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The Oscars, ‘SNL’ and Billy Joel Special Win at Creative Arts Emmys

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The Oscars, ‘SNL’ and Billy Joel Special Win at Creative Arts Emmys

The 2024 edition of the Oscars won outstanding variety special (live) on night one of the Creative Arts Emmys. It’s the first time the Oscars have won the top program Emmy in variety since 1991, when it won in a predecessor category, outstanding variety, music or comedy program. Before that, the Oscars won the top program award in 1979 and 1988. In winning outstanding variety special (live), The Oscars prevailed […]

todaySeptember 8, 2024 4

Is ‘SNL’ Movie’s Early Release a Sign of Producers’ Confidence?

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Is ‘SNL’ Movie’s Early Release a Sign of Producers’ Confidence?

Columbia Pictures, producers of Saturday Night – the movie that explores the minutes leading up to Saturday Night Live’s first-ever broadcast in 1975 – has announced the feature will begin rolling out two weeks ahead of its original schedule.It had been set to arrive everywhere on Oct. 11, but will now land in New York, Los Angeles and Toronto on Sept. 27, followed by a limited release farther afield on […]

todaySeptember 7, 2024 2

How the ‘SNL’ Movie Cast Compares With Real Life

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How the ‘SNL’ Movie Cast Compares With Real Life

October 11, 1975. A day that changed television history forever.That was the Saturday night (live) when a new sketch show first debuted on NBC. Cobbled together by an inexperienced group of actors, producers, and writers, many of whom were getting their first exposure on national TV, the series was not expected to be a major success. ABC’s new show, titled Saturday Night Live, was considered far more promising at the time, […]

todayAugust 10, 2024 4

‘SNL’ Movie Title and Release Date Confirmed

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‘SNL’ Movie Title and Release Date Confirmed

Columbia Pictures announced Jason Reitman's movie about the first episode of Saturday Night Live will be titled simply Saturday Night, and will appear in theaters on Oct. 11.The date matches the 49th anniversary of the variety show’s debut in 1975 under its original name NBC’s Saturday Night.Directed by Jason Reitman and co-written with Gil Kenan based on interviews with those who were there, it’s an exploration of the 90 minutes […]

todayJuly 31, 2024 6

How ‘SNL’ Made Blue Oyster Cult Bring Back Cowbell on ‘Reaper’

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How ‘SNL’ Made Blue Oyster Cult Bring Back Cowbell on ‘Reaper’

Blue Oyster Cult guitarist Buck Dharma said the band was forced to start using a cowbell while performing their classic track "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" as a result of Saturday Night Live's famous "More Cowbell" sketch.Written and aired 24 years after "Reaper" became a hit, the 2000 scene features Christopher Walken and Will Ferrell in a recording studio. Walken plays fictional producer Bruce Dickinson, who repeatedly insists that Ferrell, playing fictional percussionist Gene Frenkle, increase […]

todayJuly 26, 2024 2

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Dua Lipa in New ‘SNL’ Promo: Watch

Dua Lipa is the ultimate pop star, and she helped Chloe Fineman work on her impression of her in a hilarious new Saturday Night Live promo. In the clip, shared on Wednesday (May 3), Fineman tells the singer that she was “literally just working on my new impression,” before performing a haphazard rendition of “Levitating,” complete with the wrong lyrics and theatrical dance moves. “The lyrics aren’t 100 percent there,” […]

todayMay 1, 2024 18

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See Ryan Gosling’s Hilarious Beavis and Butt-Head ‘SNL’ Skit

Everyone's talking about Ryan Gosling's live action Beavis and Butt-Head skit on Saturday Night Live, which aired this past Saturday (April 13).The actor hosted this weekend's SNL episode, which featured country artist Chris Stapleton as its musical guest. During the special, Gosling and the show's own Mikey Day dressed up as the iconic, rock and metal-loving cartoon duo Beavis and Butt-Head — and even talked, laughed and sat like them.In the skit, dubbed "News Nation," Keenan Thompson portrays […]

todayApril 15, 2024 4

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Will ‘SNL 1975’ Show the Truth or the Legend?

“Saturday Night Live movie” has long been a warning sign for audiences, owing to the checkered history of films based on sketches and characters from the venerable live late-night comedy series. But the phrase has taken on a new excitement with the announcement of writer-director Jason Reitman’s SNL 1975.Reported to be a portrait of the hectic events of October 11, 1975, when young Canadian producer Lorne Michaels gathered together a […]

todayApril 14, 2024 3

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Billy Crystal Brings Fernando to ‘SNL’

On March 17, 1984, Billy Crystal gave Saturday Night Live viewers their first taste of his debonair character, Fernando.At the time, Crystal wasn’t yet a cast member, but was instead the episode’s host. The comedian had seen his fame steadily rise thanks to his popular standby career, as well as television roles and (briefly) his own variety show on NBC, The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour. Crystal had previously made a […]

todayMarch 17, 2024 2

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