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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Diane Sawyer got Betty White on the phone in her “The Conversation” segment last week and quizzed the Golden Girls star about the Facebook group requesting that White host Saturday Night Live. Joking that “they just dig old ladies”, White…
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
SNL delight Kristen Wiig has co-written a comedy with writing partner Annie Mumolo, with Judd Apatow attached to direct and Paul Feig to produce. This will be Apatow and Feig’s first time working together since the short-lived ABC Family drama…
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Thanks to TV Tattle for the tip-off: even after MacGyver went off the air, creator Lee Zlotoff retained the rights to adapt the concept to the silver screen, which he has been doing in partnership with New Line since before…
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
For me, the SNL shorts about the resourceful but inept hero were never more than vaguely amusing, but they’ve gained such a following that there’s already a movie in production… and from the looks of this trailer (restricted but not…
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
I’d missed the third and fourth “Laser Cats” Digital Shorts from SNL, as the jokes grew just too thin to keep going along with. Then they rebooted the fictional series and the skit itself by bringing in James Cameron, Sigourney…
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Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Well, amazing sort of. In one of their bumps, Adult Swim has made an offer to Conan O’Brien. Their offer includes over 3 million in marketing dollars, two billboards, and an XL Adult Swim hoodie. Brilliant. This reminds me of…
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
This week’s SNL brought back one of my all-time favorite skits, “Shopping with Virginiaca”, wherein Kenan Thompson plays the overprotective mother to that week’s white female host. I was excited to see the skit after months off the tube, but…
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
December could be a fun month — out of the three, I’m betting that Franco will be the funniest, although Lautner probably has the best material to work with.
Saturday Night Live will welcome hosts Blake Lively, Taylor Lautner and…
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
First MacGruber and now this. There are details, but suffice to say, beloved sketch characters brought back for awards-show sketch leads to this. All you really have to do is watch this:
See, I think it could actually be really…
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
Jezebel has assembled a handy collection of the clips from Taylor Swift’s first SNL hosting gig. While none of them are fall-off-your-seat funny, Swift is undeniably charming.
Mocking the persona she’s cultivated in videos like “You Belong With Me”, she…
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