Lily Tomlin served as host and musical guest during the first season of the sketch show in 1975 and again in 1983. The first ...

The SNL 50 show sparked some viral moments, with one bit featuring Ryan Reynolds interacting with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler while pretending to downplay the impact of wife Blake Lively’s ongoing legal ...

Chappelle performed a stand-up show in San Francisco on Thursday, which was reviewed by SFGATE ’s Dan Gentile, who wrote: “SNL producers told him he couldn’t speak about two topics ...

And it was not as much short attention span. Like, I look back at some of the sketches on ‘SNL,’ and they're a lot longer than they are now because of the short attention span, and a lot of pe ...

There were a lot of highs and lows for the 50th Anniversary special of Saturday Night Live—billed as SNL 50—that aired Sunday, February 16. There were loads of self-referential callbacks and ...

Meryl Streep made her "SNL" debut on the anniversary special, in a new edition of the "Close Encounters" sketch with Kate McKinnon. If you haven’t been paying attention to any commercials or ads ...

Ryan Reynolds's joke about Blake Lively's legal dispute with Justin Baldoni at the SNL 50th anniversary special caused online backlash. Many found the joke inappropriate. Kevin Costner's ...

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(RNS) — The “SNL at 50″ special began with a Paul and ended with another. You might rightly say these were bookends. The cold open was Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter performing a duet of ...

One multi-time SNL musical guest who didn’t participate in the 50th anniversary celebration was Harry Styles. Maybe he was still reeling from the show’s impression of him. “My Harry Styles ...

Pete Davidson and Meryl Streep were seated side-by-side. "SNL" alumnus Pete Davidson revived his character Chad for a pre-recorded sketch with Laraine Newman, an original cast member, while Meryl ...

Simpson hosted the variety show in 1978. Actor Robert Blake also hosted "SNL" in 1982 and was charged with the murder of Bonnie Lee Bakley in 2002. Both hosts were acquitted of all charges ...