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THE SKED Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Anna Kendrick

Posted April 6, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE went musical in a big way for its host, Anna Kendrick, and that mostly wasn’t a bad thing.  Kendrick is a genuine musical-comedy performer, with not just the novelty hit “Cups” from Pitch Perfect to her credit but a lead in the upcoming film of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods on […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Miley Cyrus

Posted October 4, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE had one of the quietest off-seasons in its recent history, with the addition of featured player Jon Rudnitsky as its only major change, so for better and worse, tonight’s Season 41 premiere felt as though it could easily have aired last season. There were a few indications that time has passed.  […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY TV Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Sarah Silverman

Posted October 5, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  Two weeks is too soon to be a trend, but it’s been heartening to see the 40th season of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE rely more on original sketch ideas than franchise characters.  Of course, when building a weekly 90 minutes from original concepts, unevenness is very much a given, and that was certainly true of […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Jim Carrey

Posted October 26, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  The material didn’t always keep up with the cast, but tonight’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE was one of the more enjoyable recent episodes.  Host Jim Carrey obviously knows his way around uninhibited sketch comedy, and the advantage to his not being anywhere near the center of the comic zeitgeist lately was that his mannerisms aren’t […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Matthew McConaughey

Posted November 22, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  Matthew McConaughey, one of the rare SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE hosts with nothing to promote, stood out even more in an installment that featured prominent plugs for musical guest Adele and the new Star Wars movie.  Although McConaughey is a Serious Oscar-Winning Actor these days, he’s done plenty of comedy throughout his career, and he […]

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THE SKED Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Charlize Theron

Posted May 11, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  It was 12:45AM before Charlize Theron really had a highlight to call her own on tonight’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, another instance of the show bringing on a bright talent and then not having them do very much.  Although Theron had her issues with the cue cards, as many movie stars on SNL do, she’s […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” With Cameron Diaz

Posted November 23, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  Cameron Diaz has had an extremely busy year, already starring in the hit The Other Woman and the flop Sex Tape, and with a featured role in the rebooted Annie (as Miss Hannigan) still to come.  Her promotional duties on the latter brought her to SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE tonight, where like most hosts she […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Dwayne Johnson

Posted March 28, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  Dwayne Johnson is an ideal kind of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE host:  a big-time movie star with enthusiasm, panache, a sense of humor about himself, and a willingness to be utterly silly.  It’s no surprise that tonight was his 4th time as host, and while his presence wasn’t enough to rescue a typically uneven SNL, […]

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