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Saturday Night Live

Welcome Back, Tina!

September 14, 2008

Michael Phelps was pretty well doomed as host of the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live because he had to follow the opening, with Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton and the much-hoped-for appearance by Tina Fey as Sarah Palin. Good, good bit. Educational, too; who knew there was such a word as "flurge"? Even if [...]

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Monday Notebook

April 14, 2008

"I got a hit, Schumacher, and Ruddy doesn't count any more."*
– Since I was the guy who asked NBC's Ben Silverman to explain how "My Name Is Earl" and "30 Rock" qualified as family-hour shows, it was with great amusement that I read a New York Times piece with an NBC executive admitting that [...]

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Monday Morning Notebook

March 17, 2008

Busy weekend with only a little TV, but some comments on "SNL," "Reaper," "The Bachelor" and the local digital-cable overhaul, after the jump …

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Monday Notebook: "The Wire," "Saturday Night Live," Digging Out, Akron-Kent, "Canterbury's Law"

March 10, 2008

I should feel terrible about "The Wire" but I can't shake some exhilaration, since the finale was so good and so right. But hasn't "The Wire" always been about grand art made from despair? …

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Wednesday Notebook (Expanded)

February 27, 2008

Of the presidential debate. "Moment of Truth," "Las Vegas," a field trip and other topics. …

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Laughs in the Late-Night: "SNL" Returns, Kimmel and Affleck

February 25, 2008

Well, Oscar night also meant the debut of Jimmy Kimmel's answer to the video by his girlfriend, Sarah Silverman. Here's one link to it. (Some adult content.)

(You can also find it over at http://www.abc.go.com, but I didn't see an embed on that version.) …

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"SNL"/LeBron Replay

February 13, 2008

"Saturday Night Live" will reportedly resume new broadcasts on Feb. 23. Before then, though, it will rerun the show with LeBron James hosting and Kanye West as the musical guest on Feb. 16. The show first aired on Sept. 24. You can read my comments from its original telecast here.

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"Saturday Night Live": Better Than Last Week, But Still Needs Work

October 7, 2007

So, do you think there was no digital short this week because of the problems with "Iran So Far"? Other notes (and a little bit of adult humor) after the jump …

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LBJ on "SNL"

September 30, 2007

Well, last night saw LeBron James take the stage of "Saturday Night Live." I'd give him a C plus, but part of that has to do with it being a C minus show overall. Decent digital short, nods to Akron and to St. V, couple of laughs but there wasn't a "Box" song or, to [...]

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New "SNL" Season: LeBron, Kanye, Rogen, Bon Jovi, More

September 20, 2007

The "Saturday Night Live" announcement follows the jump.

He knows comedy: LBJ at the ESPYs

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Emmy Noms

July 19, 2007

List is here I expect to have more to say later, including about "Friday Night Lights" getting shafted … and what may be my happiest nomination of the day — for the Andy Samberg/Justin Timberlake "box" song on "Saturday Night Live," in the "outstanding original music and lyrics" category… Tell you what: Since I've been [...]

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Saturday/Sunday

February 11, 2007

"Saturday Night Live," "Friday Night Lights" and — even without a day in its title — "Grease," after the jump …

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Super Bowl Sunday

February 4, 2007

Colts. Bears. Talking lions. K-Fed. Katie. Dave and Oprah. Rainy night in Florida (and on CBS camera lenses). Prince rules. More after the jump …

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'"SNL's" First Season on DVD

October 20, 2006

After dealing with years of patchwork "best-ofs," this is really good news, notwithstanding the misspelling of Jane Curtin's name:
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON
Street Date: 12/5 Price: $69.98
Just in time for the holidays, the eight-disc set comes in specially designed gift packaging with a limited-edition collectible book, audition footage and cast interview that [...]

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