 | Monday October 06, 2025 | | | | |
| |  | | A New York City comic who says she’s friendly with SNL writers and cast members is accusing the show of stealing her idea for a sketch in this week’s episode. | | | | | | | |
| |  | | Peacock has set an October 17 premiere for Downey Wrote That, the long-gestating documentary profiling longtime SNL writer Jim Downey and his decades of influence on the show’s comedy and politics. | | | | | |
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| |  | | Stephen Colbert is taking a one-week break, with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert set to air repeats through Friday ,October 10. | | | | | | | |
| |  | | Two and a half months after making his Daily Show hosting debut, Josh Johnson is set to return to the anchor desk Tuesday through Thursday of this week—picking up where Jon Stewart leaves off tonight. | | | | | |
| | | |  | | As Dennis Perkins writes, Bad Bunny threw himself into SNL’s sketches with gusto, but his energy alone wasn't enough to save a limp season opener. | | | | | |
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| |  | | SNL's Season 51 premiere with Bad Bunny delivered at least three slip-ups—the kind that remind fans the show’s live-wire chaos is half the fun. | | | | | |
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| |  | | John Oliver capped his presidential library exposé on Sunday night's Last Week Tonight by offering a huge replica of LBJ’s anatomy to any library willing to strike a deal. | | | | | | | |
| |  | | One of Saturday Night Live’s longest-serving producers has come out of retirement. | | | | | |
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| |  | | There are more changes in the SNL writers' room to report—this time at the top. | | | | | |
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| |  | | Only a handful of newcomers have ever opened a season of SNL. This weekend, rookie cast member Jeremy Culhane became one of them. | | | | | |
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| |  | | As they do every SNL live week, the superfans at the Saturday Night Network took to YouTube immediately after this week's show to offer their first impressions. Watch it live at 1:10 a.m. ET weekly on LateNighter, or catch this week's replay now. | | | | | |
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| Poll: Jimmy Kimmel Is More Popular Than Trump | White House Brushes Off SNL Cold Open
| “Reacting to this would require me to waste my time watching it,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told EW of SNL mocking Trump’s war on late night, adding “I have more entertaining things to do—like watch paint dry.”
| | WATCH: Matt Damon, Jimmy Kimmel Reignite Feud on JKL’s Brooklyn Stage | | Matt Damon dropped in on Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s Brooklyn finale Friday night to “say goodbye," and reignited the duo's 23-year fake feud. | | | | | |
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