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Exclusive: What does a long-running game show have to do to get another two-year renewal? Funny You Should Ask.

Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group has ordered Seasons 9 and 10 of its nationally syndicated comedy game, taking the daily half-hour strip through 2026-27.

Hosted as always by Jon Kelley, Funny You Should Ask features a panel of professional stand-up comics who interact with contestants for cash, prizes and laughs. The stakes increase in every episode as contestants ask the comedians questions, with the comics giving humorous replies.

“Funny You Should Ask is the perfect comedy game show for the entire family,” said Allen, founder, chairman and CEO of Allen Media Group. “We are very proud of this series because the world can never have enough laughter.”

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Since its launch in fall 2017, Funny You Should Ask has featured such talent as Allen himself,...

Former “Saturday Night Live” writer Bob Odenkirk revealed his favorite unaired sketch from his 1987–1991 tenure on the show.

During a Friday appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” Odenkirk reflected on the four years he spent working on “SNL” and the cast members he got to work with, including Phil Hartman, Adam Sandler and Chris Farley. When asked by Clarkson if he had a favorite sketch he wrote during his “SNL” run that never aired, Odenkirk replied, “There was one, in particular, I really loved. I wrote it for Jon Lovitz, if you know him. Very funny guy.”

“It’s about a hot dog vendor in New York and he’s got a trainee. He says [to his trainee], ‘Ok, you take the next guy.’ The guy walks up and he [asks for] a hot dog with mustard,” Odenkirk continued. “[The trainee] gives him a hot dog, puts mustard on it and hands it to him and, as...

The 1990s were a landmark time for adult animation on television. The decade was notably dominated by Fox's "The Simpsons," which broke new ground and numerous records for what viewers could expect from a family sitcom, showcasing some of the most colorful characters ever brought to the airwaves at that time. The success of "The Simpsons" helped pave the way for more animated sitcoms geared towards a more mature audience, with series such as "Beavis and Butt-Head," "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist," "King of the Hill," "Daria," "South Park, "Family Guy," and "Futurama" taking shape. Some of these series would become cultural phenomena, still airing new episodes to this day, just like "The Simpsons," while some remain touchstones of the 1990s, with devoted cult followings. One of those cult classics is Fox's animated sitcom, "The Critic."

Created by Mike Reiss and Al Jean, who served as writers and showrunners for the...

The Fithian Group, founded by former top exhibition lobbyists John Fithian, Patrick Corcoran, and Jackie Brenneman, said on Wednesday that Lost & Found In Cleveland will be the first feature from the beta development phase of its theatrical distribution and online digital marketplace Attend.

The holiday season comedy from Marisa Guterman and Keith Gerchak will open nationwide on November 7 and gets a 45-day exclusive theatrical window –the minimum length called for by exhibitors at CinemaCon last week.

The Fithian Group is in the early stages of booking theatres and aims to migrate the process to Attend’s suite of automated tools.

Today, Netflix announced the premiere date for Tires season two with a first-look clip. The second season of Shane Gillis’s comedy series launches globally on Thursday, June 5.

In the series, Will (Steven Gerben), the nervous and unqualified heir to an auto repair chain, attempts to turn his father’s business around despite constant torture from his cousin and now-employee, Shane (Shane Gillis).

After the unexpected success of their big marketing idea, Will and Shane rush to grow personally and professionally without fully realizing the cost of doing business.

Tires Season 2 comes from creators Shane Gillis, Steve Gerben, and McKeever. The cast includes Shane Gillis, Steve Gerben, Chris O’Connor, Kilah Fox, and Stavros Halkias. Andrew Schulz guest stars.

Tires Season 2 will welcome Thomas Haden Church as Phil, Shane’s wealthy but immature father. A grown-up version of Shane, Phil enjoys owning various businesses in Florida, where he resides, throwing back margaritas and flirting with waitresses.

Netflix has slotted Thursday, June 5 for the Season 2 premiere of Shane Gillis’ comedy series Tires.

Tires revolves around Will (Steven Gerben), the nervous and unqualified heir to an auto repair chain, who attempts to turn his father’s business around despite constant torture from his cousin and now employee, Shane (Gillis).

In Season 2, after the unexpected success of their big marketing idea, Will and Shane rush to grow personally and professionally without fully realizing the cost of doing business.

Cast also includes Chris O’Connor, Kilah Fox and Stavros Halkias, with guest appearances by Andrew Schulz. Season 2 guest stars also include Vince Vaughn, Thomas Hayden Church, Ron White, Jon Lovitz, Veronika Slowikowska and Steph Tolev.

