Saturday Night Live

SNL Sound-Off: Arcade Fire Are a Talking Heads Cover Band Now

Live from New York, it's a small army of disco-loving, French-speaking, fringe-sporting indie musicians who made late night television history! The 39th season of Saturday Night Live kicked off in spectacular fashion, with Our Lady of Quick Wit, Tina Fey, returning to her stomping ground to host an ... More >>

Live From New York, It's (Kind of) Saturday Night

At the SNL fantasy camp, dreaming about becoming the next Tina Fey

JAY-P

Catch Will Smith, Denzel Washington, and Barack Obama in one room

Kanye West Gets Dark and Political on SNL

In true finale fashion, Saturday Night Live didn't mess around with the season's closing episode--and the musical guest successfully (and rightfully) upstaged not only the host and the cast and every single performer that hit the stage before him in recent memory, but the departure of STEFON, and th ... More >>

SNL Sound-Off: Vampire Weekend

I really, really didn't want to like Vampire Weekend's Saturday Night Live stint on the eve of their forthcoming record, Modern Vampires of the City. I'm one of those haters whose ears bleed at the mere mention of an Oxford Comma, I think they sound like the soundtrack to a fancy Hamptons beach part ... More >>

Can We Please Stop Comparing Miguel to Prince?

When you rake in the second-highest ratings for Saturday Night Live this season and Mariah Carey's gushing about how much she loves you, you know you're doing something right--and that's exactly how things went down for Miguel (and Vince Vaughn, too, but c'mon) on the show this week. The addition of ... More >>

SNL Sound-Off: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Here's the thing: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were an act I had intentionally avoided until this week's Saturday Night Live. It's not that I have anything against the meteoric hip-hop impresario, or that I wasn't interested in the songs that scored him one of the highest rankings on the Billboard charts ... More >>

REBELS NEVER DIE

Remembering Joe Strummer

The Lumineers

Breaking Item: Cheri Oteri Is Going Into NEWSical The Musical

From December 3 to the 30th, the riotously funny Cheri Oteri--best known from Saturday Night Live and other comedy shows--will explode onto the stage of NEWSical The Musical! That's the constantly updating, never self-censoring musical mockery of current events that's sort of like The Daily Show wi ... More >>

Know Any Real-Life Debbie Downers?

I'm still obsessed with the relentlessly gloomy death-of-a-party character once played so winningly--no, that might not be the right word--by Rachel Dratch on Saturday Night Live. Debbie really hit close to home because we all know this kind of nut: The type that can burst your fun bubble and suck ... More >>

BEST OF NYC™
Bill Hader Did Not Write Carrie

The Voice's Eric Sundermann chats with Saturday Night Live's Bill Hader—our 2012 BEST OF NYC cover guy—about the actor's life here in the big city

Mike Bloomberg Would Probably Like to Host SNL; Seth Meyers Makes No Serious Promises

Forget the cast of Gossip Girl, Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog, and Lady Gaga. Mayor Mike Bloomberg brought in some serious entertainment power to really spice up his press conference this afternoon: Saturday Night Live. Well actually, it was just Seth Meyers. But he got to use the whole stage of S ... More >>

Suckers

MEET YOUR MATCH

Seth Meyers wants to _____ you

LIVE FROM NEW YORK

Darrell Hammond can impersonate you

Tea Party Princess

Victoria Jackson went from the big leagues of comedy to the rabid right of modern politics

PUT A BIRD ON IT

Portlandia live on stage

It's All For You: A Few Thoughts On The Lana Del Rey Saturday Night Live Debacle

You might have heard that the much-discussed singer Lana Del Rey had her U.S. television debut this past weekend on Saturday Night Live, and that the hive mind of public opinion declared that her performances, of "Video Games" and "Blue Jeans" did not go well. The satirical indie-chronicle Hipster R ... More >>

IMPROV IS FOR SUCKERS

Jokes this good have to be written

Radiohead Is Playing Two Shows At Roseland Later This Month

Out standing in their field. ​ Radiohead will be in town for this weekend's Saturday Night Live season premiere (hosted by Alec Baldwin!) and the Internet-beloved Brits will apparently be making New York City their home for more than just this weekend; the band's playing two shows at Roseland ... More >>

The Lonely Island Better Not Lose Its Emmy Race To A Song From Freaking Family Guy

Four songs from this past season of Saturday Night Live—three by the Andy Samberg-led pop-comedy troupe the Lonely Island, and Justin Timberlake's protestation that he's so over being a pop star—have been nominated for Emmys in the Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics category. (That's ... More >>

SANDWICHES & SHOWALTER

Spend your lunch break with Michael Showalter and Jenny Slate

Saturday Night Live's Corn Syrup Commercial Bites the Hand That Feeds NBC

The commercial above appeared on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. Billed as a message from the Corn Syrup Producers of America, it shows two self-righteous moms having an amusingly awkward disagreement over the purported evils of high-fructose corn syrup. The visual punch line features an ov ... More >>

UNCUT & UNCENSORED

Good thing the FCC doesn’t regulate sketch comedy

Robert De Niro Shows Off His Sweet Potatoes on SNL

Robert De Niro hosted Saturday Night Live this past weekend. In this skit, he plays a famous --if frustrated -- farmer. As it turns out, the actor and restaurateur has some pretty decent knife skills. Have a restaurant tip or other food-related news? Send it to fork@villagevoice.com.

