Saturday Night Live
Created by Dick Ebersol, Lorne Michaels
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest. From TMDB
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In 2002 SNL was ranked tenth on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, while in 2007 it was honored with inclusion on Time magazine's list of "100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME". In June 2013 the show was placed at number 25 on the list of the 101 best written shows of all time by the Writers Guild of America, assessing series from the previous seventy years. In December 2013, TV Guide ranked it #18 on their list of the 60 Greatest Shows of All Time. A 2015 The Hollywood Reporter survey of 2,800 actors, producers, directors, and other industry people named SNL as their #7 favorite show. It is currently the longest running sketch comedy show on television. In 2016 a New York Times study of…
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60 of 356 · most liked firstOn 24 April 1976, Lorne Michaels jokingly offered the Beatles $3,000 to reunite on the TV show Saturday Night Live. John Lennon and Paul McCartney, watching the broadcast together at the Dakota apartment building, nearly took a taxi to the studio but decided they were too tired. #TheBeatles
neutral · AI labelView post →I have to wonder what Saturday Night Live is gonna do with this whole shit show.
neutral · AI labelView post →It was an evening of star power on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, when Paul Rudd, Emma Stone, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy and others who have hosted the show multiple times welcomed the newest member of the “five-timers club,” Martin Short.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s wild to check in with Saturday Night Live and see that Kenan is still there despite also being on the show when Chevy Chase was on it
neutral · AI labelView post →If you read Project 2025, then you know silencing The Late Show/Stephen Colbert is just the beginning. Institutions like Saturday Night Live and others that critique politics DO NOT survive Project 2025. Only a matter of time before SNL and other social commentary programming will be eliminated.
neutral · AI labelView post →Vice President Kamala Harris played herself in the opening sketch of "Saturday Night Live," alongside Maya Rudolph, who frequently impersonates Harris on the show.
neutral · AI labelView post →Growing up with immigrant parents, first in Canada and then in the U.S., Yang was "obsessed" with pop culture and Saturday Night Live. Now he's up for an Emmy for his performances on the venerated sketch series.
neutral · AI labelView post →Saturday Night Live (Series, 1975 - )
neutral · AI labelView post →Dave Chappelle performed a 17-minute monologue on Saturday Night Live, the longest in show history. He talked about Jimmy Carter, Palestine, and urged Trump to ‘do better.’
neutral · AI labelView post →This Week on The Podcast: We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live! This special episode changes things up a bit as Executive Producer Peter Ogburn asks me about my history with the show. Listen to the episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... #SNL50
neutral · AI labelView post →Growing up with immigrant parents, first in Canada and then in the U.S., Yang was "obsessed" with pop culture and Saturday Night Live. Now he's up for an Emmy for his performances on the venerated sketch series.
neutral · AI labelView post →Right-wing podcaster loses it as Saturday Night Live skewers Trump: 'Not very funny' www.rawstory.com/snl/
neutral · AI labelView post →Tina Fey was a great choice to host the first episode of Saturday Night Live UK. From the opening monologue, she added legitimacy to the spin-off show, and a chance for the new cast to perform alongside an SNL legend. I enjoyed it! #SNLUK
positive · AI labelView post →Another one I just thought of would be the old Saturday Night Live announcer as the show is happening. Like he starts by going Kate McKinnon!…Kenan Thompson! and then he just goes straight into a profanity laced rant against you as the rest of the cast goes by
neutral · AI labelView post →Bowen Yang, who joined ‘Saturday Night Live’ as a writer in 2018 before joining the cast the following year, is leaving the NBC sketch-comedy series. The Ariana Grande episode on December 20 will mark his grand finale.
neutral · AI labelView post →“Saturday Night Live” will return this weekend for its 51st season. Bad Bunny, fresh off the announcement that he will headline the Super Bowl halftime show, is set to host, and Doja Cat is the musical guest. Here's what else to know.
neutral · AI labelView post →By @idislikestephen.bsky.social For a show that's never been shy about celebrating itself, Saturday Night Live was bound to lean hard into its 50th season. But the results were as mixed as ever.