Tires is co-created and executive produced by Gillis, Gerben and John McKeever, who also directs. Brandon James executive produces for Rough House, along with Brian Stern and Kenneth Slotnick for Agi Entertainment Media & Management and Becky Astphan.

It could be two thumbs up for the short-lived yet beloved animated series The Critic, as apparently the Jon Lovitz favorite is closer than ever to making a return. Premiering in 1994, The Critic starred Lovtiz as New York film critic Jay Sherman – host of the popular series Coming Attractions – who was known for his harsh delivery and searing commentary. The former SNL star has been "trying for years" to get the show rebooted, and now it may have some gas in the tank thanks to creator Al Jean.

Jean got his big break in the business as one of the original writers on The Simpsons before going off to create The Critic along with fellow writer Mark Reiss. Though it only lasted for two seasons, the series is still remembered today for not only Lovitz's wonderful performance, but for the many films it parodied during the course of its run.

The Critic only aired for two seasons in the 1990s, but three decades later, many fans still remember the series fondly. If there are enough of them interested, they could soon be getting good news with one of the creators of the show teasing a revival.

An animated sitcom, The Critic was created by Simpsons vets Al Jean and Mike Reiss. In a recent post on X, Jean shared an image of The Critic along with a message stating, "Just curious ... how many would like to see [The Critic], with [Jon Lovitz] return[?]" This is certainly not an official announcement that a revival is happening, but Jean seems to be hinting that it could be in the works. Perhaps Jean is testing the fan reactions to see how much interest there would be in a revival before fully committing to the idea. In two days' time, the post has garnered 15.2K likes.

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By and large, the movies that Jay Sherman reviewed on Coming Attractions stunk. But here’s some news that doesn’t: Jon Lovitz is ready to get The Critic back on the air, and he even has the support of one of the show’s creators.

Jon Lovitz took to social media this week to share news that he is ready for The Critic to return, saying that co-creator Al Jean (The Simpsons) is also on board. “Critic Fans!!!! You keep telling me you want it back. I’ve been trying for years! Well, now, creator Al Jean is on board!!! If you want it back, we need your help! Please like this post and spread the word! So we can show the studio, how many people want it!”

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Hachi MacHi, the 1990s animated sitcom “The Critic” may finally be eyeing a return! Speculation is abuzz following two posts from the show’s co-creator, Al Jean, and its star, “Saturday Night Live” favorite Jon Lovitz, who both took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to get a sense for if the fans might want the series to be revived.

“Just curious … how many would like to see ‘The Critic,’ with Jon Lovitz return?” said Jean in his post on Thursday, March 27.

The following morning, Lovitz himself jumped into the fray. He wrote on X, “Critic Fans!!!! You keep telling me you want it back. I’ve been trying for years! Well, now, creator Al Jean is on board!!!”

Based on the tens of thousands of likes and retweets, it would seem hunger for the show’s return is palpable, but Lovitz plead with fans to be vocal in their support.

This post contains spoilers for Rob Reiner's "North."

Not every film can become a crowd-pleasing blockbuster or achieve cult status. Some movies are purely mediocre (adequate even), as they have nothing extraordinary to offer yet make for a pleasant viewing experience. Then there are those that belong to the so-bad-its-good category, where we are meant to revel in the absurdity of a film that is enjoyable despite being laughably terrible.

As we inch closer to the edge of this spectrum, however, we come upon films that are irredeemably awful, like Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer's infuriating, nonsensical "Disaster Movie" (a film IMDb has deemed the worst movie ever). But what about movies that failed, in every sense of the term, despite featuring a stacked cast of stars who've proven their talent time and again? Such is the case with Rob Reiner's "North," a pretty terrible film full of...

In an era where adult animation enjoys remarkable popularity and longevity, could another classic (albeit short-lived) 1990s animated sitcom make a comeback?

Jon Lovitz thinks so.

On Friday, the comedian said that he and creator Al Jean are developing a revival of The Critic, the series in which Lovitz played the film critic and Coming Attractions TV host Jay Sherman.

“You keep telling me you want it back. I’ve been trying for years! Well, now, creator Al Jean is on board!!!” Lovitz posted.

Despite hailing from a slew of veterans from The Simpsons (including Jean, Mike Reiss, and James L. Brooks, who produced the show via his Gracie Films), the show never achieved Simpsons-level success, only airing 13 episodes over two seasons on ABC and later Fox.

It frequently parodied the entertainment business, with Sherman reviewing fake films (his catchphrase was “It stinks!”), and his boss, Duke Phillips, not-so-subtly inspired by Ted Turner.

The Critic was a cult adult animated comedy created by The Simpsons‘ Al Jean and Mike Reiss and voiced by Jon Lovitz.

The former SNL star now is lobbying for a reboot of the 1990s show and said that Jean is on board.

