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The Rock hosts SNL for the fifth time.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Sean Spicer’s Big Trip to New York City
Welcome to the Five-Timers Club, Melissa McCarthy!
Saturday Night Live Recap: Chris Pine Gets Goofy
SNL takes a break from Trump with a fun, silly episode.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Jimmy Fallon
Does Two Travoltas, Sean Spicer Apologizes
The visiting Tonight Show host sets the tone early: This episode will be fun and high-energy, offering spectacle over substance.
Saturday Night Live Recap: As a Silly C.K. Hosts, SNL Targets Bill O’Reilly and Pepsi
Alec Baldwin pulls double duty, appearing as both the embattled Fox News pundit and twice as Trump.
Saturday Night Live Recap: ScarJo Gives Her Best ‘O’ Face
While Trump kills us all.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Octavia Spencer Gives Jeff Sessions a Poo Pie
This is her first SNL hosting gig, but Octavia Spencer is no stranger to comedy.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Alec Baldwin and Melissa McCarthy Keep It Spicey
Yet again, SNL shines with terrific political sketches.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Kristen Stewart Drops an F-Bomb, Taunts Donald Trump
Melissa McCarthy’s impression of Sean Spicer is an instant classic.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Aziz Ansari Cheers Up a Trumped Nation
Aziz Ansari brings a joyful, exuberant presence to Studio 8H.
SNL Recap: Christmastime in Studio 8H
Casey Affleck hosts a holiday-packed episode.
Saturday Night Live Recap: John Cena Proves His Comedy Chops
From Trainwreck to SNL, the WWE star is no slouch when it comes to being silly.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Emma Stone’s Reunion
In her third SNL hosting gig, Emma Stone easily holds her own.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Kristen Wiig Lets Loose
SNL welcomes back one of its greatest players.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Chappelle’s Show
With Dave Chappelle hosting, this post-election episode tackles Trump, Clinton, race, and politics.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Why Is Benedict Cumberbatch Hot?
The internet's boyfriend is also an underrated comedic actor.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Welcome Back, Tom Hanks
Who wouldn't want a night of light frivolity with America's Dad?
Saturday Night Live Recap: Emily Blunt Brings Joy to the Crowd and Melancholy to a Sink
An evening of malfunctioning robots, demanding escorts, and nearly impenetrable accents.
Saturday Night Live Recap: A Night for the Theater Geeks
With Lin-Manuel Miranda as host, SNL adopts a kinder, more gentle tone.
Saturday Night Live Season-Premiere Recap: A New, Loutish Trump
Margot Robbie hosts, but Alec Baldwin steals the show.
SNL Recap: Tina Fey’s Advice for Felicity Jones
"If Steven Seagal can do it, so can you."
Saturday Night Live Season Finale Recap: Fred Armisen Plays to His Strengths and Makes Foot Guacamole
Fred Armisen is joined by a bunch of guest stars in the season finale.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Drake Sings, Clowns, and Starts Beef With Entire Cast
Drake, for his part, exhibits a lot of charm, poise, and a sense of humor about himself.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Brie Larson Cheerfully Keeps Things Moving Along
Larson has a great comedic sensibility, so it’s too bad her SNL performance isn’t that special.
Saturday Night Live Recap: JLD Returns to SNL
The Veep star returns to her stomping grounds while digging into everything other than Veep.
Recap: Russell Crowe Only Kinda Hosts SNL
Crowe’s appearance feels less like a true hosting gig and more like a glorified justification to plug a movie.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Peter Dinklage Bares It All
The Game of Thrones star plays Pooh and gets naked while enduring Leslie Jones’s nighttime hugs.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Ariana Grande Can’t Find a Controversy
I’d guess the SNL writing staff had a tough time trying to figure out what to play with when “mini Mariah” arrived.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Trump Jokes Trump Jonah Hill
Tonight’s show has scads of news parodies.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Melissa McCarthy Is a Comedic Pickup Artist
We’ve been wrong and bad, too, Melissa. We’re with you.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Larry David Is Bernin’ Hot
This is a strong contender for episode of the season so far.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Ronda Rousey Versus the Storm
It’s a big, awkward leap from the field/ice/pool/octagon to Studio 8H.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Adam Driver Knows It Has to Be Hard
Could Adam Driver become this generation’s Jeff Goldblum? Discuss.