neutral · AI labelView post →I wish someone would write about the television show Saturday Night Live.
neutral · AI labelView post →Y’all check on your Saturday Night Live writers, because they are tearing up everything they’ve already written for this weekend’s show and they are NOT okay
neutral · AI labelView post →The “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” ends this week. The demise of the long-running franchise made our critic Wesley Morris think of another late-night show: “Saturday Night Live.” Maybe, after 51 years, “SNL” should end, too. nyti.ms/42RZABJ
neutral · AI labelView post →"Saturday Night Live" says it plans to launch a British version of the sketch comedy show that is celebrating its 50th anniversary across the pond.
neutral · AI labelView post →To this day it still surprises me when Mortal Kombat is referenced on a show. This was from Saturday Night Live about a week ago. :)
neutral · AI labelView post →Memorable moments from the "Saturday Night Live" anniversary show "SNL 50": "Saturday Night Live" celebrated 50 years with a three-hour anniversary special that saw many "SNL" alums return to the iconic show on Sunday night. The big picture: Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter kicked off the…
neutral · AI labelView post →A British version of “Saturday Night Live” has debuted to largely positive reviews.
neutral · AI labelView post →This week’s episode of “Saturday Night Live” began with a parody award show: the first annual “Trumps.”
neutral · AI labelView post →What is the greatest show ever produced? My personal favourite is legendary Saturday Night Live. As a curiosity; SNL started up in 1975 - the same year I was born! Below Is one of the countless great sketches produced during the years - "The War in Words" - Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSL1...
positive · AI labelView post →The first “Saturday Night Live” broadcast of 2026, hosted by Finn Wolfhard and featuring the musical guest ASAP Rocky, led off in familiar fashion with James Austin Johnson playing President Trump. Here is a full episode recap.
neutral · AI labelView post →Saturday Night Live began its last show of the year by poking fun at the Trump administration’s disastrous release of the Epstein files.
neutral · AI labelView post →The "Saturday Night Live" alum got a star-studded welcome during his fifth time hosting the NBC comedy sketch show.
neutral · AI labelView post →Connor at the 78th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards! He is nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for hosting an episode of 'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.'
neutral · AI labelView post →Donald Trump's character made a return to Saturday Night Live Sunday as the show celebrated its 51st anniversary — and tied the president to convicted child abuser Jeffrey Epstein.
neutral · AI labelView post →Considering it's reputation as the most famous comedy show ever, I don't think I've ever seen a Saturday Night Live clip that's actually funny
negative · AI labelView post →Saturday Night Live: Dave Chappelle returns for a stellar episode
neutral · AI labelView post →I swear they are terrified of the concept of variety show* and want something weird and pointless (for the Muppets) like season long dramatic arcs and relationship tensions. * since the last one standing is Saturday Night Live
neutral · AI labelView post →Saturday Night Live is neither all good nor all bad, no period of the show has ever been an absolute home run or a total failure, it’s the sum of thousands of people’s work, by its nature ebbing and flowing in quality, often very subjective This is one of the best snl sketches i’ve seen in a while
neutral · AI labelView post →Saturday Night Live lost its bite long ago, and it’s unlikely to find it on British TV | Sarah Manavis
neutral · AI labelView post →“Saturday Night Live” kicked off its 52nd season with an episode hosted by Jalen Brunson and featuring the musical guest KATSEYE. The cold open satirized President Trump’s recent visit to Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Here’s a recap.
neutral · AI labelView post →Who's been your favorite musical guest on SNL? 🎶 NBC's Saturday Night with host George Carlin and musical guests Janis Ian and Billy Preston first aired on October 11, 1975. After acquiring the rights to the name, they officially aired as Saturday Night Live in 1977. The series has received a vast
neutral · AI labelView post →What's one of your favorite Bob Dylan songs? 🎶 As the music guest on Season 5, Episode 2 of Saturday Night Live on October 20, 1979, Bob Dylan sings 3 songs from his Slow Train Coming album released in August 1979. In his first and only appearance on the late night show, he performs the songs,
neutral · AI labelView post →'Saturday Night Live' is losing one of its greatest impressionists with Chloe Fineman leaving the legendary sketch show ahead of the show's 52st season.