“Critic fans: You keep telling me you want it back. I’ve been trying for years! Well, now, creator Al Jean is on board!!! If you want it back, we need your help! Please like this post and spread the word! So we can show the studio, how many people want it!,” Lovitz wrote on social media.

In the show, Lovitz voiced Jay Sherman, a 36-year old film critic from New York whose show Coming Attractions aired on the Philips Broadcasting cable network.

As a critic, Sherman is cold, mean-spirited, and elitist but at home, he has a gentler nature and is filled with self-doubt. The show also featured his son Martin,...

With everyone else and their brother getting a reboot, why not an animated Jon Lovitz?

Both Lovitz and Simpsons legend Al Jean took to social media this week to drum up support for a reboot of The Critic, the animated sitcom about a TV movie critic that bounced around networks during its limited run. How much nostalgia is there for a Lovitz cartoon that only has 23 episodes? That’s what the guys want to know.

“Just curious,” asked Jean, “how many would like to see the Critic, with @realjonlovitz return?”

Lovitz, in true Lovitz fashion, was less subtle: “Critic Fans!!!! You keep telling me you want it back. I’ve been trying for years! Well, now, creator Al Jean is on board!!! If you want it back, we need your help! Please like this post and spread the word! So we can show the studio, how many people want it!

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It’s an idyllic, sunny Tuesday afternoon in early March, and Pink is getting ready to play some tennis at Desert Smash, the celebrity and professional tennis charity event held each year at California’s La Quinta Resort & Club.

“I love tennis and I love raising money for good causes. So easy, easy, easy combination,” the singer says about being a part of the event, which raised $1.3 million...

Plenty of sitcoms jump the shark. Sometimes the cast loses a key character or the writers run out of ideas. But perhaps the most frustrating foil is when a sitcom is solid all the way through only to shit the bed for its final season, tarnishing its legacy for all time.

If only these five shows had gotten out a year earlier, we could binge rewatch them without that looming sense of dread.

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Roseanne is probably the most famous example of this, as the final season undermined the basic premise of the show. The whole idea behind Roseanne was that it was a show about a struggling blue-collar family in the Midwest and its best episodes often dealt with the Conners’ money troubles. So, in the final season, what do they do? The Conners win the lottery, eliminating their relatability.

The show also had its most beloved character, John Goodman’s Dan Conner,...

Way before Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, Roger Ebert — the most influential film critic of all time — was the person both fans and moviemakers looked at to see if a movie had passed the quality test. Interestingly, he hardly ever glanced at television. The Pulitzer Prize winner reserved his sophisticated reviews for cinema, even though networks were kind to him. Apart from writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, Ebert hosted three review shows over the years, namely Sneak Previews, At the Movies, and Siskel & Ebert & the Movies.

Ebert’s preference for cinema is understandable, considering tons of new movies were coming out each month. If he chose to review TV shows too, he wouldn’t have had the time to watch everything. The latter would especially have been extremely time-consuming. Consequently, he would never have become the great prolific critic we remember him as. However, Ebert and his equally influential review buddy,...

Back in the 1980s, one couldn’t enjoy Dungeons & Dragons, He-Man or even the Care Bears without some dude who looked like a lounge singer that isn’t allowed within 1,000 feet of a public school claiming that it was really the handiwork of Lucifer himself.

But as we’ve mentioned before, the so-called “Satanic Panic” never truly went away. Even in the 21st century, fanatics still routinely accuse innocuous pop-culture properties of colluding with the Prince of Darkness, be it the 2024 Olympics’ opening ceremony, the Minions or the songs of Pat Benatar.

Now, in 2025, that same evangelical hysteria has come for Saturday Night Live.

This past weekend’s Lady Gaga-hosted episode included a sketch in which a group of friends dine out at a Friendly’s family restaurant, which Bowen Yang’s character points out still has “100 locations on the East Coast.” But when one of them lies...

Funny is funny, Jerry Seinfeld often argues (sometimes in defense of some pretty cringe humor). But give the comedian credit. If the gag is good, Seinfeld will laugh hysterically — even if he is the butt of the joke.

Case in point: “The Standups,” a 1980s Saturday Night Live sketch that skewered Seinfeld’s stand-up style years before his titular sitcom debuted. Tom Hanks, Jon Lovitz and Dennis Miller play comedians backstage at a club, all speaking in that familiar “What’s the deal with…?” rhythm.

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“I just got back from eating Mexican,” jokes Miller in what has to be one of the earliest Jerry imitations. “And I’m thinking, Hey! What’s the deal with these refried beans? I mean, hey! Why do they have to fry them twice?”