Saturday Night Live Recap: We’ve Been Told That We Roll Deep
The Tina and Amy era of SNL is firmly, definitively done.
Saturday Night Live Recap: The Hemsworth Charm Offensive
Don’t worry, Chris Hemsworth: You’re still a hunk.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Ryan Gosling Cannot Stop Laughing
Gosling’s an ideal candidate for the job because he’s a wild card.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Matthew McConaughey Just Keeps (Thanks)Giving
McConaughey gave the kind of grade-grubbing performance Anne Hathaway might get raked over the coals for delivering.
Recap: Elizabeth Banks Lends Pitch-Perfect Pipes to a Somber SNL
Banks couldn't quite keep the dark clouds at bay, but she tried her best and nobody could've done more.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Donald Trump Is a Black Hole of Comedic Antimatter
The joke of Donald Trump is neither fun nor funny anymore.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Tracy Morgan Is Homecoming King
And Larry David does the best Bernie Sanders.
Recap: SNL Goes Really Really Inside Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer is unstoppable and seemingly backlash-proof.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Miley Throws a Party In The S.N.L.
In which Hillary serves drinks and Leslie Jones fakes an orgasm.
SNL Recap: Louis C.K. Brings His Edgy A Game
Louis C.K. brings his uncomfortable style of comedy to SNL.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Everyone and Their Mother Is on Reese Witherspoon’s Episode
"It's good that you're weird because weird got you here."
Saturday Night Live Recap: Scarlett Johansson Is Neither Floyd Mayweather Nor Manny Pacquiao
This episode's theme seemed to be "Nobody Is Watching."
Saturday Night Live Recap: Even Cookie Lyon Couldn’t Save This Show
But Taraji P. Henson sure tried.
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.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson Is SNL Viagra
He's proven himself to be a comedic performer all along.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Chris Hemsworth Does Not Get Upstaged By a Chicken
The first-time host exploded into the studio like a Norse creature of myth.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Fifty Shades of Nope
Host Dakota Johnson did not seem comfortable.
Saturday Night Live Recap: J.K. Simmons Finds His Tempo
And neither rushes nor drags.
Saturday Night Live: Blake Shelton Stars in The Voice Crossover Episode
It's synergy, baby!
Saturday Night Live Recap: Kevin Hart Storms the Stage Like a Dragon Attacking a Castle
He brought breathless, Sherman's March–style showmanship to every sketch.
Saturday Night Live Recap: North Korea Let Amy Adams Host the Show Again
But Kim Jong-un might not like this one.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Martin Freeman Makes a Lasting Impression
His journey to SNL was unexpected, but it shouldn't have been.
Saturday Night Live Recap: James Franco and Nicki Minaj Get Meta
They have a lot in common.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Cameron Diaz Is a Back-Home Baller
She crushed it.
Saturday Night Live Recap: So, Can Woody Harrelson Just Host Every Week?
Woody Harrelson handled each sketch like a comedy powerhouse.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Chris Rock Is on the Edge of Being Edgy
When this episode was off, it was way off, but the best sketches were way better than last week's.
SNL Recap: Jim Carrey Goes Even Dumber
He's usually a safe bet.
Saturday Night Live Recap: The Return of Bill Hader (and Stefon)
Along with Kristen Wiig.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Sarah Silverman Gets Back to Her (Mostly Forgotten) Roots
Unfortunately, Silverman's career trajectory since leaving the show is pretty much the opposite of how the episode she hosted went.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Andy Samberg’s Night of 1,000 Stars
There are SNL episodes with a lot of cameos, and then there's last night's episode.
Saturday Night Live Recap: The Amazing Andrew Garfield
The qualities required to play Spider-Man are the same ones it takes to properly host Saturday Night Live.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Seth Rogen Celebrates 4/20 Early
This episode featured a weed sketch for the ages.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Anna Kendrick Aca-Nails It
Nearly every sketch has her breaking into song.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Louis C.K. Is a Glorious Weirdo
The episode didn't always click, but it avoided being boring by a mile.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Lena Dunham May Be the Host of Her Generation
Or, at least, a host of her generation.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Jim Parsons Kicks Off the Post-Seth Meyers Era
After a monthlong Olympic hiatus, this week's episode promised an evening of firsts.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Melissa McCarthy Goes Full Weirdo
And Seth Meyers says goodbye.
