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Tina Fey is scheduled to host Saturday Night Live in April and, yes, she will probably be bringing a little Sarah Palin with her.
When asked if she would be reprising her role as Palin she didn’t deny it. “It’s inevitable that we’ll try it, at least,” Fey said in an AP interview. “We’ll see if it makes it to air.”
Fey’s impersonations of the former Alaska governor (and one time Republican vice presidential candidate) lightened up the 2008 presidential campaign and some say had an influence on the outcome.
Saturday night, Dave Grohl set a new record for the number of times a musical guest has appeared on SNL, which is now 10.
Grohl performed with John Paul Jones and Josh Hommeon in their group Them Crooked Vultures but he got in on the laughs too.
He’s never been one to shy away from comedy or costumes in Foo Fighters videos and Saturday, he got his chance to show that side of himself by appearing in a skit in which a father gets his old band back together for his daughter’s wedding.
Fred Armisen sings as frontman; Will Hader plays bass and fourth time host Ashton Kutcher plays guitar while Grohl is on the drums in the skit. The four played a noisy metal “song” that climaxed with the destruction of the ballroom.
In light of the recent death of actress Brittany Murphy, “Saturday Night Live” has has pulled a sketch that made fun of the actress from their own website and Hulu.com. The site replaced the clip with a message that reads “Unfortunately, this video is no longer available”.
Just two weeks ago, “SNL” regular Abby Elliott impersonated Murphy on the show’s “Weekend Update”. The skit mocked Murphy’s sudden exit from movie “The Caller”. Seth Meyers introduced the segment saying, “It was reported this week that actress Brittany Murphy was fired from her upcoming film, ‘The Caller’, for being a detriment to production.”
NBC’s long-running sketch comedy show, Saturday Night Live, posted its best rating for adults aged 18-49 last weekend. Its prime time Christmas special last Thursday also provided the struggling network with solid numbers as well.
Saturday Night Live Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas posted a solid 3.1 adults 18-49 rating, according to Nielsen overnights, NBC’s highest rating in the 8 to 10 p.m. time slot since Oct. 8.
The show averaged 7.8 million total viewers, a new season high in the slot, and it won the two-hour period among adults 18-34, though it finished second among 18-49s.
The special was a compilation of skits from past Christmas episodes and was hosted by Gilly (Kristen Wiig), a mischievous (and deadly!) re-occurring SNL character.
After last week’s lackluster episode with January Jones, SNL is stepping it up in December with a Werewolf, a Gossip Girl and a hospital heartthrob.
Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively will take over hosting duty on Dec. 5 with musical guest Rihanna. The actress is promoting her latest movie, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee in which she covers 10 turbulent years of the title character’s younger incarnation. The film is based on the novel by Rebecca Miller (who also directs) and navigates the turmoil beneath an apparently ideal suburban wife’s placid surface. The older Pippa is played by Robin Wright.
Saturday night, Justin Timberlake returned to SNL and reprised two roles that have become fan favorites.
First, Timberlake and SNL cast member Andy Samberg collaborated in another digital short, Motherlover, the sequel to the internet sensation/Emmy Award winning short, Dick In A Box.
In Motherlover, JT and Samberg’s characters, two early ’90s R&B singers, haven’t gotten anything for their moms for Mother’s Day. Their solution? They decide they should f*ck each other’s moms making them “so cool and thoughtful.”
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