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Saturday Night Live (Season 32)
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Saturday Night Live (Season 32)
"Saturday Night Live" continues its extraordinary run and returns for its 32nd season on September 30 (NBC, 11:30 p.m. 1:00 a.m. ET).
The season premiere will be hosted by red-hot standup comedian Dane Cook, who returns for his second hosting stint. An inventive and electric performer, Cook will soon be seen starring opposite Jessica Simpson in the comedy Employee of the Month. The comedian has built an impressive following through relentless touring (as chronicled on HBO's "Tourgasm" and standup special "Vicious Circle" and his pervasive online presence on both his own website and MySpace.com (where he has over one million "friends.") Cook continues to enjoy the success of his certified platinum comedy album "Retaliation," which debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, making him the highest-charting comedian in 25 years. Future projects for Cook include the features Dan in Real Life with Steve Carell and Good Luck Chuck opposite Jessica Alba.
Also returning to "SNL" are The Killers, performing from their eagerly awaited sophomore release "Sam's Town." The new album is the follow-up to the band's five million-selling debut "Hot Fuss," which garnered four hit singles and seven Grammy nominations. Named "Band of the Year" by Spin magazine in 2004, the Killers' record was the longest-running rock record to remain in the Top 50 for the same year and their new single "When You Were Young" is already Top Five at alternative radio and one of the most played videos on MTV.
Returning to the SNL repertory cast are Fred Armisen, Will Forte, Bill Hader, Darrell Hammond, Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, Kenan Thompson and Kristen Wiig.
Amy Poehler will return to the "Weekend Update" desk with a new partner to be announced later. Also returning, Seth Meyers returns for his second season as head writer, sharing the position with Emmy winners Andrew Steele and Paula Pell.
Another new addition to the show is director Don Roy King. The Emmy Award-winning live television veteran takes the helm of "SNL "with a wide range of credits running the gamut, from 14 years at CBS' "The Early Show," six years at "Good Morning America" and the first four live "Survivor" finales to "The Mike Douglas Show" and numerous Broadway productions for television.
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"SNL" Drops Sanz, Parnell, Mitchell
By Gina Serpe 41 minutes ago
Come next week, Studio 8H is going to be a little bit emptier than usual.
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After nearly a month of speculation that the fates of several Saturday Night Live cast members were up in the air comes confirmation from NBC that regulars
Chris Parnell, Horatio Sanz and Finesse Mitchell will not be returning to the late night staple.
The non-announcement was made by simply omitting the players' names from a press release touting the start of the show's 32nd season, though a rep for the network denied there was any bad blood between the MIA cast and svengali producer Lorne Michaels or that their departure was the result of a firing.
"I believe there were mutual choices made," NBC rep Marc Liepis told E! Online. "When you're on the show for eight years, I don't think you look at it as a firing."
Parnell, Sanz and Mitchell, who have been part of the show for eight years, eight years and three years, respectively, have yet to comment on their non-return, though if past remarks are any indication, the decision to part hardly seems mutual.
"I haven't been approached with anything that's led me to believe I won't be back," Sanz told the Chicago Sun-Times less than a month ago. "I definitely enjoy the job and would like to stick with it."
As for Mitchell, his alleged axing is the most surprising, as speculation up until now has pegged fellow cast member
Kenan Thompson, who will return this fall, as the third man out.
Darrell Hammond, whose 11 seasons on the show mark a series best, is also in the clear, returning to the show despite murmurs that he, too, may have performed his last impression.
The triple departure adds to something of a mass exodus from the show of long time cast, though the others, at least from the outside, appear to be slightly more voluntary.
Over the summer,
Tina Fey and
Rachel Dratch confirmed that they were leaving the show to star in the NBC comedy 30 Rock, set behind the scenes at a SNL-like variety show produced by Michaels and costarring fellow alum
Tracy Morgan.
Of course, some of the departees are bouncing back quicker than others.
According to NBC's Website, Parnell, whose "Lazy Sunday" rap with Andy Samberg was one of last season's highlights, is currently shooting the sitcom Thick & Thin for the Peacock net. As for Mitchell and Sanz, no new projects appear to be in the works.
While Rockefeller Center will be without five of its most familiar faces this fall, there are no current plans to fill the gap.
According to a statement from NBC, no new regular players have been added to the late night mix, though several of the remaining funnymen and women will see various changes to their onscreen roles.
Fey's departure paves the way for a new face to join
Amy Poehler at the "Weekend Update" desk and while no successors have been formally named, early reports peg Jason Sudeikis and Seth Meyers as the top candidates.
Meyers also returns as head writer for the show, a title he previously shared with Fey.
Saturday Night Live kicks off its new season Sept. 30 with host Dane Cook and musical guest The Killers.
source: Yahoo
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Member Since: 10/5/2005
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I will catch this. Cook is my comedian of this year.
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I loathe Dane Cook. He is the most unfunny comedian.
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^Seriously. And the constant recycling of lines is quite annoying.
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With the cast members that are no longer working for SNL, I don't know what to expect. I know that over the years they have made many changes to their cast and so maybe they might make up for the loss of the some of the older members but it's still sort of weird. It makes me look forward to the season premiere though. I also like how it'll be easier to see how Dane Cook's material changed/did not change since the last time he was a host. I've heard that his material is getting old but I'll comment when I hear it myself because I know I enjoyed his last collection a lot.
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It's really sad that almost all of my favorite cast members are gone by now, but that won't keep me away from "SNL".
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No offense meant to you guys, i'm actually asking you...if you don't think Dane Cook is funny, then who IS funny to you?
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The Killers & Dane Cook? Glorious.
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On October 7
Host: Jaime Presley
Musical Guest: Corainne Bailey Rae
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Tonight's episode wasn't bad. Dane Cook was cracking me up with his new set of jokes he'll be using for the next year, there were some good skits (The Whitney one was funny as hell, the opening was great, the delivery dudes was clever, etc.) & The Killers tore it down with WYWY & Bones.
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I fell asleep after The Killers' performed When You Were Young The best sketches must have been after that, because the first half hour was boring as hell.
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Corinne is still around???
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Ludacris to Host and Peform On SNL
After landing the Billboard #1 spot for the third time in his career with Release Therapy, Ludacris is set to host and perform on "Saturday Night Live" next. The rapper/actor will appear on the November 18 episode. ...
Source: MTVNEws.com
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Damnit, I was gonna post this. lol I herad he's the first rapper to host/MG on the same episode since 1991.
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SNL Host & MG's for October & November
Oct 7: Jaime Pressly/Corrine Bailey Rae
Oct 21: John C. Reilly/My Chemical Romance
Oct 28: Hugh Laurie/Beck
Nov 11: (TBA)
Nov 18: Ludacris/Ludacris
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Jamie Pressly is gonna be funny!! I'll be out and drunk tho to watch it.
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I'll be watchng! !
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Hugh Laurie? hahahah.
YES!
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