Lorne Michaels to ‘Saturday Night Live’ Cast Veterans: Stay a Little Longer (EXCLUSIVE)

Saturday Night Live has seen so many fantastic guest stars over its nearly 50 year run – but not everyone is exactly welcome back to Studio 8H.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor“The Walking Dead” has for more than a decade lured audiences with a unique focus on zombie violence and dystopian societies.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBC’s “Sunday Night Football” wouldn’t seem to have much to do with Disney Plus’ “The Mandalorian,” but this year, the two very different programs have common ground.NBC Sports shot a new opening for its football broadcast — the nation’s most-watched regular TV series — that puts singer Carrie Underwood at a virtual football tailgate while performing “Waiting All Day For Sunday Night.” The shoot was conducted at an Industrial Light & Magic sound stage using

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVWhen Maya Rudolph stepped back into Studio 8H to host NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” in March, expectations were extremely high. Not only is she a beloved former cast member, she has been portraying Vice President Kamala Harris (and won her first Emmy for the effort last year).

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN mid-morning anchor Poppy Harlow is going to take a hiatus from working on her program to tend to a legal matter: studying the law at Yale University.Harlow, who has been with CNN since 2008, will be pursuing Yale Law School’s one-year Master of Studies in Law, a program aimed at people who are not attorneys but want to become more familiar with legal studies and apply knowledge of the law to the work they do. The degree is open to journalists.

“Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” For more than 40 years, Saturday Night Live has been a staple of the television industry — and has created some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.

joined the series back in June alongside Sam Elliott and Mickey Rourke. Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe also reprise their roles from the 2010 “MacGruber” movie as Vicki St.

Herbert Schlosser, a longtime NBC executive who oversaw the development of Saturday Night Live and was credited with bringing Johnny Carson to The Tonight Show has died at his home in New York City. He was 95.

Sofia Vergara, Ivana Trump and Jeanine Pirro — is still weighing her options about returning to the late-night comedy show for Season 47 this fall.Strong, 37, told The New York Times she was “still thinking” about her decision to come back for a 10th year.“Throughout the year, there were times where I felt like a fifth-year senior and I’m just hanging around, dead weight,” she said.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFinance and politics aren’t the only things on the schedule at Fox Business Network.The Fox Corp.-owned outlet, which in recent years has generated its biggest ratings for a show led by Lou Dobbs that burnished a distinctly right-leaning brand of politics, will in September stock the bulk of its primetime grid with documentary-style programming featuring hosts like Mike Rowe, country music star John Rich, Stuart Varney and Cheryl Casone.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWhen Carrie Bradshaw appeared on HBO, she didn’t have much to do with commercials. When she appears on HBO Max, the character may find a staff eager to find ways to set her up with new kinds of advertising.WarnerMedia’s ad sales division is launching a new studio, House of Max, that aims to develop commercials for advertisers that utilize characters and concepts from its various shows.

Saturday Night Live’s annual will-they-stay-or-will-they-go debate is alive and well.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorKyle Hamiton, Cam Hart, Conor Ratigan and KJ Wallace have another game to play while attending Notre Dame.The four students are members of the university’s football team, and they are getting ready to give fans and Notre Dame sports aficionados their own take on sports and whatever else they might find interesting.Stating Wednesday, the quartet will hold forth on “Inside The Garage,” a twice-weekly podcast in which active players from the college’s 2021 football

Joni Mitchell is among the artists set to be honoured as part of the 2021 Kennedy Center Honors.Mitchell will receive a lifetime achievement award at the live awards ceremony on December 5 at the John F.

Bette Midler and Lorne Michaels are just two of the stars who will be honored at the Kennedy Center Honors this year.

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced the selection of five honorees who will receive the 44th Kennedy Center Honors for their lifetime artistic achievements on Wednesday.This year’s honorees include Justino Díaz, Berry Gordy, Lorne Michaels, Bette Midler and Joni Mitchell.The honorees will be celebrated on Dec. 5 on CBS.

The Kennedy Center Honors will return in December with a class that includes Motown Records creator Berry Gordy, "Saturday Night Live" mastermind Lorne Michaels and actress-singer Bette Midler. Organizers expect to operate at full capacity after last year’s ceremony was delayed for months and later conducted under COVID-19 restrictions.

For the first time ever, two Canadians will be recognized at the annual Kennedy Center Honors celebrating their lifetime achievements in the arts.

Chris Willman Music WriterSinger-songwriter Joni Mitchell, singer-actor Bette Midler, Motown chief Berry Gordy, “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels and opera singer Justino Díaz will be feted when the 44th Kennedy Center Honors take place in Washington, D.C. on Dec.