Posts Tagged ‘Weekend Update’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Jim Carrey

  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, a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Louis C.K.

  After 40 years of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, it’s fair to say that every season is uneven, and so is every episode.  Although it’s generally true that installments hosted by former cast members (this season it was...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Chris Pratt

  It’s Year 40 for SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, and like many prosperous middle-aged citizens, SNL has no interest at all in shaking up its comfortable life.  Tonight’s season premiere could, with a few cast adjustmen...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Dwayne Johnson

  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 ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Amy Schumer

  The breakout comedy star of 2015 is also an award-winning sketch comic and writer, so SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE could hardly do better than to have Amy Schumer as host for the 2d episode of the season.  For the most part, the...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Martin Freeman

  Martin Freeman, of The Hobbit franchise and the miniseries version of Fargo, brought a drier energy to tonight’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE than the typical host, and that paid off for the show in a few of the night’...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Tina Fey & Amy Poehler

  Lorne Michaels does know how to throw a party.  The 2015 finale of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE closed with a rollicking “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, joined by the cas...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

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

  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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Melissa McCarthy

  The unquestionable highlight of tonight’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE was brief but heartfelt:  the tail-end of Weekend Update, as Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen (wordlessly, as wandering sight-impaired former NY...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED REVIEW: “Saturday Night Live” with Edward Norton

  Edward Norton, a very fine actor who’s shown occasional comic chops, is the oddest choice to host SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE in recent memory.  It’s been a long, long time since he was anywhere near the forefront o...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Donald Trump

  Whether it was appropriate in the first place (other than for ratings, obviously) for SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE to turn over 90 minutes of its hugely valuable, non-news airtime to Donald Trump, who already gets more media att...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” With Cameron Diaz

  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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Saturday Night Live” with Tina Fey

  After almost 4 decades (!) on the air, it’s a little silly to describe any given SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE episode, or even season, as “critical” or “vital.”  Nevertheless, this is a big transiti...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Kevin Hart

  Kevin Hart has been tirelessly promoting his The Wedding Ringer–even if we know from the Sony hacks that he charges extra for some of his marketing duties–and tonight, nearing the end of his campaign (which h...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

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

  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 minut...
by Mitch Salem