Former Seinfeld writer Spike Feresten played the bit for Seinfeld on a recent episode of his Spike’s Car Radio podcast,...

Prime Video's hit Reacher is in the middle of its third season. As with the previous seasons, the new outing brings a host of new main characters. One of these is rug importer Zachary Beck, who offers Reacher a job after he saves Beck's son Richard. Beck is played by Anthony Michael Hall, who's enjoyed a nearly 40-year career in the industry.

That's right, Gen-x readers, the 1980s were four decades ago. Take a minute to process that if you need to. Hall was one of that decade's biggest teen stars, with appearances in Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Weird Science. He was a frequent collaborator with John Hughes, the king of '80s coming-of-age teen comedies. That partnership set Hall up for lifelong success, which is still an impressive feat in today's industry. Of those early parts, Sixteen Candles really gave Hall his breakout role. He followed that...

It’s been 30 years since The Simpsons premiered its most iconic episode that Matt Groening ever publicly disowned, and pop culture is still saying the quiet part out loud.

On March 5, 1995, Fox aired an episode of The Simpsons against the wishes of the show’s creator that would go down as one of the most referenced, quoted and influential episodes of any comedy show in TV history. “A Star Is Burns,” a crossover episode featuring the main character from Simpsons OGs Al Jean and Mike Reiss’ short-lived animated sitcom The Critic, premiered amidst a public catfight between Groening, The Simpsons and The Critic executive producer James L. Brooks and Fox itself. The network denied Groening’s request to pull “A Star Is Burns” from broadcast over what he considered to be a lack of integrity and shameless cross-promotion on the part of his colleagues and their side project, but Fox...

There's no greater honor in television than winning a Primetime Emmy Award. For 76 years and counting, the Television Academy has hosted a star-studded awards show that honors the best in televisions. Actors, directors, writers, producers, and more all gather to celebrate everyone's talents and toss back a few drinks. 

With all the back-slapping and glad-handing that happens at these Hollywood award shows, you might find yourself wondering which TV show has the most Emmy wins. Thankfully, we've dug through all the statistics and have the definitive answer. In fact, you might be surprised to hear that the show with the most Emmy award wins is one whose record won't be taken down anytime soon. That's largely because it's a television institution that's been running for 50 years and doesn't show any signs of slowing down. 

The TV show with the most Emmy wins is none other than "Saturday Night Live," clocking...

Happy Birthday to television’s favorite, Saturday Night Live. The beloved late-night show known for its live sketch comedies and parodies is celebrating its 50th birthday and it looks like the best of the best in Hollywood are on the guest list. From Ryan Reynolds to Sabrina Carpenter and Meryl Streep to Adam Sandler, celebrities are sharing in SNL‘s joy and you know what that means – hilarity confirmed!

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While SNL is usually a hoot and a half, they had to obviously take things to the next level for their 50th birthday special, and let’s just say that they did not disappoint. Check out 5 hilarious moments from the special below.

1. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her dog Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Adam Driver on SNL 50 | Credits: NBC

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reunited for SNL and we probably should have expected some hilarious bits coming our way.

It was a massively star-studded affair at the SNL50: The Anniversary Special on Sunday evening (February 16) held at Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center in New York City.

Saturday Night Live celebrated it’s 50th anniversary with hundreds of stars who have appeared on the show over the years.

From music stars like Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter and Cher, to actors like Ayo Edebiri, Emma Stone and Anya Taylor-Joy.

Keep reading to find out more…

The late-night sketch show’s special featured many returning sketches, with past and present SNL cast members reprising their characters, and even several celebrities who have hosted reprising their characters!

We have gathered every celebrity, cast member and more’s looks from the red carpet and you can see over 200 below…

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Adam & Jackie Sandler

Adria Arjona & Jason Momoa

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Alex Moffat & Caroline Kingsley Moffat

Al Franken

Al Sharpton

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Saturday Night Live is celebrating a milestone birthday… and a whole bunch of big names showed up for the party.

In honor of the sketch comedy institution’s 50th season, NBC aired a live three-hour event on Sunday — titled SNL50: The Anniversary Special — with dozens of cast members, hosts and musical guests from decades past returning to Studio 8H for a night of comedy, music and mayhem.

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Ryan Reynolds made a veiled reference to the legal drama involving his wife, Blake Lively, and Justin Baldoni, on NBC’s Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary special.

About an hour into Sunday’s three-hour-plus special, former castmembers Tina Fey and Amy Poehler appeared onstage to take questions from the audience.

One of the many stars in the audience was onetime host Ryan Reynolds, who was sitting next to a smiling Lively.

Asked how he was doing, Reynolds replied, “Great!” Then, seeming concerned, he asked, “Why, what have you heard?”

