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“SNL50" needs "More Cowbell"

If you get a fever for this docuseries special, it'll assuredly have been caused by one episode

Salon

Mookie Betts Had Simple, NSFW Message for Interfering Yankees Fans From World Series

Dodgers star Mookie Betts told everyone how he really feels about the Yankees fans who interfered with him during the World Series.

Sports Illustrated

Saturday Night Live: Martin Short delivers a star-packed festive treat

The actor joins the five-timers club in a funny and cameo-filled episode that features some of the season’s funniest moments so far

The Guardian - US

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Chris Rock makes crowd groan with Elon Musk joke on Saturday Night Live

Rock referred to the Tesla and X owner as ‘the richest African American in the world’

The Independent UK

Saturday Night Live: Chris Rock can’t save a flat episode

The comedian was stuck with a string of mostly unfunny ho-hum sketches in a disappointing week

The Guardian - US

Luigi Mangione fans baffle SNL’s unhinged Nancy Grace

SNL tackles American outrage and obsession with ‘sex icon’ Luigi Mangione

The Independent UK

Saturday Night Live: a tough post-election episode fails to rise to the challenge

Bill Burr makes for an awkward host in a misfiring week cursed by a difficult election result and an unsureness of how to handle it

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SNL praises ‘hot, jacked’ Trump and Elon ‘I run the country now’ Musk to avoid ‘enemies list’ in cold open

Heidi Gardner claims she voted for Donald Trump 50 times — in Pennsylvania

The Independent UK

SNL fans applaud skit mocking influencers for ‘summing up the entirety of TikTok’

‘SNL’ cast references TikTok creators Harry Daniels, Nara Smith, Dr Umar Johnson, and Alex Cooper in viral sketch

The Independent UK

SNL mock popular 2000s song in brutal sketch

Train’s 2009 hit ‘Hey, Soul Sister’ was a major hit but has been derided by critics

The Independent UK

Saturday Night Live: Michael Keaton hosts and Alec Baldwin cameos in middling episode

Despite the season starting stronger than usual, this week saw a drop-off in quality despite a few decent moments, including a parody of Harris’s Fox News interview

The Guardian - US

Demi Lovato’s starry documentary Child Star offers hard truths

Former Disney performer’s conversations with other former kid entertainers make for a fascinating, if limited, collective processing of fame

The Guardian - US

Pink, Mindy Kaling but no Beyoncé: the celebrities who ruled the DNC

The DNC saw a host of older big pop-culture names show support for Kamala Harris with one notable absence

The Guardian - US

Project 2025: Democrats warn convention extreme plan is no joke

Speech after speech has referenced the rightwing blueprint and it’s clearly getting under the ex-president’s skin

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Democratic convention day three: Tim Walz’s big pep talk and an Oprah surprise

The party mounted a compelling and diverse spectacle as Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Stevie Wonder all took to the stage

The Independent UK

SNL’s Kenan Thompson slams Republicans over Project 2025: ‘A doc that could kill a small animal and democracy’

’Mostly importantly you can stop it from ever happening by electing Kamala Harris as the next president of the United States,’ the comedian told the crowd on Wednesday night

The Guardian - US

Walz, Bill Clinton and surprise Oprah: Democratic convention day three key takeaways

Harris’s VP pick pitches supporters as Stevie Wonder, Pete Buttigieg and prominent Republicans back party’s ticket

Top News

Stevie Wonder To Perform At Democratic National Convention Tonight

Renowned musicians like Stevie Wonder, John Legend, and Maren Morris to perform at the Democratic National Convention. Kenan Thompson from 'Saturday Night ...

Broadcasting & Cable

Parsing Linear TV's Massive $15 Billion Correction

Also in this week's 'Next Text,' we check in on Elon Musk's $44 billion propaganda machine, and we process all we loved (and loathed) about The Olympics

USA Today Sports Media Group

Kenan Thompson brought back All That’s Pierre Escargot for the Paris Olympics, and it was glorious

IT'S PIERRE ESCARGOT!!!

The Independent UK

Colin Jost replaced as Olympics surfing correspondent after week of constant injuries in Tahiti

Jost cut his foot on the coral reefs almost immediately upon arrival at Tahiti

The Guardian - US

Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson are a winning duo of Olympic hosts

The comedy multi-hyphenates have been providing perfectly silly commentary for NBC at this year’s Olympics

Tom’s Guide

New on Peacock in August 2024 — all the movies and shows to watch

Here's everything coming to Peacock in August 2024, including a Stephen Curry comedy and John Woo's 'The Killer'

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