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  1. Kenan Thompson Will Reportedly Leave ‘SNL’ After Season 40Kenan Thompson’s long SNL stint has entered its home stretch. TMZ reports that Thompson will leave SNL after the upcoming season; Thompson […]
    By Megh Wright
  2. Breaking Down Each Cast Member’s Contribution to ‘SNL’ Season 39With SNL’s 39th season coming to a close, we’re taking a look at the past season with a series of posts examining the highs, lows, and other […]
    By Erik Voss
  3. How ‘SNL’ Addressed Race in Season 39, as Shown in 11 SketchesWith SNL’s 39th season coming to a close, we’re taking a look at the past season with a series of posts examining the highs, lows, and other […]
    By Erik Voss
  4. snl promos
    Watch Andy Samberg’s Saturday Night Live Promos“So we can take the day off to frolic?”
    By Lindsey Weber
  5. Lady Gaga and Kenan Thompson Run In Circles In Her ‘SNL’ Promos Lada Gaga is the host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend, and she and Kenan Thompson recorded promos for the upcoming […]
    By Elise Czajkowski
  6. ‘SNL’ Review: Kerry Washington Is ReadyI never thought we would see the day when SNL considered itself newsworthy enough to parody. But it happened – not in the form of a quick joke […]
    By Erik Voss
  7. Lorne Michaels Responds to the ‘SNL’ Diversity IssueSaturday Night Live has been taking some heat in the press for its lack of diversity after adding six new cast members, all of them white and […]
    By Bradford Evans
  8. Let’s Talk About SNL’s Diversity ProblemKenan Thompson has been taking a lot of heat this week for a comment he made in a TV Guide interview about SNL’s lack of a black female cast […]
    By Erik Voss
  9. Kenan Thompson Addresses ‘SNL’s Diversity IssueAfter SNL added six new cast members — all of them white — in August, the show has received criticism from Salon and others for its lack of […]
    By Bradford Evans
  10. ‘SNL’ Review: Tina Fey Introduces The New CastFor a show that evolves constantly, SNL does a remarkable job preserving its brand. Despite the changes in the cast, the writers, and the […]
    By Erik Voss
  11. Watch Tina Fey and Kenan Thompson Celebrate Their Friendship On Her ‘SNL’ […] Tina Fey is hosting the season premiere of Saturday Night Live this weekend, and she and Kenan Thompson recorded these promos for the episode, […]
    By Elise Czajkowski
  12. Breaking Down Each Cast Member’s Contribution to ‘SNL’ Season 38As mentioned in yesterday’s post listing our favorite moments from this season of SNL, Season 38 has been dubbed a “transitional year” by many […]
    By Erik Voss
  13. Justin Timberlake Cloned Himself for This Week’s ‘SNL’ Promos Here’s all of this week’s SNL promos, with host/musical guest Justin Timberlake being joined by veteran castmember Kenan Thompson for a bunch […]
    By Bradford Evans
  14. Justin Bieber and Kenan Thompson Promo ‘SNL’s Valentine’s Day Show Justin Bieber is pulling double duty this weekend as SNL’s host and musical guest, and here’s your first glimpse of what he’ll be bringing to […]
    By Bradford Evans
  15. Samuel L. Jackson Blames His ‘SNL’ Cursing on Kenan Thompson Here’s Samuel L. Jackson on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. When Kimmel asks him about him saying the word “shit” and half of the word “fuck” on […]
    By Bradford Evans
  16. Kel Says Kenan Doesn’t Want a ‘Kenan & Kel’ Reunion“The truth is Kenan [Thompson] does not want to be seen with me in any form of media, or even have my name mentioned around him… There is no […]
    By Bradford Evans
  17. Kenan Thompson and Lorne Michaels Developing a Sitcom for NBCLongtime SNL-er Kenan Thompson looks to finally be working on an exit strategy. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Thompson is writing, […]
    By Bradford Evans
  18. pilots
    Kenan Thompson’s Working With Lorne Michaels on a Sitcom for NBCIt appears to be Good Burger–less.