Lively then looked sharply at Reynolds and briefly lost her smile. It’s safe to assume that her stern look was part of the bit.

Before the broadcast, Reynolds and Lively walked the red carpet together.

Lively filed an 80-page complaint against her It Ends With Us co-star and director, Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment and launching a smear campaign against her.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reunited at the “SNL50” anniversary celebration for a star-studded segment framed around a Q&a, in which the two former cast members took “Saturday Night Live” questions from the audience.

Among the contributors called on were Ryan Reynolds, Cher, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Quinta Brunson, Jon Hamm and Tim Meadows.

“Ryan Reynolds, how’s it going?” asked Fey and Poehler, to which he answered innocently, “Why? Have you heard something?” appearing to reference the recent Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni legal controversy. Reynolds went on to ask whether the material the Coneheads’ heads were made from was edible, and Fey and Poehler decided it was almost certainly very toxic.

The segment included a direct mention to the question that has swirled around “Saturday Night Live,” especially as the show has had a rebound in popularity over the past decade: When will Lorne Michaels retire?

The question was...

Saturday Night Live's biggest stars are everywhere these days: from the hallowed halls of Studio 8H, all the way to the beachy shores of Malibu, California. And in honor of the historic 50th anniversary of the longstanding comedy sketch series, everyone is getting in on the action of celebrating and honoring its many iconic moments. Including Volkswagen, which reunited Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, and Fred Armisen as "The Californians" in a commercial for their latest car.

The air-headed, valley girl-inflection-toting bottled blondes from the popular soap opera parody sketch star in the ad for the new Volkswagen ID Buzz, an electric take on their own California icon, the old Vw bus, which debuted on Thursday. And, frankly, it's giving nostalgia vibes in an extremely earth-conscious way, which is like, totally Californian of them. We can see why Karina (Wiig) and her lover Devin (Hader) are too impressed by her...

NBC celebrated Saturday Night Live on Friday night with over three hours of music history on SNL50: The Homecoming Concert. The special hosted by Emmy winner Jimmy Fallon streamed live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City and is now available to stream on Peacock.

Musical acts included Arcade Fire, Backstreet Boys, Bad Bunny, Bonnie Raitt, Brandi Carlile, Brittany Howard, Cher, Chris Martin, Dave Grohl, David Byrne, Devo, Eddie Vedder, Jack White, Jelly Roll, Lady Gaga, Lauryn Hill, Miley Cyrus, Mumford & Sons, Post Malone, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Robyn, Snoop Dogg, St. Vincent, the B-52s, the Roots, and Wyclef Jean. Surprise comedy musical performances included Bill Murray, Paul Shaffer, Andy Samberg, Chris Parnell, Will Ferrell, Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen, and Tracy Morgan.

But that doesn’t end the festivities. Sunday night’s SNL50: The Anniversary Special will switch over from mostly music to almost...

Jason Momoa and Adria Arjona walk the purple carpet together while attending the SNL50: The Homecoming Concert held at Radio City Music Hall on Friday night (February 14) in New York City.

The couple, who have been dating for almost a year, marked their first red carpet appearance together at the big concert event!

Also making their red carpet debut was Miley Cyrus and her beau of three years, Maxx Morando, as they were also joined by her mom Tish Cyrus-Purcell.

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Miley was actually one of dozens of musicians who took the stage during the concert, performing her hit “Flowers” and a rendition of “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” with Brittany Howard.

Coming up on Sunday (February 16) is the SNL50: The Anniversary Special, which will see many current and past SNL cast members returning for the big special event!

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Since the start of Netflix comedy series Tires, one of the main storylines is the fact that Will (Steven Gerben) hasn't been able to impress his father, Jonathan, in their family auto-repair business. Though by the end of season 1, the two finally get on the path of finding common ground and Will is able to get through to his dad. Which was heartwarming to see! So what about in Tires season 2?

Courtesy of Netflix © 2024, Veronika Slowikowsk Tires season 2 will be on Netflix this year

The good news is that we sort of know when the second season of the show is coming. While the streamer hasn't shared an exact release date just yet, Tires season 2 has been confirmed for a 2025 release on Netflix. Yay! I know that's very vague right now. Though with the streaming service waiting around two years between seasons for most of its shows, this is really good news.

In her 30 years at the Atelier Advertising agency, Monica (Lauren Graham) has climbed the ladder of success. As we meet her, she’s CEO, she’s winning industry awards and she’s working on a commercial for Boppin’ Burgers to run during the Super Bowl. She’s even throwing a party at the office for the launch of a new campaign for Vibezz headphones! As everyone gathers to watch it air on TV, Monica seems unaware of its deficits. Playing into stereotypes — a Black guy breakdancing to hip-hop; a monk listening to vaguely Eastern New Age music — is bad; closing the spot with the slogan “All Vibezz Matter” is much worse. The office’s social media team, all young twentysomethings, probably would have tried to stop this ad from getting to air if they’d been involved in the creative process, but they weren’t, which is a mistake the...

