SNL: Saturday Night Live

Who'll Be Back for the Next Season of Mad Men?

source: Gawker

Why Stay: There wouldn't be a show without him. Why Leave: After a great guest spot on 30 Rock, Hamm is getting more attention than anyone in the cast, for drama as well as comedy. He's also involved in several upcoming movies like Howl, The Town, and Sucker Punch.

Published 8 hours ago

Will Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin be winning Oscars hosts?

source: The Envelope

Tuesday's announcement of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin as hosts of the Oscars was generally well-received by the other Oscar bloggers. While Tina Fey remains on the wish list of several commentators, most are pleased with her "30 Rock" co-star Baldwin as a substitute. And they are enthus...

Published Wed, Nov 4

Jason Sudeikis Reveals His "SNL" Pitches For Taylor Swift (VIDEO)

source: Huffington Post

Jason Sudeikis appeared on "Late Night" yesterday and revealed to former cast member Jimmy Fallon his pitches for this week's host of "SNL" Taylor Swift. The young Kanye-interuptee will be both host and musical guest on Saturday and (if Jason has his way) it will be terrible. WATCH:

Published Wed, Nov 4

Ron White picked to play "drunken Yoda" for Comedy Central cartoon

source: TV Squad

Here comes one of the most brilliant casting moves in television history since Saturday Night Live hired a 12-year-old boy to play Dan Quayle. Ron White, one-fourth of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, has been cast as the lead voice in a new animated sitcom called "Hounds" for Comedy Central.

Published Tue, Oct 27

Barry Michael Cooper: Tracy Morgan's I Am The New Black: Manchild At 30 Rock

source: Huffington Post

Morgan waxes movingly for each and every day he gets above ground, and showers effusive praise on Martin Lawrence -- who gave Morgan his first shot on network television -- Chris Rock, Alex Baldwin, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels (who hired Morgan as a cast member in 1996), an...

Published Mon, Oct 19

What's Up With SNL?

source: TVgasm

I'm not complaining that SNL is doing replays of their old stuff, because it's funny...but has this year gotten so bad that the cast can't even fill a whole show? I'm kind of over SNL. I'm posting the two... I'm not complaining that SNL is doing replays of their old stuff, because it's funny...but has th...

Published Sun, Oct 18

NBC's Problems Are Also 30 Rock's Problems

source: Gawker

Last night, Tina Fey and company only logged 6.3 million viewers, which was down 25% from The Office which preceded it. It's also down almost a third in the adult demographic from the season debut last year, when Fey was hot off her stint as Sarah Palin on SNL. What happened? Well, there wasn't t...

Published Fri, Oct 16

Meredith C. Carroll: Revisiting Misstressed Opportunities

source: Huffington Post

My best shot at being the Young Other Woman came and went in the mid 1990s. For a short time I did some side work as a personal assistant to a cast member on Saturday Night Live. As part of the gig, it was necessary for me to be involved in almost all aspects of his life, including spending time at his...

Published Thu, Oct 15