Cookie Monster Wants to Host Saturday Night Live. Here Is His Audition Tape.

So, Cookie Monster made this video to convince the powers that be that he would be quite excellent as a Saturday Night Live host. We think he's got a pretty good shot, if he can just get that little lazy eye problem treated. Also, we'd like the extended version of "Cookieface," please. If you agree, ... More >>

This is What You Get for Saying "Fuck" On Your First Episode of Saturday Night Live: The New SNL Cast Primer

​Saturday Night Live is switching up their cast, and the New York Times has confirmed the new lineup. Who's out and who's in this season, which everyone will tell you is worse than the season before regardless?

Hilarious SNL Cocaine Song

​I stopped watching Saturday Night Live back when I hit puberty, except whenever Betty White hosts, so I missed the telecast a few months ago withAndy Samberg doing a riotously funny, totally jazzed cocaine song, which encapsulates the forced merriment, crazed denial, misplaced sense of time, ... More >>

Joanna Newsom Is Playing Carnegie Hall

​Q: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? A: Release a bewildering triple-CD and date Andy Samberg. It's frankly shocking it took so long, but everyone's favorite mega-baroque harpist hits the big time November 23. Two days before thanksgiving, just FYI. Tickets on sale Monday, link TBA. If her pas ... More >>

SNL's Men Get Films Careers, But the Women Don't

​Why is it only the male stars of Saturday Night Live who end up with the big movie careers? Flip back through the years, and think about it: John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Will Ferrell, and tons more e ... More >>

Emmy Nominations Announced; HBO Maintains Primetime Stranglehold

We will never own one of these. ​Whee, the 62nd Annual (Primetime!) Emmys have been announced. There aren't that many surprises: As usual, HBO rocks, as does Mad Men, True Blood, 30 Rock, Glee, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tina Fey. Losties may get another chance to see the objects of their affect ... More >>

The Award For "Widest Disparity In Quality Between Two Musical Performances On The Same Episode Of Saturday Night Live" Goes To Jay-Z

So this "Betty White on Saturday Night Live" thing -- a rousing success, no? The "Depends" joke you knew was coming was pretty great anyway, right? And then there was Jay-Z, giving one fantastic performance and one fantastically awful one. Dude's got range.

So, How Was Betty White on SNL: The Best of All-Time or The Best Ever?

​By all accounts, last night went pretty damn well for the 88-year-old Golden Girl, the oldest host in the show's 35 year history. If we're gauging immediate critical reaction chiefly online -- and why shouldn't we? -- then White came through in a big way on the penultimate episode of this sea ... More >>

Why Tonight's SNL With Betty White and Jay-Z Will Be a Success No Matter What

​If you read the internet at all this week, you might be inclined to think there's a cross-generational, interracial sex tape about. As it turns out, all of the buzz is just based on an episode of Saturday Night Live, airing tonight, with host Betty White and musical guest Jay-Z. The show will ... More >>

Leon Redbone

HOLLYWOOD HEAVEN

Avatar, 10 Best Picture nominations, long, boring speeches—yes!

Black Eyed Peas

LIVE FROM NEW YORK . . .

Skip 30 Rock and head downtown

When Did You Stop Watching SNL?

​The grandaddy of late-night comedy shows, Saturday Night Live, got a boost when Emmy awards went to Tina Fey's priceless Sarah Palin impression and Justin Timberlake's equally riotous impersonation of a host. And they just got even bigger buzz when a new cast member dropped the f bomb and Ma ... More >>

"Spitzer" Joins "Paterson" on SNL

Are we awful for enjoying the Saturday Night Live Paterson gags? They're certainly dopey, focusing as they do on Paterson's blindness, drug and sex history, and epochal unpopularity. And New Jersey! But we like dopey sketches, and are pleased that Fred Armisen has found a political character that ... More >>

KEEP YOUR SHORTS ON

Eat your heart out, Andy Samberg!

SNL Mocks Paterson As Bumbling Cokehead; Gov Raps Blind Jokes

Sarah Palin on SNL: No Preconditions Set

ALL HAIL SNL

Before Jon, there was Chevy and Dan

BACK TO WORK

Fred Armisen performs just for us one last time

Obsessive Guide to Saturday Night Live Needs You

That '70s Show

'Saturday Night Live' in the post-Tina Fey, YouTube unknown

The Jig Is Up

Lip-synching little sis improves on Courtney; tween Cinderella fills the Lisa Loeb gap