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This Week In Comedy: Live from New York, it's Saturday Night Live's season premiere week for the milestone 50th season! The landmark sketch comedy series premieres season 50 this Saturday with Emmy-award winning Hacks actress Jean Smart hosting & country singer Jelly Roll serving as musical guest. Additionally, the show is set to bring back alum Maya Rudolph to reprise VP Kamala Harris throughout the presidential election and has added three new cast members this season. Plus, there will be plenty of surprises to look forward to including finding out who will play MN governor Tim Walz!
And ICYMI: the 800 Pound Gorilla News Staff earlier this summer complied a list of the 30 best sketches & moments from this past season of SNL. For a catch up & some good laughs, check out the full list here!
Plus: Ellen Degeneres' final stand-up special, For Your Approval, comes out this week on Netflix and also premiering on Netflix is Will & Harper, the Sundance winning road-trip documentary surrounding Will Ferrell & former SNL head writer Harper Steele's friendship following Steele coming out as a trans woman!
Monday
- Television: Sebastian Maniscalco on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
- Television: Leanne Morgan on Late Night With Seth Meyers
- Television: Lauren Lapkus, Paul F. Tompkins, & Rachel Pegram on After Midnight With Taylor Tomlinson
Tuesday
- Stand-Up: Ellen Degeneres: For Your Approval premieres on Netflix
- Stand-Up: Jess Salomon: Sad Witch premieres on 800 Pound Gorilla’s YouTube channel at 7 PM CT
- Stand-Up: Felicia Madison: Better Than Sex releases via Comedy Dynamics
- Stand-Up: Carmen Lagala: Sweet Batch premieres on YouTube
- Television: Will Ferrell, Harper Steele, & Kristen Bell on Late Night With Seth Meyers
- Television: Josh Gad on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Television: Affion Crockett, Jade Catta-Preta, & Moses Storm on After Midnight With Taylor Tomlinson
Wednesday
- Stand-Up: Shannon Fiedler: Thirty, Flirty & Crying premieres on YouTube
- Television: Everybody Still Hates Chris premieres on Comedy Central
- Television: Andy Samberg on Late Night With Seth Meyers
- Television: Jess McKenna, Pete Holmes, & Echo Kellum on After Midnight With Taylor Tomlinson
Thursday
- Stand-Up: Urzila Carlson: It’s Personal premieres on 800 Pound Gorilla’s YouTube channel at 7 PM CT
- Television: Nobody Wants This premieres on Netflix
- Television: Marcello Hernández & Nick Griffin on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
- Television: Sarah Silverman on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
- Television: Aubrey Plaza & Chloe Fineman on Late Night With Seth Meyers
- Television: Raanan Hershberg, Sarah Tiana, & Orlando Leyba on After Midnight With Taylor Tomlinson
Friday
- Movies: My Old Ass opens in theaters everywhere
- Movies: The new documentary Will & Harper premieres on Netflix
- Movies: Wolfs premieres on Apple TV+
- Stand-Up: Shain Brenden releases his new comedy album, Either Way, Pretty Funny , via Blonde Medicine
- Stand-Up: Paige Weldon releases her new comedy album, I Turned Out Fine , via ASpecialThing Records
Saturday
- Television: Saturday Night Live returns for its 50th season on NBC with host, Jean Smart, & musical guest, Jelly Roll
Sunday
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Television: Animation Domination returns to FOX:
- The Simpsons returns for season 36
- Bob’s Burgers returns for season 15
- Krapopolis returns for season 2
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