chosen for the roles.

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When Bowen Yang introduced his impersonation of Charli xcx on Saturday Night Live a month and a half ago, it got the British singer’s seal of approval. Tonight, Yang got to reprise the role alongside Charli xcx herself who was hosting the episode.

The Wicked audition sketch featured actors and other celebrities trying out for the upcoming movie starring Ariana Grande as Gilda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba.

Yang, who actually stars in Wicked as Pfannee of Phan Hall, played Charli Xcx and Charli Xcx portrayed her tour co-headliner Troye Sivan as the two auditioned together for the roles of Glinda and Elphaba.

Charli Xcx and Yang both pulled off double duty in the sketch, with Charli Xcx also playing fellow British singer Adele and Yang reprising his Fran Lebowitz. Meanwhile, SNL cast member Sarah Sherman, which portrayed Troye Sivan in the September skit alongside Yang’s Charli Xcx,...

The Lonely Island’s latest collaborator is… Charli Xcx.

The pop music sensation — who pulled double duty as host and musical guest of Saturday Night Live this weekend (how brat, right?) — starred opposite franchise vet Andy Samberg in a new digital short about husband-and-wife Karens.

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The election results continue to take center-stage on “Saturday Night Live,” as this week’s cold open featured Dana Carvey as Joe Biden and James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump in a sketch that drew from the pair’s recent meeting at the White House. Sitting in front of a crackling fireplace near a bouquet of roses, the pair unpacked Trump’s confounding cabinet picks, including Matt Gaetz for attorney general and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the health and human services department.

“Hello everybody, thank you everybody for coming to this very important transitional meeting,” said Carvey as Biden. “I’m being serious right now! Even though we disagree, we’re going to have a very respectful conversation.”

“Yeah, get a load of me,” said Johnson as Trump. “Instead of being loud and crazy like usual, I’m doing quiet and serene, which in many ways is a lot scarier.

Saturday Night Live‘s Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) sat down with President Joe Biden (Dana Carvey) and explained his reasoning for picking some of the most unqualified candidates for his cabinet and other positions in his forthcoming administration.

“Thanks for your advice, but I already know how to do president,” Trump told Biden, who had tried to articulate his thoughts on the job.

“It’s all about surrounding yourself with the best people, and I am very fastly picking the most epic cabinet of all time. They’re some of the most dynamic,...

Saturday Night Live staged a private Oval Office meeting between James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump and Dana Carvey’s Joe Biden this weekend — a meeting that was ultimately disrupted by two of Trump’s “most epic” cabinet picks.

First up was U.S. Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz, played by SNL cast member Sarah Sherman. After greeting Trump and Biden with a Glenn Quagmire-esque “Giggity,” Gaetz assured the president-elect that he would do a great job for him. “If anyone tries to break the law, I’ll tell them what I told my eyebrows: freeze!” the former Florida representative exclaimed.

Alec Baldwin returned to “SNL” on Saturday’s politics-focused cold open, but the former Trump impersonator took on a different figure entirely for this episode: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The cold open imagined the private meeting between outgoing president Joe Biden (played by Dana Carvey) and incoming president Trump (James Austin Johnson), and in a bit that introduced a couple of Trump’s cabinet appointments, Baldwin stepped in as Rfk Jr.

Baldwin’s appearance was met with an applause break, after which he touted his credentials as Trump’s pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services. “Americans need someone to teach them how to be healthy. Someone like me, a 70-year-old man with movie star looks and a worm in his brain,” he said.

The bit included digs at Rfk Jr.’s anti-vaccine stance as well. “I care deeply about a woman’s right to choose — to choose to give her child polio,...

Saturday Night Live didn’t waste any time on the latest episode, spoofing Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s historic Oval Office meeting at the White House earlier this week.

“Hello everybody. Thank you to the press for joining us to document this very important presidential transition meeting. I’m being serious right now. Even though we disagree, I’m eager to sit down for a respectful conversation,” Dana Carvey’s Biden says.

“Yeah, get a load of me. Instead of being rude and crazy like usual, I’m doing quiet and serene, which in many ways is a lot scarier,” James Austin Johnson’s Trump adds before Biden continues, “I’m gonna sit here and smile while ignoring the giant fire right behind me.”

Trump later complains about how he “forgot how boring [being] president is.”

“I love running, hate being,” he continues. “And I hate the White House, so old,...

The Saturday Night Live cold open featured Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) meeting in the Oval Office with President Joe Biden (Dana Carvey) and getting visits from some of the president-elect’s new cabinet picks.

“I am very vastly picking the most epic cabinet of all time,” Johnson’s Trump told Carvey’s Biden. “They are some of the most dynamic, free-thinking, animal killing, sexually criminal, medically crazy people in the country.”

“Who are you thinking about?” Biden asked.

“We’ve got Elon and Gaetz. That’s an alien vs. predator,” Trump said.

Trump and Biden met at the White House on Wednesday, just hours before the president-elect launched a wave of cabinet picks that seemed designed to “own the libs” as much as they were in line with the Maga agenda. They included Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence, Matt Gaetz for attorney general, and Robert Kennedy Jr....

Saturday Night Live star Chloe Fineman revealed on TikTok this week that Elon Musk had made her cry when he was a guest host of the show.

Fineman’s costar, Bowen Yang, recently shared a story of how an “unnamed” host had upset multiple cast members over their ideas for sketches, saying how he “hated” them.

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“I’m going to come out and say I was the cast member [Musk] made cry,” Fineman shared on her recently deleted TikTok post. “He’s the host that made someone cry. I saw some articles, and I was like, ‘I’m not going to say anything.’ But I’m like, ‘No, if you’re going to go on your platform and be rude…'”

Musk responded to Fineman’s discussion about him, defending his reaction to her sketch.

