NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” mocked President Obama’s response to ISIS and the scandals in the Secret Service in a sketch satirizing the president’s interview with “60 Minutes.” After President Obama is asked whether the ISIS threat was underestimated, he responds,
“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