For the last several decades, Saturday Night Live has been faced with questions of its future. While so many people claim not to watch or call it unfunny, everyone still talks about it and sketches still go viral. Some feel the show has run its course, the sketches need work, or members of the cast need to go. Nothing ever comes of it because Saturday Night Live is engrained as part of the fabric of late-night television that no one really ever expects to end. But there’s one point in time when Saturday Night Live almost did get canceled, and arguably should have been. The show was hanging by a thread, and instead of a complete cast shake-up saving the show, it led to a year that has become known as the “weird season.”

This was in 1985 during season 11, a bizarre season that the new Peacock docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night...

There are few jobs more sought-after in the comedy world than those on "Saturday Night Live," where a role as a cast member or even a seat in the writer's room can rocket comedians to super-stardom. So when actor and comedian Damon Wayans was offered a spot on the season 11 cast of the show in 1985, he jumped at the chance.

The season was supposed to be a reinvention and a return to form for "SNL," as creator Lorne Michaels was returning to helm the show for the first time in five years, and he hired an entirely new cast to try and shake things up. The season 11 cast featured a number of people who would go on to have decent comedy careers, like Joan Cusack, Jon Lovitz, and Dennis Miller, plus absolute superstar Robert Downey Jr., who was hired alongside his best friend Anthony Michael Hall, but at the time...

Exclusive: Rescue: Hi-Surf has cast actress and social media personality Olivia Culpo in the post Super Bowl episode airing Feb. 10.

In the episode, life will intimate art as Culpo tries to capture content after a literal minefield is discovered on the ocean floor.

The move to cast Culpo in the John Wells drama is part of Fox’s extensive Super Bowl Lix coverage. This year marks the first time Fox Sports is telecasting the game live on Tubi in 4K.

As part of the coverage, Culpo will host a first-of-its-kind, live pre-show titled the Tubi Red Carpet at Super Bowl Lix. It starts at 3:30pm Et, and is set to cover the “celebrity, fashion and culture behind America’s biggest sports event live from Caesars Superdome.”

Culpo can most recently be seen in the Yale Productions film Clawfoot opposite Francesca Eastwood and Milo Gibson. She can be seen in...

Netflix has revealed more information about season two of Shane Gillis' comedy series Tires. The new season will see Vince Vaughn among other guest stars, joining Spider-Man franchise star Thomas Haden Church.

Variety reports that Tires' second season will include guest stars Ron White, Jon Lovitz, Veronika Slowikowska and Steph Tolev. The season will also include Thomas Hayden Church as Phil, the wealthy father of Gillis' character of Shane. Details about the guest stars' roles in the workplace comedy series have yet to be revealed at this time.

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HBO unveils the first trailer and release date for the long-awaited fourth and final season of The Righteous Gemstones.

Netflix shared a first look at the upcoming season, which includes images of the guest stars in their roles. The second season of Tires does not yet have an exact release date, but...

The happy team of associates at Valley Forge Automotive Center are back in a fresh drop of images to usher in the Season 2 arrival of Netflix’s series, Tires. After a first season that had audiences united and critics divided, with the title earning 87% and 40% approval ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, respectively, the Shane Gillis-led and co-created production’s sophomore bundle of episodes will pull onto a screen near you in the upcoming year. Along with the usual suspects, audiences can expect to see numerous guest stars drop by for plenty of hijinks around the auto shop with the likes of Vince Vaughn (Bad Monkey), Thomas Haden Church (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Ron White (Blue Collar Comedy Tour), Veronika Slowikowska (What We Do in the Shadows), Jon Lovitz (Saturday Night Live) and Steph Tolev (Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill).

Vince Vaughn is joining Shane Gillis in his Netflix comedy series “Tires” among other Season 2 guest stars Ron White, Jon Lovitz, Veronika Slowikowska and Steph Tolev. It was previously announced that Thomas Hayden Church would appear in the second season as Gillis’ character’s dad.

Details on most of their characters have yet to be revealed, but on Thursday afternoon Netflix released a handful of first-look images from the upcoming season, due sometime in 2025.

“Tires” follows Will (Steve Gerben), the awkward manager of his family’s auto repair shop, Valley Forge Automotive Center. As Will attempts to revitalize the struggling business, he’s met with constant harassment from his cousin and employee Shane (Gillis), who would rather make shit jokes than help customers. Chris O’Connor, Kilah Fox and Stavros Halkias round out the cast.

