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Kenan Thompson will be racking up the air miles as he travels between his new NBC sitcom Kenan and Saturday Night Live.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV“Saturday Night Live” stars Kenan Thompson and Chris Redd may be branching out into the sitcom world for NBC but that doesn’t mean they are closing the door on their late-night sketch series work.“I haven’t decided to leave,” Redd said of “SNL” during a virtual panel discussion on Tuesday. “I’m just having fun being able to create with one of my best friends and also be able to still go and and do sketch.

Pete Davidson poked fun at his “modest bulge” during a Saturday Night Live skit on Saturday, October 31.The comedian, 26, made the joke during the “New York Musical” sketch, which featured Davidson and Chris Redd browsing in a Times Square souvenir shop run by John Mulaney. Davidson asks to try on a pair of “unwashed” I Heart NY underwear and discovers the back room is filled with costumed grifters.Mulaney asks Davidson if he still wants to buy the underwear despite the store’s grim condition.“I

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: The media is coming into focus for this week’s episode of Wilmore. The Peacock late-night comedy, fronted by Larry Wilmore, will look at the media with The West Wing star Bradley Whitford, journalist Soledad O’Brien and Saturday Night Live’s Chris Redd.Whitford, who also stars in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, is coming off the back of A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote, which aired last week on HBO Max.

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died last week after a four-year fight with colon cancer, a network spokesperson confirmed to TheWrap.The episode, which originally aired in April 2018 after the release of “Black Panther,” featured popular bits like “Black Jeopardy,” where Boseman — as his character King T’Challa — appeared alongside Kenan Thompson, Leslie Jones and Chris Redd on the mock game show.In announcing the stunning news of his death last Friday, Boseman’s family revealed that he had been diagnosed with stage III colon

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorHBO Max has set five previously announced stand-up specials produced by Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco.

Also Read: Don Johnson, Chris Redd Join the Cast of Kenan Thompson's NBC SitcomShort said the inspiration for the character actually came from someone on set.“There was a head of makeup that year,” he said. “She’d look at you, [you’d] sit in the chair and she’d dab.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterDon Johnson and Chris Redd have signed onto a starring role in “Kenan,” the upcoming NBC series starring Kenan Thompson.“Kenan” was originally ordered to series last year for a spring 2020 debut, but NBC announced in January that the show was being pushed to the 2020-2021 season to continue developing it.Johnson will play Rick, Kenan’s father-in-law in the series. He takes over the role from Andy Garcia.

Also Read: Here's the Complete Fall 2020 TV Schedule for All 5 Broadcast NetworksNBC picked up the comedy as part of its traditional development cycle for the 2019-20 season before announcing earlier in January that it would instead air as part of the upcoming 2020-21 season to accommodate Thompson’s workload as a main cast member on “SNL” and a judge on “Bring the Funny.”“Kenan” is just one of a handful of new shows ordered by NBC this season thanks to the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on pilot

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVDon Johnson and Saturday Night Live‘s Chris Redd are set to co-star opposite SNL veteran Kenan Thompson in NBC’s upcoming comedy series  Kenan. Both Thompson and Redd are expected to continue on SNL next season alongside their duties on Kenan, executive produced by SNL boss Lorne Michaels.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersAlso recently cast in Kenan is Single Parents‘  Kimrie Lewis. The comedy was originally piloted in 2019 with

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticSaturday Night Live‘s Chris Redd, Veep‘s Sam Richardson, Late Night With Seth Meyers writer Amber Ruffin and Space Force writer Aasia LaShay Bullock are among a group of 19 black alumni and current employees of The Second City improv company demanding an investigation into what they say is the comedy institution’s history of racism and sexual misconduct.After last week’s resignation of Second City CEO and co-owner Andrew Alexander over accusations of

company’s website, Alexander said he “failed to create an anti-racist environment wherein artists of color might thrive.

episodes of “House Hunters” — with a pandemic twist.The series, premiering Thursday at 10 p.m., features Levy and Leggero, whose friendship dates back nearly 20 years, watching the classic episodes separately and remotely (hence the “Couches” in the show’s title).In each episode, they’re joined by one of their comedian friends (including JB Smoove, Whitney Cummings and “SNL’s” Chris Redd) as all three add humorous (sometimes caustic) commentary as the onscreen couples decide which of three

“Saturday Night Live” cast member Chris Redd has launched a fundraiser to provide COVID-19 testing and treatment for those participating in protests over the death of George Floyd.

Chris Redd has launched a COVID-19 protest relief fund to help cover medical costs for people involved in protests against the May 25 killing of George Floyd. The fund was initiated by the Saturday Night Live castmember onGoFundMe on Tuesday, and seeks a goal of $250,000 to assist with COVID-19 testing, hospital bills and treatment, injuries sustained while protesting and bail relief and court expenses for protesters.

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The Weeknd was the musical guest on las night’s episode of Saturday Night Live, where he performed “Blinding Lights,” and debuted a new song called “Scared to Live” (which interpolates Elton John’s “Your Song”). He was accompanied by Oneohtrix Point Never for the latter.

RuPaul hosted the Feb. 8 episode of Saturday Night Live, plugging his popular and groundbreaking television reality competition show RuPaul’s Drag Race in his opening monologue.

Niall Horan appeared as a singing ghost straight out of a '70s strip club in an SNL skit Saturday night (Dec.