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With Election Gone, SNL Enters 'Rebuilding' Phase

Three new members join comedy show's cast

Nov 21, 08 3:14 PM CST
(Newser) - The election may be over, but SNL still has 14 episodes to fill. Lorne Michaels says the show will be in one of its periodic "rebuilding" periods, but he has much praise for three new faces. Here's the lowdown, from USA Today:
  • Abby Elliott: The daughter of former
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Saturday Night Live • NBC • comedy • Lorne Michaels • Michaela Watkins • Abby Elliott • bobby moynihan

(Newser) - Justin Timberlake donned a leotard and heels for a surprise guest appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend, People reports. The singer played one of three incompetent backup dancers, reuniting with real-life duet partner Beyoncé—who ultimately fired the trio. JT rubbed up against Beyoncé and repeatedly intoned a... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • music • dance • celebrity • Justin Timberlake • Beyonce • Paul Rudd

 Housewives Desperate 
 for Palin Appearance  

Former VP candidate could cash in on SNL popularity

Nov 14, 08 11:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin may have a visit to Wisteria Lane in her future. Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry is “very hot to trot to have her appear on the season-five finale,” a Hollywood insider tells the New York Post, and Disney execs love the idea. Cherry "sees her... More »

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Saturday Night Live • ABC • Disney • Desperate Housewives • Sarah Palin • Marc Cherry

  Fox Cancels Mad TV 

Fox cancels comedy show after 14 years

Nov 12, 08 5:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Mad TV will bid adieu after 14 seasons of Saturday night sketches, the final nail in its coffin coming from a failure to boost ratings during the presidential campaign, reports Defamer. Fox's Saturday Night Live competitor, which has been on the chopping block for years, will finish up the season... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • satire • comedy • Fox • Mad TV

SNL Addresses
Estrogen Deficit

Eccentric additions to bring youthful energy

Nov 12, 08 5:34 PM CST
(Newser) - The election cycle is over, along with Tina Fey's impersonations of Sarah Palin and Amy Poehler's run on Saturday Night Live. Lorne Michaels has plucked two young female comediennes to help fill the gap, the Comic's Comic reports. Abby Elliott, the daughter of eccentric funnyman Chris Elliott, and Michaela Watkins... More »

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Saturday Night Live • comedy • comedian • Amy Poehler • Michaela Watkins • Abby Elliott

OPINION

White Comics Lack Nuance Needed to Mine Obama

President-elect not lacking in comic fodder; it's mainstream comedians who are lacking

Nov 7, 08 3:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Bill Maher recently said Barack Obama “needs to give comedians something to work with.” The President-elect is “too perfect,” he groused, and worse, liberals are afraid to laugh at black people. If only Dave Chappelle were working, laments Salamishah Tillet for the Root. He’d quickly... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • race • comedy • Bill Maher • Fred Armisen • President Obama • Bill Maher Grid

 Fey Waves 
 Goodbye to 
 Playing Palin 

30 Rock creator vows to get back to day job

Nov 6, 08 10:35 AM CST
(Newser) - To the list of political figures out of a job after Election Day, add one: Sarah Palin impersonator Tina Fey. "I have to retire just because I have to do my day job," the creator and star of 30 Rock tells Entertainment Weekly. More »

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Saturday Night Live • Tina Fey • 30 Rock • TV ratings • Sarah Palin • television news

(Newser) - John McCain capped a busy day of campaigning with an appearance on Saturday Night Live, where he teamed with his VP-lookalike, Tina Fey, to poke fun at himself and Barack Obama. In the opening sketch, he and "Palin" hawked wares on QVC because he's a true maverick—"a... More »

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Saturday Night Live • John McCain • Tina Fey • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Joe the Plumber

 Real McCain Set for SNL 

Exec won't deny rumor that Obama will be on, too

Oct 31, 08 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain will take a page from Sarah Palin's book and appear on Saturday Night Live tomorrow, aides tell the AP. It will be his first appearance on the show since May. Meanwhile, rumors continue to fly that Barack Obama will stop, too, but SNL reps aren't confirming or denying... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • Barack Obama • John McCain • Election 2008

(Newser) - Britney Spears is going to host Saturday Night Live on Nov. 22, an anonymous source tells Celebuzz. If the rumor is true, it will be Britney's third time. Eight years ago, at the tender age of 18, she became the youngest person to host and perform on the same show.... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Britney Spears • conservatorship

