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    Saturday Night Live - Season 49
    Saturday Night Live Recap: Kristen Wiig Brings Her FriendsKristen Wiig leads an all-star cast to this season’s best episode.
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    Saturday Night Live - Season 49
    Saturday Night Live Recap: Ramy Youssef Makes It PersonalThe comedian’s perspective is all over his hosting debut, from a powerful opening monologue to sketches tailored to his personality.
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    Saturday Night Live - Season 49
    Saturday Night Live Recap: Josh Brolin Is Seriously HilariousSNL understands that underneath his gruff exterior, Josh Brolin is a total goofball.
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    Saturday Night Live - Season 49
    Saturday Night Live Recap: Sydney Sweeney’s Saturday Night YikesSNL can’t figure out how to best use guest host Sydney Sweeney.
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    Saturday Night Live - Season 49
    Saturday Night Live Recap: Shane Gillis Got Away With ItShane Gillis makes it to SNL after all, bringing his conservative-friendly material to his first hosting gig.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: The Justin Timberlake Show, Featuring Dakota JohnsonJustin Timberlake’s comeback tour hits SNL and takes some shine off guest host Dakota Johnson.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Jacob Elordi Is Too Hot for Conventional TelevisionSNL is as mesmerized by Jacob Elordi as the rest of us.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Kate McKinnon’s Episode Is an Early Christmas GiftKate McKinnon leads SNL to a season-best episode.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Adam Driver Is Doing the MostA dialed-up Adam Driver is a welcome presence in an uneven episode.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Five-Timer Emma Stone Is an SNL UnicornEmma Stone is as dazzlingly versatile as ever, and her inevitable sixth turn hosting can’t come soon enough.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Jason Momoa’s Thanksgiving Episode Is a Real TurkeyLike a late-November meal without stuffing or green-bean casserole, the Aquaman star’s SNL was clearly missing something.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: The Triumphant Return of Timothée ChalametSongs and sequels abound in an episode that makes the most of the Wonka star’s charisma.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: A Light Halloween SNL for Dark TimesNate Bargatze delivers a spooky, upbeat episode.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Bad Bunny Can Do Whatever He WantsBad Bunny put on one hell of a show and made it look effortless.
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    Saturday Night Live Season-Premiere Recap: Pete Davidson Strikes the Right ToneThe SNL crew delivers laughs in their first episode from a strike-extended summer, but the strain of working through a tough week shows.
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    Let’s Wildly Speculate About SNL Season 49Who might host? Which cast member will break out? And what inanimate object will Bowen Yang play?
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    ‘You’re Batting With Meme Steroids’The creators behind four popular I Think You Should Leave meme accounts swap three seasons’ worth of stories.
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    The 17 Best SNL Sketches of Season 48Highlights from a rebuilding year for the show that was abruptly cut short.
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    Reggie Watts Looks Forward to the AI TakeoverThe comedian and musician talks the end of The Late Late Show and the projects he wants to tackle next.
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    Unraveling the Most Legendary Writers’ Room Story Ever“Who Jackie?” has been retold in comedy circles for nearly 30 years — much to the surprise of the Roseanne writer who said it.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Ana de Armas Heats Up SNLFollowing a string of stellar episodes, SNL can’t quite get into high gear for Ana de Armas.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Molly Shannon is More Superstar Than EverMolly Shannon returns to her SNL stomping grounds and shows she hasn’t lost a single step.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Quinta Brunson Teaches How It’s DoneQuinta Brunson handles every sketch in her SNL debut like she’s a seasoned sketch-comedy pro (because she is).
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Jenna Ortega’s Beautiful Dark Twisted FantasyThe President of the Goths brings her “dark and twisted” energy to this week’s sketches, making an impressively cohesive episode.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Travis Kelce Scores Lots of LaughsAfter a bumpy episode last week, Travis Kelce helps SNL get the season back on track.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Woody Harrelson Gets WastedWoody Harrelson delivers the least-funny SNL monologue in ages, indicating the bad vibes for the rest of the show.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Pedro Pascal Left No CrumbsThe first great Saturday Night Live episode of 2023 has arrived.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Aubrey Plaza Is the MomentThe first SNL in over a month catches us up on all the pop-culture and political chaos that’s happened since — and gives its star a chance to shine.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Good-bye, Cecily Strong. Hello, Austin ButlerWe’ll miss you, Cecily!
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: One Too Many Wild and Crazy HostsSteve Martin and Martin Short’s chemistry isn’t enough to overcome the fact that hosting Saturday Night Live is a solo sport.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Baby, She’s Keke PalmerEveryone’s favorite scene-stealing star steals the show in her SNL debut.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Dave Chappelle Takes SNL to a Season HighDespite all the baggage that comes with Chapelle in 2022, he pulled off a great SNL episode.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: SNL Goes Inside Amy Schumer Once AgainSaturday Night Schumer? Or Inside Amy Live?
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Halloween HomecomingJack Harlow makes a confident hosting debut, but the real delight this week is the long-awaited return of an old friend (and also David S. Pumpkins).
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Megan Thee Sketch ComedianA lot of this episode rests on her shoulders, but as Megan has demonstrated over and over, her knees are strong as hell.
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    What’s the Deal With That Bar Rule in Top Gun: Maverick? An Investigation.Maverick buys the entire bar a round … because he put his phone on the counter … which is against the rules … which are listed on a tiny sign.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: In With the NewsThe show gets a lot of mileage this week out of its new cast, some good topical sketches, and “cute shyboy” Brendan Gleeson.
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    Saturday Night Live Season-Premiere Recap: A Rebuilding Year for SureSNL knows you think this season is going to suck, and it has the cold open to prove it.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Ryan Gosling Cannot Stop LaughingGosling’s an ideal candidate for the job because he’s a wild card.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Matthew McConaughey Just Keeps (Thanks)GivingMcConaughey gave the kind of grade-grubbing performance Anne Hathaway might get raked over the coals for delivering.
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    Recap: Elizabeth Banks Lends Pitch-Perfect Pipes to a Somber SNLBanks couldn’t quite keep the dark clouds at bay, but she tried her best and nobody could’ve done more. 
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    SNL Recap: Trump Is Comedic AntimatterThe joke of Donald Trump is neither fun nor funny anymore.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Tracy Morgan Is Homecoming KingAnd Larry David does the best Bernie Sanders.
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    Recap: SNL Goes Really Really Inside Amy SchumerAmy Schumer is unstoppable and seemingly backlash-proof.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Miley Throws a Party In The S.N.L.In which Hillary serves drinks and Leslie Jones fakes an orgasm.
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    SNL Recap: Louis C.K. Brings His Edgy A GameLouis C.K. brings his uncomfortable style of comedy to SNL.
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    SNL Recap: Everyone and Their Mom Is Here“It’s good that you’re weird because weird got you here.”
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    SNL Recap: Scarlett Johansson Is Not MayweatherThis episode’s theme seemed to be “Nobody Is Watching.”
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Even Cookie Lyon Couldn’t Save This ShowBut Taraji P. Henson sure tried.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Will You Play With Us, Michael Keaton?As he reminded us last night on SNL, Michael Keaton is so much more than Birdman.
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