Bowen Yang is “Saturday Night Live”‘s biggest breakout star in years. But after six seasons on the NBC show — playing everything from the Titanic’s iceberg to baby hippo Moo Deng — and a successful movie career, Yang was ready to leave, multiple sources told The Post. By the time the curtain came down on the … Read more
He’s still not over it. “The Office” star Rainn Wilson admits that the NBC comedy took it too far sometimes — and would need to be a “very, very different” show if it returned in 2025. “Listen you know, the Benihana Christmas episode where Michael and Andy draw with a sharpie on one of the Asian … Read more
Chloe Fineman addressed the “sadness” of the recent shakeups on “Saturday Night Live.” Ahead of the Season 51 premiere on Oct. 4, a slew of cast members have departed the NBC series. Fineman, 37, called the news “pretty wild” while speaking to EXTRA TV on Thursday. Chloe Fineman attends the Michael Kors Collection Spring/Summer 2026 Runway Show … Read more
They won’t destroy them. Please Don’t Destroy, the comedy trio that includes John Higgins, Ben Marshall, and Martin Herlihy, will not break up in the wake of shakeups at “Saturday Night Live.” Following “SNL’s” brutal bloodbath after Season 50 – which included several big exits – the longtime NBC sketch comedy show announced that Marshall would … Read more
Colin Jost is coming back to Studio 8H. Scarlett Johansson confirmed that her husband is returning to “Saturday Night Live” for Season 51 following the dramatic cast shakeup. “He’s going back to work,” the actress, 40, told Entertainment Weekly Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival while promoting her directorial debut, “Eleanor the Great.” Colin … Read more
Hot off the presses. The headline news about “The Office” spinoff “The Paper” is that it’s not bad. It’s not reinventing the wheel, but it’s surprisingly entertaining and amusing. Premiering on Peacock on Sept. 4, “The Paper” is a mockumentary in the same style as “The Office,” set in the same world. The former show (which … Read more
Brace for turbulence. Fired “Saturday Night Live!” comedian Michael Longfellow, 31, discovered he was kicked off the long-running sketch show while he was at an airport in Utah. The jokester revealed he was waiting to board a flight when his agent called and shared that he wouldn’t return for Season 51 of the iconic show, … Read more
Oscar has a new job. “The Office” star Oscar Núñez is the only original cast member who is on the spinoff show, “The Paper.” “I was told it was only me because Greg Daniels said something to me like, ‘You kind of look the same from before.’ So all the plastic surgery worked out,” he … Read more
They’re not at Dunder Mifflin anymore. “The Office” creator Greg Daniels, who also co-created the new spinoff show “The Paper,” wasn’t initially planning to revisit that world. “I didn’t want to do anything that would somehow retroactively change what we had done on that show,” Daniels exclusively told The Post. “We had a very intentional … Read more
Live from New York, it’s a bloodbath. “Saturday Night Live” is having an upheaval, as multiple cast members have exited before Season 51 – and one former alum is aghast. Punkie Johnson, who was a cast member from 2020 to 2024, commented, “wtf is happening… This is like the departed.” She wrote that as a … Read more
He’ll be free on Saturday night. Michael Longfellow is the latest “Saturday Night Live” star leaving the show ahead of Season 51. Deadline broke the news of Longfellow’s exit from the series on Thursday. Michael Longfellow. Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC The comedian, 31, has yet to confirm his departure himself. The Post has reached out to … Read more
President Trump vowed early Wednesday to find out why Seth Meyers’ contract was renewed by NBC — ripping the late-night host as “one of the least talented” out there. “There is a sick rumor going around that Fake News NBC extended the contract of one of the least talented Late Night television hosts out there, … Read more
Meghan Markle has opened up about her short-lived stint on “Deal or No Deal” in the second season of her Netflix series, “With Love, Meghan.” Before her breakout role in “Suits,” the Duchess of Sussex starred on the NBC reality show from 2006 to 2007 alongside Chrissy Teigen as a “briefcase model.” The role entailed … Read more
Change is coming to “Saturday Night Live.” The show’s boss Lorne Michaels teased that there’s going to be major cast changes to Season 51, which premieres Oct. 4. During an interview with Puck News published Friday, Michaels, 80, replied “yes” when he was asked if he plans to “shake things up” with the cast. Lorne … Read more
Major League Baseball is in advanced talks with NBC to ink a three-year rights deal for the network to carry games. The deal would see NBC shell out nearly $200 million annually and would see the network carry MLB games on Sunday nights, the Wall Street Journal reported. MLB games would air on the broadcast … Read more
Tough crowd. Pete Davidson revealed that the star-studded audience during the “Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary special was, well, “terrible.” On Wednesday’s episode of “Late Night With Seth Meyers” Davidson, 31, said, “It’s a terrible audience. It’s just famous people, and famous people only like themselves.” Pete Davidson during an interview with host Seth Meyers on August … Read more
Bill Hader has finally revealed his reason for skipping out on the “Saturday Night Live!” 50th anniversary special earlier this year — and even brushed off his own publicist’s initial excuse for his absence. The comedian was a notable no-show at February’s grand tribute to the long-running program, which featured the who’s who of comedy. … Read more
The verdict is in: Christopher Meloni knows what the fans want. The “Law & Order: Organized Crime” star, 64, revealed that he has been trying to get his character, Detective Elliot Stabler, to hook up with his former partner, Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay). Viewers have wanted these two to get together since they first … Read more
Seth Meyers is anxious about the future of “Late Night.” The talk show host, 51, said his mental health will plummet if his NBC show will get the boot — much like the recent cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show.” Speaking on the “Armchair Expert” podcast, the “SNL” alum told host Dax Shepard that he’s concerned about … Read more
Live from his living room… Original “Saturday Night Live” cast member Dan Aykroyd is finally revealing why he skipped the big “SNL50” special in February. The three-hour event celebrated a landmark 50 years of the iconic NBC sketch comedy show. Many former cast members were in attendance, including Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Eddie Murphy and … Read more