Gillis made the six-episode first season of “Tires” independently, on a thin budget. Netflix then acquired...

Howard Stern celebrates the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” with a week-long showcase of his legendary interviews with “SNL” cast members, celebrity hosts, writers, and musical guests representing every era of the late-night show’s storied history.

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“SNL On Stern” begins with a special live kick-off show at 5pm Et on January 31 and runs for a full week on Howard 101 (Ch. 101) and the SiriusXM app.

What You’ll Hear

Brand new commentary from Howard discussing his longtime fascination with “Saturday Night Live” and its stars (many of who appear in this one-of-a-kind oral history of “SNL”), plus highlights from Howard’s interviews and additional commentary from “Saturday Night Live” cast members and executive producer Lorne Michaels.

‘SNL On Stern Roundtable’

The roundtable special stars “SNL” cast members Chris Kattan,...

When Tires screeched onto Netflix last spring, the sitcom created by comedian Shane Gillis, John McKeever, and Steve Gerben, quickly earned a second season renewal. With Season 2 headed to Netflix later this year, you can now take a peek inside the garage at the new episodes of Tires, featuring big-name guest stars including Vince Vaughn, Thomas Haden Church, and Jon Lovitz.

Gillis, who sold out two performances during Netflix Is a Joke Fest in May 2024 and will debut a new Netflix stand-up special this year, not only stars in the comedy series, but also serves as executive producer and co-creator. Season 1 of the scripted series is streaming now.

While fans might be used to seeing Gillis behind a mic — his first Netflix comedy special, Beautiful Dogs, premiered in 2023 — the fictional Tires moves him off the stage and into the world of a bustling auto...

Marvel icon Robert Downey Jr. has revealed one of his famous friends helped him land an early job on Saturday Night Live. Downey was part of SNL’s cast during its 11th season, from 1985 to 1986.

The story of Downey’s single disastrous season on SNL is told in the new Peacock docu-series SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, where producer Lorne Michaels admits he “perhaps went too young” in casting Downey and Anthony Michael Hall for his return to the show in 1985. SNL’s 11th season was dogged by negative reviews, leading to Michaels dropping Downey and most of the cast before the next season.

Robert Downey Jr. Joined Saturday Night Live in 1985

'I Was Scared S—less': Mike Myers Reveals First Reaction to SNL Co-Stars

Mike Myers says he had an anxiety attack when joining cast members like Phil Hartman and Dana Carvey.

In SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, Anthony Michael Hall...

Did you know Robert Downey Jr was once a cast member on Saturday Night Live?

The 59-year-old actor was a repertory player, aka a full-time cast member, on the weekend sketch show for one season, in 1985-1986. He then returned to host a decade later in 1996.

Robert appears in the docu-series SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, and opened up about his time as a cast member, revealing what he learned from that year.

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“I learned so much in that year about what I wasn’t. But there’s not a more exciting 90 minutes you could have, whether you are any good or not,” he said, via People.

Rdj was on the show in season 11 alongside other now-famous stars like Joan Cusack, Randy Quaid, Damon Wayans, Jon Lovitz and Anthony Michael Hall.

“I wanted to go younger,” SNL creator Lorne Michaels said in SNL50 of the younger cast that season.

Actor and comedian Damon Wayans has revealed how he purposely got fired from Saturday Night Live. Wayans got his start on the live comedy sketch show, and recently spoke with Variety about being fired from the show during Season 11. In the new Peacock docuseries, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, Wayans revealed that former SNL star Eddie Murphy, who Wayans had worked with just two years prior in the movie Beverly Hills Cop, offered the comedian advice after he joined the show's cast in 1985:

Eddie’s advice to me was, ‘Write your own sketches. Otherwise they’re going to give you some Black people sh*t to do, and you ain’t gon’ like it.

This advice would prove sound, as Wayans found himself written into other sketches, often cast in stereotypical or offensive roles. The comedian grew frustrated as his ideas were repeatedly scrapped or "cut for time" by the writers and producers,...

After 50 years of pushing the boundaries of network television, Saturday Night Live has birthed countless talents across multiple generations.

Robert Downey Jr. and Anthony Michael Hall recently looked back on their brief run on the NBC sketch comedy show during the infamous Season 11, which ran from 1985 to 1986 and served as creator Lorne Michaels‘ attempt to refresh the show after Eddie Murphy‘s exit.

“I’m proud to be a part of it. It was like an out-of-body experience,” said Hall on the Peacock docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, recalling “just being shocked” at being the show’s youngest cast member at 17 after SNL “meant so much to me as a kid growing up in New York.”