Saturday Night Live Recap: He’s Still Jonah From the Block
The Oscar nominee showed up with something to prove.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Drake’s Comedy Bar Mitzvah
Endearing, awkward, and occasionally tedious.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Fallon and Timberlake Take Christmas
A pair of SNL favorites save the show for the holidays.
Saturday Night Live Recap: The Thirteenth Time Is Not Quite the Charm
Not John Goodman's best work.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Paul Rudd’s Midnight Delight
And the return of some old friends.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Josh Hutcherson Does Not Leave Us Hungry for Laughs
Something in this host must have let the writers feel confident weaving out an episode of wall-to-wall wackiness.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Lady Gaga Earns Our Applause
The musician was game and goofy, sometimes to the point of distraction.
Saturday Night Live Recap: In the Land of Black Women
Kerry Washington's hosting gig came at both the most opportune and most awkward time.
Saturday Night Live: The Midnight Coterie of Edward Norton
It's nice to have a host you neither have to write towards nor write around.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Look Who’s Mumbling
Bruce Willis took us on a trip down memory lane.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Freshman Orientation
Tina Fey gives her blessing to the new kids.
Saturday Night Live Recap: She’s Still Dooneese
Entirely rehashed classic characters on parade.
SNL Recap: The Natural Comedy and Casual Racism of Zach Galifianakis
Both helped him stay on the right side of funny.
SNL Recap: Vince Vaughn for Some Reason
It's hard to follow Melissa McCarthy.
Saturday Night Live Recap: It Was Like a ‘Best of Melissa McCarthy’ DVD
Despite it being only her second time hosting.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Justin Timberlake Dons His Suit & Tie & Tofu Cube
For his fifth SNL hosting gig.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Christoph Waltz Gets Austrian on Our Asses
Sketch comedy's not his thing, but he is up for an Oscar.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Reach Out and Touch Justin Bieber
But not in a creepy way.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Adam Levine Takes His Shirt Off for Comedy
A show that felt way better than it actually was.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Martin Short Hosts Wonderful Christmastime Show
One of the more unexpectedly great episodes of the season.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Jamie Foxx Does the Time Warp
This week's episode felt a little familiar.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Chris Christie, King of New York
This week's challenge: Make an unfunny actor funny.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Rihanna Is Beautiful Like Fractals in the Sky
Anne Hathaway is merely endearing.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Louie Does Lincoln
Louis C.K. provided some much-needed, genuinely comic relief.
Saturday Night Live Recap: The Bruno Mars Experiment
Musician hosts have a tough job.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Christina Applegate’s Song and Dance
Her monologue might hold the honor for thinnest excuse for a musical number in the entire history of the show.
Saturday Night Live Recap: The Limitations of Daniel Craig
Sometimes dramatic actors don't make the best hosts.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Gets Comfortable
And Kate McKinnon steals the show as Ann Romney.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Seth MacFarlane Showcases His Funny Voice Repertoire
And John Mayer showcases his funny faces during Frank Ocean's set.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Mick Jagger Knows How to Please a Crowd
After fronting the Rolling Stones for 50-some-odd years, he knows what he's doing.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Not the Will Ferrell We Remember
For an SNL alum episode, this one was strangely dull.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Eli Manning Is a Decent Mime
Otherwise he's a little stiff.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Josh Brolin Would Be More Convincing Without the Facial Hair
Gotye short good, Trayvon Martin sketch uncomfortable.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Sofia Vergara’s Accent Was Not the Problem
Taran Killam's Andy Cohen impression good, Gilly bad.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Jonah Hill Does Great Self-Parody and Bad Enunciation
Adam Grossman good, too many hits to the nuts bad.
Saturday Night Live Recap: The Lohan of It All
Real Housewives of Disney.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Bronx Beat
Returning cast members continue their streak as stand-out hosts.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Zooey Deschanel, Kooky on Schedule
As per her image, she did nothing that made her seem unattractive or gross, a la Melissa McCarthy.
Saturday Night Live Recap: When Humor Fails, Use Channing Tatum’s Abs
Lana Del Rey and Downton Abbey sketches good, over-recurred sketches bad.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Daniel Radcliffe Knows You Want Him To Do Harry Potter
Daniel Radcliffe's SNL debut!
