On last night's Saturday Night Live, Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, including a waitress at a Maine IHOP asking black teens to pay upfront. The segment also included an appearance by fan favorite Stefon, played by Bill Hader. Hader used to be a series regular on SNL, and returned to host the show last night. Check out the clip below!
The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) tonight announced the winners of the 2018 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for film, television, new media, videogames, news, radio/audio, promotional, and graphic animation categories at concurrent ceremonies at the Edison Ballroom in New York City and The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che have been named co-head writers of NBC's iconic and Emmy Award-winning late night franchise Saturday Night Live. They will join current head writers Kent Sublette and Bryan Tucker. SNL has also announced that Sudi Green and Fran Gillespie have been named writing supervisors.
The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing during 2017. Winners will be honored at the 2018 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 11, 2018, at concurrent ceremonies in New York City and Los Angeles.
On last night's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: WEEKEND UPDATE, Anthony Scaramucci (Bill Hader) FaceTimed the show to clear up some of his comments as White House Communications Director.
NBC is bringing a late-night institution to primetime with a four-episode order for SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: WEEKEND UPDATE, which joins the schedule starting Today, Aug. 10 at 9 p.m.
Colin Jost is a head writer at Saturday Night Live and a touring stand-up comedian. He will appear this weekend, August 4 & 5, at Comedy Works Downtown in Larimer Square.
The Just For Laughs Festival, presented by Videotron in association with Loto-Quebec, successfully upped the ante on hilarity with more artists and TV tapings than ever before, popping the cork over an astounding 42 sold-out shows. With a flood of television tapings, social media coverage, and international press, JFL experienced more worldwide exposure than ever before! JFL's name is synonymous with comedy. You can't turn your head without catching stand-up captured at the festival; major players include Netflix, HBO, The Comedy Network, CBC, Showtime, The CW, CNN, Hulu, CBS, Comedy Central, LOL, TruTV and countless other media outlets from across the globe.