Downey Jr. recounted his best friend and Weird Science co-star bringing him the opportunity. “Michael Hall said to me, I’m gonna go do SNL. I’m gonna get you an audition and I...

Saturday Night Live is one of the longest-running television shows of all time, but it has caused quite a bit of controversy throughout its 50 years on screen. 2025 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the popular comedy show, and there are multiple specials about Saturday Night Live's anniversary coming out in January and February of this year. One of them, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, was just released and touches upon some of the most iconic and oddest moments from the show.

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night was primarily focused on celebrating the history and achievements of the show rather than on identifying the controversies and scandals that have taken place over the show's several decades, though. The docuseries did explore the "weird year" of Saturday Night Live (referring to season 11 of the show), but SNL has received much more significant backlash for some of its decisions than it did for that unpopular season.

From the moment Morgan Neville was approached about making a documentary tied to the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live,” he knew that he didn’t want to capture this comedy staple in a traditional way.

“The idea of doing 50 years of ‘SNL’ in 90 minutes, it’s going to be a greatest hits clip show, which is not interesting to me,” Neville, the executive producer behind Peacock’s ‘SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night,” told TheWrap. “I always feel like the fool’s errand of a lot of storytelling is trying to be completist. Everything is reductive, but filmmaking is particularly reductive.”

Instead of the predictable, Neville opted for a format that was “more irreverent and risk-taking,” an ethos that has always defined NBC’s crown jewel. To do that, Neville recruited four of his favorite directors — Robert Alexander, Neil Berkeley, Marshall Curry and Jason Zeldes — to each direct their own distinct episode.

Damon Wayans is opening up about his reason for “purposefully” getting himself fired from Saturday Night Live following his short run on the NBC show in the ’80s.

The actor and comedian appeared on the Peacock docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, where he looked back at his time on the sketch comedy series as well as his departure. He was a castmember on SNL during season 11 in 1985.

Wayans said he had already been working on characters ahead of his audition, as he felt he was “born to be on Saturday Night Live.” He also recalled getting some advice from Eddie Murphy (who was also on SNL in the early ’80s) while appearing in Beverly Hills Cop in 1984.

“Eddie’s advice to me was, ‘Write your own sketches. Otherwise, they’re gonna give you some Black people shit to do, and you ain’t gonna like it,” Wayans said.

Once he was cast,...

Back in the early 1980s, Eddie Murphy straight up saved Saturday Night Live from extinction, but when Damon Wayans Sr. joined the show in 1985, Murphy tried to save him the trouble.

Though Murphy’s four seasons on SNL simultaneously skyrocketed him to superstardom and saved the show from fizzling out in its post-Belushi, post-Radner era, Murphy’s relationship with the comedy institution that owes him its very existence was rocky both during and after his time in the cast. Despite being SNL’s absolute messiah, Murphy had struggles with the nearly all-white SNL writing staff during his meteoric rise, and when a future In Living Color star arrived at 30 Rockefeller Plaza shortly after Murphy left, Murphy advised Wayans to watch his back.

After just a year at SNL, Wayans would publicly force Lorne Michaels to release him from his contract by pulling a mid-sketch stunt that would live in infamy.

Damon Wayans has revealed how he “purposely” got himself fired from “Saturday Night Live” by going off script.

Wayans was a cast member for Season 11 of the sketch comedy series, which has been deemed “the weird year,” as it marked Lorne Michaels’ return after a brief hiatus. Instead of adding up-and-comers from the comedy clubs, Michaels decided to hire an all-new cast of already-established stars. With poor reviews and low ratings, the series was on the verge of being canceled.

Wayans explained in the new Peacock docuseries “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” that he was not nervous about auditioning for the show, and that he had a handful of characters he had been working on. “I felt like I was born to be on ‘Saturday Night Live,'” he said.

He had former “SNL” star Eddie Murphy’s advice in the back of his head: “Eddie’s advice to me was,...

In honor of “Saturday Night Live’s” 50th season, NBC’s Peacock is pulling back the curtain to tell the iconic sketch comedy show’s early beginnings, explore its cultural impact and it’s rise to becoming entertainment machine its known to be today in a new documentary titled “SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night.” And we’re here to tell you how to tune in.

The four-part documentary, which is executive produced Morgan Neville, will feature 60 contributors: former and current alumni, as well as some of the writers who helped craft the show.

“Saturday Night Live” Season 50 premieres Saturday, Jan. 18. But before you watch, check out the documentary. Here’s are all the details on how to tune in below.

When does “SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night” come out?

All four episodes/parts of “SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night” premiere on Thursday, Jan. 16 on Peacock.

What’s “SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night” streaming on?...