Netflix is well known for its original content, and many of those titles are geared toward families. In November 2024, the streamer has a massive list of new releases, including several family favorites, including a new fantasy Spellbound, The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish, Pokémon Horizons: The Series part 4, and more.

Check out some of the best family movies to watch on Netflix this month as the holiday season nears, beginning below with the new animated fantasy film Spellbound.

Spellbound

Spellbound is a new Netflix original family adventure fantasy film with the voice talents of Rachel Zegler, John Lithgow, Jenifer Lewis, Tituss Burgess, Nathan Lane, Javier Bardem, and Nicole Kidman.

The movie comes from the creators of Toy Story, the co-director of Shrek, Vicky Jenson, and The Little Mermaid Egot-winning composer Alan Menken. Set in the magic world of Lumbria, where a magical spell has been cast over a kingdom, Princess...

Elon Musk was already one of the most controversial hosts in Saturday Night Live history when he took the stage in 2021. The last week, however, has managed to elevate this controversy. At this point he may very well be the most disliked host in the show's history, which is saying a lot.

Musk took to Twitter to voice his annoyance with SNL on November 10. Evidently, the Tesla founder watched the latest SNL episode, in which a parody version of himself appeared during the cold open. Dana Carvey played Musk, decked out in a suit and t-shirt and jumping foolishly, the way Musk has done at various campaign rallys.

Musk was disappointed with his SNL parody

Dana Carvey just sounds like Dana Carvey

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 10, 2024

Musk was not amused. He took to Twitter to criticize Carvey for his impression, claiming "Dana Carvey just sounds like Dana Carvey." In a vacuum,...

As Saturday Night Live prepares for the comedy birthday party to end all comedy birthday parties, expect plenty of classic characters to get their encore flowers. Maybe Wayne and Garth will get in one last schwing! Stefon might reignite his love affair with Seth Meyers. Eddie Murphy could break out Mr. Robinson or Gumby.

But thanks to evolving cultural norms around comedy, these 10 SNL characters are virtually guaranteed not to get an invite to the festivities. Sorry, Merv the Perv, you’re not on the list.

1 Pat

Pat was Julia Sweeney’s signature SNL character, showing up 12 times to repeat the same tired joke: No one could tell if the androgynous character was a man or a woman. Playing gender identity for laughs isn’t cool — and it doesn’t help that whiny, whinging Pat was insufferable.

2 Ching Chang @sassollou

Dana Carvey often brings up his cringe Asian character as...

Discourse surrounding the female-led 2016 Ghostbusters remake, not unlike Vigo the Carpathian and whatever the hell Slimer is, just won’t die.

Earlier this year its director, Paul Feig, made headlines for suggesting that “so many” of the film’s critics were “Trump supporters,” and original Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd sang the remake’s praises while also bemoaning the high budget. He was right, of course, but nobody wants a lesson in cinematic restraint from the producer of Blues Brothers 2000.

One of the movie’s stars, Melissa McCarthy, just weighed in on the eight-year-old controversy, and seemingly has zero fucks left to give.

Back when the movie came out, McCarthy was pretty diplomatic when discussing the online backlash, chalking it all up to a “tiny” minority of fans who happened to be “very loud” on the internet.

In retrospect, it’s amazing how restrained the entire Ghostbusters crew was on this subject,...

Chloe Fineman came out to say recently that Elon Musk made her cry during his time hosting Saturday Night Live back in 2021.

The 36-year-old SNL cast member recently revealed in a TikTok video she was one of those that he made cry.

Now, the Tesla CEO is speaking out in reaction to what Chloe said, saying he was worried his episode wouldn’t be funny.

Keep reading to find out more…

“Frankly, it was only on the Thursday before the Saturday that Any of the sketches generated laughs. I was worried,” he wrote on Twitter/X. “I was like damn my SNL appearance is going to be so fucking unfunny that it will make a crackhead sober!! But then it worked out in the end.”

Chloe‘s confession came after castmate Bowen Yang said a guest host made “multiple cast members cry,” and she spilled that it was Elon after...

"Saturday Night Live" star Chloe Fineman, known for her impressions of pop culture figures like Jennifer Coolidge, Britney Spears, and JoJo Siwa, opened up in a (now-deleted) TikTok about the fact that Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk made a bunch of cast members cry when he hosted the late-night institution in 2021.

"Ok, I just saw some news article about Elon Musk being like butt-hurt over 'SNL' and his impression, but I'm like you're clearly watching the show, like what are you talking about?" Fineman said in the clip (via The Hollywood Reporter). "And I'm like, you know what? I'm gonna come out and say at long last that I'm the castmember that he made cry. And he's the host that made someone cry."

To clarify, the mystery surrounding the "host that made someone cry" actually started a little while ago thanks to Fineman's fellow cast member Bowen Yang,...

Elon Musk has responded to “Saturday Night Live” cast member Chloe Fineman revealing that he made her cry in the days leading up to his appearance on the show. And he’s taken a relatively diplomatic tone, though stopping short of actually issuing an apology.

Let’s back up a sec. After Dana Carvey made his debut as Musk on “SNL” November 9, the Tesla CEO was not happy. “‘SNL’ has been dying slowly for years, as they become increasingly out of touch with reality,” he posted on X. He also criticized Carvey by saying “Dana Carvey just sounds like Dana Carvey.”

Fineman was not pleased about his remarks. So she took to TikTok to deliver a full-on rebuttal. She has since deleted the post.

“Okay, I just saw some news article about Elon Musk being like butthurt about SNL and his impression, but I’m like ‘You’re clearly watching the show!