Watch highlights from the fifteenth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Maya Rudolph, with Jack Harlow as the musical guest, including the Kamaala Harris Passover seder sketch.
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Watch highlights from the fifteenth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Maya Rudolph, with Jack Harlow as the musical guest, including the Kamaala Harris Passover seder sketch.
LaunchWatch highlights from the fourteenth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Nick Jonas (who also performed as the musical guest) including the vaccine game show cold open with a Ted Cruz cameo.
LaunchWatch highlights from the thirteenth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Regé-Jean Page, with Bad Bunny as the musical guest, including the cold open skewering Ted Cruz.
LaunchWatch highlights from the twelfth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Regina King, with Nathaniel Rateliff as the musical guest, including the second impeachment trial cold open.
LaunchWatch highlights from the eleventh episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Dan Levy, with Phoebe Bridgerton as the musical guest, including the cold open hosted by veteran SNL repertory player Kenan Thompson.
LaunchWatch highlights from the tenth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by John Krasinski, with Machine Gun Kelly as the musical guest, including the noteworthy “BlueGeorgia” sketch.
Launch“The great silencing that right-wing zealots are shouting about to their millions of followers on social media, radio, TV and in newspapers is not an example of Orwellian repression. It’s a mirage of Orwellian double-think,” Ron Charles writes.
Launch“Cumulus Media, which employs some of the most popular right-leaning talk-radio hosts in the United States, has told its on-air personalities to stop suggesting that the election was stolen from President Trump — or else face termination,” The Washington Post reports.
LaunchFocused remarks? Check. Message discipline? Check. Making the most of an opportunity to speak to right wing voters and do some reframing? Check. Jon Ossoff shows how it’s done.
LaunchWatch highlights from the eighth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Timothée Chalamet, with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as the musical guest, including the cold open spoofing Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx.
LaunchWatch highlights from the seventh episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Jason Bateman, with Morgan Wallen as the musical guest, including the cold open lampooning Rudy Giuliani.
LaunchWatch highlights from the sixth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Dave Chappelle, with Foo Fighters as the musical guest, including the Biden Victory cold open.
LaunchWatch highlights from the fifth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by John Mulaney, with The Strokes as musical guest, including the spooky Biden Halloween cold open.
LaunchWatch highlights from the fourth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Adele at 30 Rock’s Studio 8H, with H.E.R. as the musical guest.
LaunchWatch highlights from the third episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Issa Rae at 30 Rock’s Studio 8H, with Justin Bieber as the musical guest, including the cold open spoofing the October 14th presidential town halls.
LaunchWatch highlights from the second episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Bill Burr at 30 Rock’s Studio 8H, with Jack White as the musical guest, including the cold open parodying the vice presidential debate.
LaunchSaturday Night Live is back! The show taped its forty-sixth premiere last night in front of a studio audience who, unlike the Trump entourage, were wearing masks. Watch SNL’s brilliant spoof of Tuesday’s farce of a debate, Chris Rock’s monologue, and more.
LaunchTake a look at the Magnolia State’s proposed new flag, which doesn’t contain any Confederate symbolism, but does contain the words “In God We Trust”, in possible violation of the country’s historic separation of church and state.
LaunchWriting for The Daily Beast, the publisher of Hustler assesses the downfall of Jerry Falwell, Jr. and explains why most right wing televangelists are scam artists who prey on the gullible.
LaunchThe gifted actor portrayed Jackie Robinson, T’Challa, James Brown, and Thurgood Marshall. More importantly, he was an exemplary and kind human who treated everyone with decency.
LaunchWant to better understand the times we are living in? Here’s a collection of pandemic literature that is credible, trustworthy, and fascinating.
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