Saturday Night Live Recap: Charles Barkley Mumbles His Way Into Your Heart
Fake Barkley meets Shaq Barkley!
Saturday Night Live Recap: Jimmy Fallon Returns in Triumph
The best episode this season? Yes? The best episode in recent memory? Quite possibly!
Saturday Night Live Recap: Katy Perry May Have Been Just a Little Too Ambitious
Musical guest to guest host is a big jump.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Melissa McCarthy's Rave Debut; Return of Junice "Little Hands" Maharelle
Musical guest: Lady Antebellum
Saturday Night Live Recap: Alec Baldwin Sets New Hosting Record; Steve Martin and Seth Rogen’s Semi-Pointless Cameo
Baldwin does a mean Tony Bennett, Al Pacino.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Helen Mirren’s Raunchy Eleanor Roosevelt; Andy Samberg's Nebbishy ‘Mort Feingold’
You could have seen those impressions coming.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Bill Hader’s Charlie Sheen; Miley Cyrus’s Justin Bieber
Watch the highlights!
Saturday Night Live Recap: Jim Carrey Dances the Black Swan
And Fred Armisen mocks Mayor Bloomberg.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Anne Hathaway’s Katie Holmes, Abby Elliott’s Rachel Maddow
A consistently funny episode!
SNL Recap: Scarlett Johansson’s Patti Stanger, Arcade Fire’s Aggressive Performance
Plus, Johansson mocks Johansson, and Arcade Fire tries to be funny.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Jon Hamm Is Not Don Draper
But he does kiss Jason Sudeikis.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Glee Mocked, Zuckerberg Defended
Wiig as O'Donnell! Samberg in everything.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Kanye Scores, Miley Mocked
And a lot of flamboyant humor was attempted.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Amy Poehler Returns, Mosque Controversy Mocked
Watch some highlights.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Alec Baldwin Sends Us Into the Summer
Who's looking forward to season 36?
Saturday Night Live Recap: There’s Something About Betty
Betty White talked like a sailor on 'SNL' last night and it totally worked.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Gabourey Sidibe Is Not Precious
But she is precious.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Ryan Phillippe Has Muscles
And Ke$ha has costumes.
Saturday Night Live Recap: The Triumphant Return of Tina Fey
Where can we get a Brownie Husband?
Saturday Night Live Recap: Eric Massa Rules the Night
Jude Law gave it his all in this lackluster episode.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Zach Galifianakis Does His Part
The weird guy with the beard was great, but the rest of the cast couldn't keep pace.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Jennifer Lopez Continues Her Comeback Tour
She was better than expected as host, but the less said about her musical performances, the better.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Charles Barkley Takes a Backseat to Alicia Keys
Barkley was fine, but the night belonged to Alicia Keys.
Saturday Night Live Recap: James Franco Closes Out the Decade on a High Note
What up with that?
Saturday Night Live Recap: Taylor Lautner Puts His Restless Legs To Use
Take that, Kanye!
Blake Lively Puts Her Assets, Comedic and Otherwise, on Display on SNL
She elicited nearly as many laughs from the crowd last night as she did gasps for her sexy attire.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Makes ‘Em Laugh (And Then Some) on SNL
He was so good that he made us forget January Jones! (Almost.)
Saturday Night Live: January Jones Is No Jon Hamm
Being nervous is forgiveable, but being unprepared? Not so much.
SNL Continues to Thumb Its Nose at the FCC's Rules Prohibiting Profanity
Lady Gaga dropped an S-bomb on last night's episode during a performance of "Paparazzi."
SNL Recap: Welcome Home, Ben Who-Fleck
And the final performances of Bill Hader and Fred Armisen.
As one does.
Trump & Co. were to SNL what Wayne and Garth of Wayne’s World were years ago.
SNL writers Julio Torres and Jeremy Beiler reveal how “Wells for Boys” came together.
From Ford and Carter to President Trump.
From the Untouchables to Lorne’s Pets.
“Trump had to stand in a tree with his face looking out of the hole of this tree, and he did not like that.”
In one short year, Day insinuated himself as not only an invaluable writer, but a go-to SNL player capable of performing a number of functions.
She’s been an invaluable SNL staple for seven seasons.
"Yeah, it's a blessed life."
"Am I a bad boy, mama? I no get breast-feed tonight?"