neutral · AI labelView post →Bowen Yang penned a fond farewell and shared memories, photos, and videos from the show ahead of his departure from 'Saturday Night Live.' More: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you wrote this line verbatim as a joke in a Saturday Night Live cold open, Brendan Carr would have the show cancelled by Sunday afternoon
neutral · AI labelView post →"Saturday Night Live" is celebrating 50 seasons with two documentaries and an upcoming prime-time special that reflect on its standing as an American institution.
neutral · AI labelView post →Actually, we don't have sketch comedy shows anymore because of the First Law of Thermodynamics. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed. Back in the '90s, sketch comedy was tightly compressed into 30-minute broadcast windows like In Living Color and MadTV. But in 2012, a catastrophic core leak occurred at TikTok and Instagram, instantly atomizing all sketch comedy into 15-second vertical clips of people arguing with imaginary versions of themselves in a wig. Today,…
neutral · AI labelView post →Whatever opinions you might have about Saturday Night Live in general or the SNL fiftieth season in particular, can we all just agree that James Austin Johnson is—by far—the most skillful Trump impersonator the show has ever had, and one of the best out there? www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK83...
neutral · AI labelView post →Ego Nwodim is the latest — and perhaps last — high-profile departure from “Saturday Night Live,” as the long-running sketch show has seen a cast shakeup ahead of its 51st season.
neutral · AI labelView post →Second series for Saturday Night Live UK
neutral · AI labelView post →My favourite TV show time of the week. The latest episode of Saturday Night Live is finally broadcast in the UK (a day late!) #SNL
positive · AI labelView post →How could this not be a real show if we're doing it right now?. - _Stargate SG-1_ S10E6 "200" - _30 Rock_ S6E13 "Grandmentor" This is a crossover with what is probably my favorite joke from _30 Rock_.  For a bit of context, if you are not familiar with _30 Rock:_ The show is a sitcom that follows the writers, actors, producers, etc. of a fictional _Saturday Night Live_-like sketch comedy…
neutral · AI labelView post →Google Maps renames Lake Ontario 'Lake America' in US -- but not Canada. > Washington (United States) (AFP) – Google redesignated Lake Ontario as "Lake America" on maps seen by US users Sunday after President Donald Trump announced he was renaming the body of water, with a Canadian official slamming the cross-border tensions as "absolutely backwards." > People in Canada will still see the body of water labeled Lake Ontario, the Indigenous-rooted name used since the 17th century, on their…
neutral · AI labelView post →#EMMY nominees for Outstanding Variety Series: • The Daily Show • Jimmy Kimmel Live! • Last Week Tonight With John Oliver • The Late Show With Stephen Colbert • Saturday Night Live
neutral · AI labelView post →Watch the Historic First Episode of Saturday Night Live with Host George Carlin (1975). It's now online.
neutral · AI labelView post →“Saturday Night Live” will kick off its 49th season on Oct. 14, the show announced Wednesday. Pete Davidson — who left the cast last year— will host the season premiere.
neutral · AI labelView post →Every photo I’ve seen from this show so far looks like it’s from a Saturday Night Live skit.
neutral · AI labelView post →BREAKING: Bowen Yang, the first Asian cast member on "Saturday Night Live," announces he is departing the show after tonight's episode.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just found my new favorite show. It's called "Saturday Night Live" and they do topical skits about everything from Kash Patel to Donald Trump.
positive · AI labelView post →Devon Walker is leaving "Saturday Night Live" as the show gears up for its 51st season.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Show will have a red carpet at 7pm ET. 👀 #AdamDriver www.9news.com/article/ente...
neutral · AI labelView post →#EMMY nominations — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear Ike Barinholtz, The Studio Harrison Ford, Shrinking Michael Urie, Shrinking Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere
neutral · AI labelView post →No, it’s uniquely American. As bad an idea as US versions of much loved British series. And for me Saturday Night Live will always be Ben Elton in a sparkly jacket tearing into Mrs Thatcher!
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