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‘Do you ever stop to ask yourself?’: SNL tears into ICE after fatal shooting of ICU nurse in Minneapolis

Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update brought its signature blend of irreverence and reality this weekend — slamming Immigration and Customs Enforcement just hours after another fatal shooting involving federal immigration agents shook Minneapolis. In a segment that felt part comedy routine, part social commentary, co-host Michael Che commented on ICE and Vice President JD Vance.“I […]

Did SNL call JD Vance ‘gay’? Saturday Night Live turns cold open into a one-man awards sweep

Saturday Night Live didn’t just open with a cold open — it opened with a self-congratulatory fever dream of the US president. In this week’s sketch, Donald Trump hosted his own award show, handed out his own trophies, and somehow still found the time to thank… himself. The nominations? All Trump. The winners? Also Trump. […]

Stranger Things gets sequels, spin-offs, and Episode 9 ‘Conformity Gate’ in new SNL sketch |

Stranger Things Gets ‘Sequels, Prequels, Requels and Spin-Off’—and Episode 9 ‘Conformity Gate’ in New SNL Sketch A few weeks after Stranger Things ended, Saturday Night Live opened its first episode of 2026 by leaning into something viewers had already been joking about online: the idea that the show might be finished, but the franchise clearly […]

SNL sketch gives Harry Potter’s Harry and Ron a steamy romance inspired by HBO’s ‘Heated Rivalry’ |

SNL sketch channels HBO’s ‘Heated Rivalry’ with a steamy Harry–Ron romance It would have been a surprise if Saturday Night Live hadn’t eventually taken aim at Heated Rivalry. Since its first season wrapped last month, the series has lingered stubbornly in the cultural conversation, bolstered by a swift second-season renewal and a Golden Globes appearance […]

‘Lot of his girlfriends still had braces’: SNL makes dark joke on Jeffrey Epstein as photos of his mansion go viral

Saturday Night Live (SNL) stepped into the Jeffrey Epstein row after disturbing photos and videos from his private “pedo” island surfaced last week. The latest episode used dark comedy on the Weekend Update, where the host Colin Jost made a joke about how young some of Epstein’s victims were said to be.The House Oversight Committee […]

SNL recap: Holiday season chaos, Melissa McCarthy’s 6th appearance, and a marathon of Weekend Updates

After a two-week hiatus and a Thanksgiving celebration, Saturday Night Live finally returned in the first week of December with a bang. The cold open had to start with War Secretary Pete Hegseth, played by Colin Jost, and Melissa McCarthy’s 6th appearance on SNL, with several skits ahead to up the ante. Four Weekend Updates […]

SNL recap: Glenn Powell’s maverick act, Epstein files, 6-7 meme and the day after Taken

During the run-up to the 2024 US Election, comedian Stephen Colbert had joked that since Kamala Harris was shopping for a male white running mate, she might as well pick Glenn Powell, arguing that the tagline could have been: Yes, we Glen. It certainly couldn’t have been worse than Tim Walz. For a while Glen […]

Glen Powell set to host SNL this week: Promo goes viral for his iconic ‘walking like Walken’ moment | World News

Glen Powell’s Saturday Night Live debut hasn’t even aired yet, but the internet has already declared him a winner. All it took was one promo, one cleaning cart, and one very committed attempt at “walking like Walken.” The result? A viral moment that has fans delighted, confused and ready to vote Powell into the Five-Timers […]

SNL Cold Open: ‘Zohran Mamdani’ steals the show, says ‘hit me up at the ballot box, girl’

Amid the US government shutdown, a World Series nail-biter, and an election season that already feels like a sitcom, Saturday Night Live decided to pile on the chaos with its own New York City mayoral debate, complete with bagel jokes, socialist charm, and a surprise Trump cameo. Miles Teller returned to Studio 8H as a […]

SNL’s Weekend Update: When Colin Jost ‘turned up’ in Epstein video with Donald Trump | World News

Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost found himself in a deeply awkward situation during this week’s “Weekend Update” when co-host Michael Che unveiled an unexpected surprise: a video showing Jost at a party with President Donald Trump and the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The clip, originally filmed in 1992 at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, is well-known […]