(Newser) - Amy Poehler missed work last night, but she had a very good excuse: The Saturday Night Live star gave birth yesterday to a baby boy named Archie, the Huffington Post reports. It's the first child for Poehler and her hubby and fellow comedian, Will Arnett. Poehler had been rehearsing for... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Amy Poehler • Weekend Update

(Newser) - The life of a stylist is all about communication. When Sarah Palin appeared on Saturday Night Live, the show's designer had to convince her to scrap her fancy new clothes and instead dress the way she used to—in essence, to dress as the character of Sarah Palin as... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Tina Fey • clothes • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • costume • stylist

SNL 'Bush' Endorses Squirming 'GOP' Pair

Ferrell's Bush praises 'heavily patriotized' ticket

Oct 24, 08 4:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Will Ferrell reprised his role as a bumbling George Bush for last night's special edition of Saturday Night Live to force his endorsement on an extremely unreceptive GOP "ticket." Ferrell first explained to Tina Fey's Sarah Palin that the vice president tells a president what to do and... More »

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Saturday Night Live • John McCain • Tina Fey • Will Ferrell • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin

 Fey: Palin Sketches 
 'Fair, Quite Gentle' 

To complete transformation, 'we glue my ears down,' Fey says

Oct 22, 08 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Should Tina Fey take it easy on Sarah Palin? She doesn't think so, Access Hollywood reports. "I stand by the pieces as both fair and quite gentle," says Fey, who plays the veep nominee on SNL. At first Fey "didn’t think we looked alike at all,... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Alec Baldwin • Tina Fey • network television • Sarah Palin

 SNL Expects Obama Nov. 1 

Meyers spills the beans to Palin at afterparty, aide tells blogger

Oct 21, 08 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Saturday Night Live has lined up Barack Obama for Nov. 1—the weekend before the election, blogger Martin Eisenstadt says he’s hearing from an aide to Sarah Palin. In boozy glee over the successful Palin appearance Saturday, SNL political writer Seth Meyers blurted, “just wait til you see... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • Election 2008 • political donations • Lorne Michaels • Seth Meyers • Sarah Palin • Hurricane Ike

(Newser) - If you saw Alec Baldwin's courtly interaction with Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live and you're wondering what's gotten into the well-known liberal firebrand, he's wondering something, too: What's your problem? "What did some of you people actually think would happen?" he writes in a post that went... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Alec Baldwin • Tina Fey • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin

ANALYSIS

 Campaign Heightens 
 Humor's Liberal Bent 

Buttoned-up righties may be easier to mock, but some say it's gone a little too car

Oct 20, 08 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Comedy is taking a prominent place in the US election, and may be leaning even more leftward than usual, the Boston Globe reports. Tina Fey and David Letterman have brought the highest ratings in years with mockery of Sarah Palin and John McCain. And Jon Stewart, a savage critic of... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • John McCain • comedy • Tina Fey • Jon Stewart • David Letterman • Election 2008

 Palin Draws Record 
 SNL Audience 

Some 14 million eyeball 'Caribou Barbie'

Oct 20, 08 4:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The largest audience in 14 years tuned in to Saturday Night Live to watch Sarah Palin come face-to-face with doppleganger Tina Fey, reports AP. Actually, it wasn't quite face-to-face as Fey skirted past the candidate after skewering her yet again at a faux press conference on the comedy show. The... More »

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Saturday Night Live • parody • comedy • Tina Fey • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

 'Caribou Barbie' Debuts on SNL 

Baldwin tells her she's "way hotter" than Fey

Oct 19, 08 4:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The real Sarah Palin made her much anticipated debut on Saturday Nigh Live last night, gamely sparring with cast members who still skewered the candidate and show producer Lorne Michaels, reports USA Today. In the opening skit Tina Fey delivers Palin’s “first press conference” (she’s yet to... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Alec Baldwin • Tina Fey • Lorne Michaels • Amy Poehler • Sarah Palin • Weekend Update

Drenched in Watercooler Moments, SNL Is Hot Again

Late-night is the standout hit of the fall season

Oct 18, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The fall TV ratings are in, and while Heroes needs saving and House is collapsing, Saturday Night Live has emerged as the biggest hit of the season, Maureen Ryan writes in the Chicago Tribune. Unlike other shows, SNL’s live ratings have jumped nearly 50% in its 34th season. “... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • NBC • politics • Tina Fey • Lorne Michaels • Seth Meyers • Amy Poehler • Sarah Palin

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