“Weekend Update” hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost jokingly consoled President Obama over his low approval ratings while making fun of President Bush on “Saturday Night Live.” “On the bright side, after the midterm elections, pretty much nothing you do
“Saturday Night Live” criticized both the National Football League and analysts Ray Lewis and Shannon Sharpe for their handling of incidents involving NFL players Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson. The sketch argued that only Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder, New
On Monday’s broadcast of “Late Night with Seth Meyers” on NBC, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi reacted to a claim from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) that under proposed legislation by Democrats in Congress to roll back the effects of the
During a Senate floor speech, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) warned that the unintended consequence of a Constitutional Amendment, currently being pushed by Harry Reid and Senate Democrats, could result in political satire on “Saturday Night Live” being banned as illegal.
An exhaustive peek at an updated edition of Live from New York, a portrait of Saturday Night Live, reveals the intractable biases that shape the show’s comic agenda. Washington Post television critic Tom Shales and James Miller wrote the SNL tell-all in 2002. Now, with
In response to Former SNL Actor: Show ‘Killed Sarah Palin’: The reason this clown feels great pride in “Killing Palin” is because he and his liberal amigos all see Palin as present and future threat. Bush’s days in office were numbered, so
In the newly updated book, Live From New York, former SNL Horatio Sanz boasts about the show’s political influence. In an interview for the book, he said: I always kind of felt bad when Will Ferrell did his Bush impression because
NEW YORK (AP) — Few would recognize his face, but most would know his voice: that booming baritone that for nearly four decades would introduce the lineups on “Saturday Night Live.” Don Pardo, the durable television and radio announcer whose
NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (UPI)–Comedian, radio host and Saturday Night Live alum Joe Piscopo is leaving the Democratic party to become an Independent, citing increasing disenfranchisement and frustration with lack of progress in America’s inner cities. In an op-ed penned
One of the three Saturday Night Live cast members who lost their jobs this week took the news with, well, humor. Brooks Wheelan sent out the following Tweet after learning he wouldn’t be returning to the show for a second
The United States Navy Loves Michael Bay’s ‘Last Ship’ Judging from this Los Angeles Times article, director Michael Bay’s longstanding and positive relationship with the American military is paying off in a large way for his new TNT series “The
The director of the new indie comedy Obvious Child, playing in select theaters now and opening wider this weekend, insists her movie isn’t a full-throated abortion defense. A lot of journalists have used the shorthand ‘abortion comedy,’ but that makes it
The not-so-funny joke in Hollywood is that the industry is plum out of original ideas and relies increasingly on sequels, remakes and reboots. One disgruntled film student thinks the industry can’t even insert fresh concepts into its sequels. Former LAFS
Given the cultural winds blowing through the entertainment community, Second City’s American Mixtape might be as fair and balanced as one can expect. The traveling show, playing through June 29 at the Garner Galleria Theatre in Denver, hits both bleeding
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan was critically injured in a fatal six-vehicle pileup on the New Jersey Turnpike on Saturday, hours after performing a standup routine at a show in Delaware, authorities said. A limousine
Once again, the Obama administration is claiming that it has “just learned” from television about a scandal engulfing his administration: the Veterans Administration scandal. On the same day that White House Press Secretary Jay Carney claimed that President Obama and
In the cold open of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” season finale, Jay Pharoah as Jay-Z and Sasheer Zamata as Solange gave their take of the now infamous TMZ video that showed a dispute between the two that got physical in
ABC’s Barbara Walters made an appearance on this weekend’s broadcast NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” during the “Weekend Update” segment. Walters is retiring on Friday, May 16 and has been parodied on SNL going back all the way to the infancy
Sasheer Zamata’s Michelle Obama and Vanessa Bayer’s Hillary Clinton opened NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” this weekend with a skit about Mother’s Day. Bayer’s Clinton subtly advertised her 2016 presidential ambitions and Zamata’s Obama touted her healthy eating campaign, which led
