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"Saturday Night Live"'s second show of season 48 opened with a game show called "So You Think You Won’t Snap?" that took aim at all the recent troubling headlines.

A self-conscious sketch kicks off "Saturday Night Live's" rebuilding year, minus several beloved cast members.

The show operates first and foremost as a group effort, and last night’s ensemble cast signaled surprising potential.

"Fire Island's" Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang and Andrew Ahn discuss the huge debts their Hulu rom-com owes to Jane Austen and Margaret Cho.

Actor and screenwriter Joel Kim Booster’s sunny summer romp is an ode to the eponymous gay vacation spot.

This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Post Malone and Drive-By Truckers, “Fast & Furious” alum Elsa Pataky leading her own action picture with “Interceptor,” and the modern romantic comedy “Fire Island,” set in the iconic LGBTQ vacation spot.

The Washington Post reported about the meeting on Friday. SNL spoofed it the next day.

It's never easy to define a year in pop culture, especially in a rollercoaster year like 2021, when we were up and down again, and again, and again.

Beck Bennett is departing "Saturday Night Live," but the majority of regular cast members are returning for the show's 47th season.

Miley Cyrus opened "Saturday Night Live" this week with a moving cover of Dolly Parton's "Light of a Clear Blue Morning."

^ Keep New Times Free Support Us LocalCommunityJournalismI Support Support the independent voice of Miami and help keep the future of New Times free. After a 40-episode post-holiday binge of the entirety of Search Party, I must conclude that the show suffers from an identity crisis. Paralleling its transition from cable to streaming, Search Party has excelled at reinventing itself season after season while maintaining a razor-sharp satirical eye on the experiences and blights of millennial culture. Yet, the Search Party creators Sarah Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, along with mentor Michael Showalter, manage to shift tones with each season. Search Party season four premieres on HBO Max Thursday, January 14.

Bowen Yang as Kim Jong Un for a March 30 episode of "Saturday Night Live." Yang, a writer on "SNL," is joining the cast as a series regular. NEW YORK (CNN) - NBC's "Saturday Night Live" has added comedians Chloe Fineman, Shane Gillis and Bowen Yang as featured players for the upcoming 45th season. The NYU graduate's casting is also noteworthy as he's the only Asian American series regular in this cast. The 45th season of "SNL" premieres September 28 with host Woody Harrelson and musical guest Billie Eilish.