Just for Laughs adds Jane Krakowski, the Weekend Update team, and lots of new OFF-JFL shows
All this month, Montreal comedy festival Just For Laughs is hosting hundreds of shows in theaters across the Canadian city, with a particularly heavy schedule the last week of July (mainly, the 23rd through the 30th). The JFL lineup is always highly anticipated, and always growing, even as the fest gets underway, and this year is […]
NBC considering turning “Saturday Night Live’s” Weekend Update into its own weekly series
Word on the street is that NBC is looking to turn Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update segment into a weekly stand alone show. The network is in talks to make Update a half hour show that would air on Thursday nights. While NBC has often run Thursday SNL specials (usually around a holiday or major […]
Kristen Stewart hosted “Saturday Night Live” but Melissa McCarthy stole it
Kristen Stewart is here to host the show for the first time. Stewart hasn’t really been the jovial type, so having the YA movie star run point on the show is an interesting call. If Stewart would embrace the job, she could be a lot of fun. If not, we’d might be in for a […]
Aziz Ansari hosted “Saturday Night Live,” for the first time, and hopefully not the last
There’s an interesting trend happening at Saturday Night Live this season. Their comedian hosts taking reigns of the show directly on the heels of a major political moment. Dave Chappelle had it the week of the election and Aziz Ansari taking it right after the inauguration. While this might be pure coincidence, we like to […]
Felicity Jones hosted “Saturday Night Live,” was the force strong with her?
Felicity Jones, is the star of a little movie called Rogue One: A Star Wars Story perhaps you’ve heard of it. Jones came in and didn’t exactly stake her claim in the evening. Not that she was a bad host, but she didn’t really hold many leading bits in sketches and mostly served as support […]