ADDED: 10 Reasons To Believe the left Will Eventually Ban ‘Blazing Saddles’ – There are plenty of lousy film comedies, but there are only two that I outright hate: “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of
Unfortunately, Melissa McCarthy’s ‘Tammy’ Is Rated R The “Tammy” (July 2) trailer is funny. No question. Melissa McCarthy and Susan Sarandon should make a good team. But — here we go again — it’s “Rated R for language including sexual
New ‘SNL’ Addition Leslie Jones is Hilarious; Now Left Wants Her Silenced Leslie Jones was hired only after there was an uproar over SNL’s all-white cast. In her debut, though, Jones proves she’s no affirmative action hire. This is excellent:
Comedians can’t resist a layup, a political joke so easy it’s bound to provoke a laugh. Remember the fun late-night comics had after President Bill Clinton’s dalliances with Monica Lewinsky came to light? So Saturday Night Live couldn’t help but
My dear friend, colleague, and fellow traveler Sandy Frank passed away on Friday after a long and valiant battle with brain cancer. Here are some memories of Sandy I’d like to share. I knew of Sandy Frank years before I
Former Saturday Night Live star Amy Poehler is becoming one of Hollywood’s more vocal Democratic supporters. Poehler lent her voice to the battle to promote the flailing, failing ObamaCare reform, and she uses her Parks and Recreation gig to worship at
Saturday Night Live opened the show with a sketch about Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) representing the new hip Republican Party at the Coachella music festival…
On this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” on NBC, Kenan Thompson’s Al Sharpton recreated what Sharpton was like as an FBI informant…
Saturday Night Live introduced the CNN pregnancy test mocking the news network for their incessant low information breaking news alerts… Follow Pam on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
It wouldn’t take a Grade A satirist to see the potential in a humiliated politician laughing it up during her final press conference, like what happened earlier this week when Kathleen Sebelius exited the Obama administration stage. Or, the fact
Two of the most powerful Democrats in Congress blasted Breitbart News on Monday as “offensive” over an article published highlighting street art inspired by Andrew Breitbart that included a photoshop of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s face on the body of Miley Cyrus in her
Two of the most powerful Democrats in Congress blasted Breitbart News on Monday as “offensive” over an article published highlighting street art inspired by Andrew Breitbart that included a photoshop of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s face on the body of Miley Cyrus in her
For the cold opening of it’s Saturday night show, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” parodied General Motors CEO Mary Barra’s testimony before a House committee earlier this week over the recall of Chevrolet Cobalts and Saturn Ions. SNL’s Kate McKinnon played
Taran Killam as Steve Doocy, Bobby Moynihan as Brian Kilmeade and Vanessa Bayer as Elisabeth Hasselbeck teamed up with Kenan Thompson as Neil deGrasse Tyson to mock “Fox & Friends” with an exaggerated presentation of their conservative perspectives on ObamaCare
Even Saturday Night Live can’t ignore the one-two punch of failing health care reform and a president so desperate to hawk it he’ll degrade the office to do so. The politically aware show has gone mostly soft on President Barack
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” used it’s cold opening this weekend to take aim at the White House’s social networking efforts to use to encourage enrollment in ObamaCare… Follow Jeff on Twitter @jeff_poor
If Saturday Night Live founder Lorne Michaels thought he had settled the show’s diversity problems by hiring a black female comic he was sorely mistaken. The show has come under fire for years for its mostly white, mostly male casts
According to the research firm SNL, for the first time ever the number of Americans who pay for bundled cable and satellite fell by a net total of 251,000 subscribers. Previously the industry has faced bad quarters and an alarming
Lena Dunham, the supposed epitome of liberal tolerance, doesn’t give a darn about Republicans. Dunham’s progressive bona fides were never in doubt, and that was before she shot a 2012 campaign spot for President Barack Obama. Earlier today, she addressed
The mainstream media can’t get enough of Lena Dunham. The American public has a far different take on the 20-something star. The ratings for Dunham’s HBO series Girls continue to shrink in season three, and they never were impressive in the
A live political comedy show might have made hay from the President of the United States hitting the links as a global crisis unfolds. Not Saturday Night Live. The once great sketch comedy show is expert at ignoring news that
