SNL: Saturday Night Live

Michaela Watkins

source: boards.nbc.com

Is Lorne Michaels out of his ******* mind? He gets the funniest woman on his show since Cheri Oteri, & he lets her go after a couple of seasons? No wonder SNL sucks so bad now. When I saw Angie Tempura on weekend update for the first time, I thought, "All right, here we go... SNL is on its way back."...

Published Sun, Oct 25

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

Comedy’s Holy Grail? Win Tickets to Monty Python Reunion

source: Wired

The full version of Almost the Truth, which features fresh interviews with all the principals along with appearances by Saturday Night Live boss Lorne Michaels, Robot Chicken maestro Seth Green and other Python fans, airs on cable network IFC in six hour-long installments Oct. 18 to 23. A...

Published Mon, Oct 12

Lorne Michaels goes easy on Jenny Slate for SNL f-bomb

source: TV Squad

For those who missed it (or weren't on the east coast) on Saturday night, new SNLer Jenny Slate managed to do something in her first-ever sketch that hadn't been accomplished on the show in 28 years: she let loose with an f-bomb. Continue reading Lorne Michaels goes easy on Jenny Slate for SN...

Published Mon, Sep 28

'30 Rock' repeats at Emmys but Toni Collette among new faces

source: The Envelope

As predicted, "30 Rock" three-peated as best comedy series at the Emmy Awards. And Alec Baldwin also took home his second consecutive lead actor Emmy for "30 Rock." Baldwin continued the Lorne Michaels love-in that began with shout-outs from guest acting winners Tina Fey and Justin Timbe...

Published Sun, Sep 20

Second City sends another one of its ...

source: Chicago Tribune

Any time "Saturday Night Live" head man Lorne Michaels visits Chicago on a talent-scouting trip, he has one rule with iO founder Charna Halpern: Don't ... Second City funnyman O'Brien to join 'Saturday Night Live' writing ...Chicago Sun-Times

Published Fri, Aug 14

TV Junkie: Conan's First Guests; The Peabodys; 'Law & Order' Will ...

source: LAist

 CA We were pleased that AMC's "Breaking Bad" won at Monday's Peabody Awards ceremony but we weren't happy to read that "Saturday Night Live"'s Lorne Michaels is considering a "MacGruber" movie. "MacGruber" is funny for the 20 second segments it has on ...

Published Tue, May 19

Will Ferrell-Hosted, Cameo-Laden SNL Season Finale Will Come To Traumatize Lorne Michaels

source: Gawker

Ferrell's opening monologue was essentially one giant "fuck you" to the Tony voting committee and Broadway, who - if they have any brains about them at all - will give themselves national exposure by handing Ferrell a Tony for his solo show on Broadway (and subsequent HBO special). He's co...

Published Sun, May 17