    By Jesse David Fox
  19. Watch Jeremy Renner and Kenan Thompson Be Tough Guys in These ‘SNL’ Promos Jeremy Renner is hosting SNL this weekend with musical guest Maroon 5, and here he is with long-serving cast member Kenan Thompson in a series […]
    By Bradford Evans
  20. snl promos
    Watch Seth Macfarlane’s SNL PromosFinally, Stewie does SNL! (For the record, we’re being sarcastic.)
    By Eliot Glazer
  21. last night on late night
    Last Night on Late Night: James Marsden Smelled Oprah, And He Liked ItPlus: Melanie Griffith tweets in her paper cards to daughter Dakota Johnson, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
    By Caroline Shin
  22. saturday night live
    Watch a Dress Rehearsal Version of SNL’s ‘The Californians’We’ll miss you, Kristen!
    By Eliot Glazer
  23. Rudd, Mantzoukas, McBrayer, Marino, and Kenan Play World’s Greatest […]How much fun is this picture? So much fun! It’s from the set of They Came Together and is the absolute best. Whoever is in charge of costume […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  24. snl promos
    Watch Eli Manning’s Adorable SNL PromosWe’re on Team Wiig, too!
    By Eliot Glazer
  25. comings and goings
    SNL History Lesson: Wiig, Sudeikis and Samberg Should Leave After This YearLet’s see when other SNL stars checked out …
    By Josh Wolk
  26. Lindsay Lohan and Kenan Thompson Take on the Media in SNL Promos It’s SNL promo season again, and Kenan Thompson and Lindsay Lohan really give it to the media this time around. Those cocked heads just stare […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  27. Zooey Deschanel and Kenan Thompson’s SNL Promos Are Dy-no-mite The true gift of SNL promos is that they repeat a star’s name often enough that anyone who sees them will never mispronounce it again. […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  28. snl
    Watch Zooey Deschanel’s SNL PromosKenan and Zooey, together again!
    By Eliot Glazer
  29. katy perry
    Watch Katy Perry’s Perfectly Fine SNL PromosKaty Perry is hosting SNL blah blah blah WHERE IS ROBYN???
    By Eliot Glazer
  30. saturday night live
    A Vulture Study: Which SNL Season Reused the Most Characters?Was it a Stefon year? Or something from the Church Lady or Spartan Cheerleader eras?We examined 36 seasons and 7,798 sketches to find out.
    By John Sellers
  31. nuptials
    Kenan Thompson Ties the KnotThe 33-year-old SNL cast member married his model fiancée.
  32. clickables
    See Miley Cyrus Admit That Hosting SNL Is ‘Pretty Cool’She’s in on the joke, see.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  33. clickables
    Watch Jon Hamm’s SNL PromosIn which the ‘Mad Men’ star, host of this week’s ‘SNL,’ works on his repartee with Kenan Thompson.
    By Nisha Gopalan
  34. overnights
    Saturday Night Live Recap: James Franco Closes Out the Decade on a High NoteWhat up with that?
    By Mark Graham
  35. i wrote a protest song about you
    Domestic-Violence Group ‘Horrified’ by SNL’s Tiger Woods SketchOur main beef with it was that it could’ve been funnier.
    By Mark Graham
  36. overnights
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt Makes ‘Em Laugh (And Then Some) on SNLHe was so good that he made us forget January Jones! (Almost.)
    By Mark Graham
  37. party lines
    Badgley, Palermo, and Venus at U.S. Open PartyThat’s what he told us at the USTA-Heineken Official U.S. Open player party last weekend.
    By Bennett Marcus
  38. snl
    And We Will All Go Down Together: The SNL Season 34 FinaleClassic!
    By Mark Graham
  39. charts
    SNL Season 34: By the NumbersWe know how much you love charts!
    By Mark Graham
  40. quote machine
    Tina Fey Battles Video Games With Her Reproductive SystemMarilyn Manson and Malcolm McDowell! Plus: Kenan Thompson to lose weight on the Obama diet.