Saturday Night Live
American late-night live TV sketch comedy and variety show
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| April 12 2025 | A sketch parodying The White Lotus received criticism for an exaggerated portrayal of Aimee Lou Wood, leading to an apology from SNL. |
| April 12 2025 | Chen Biao appears on Weekend Update during the Jon Hamm episode, discussing the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. |
| March 29 2025 | Morgan Wallen performed on Saturday Night Live, walked off stage after the goodnights, and dropped out of a pre-taped sketch, being replaced by Joe Jonas. His actions prompted criticism, and he later posted a cryptic Instagram message: 'Get me to God's Country'. |
| March 8 2025 | Lady Gaga is the most recent host to also serve as the musical guest. |
| March 1 2025 | The 'Mid-Day News' sketch returns with Shane Gillis hosting, featuring Devon Walker as Shelton Holmes, a black traffic reporter who continues to track the 'game' of guessing a news story subject's race. |
| 2025 | Saturday Night Live is nominated for the Comedy/Variety – Talk or Sketch Series award, continuing its tradition of recognition with a writing team led by Alison Gates, Streeter Seidell, and Kent Sublette. |
| 2025 | Saturday Night Live production team, led by Lorne Michaels, won Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television |
| 2025 | Saturday Night Live was nominated for Outstanding Variety Show. Kenan Thompson and Ego Nwodim were nominated for Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, respectively. Ayo Edebiri and Maya Rudolph were nominated for Outstanding Guest Performance |
| 2025 | Liz Patrick and team won Outstanding Directing - Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming Emmy Award for Saturday Night Live |
| 2025 | Tom Broecker, Ashley Dudek, and Christina Natividad were nominated for Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition or Live Television for Episode 971 |
| February 23 2025 | Won Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR at the Golden Reel Awards. |
| 2025 | NBC plans to rebroadcast O'Connor's unedited live performance in a documentary special '50 Years of SNL Music', with Lorne Michaels acknowledging her bravery and sincerity. |
| February 16 2025 | A three-hour prime-time live broadcast was aired to celebrate the series' history. |
| February 16 2025 | Sketch appeared during the 50th Anniversary Special hosted by Lorne Michaels. |
| February 12 2025 | John Papsidera was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Comedy) at the Artios Awards. |
| February 10 2025 | Received nominations at the Black Reel Awards for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance (Lamorne Morris) and Outstanding Score (Jon Batiste). |
| February 6 2025 | Danny Glicker was nominated for Excellence in Period Film at the Costume Designers Guild Awards. |
| January 25 2025 | Timothée Chalamet was the most recent host to also serve as the musical guest. |
| January 16 2025 | The four-episode documentary series 'SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night' premiered on Peacock, featuring rare footage and interviews with over 60 Saturday Night Live contributors including cast members, writers, and executives. |
| January 12 2025 | Nominated for Best Acting Ensemble and Best Comedy at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards. |
| January 5 2025 | Gabriel LaBelle was nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globe Awards. |
| 2024 | The film 'Saturday Night' receives varied critical responses, with some critics praising Gabriel LaBelle's performance as Lorne Michaels and the ensemble cast, while others like Benjamin Lee of The Guardian give it a very negative review. |
| 2024 | The film expanded to 2,304 theaters and made $3.4 million, finishing seventh at the box office. |
| 2024 | Gabriel LaBelle received a nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards for his performance in the film. |
| 2024 | Original Saturday Night Live cast member Chevy Chase tells director Jason Reitman he 'should be embarrassed' after watching the film, while Dan Aykroyd calls it a 'stand-alone masterpiece'. |
| 2024 | Filmmakers Tim Fehlbaum, Hannah Fidell, Michael Gracey, Max Hechtman, and actor Seth Rogen praise the film, citing it among their favorite films of 2024. |
| 2024 | In a subsequent weekend, the film's box office dropped to $1.8 million, representing a 47% decline from the previous weekend. |
| 2024 | In its second weekend, the film expanded to 21 theaters and grossed $270,955. |
| 2024 | Release of the film Saturday Night, depicting the production of the first SNL episode from October 11, 1975, with Gabriel LaBelle portraying Lorne Michaels. |
| 2024 | Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim, and Jane Wickline join Saturday Night Live as new featured players for the 2024-25 season. |
| 2024 | Saturday Night Live continues its tradition of excellence with another nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or Sketch. |
| 2024 | SNL writing team continues to be recognized, with Alison Gates, Streeter Seidell, Kent Sublette, and Bryan Tucker leading the creative team in another potential award year. |
| 2024 | Ben Silva left the Saturday Night Live writing staff after 2½ years of writing for the show, following the Kate McKinnon-hosted episode. |
| 2024 | Writers Alex English, Vannessa Jackson, and Gary Richardson were set to depart the show at the end of season 49, marking the final season for each of them. |
| 2024 | Steven Castillo rejoined the Saturday Night Live writing staff after previously writing for the show from 2017 to 2021, starting with the Jacob Elordi episode. |
| 2024 | Saturday Night Live technical team won an award for episode 952, with Bill DiGiovanni as Technical Director and a team including John Pinto, Paul Cangialosi, and Dave Driscoll. |
| 2024 | Bowen Yang was nominated for Various Characters |
| 2024 | SNL's sound team (episode 964) was nominated, continuing their recognition with Robert Palladino, Ezra Matychak, Frank J. Duca Jr., and other key audio professionals. |
| 2024 | The show received another nomination for 'Saturday Night Live Presents: Behind the Sketch', demonstrating continued critical acclaim. |
| 2024 | Joe DeTullio, Kenneth MacLeod, Melissa Shakun, and Kimberly Kachougian won the Emmy Award for Production Design, Art Direction, and Set Decoration. |
| 2024 | Two nominations for Saturday Night Live editors: Paul Del Gesso and Kristie Ferriso for 'Bowen's Straight', and Ryan Spears for 'I'm Just Pete' segment |
| 2024 | Maya Rudolph Mother's Day Monologue was nominated for an award, written by Maya Rudolph, Auguste White, Mike DiCenzo, and Jake Nordwind |
| 2024 | Lenny Pickett, Leon Pendarvis, and Eli Brueggemann received a Music Director nomination for the 965th episode (49.17) |
| 2024 | Makeup team won an award, including Louie Zakarian, Jason Milani, Amy Tagliamonti, Rachel Pagani, Young Beck, Brandon Grether, and Joanna Pisani |
| 2024 | Geoffrey Amoral, Rick McGuinness, Trevor Brown, Tim Stasse, William McGuinness, and Frank Grisanti won an award for Lighting Director and related technical roles |
| 2024 | Saturday Night Live hairstyling team wins Emmy Award for Hairstyling, including Jodi Mancuso, Cara Hannah, Inga Thrasher, Joseph Whitmeyer, Amanda Duffy Evans, Chad Harlow, Gina Ferrucci, Elliott Simpson |
| 2024 | Kristen Wiig was nominated for her performances in Saturday Night Live episode 964 |
| 2024 | Maya Rudolph was nominated for her performances in Saturday Night Live episode 967 |
| 2024 | The show was nominated for Show of the Year and Comedy Show of the Year. Bowen Yang was nominated for Comedy TV Star of the Year |
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