'Saturday Night Live' Producers Are 'Scrambling' to Replace Ed Sheeran

Jonathan Majors and Taylor Swift are amped for their upcoming episode of In a promo released on Thursday, the star and the songstress were joined by castmembers Aidy Bryant and Bowen Yang on the iconic Studio 8H stage.To gear up for the big show, the quartet seemed to be doing improve-style exercises by delivering Majors' line by having each person say one word of it at a time.In a flawless display of timing, Majors, Swift, Yang and Bryant declared, «Hi, I'm Jonathan Majors and I'm hostingthis

The Nov. 6 edition of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Succession star Kieran Culkin with musical guest Ed Sheeran, drew a 1.31 rating in the 18-49 demo and 5.7 million viewers for its linear telecasts as well as full-episode digital viewing through Sunday, Nov. 7, per multi-platform metric NBC is using for the venerable sketch show this season.

Saturday Night Live has revived its Donald Trump impression, with newcomer James Austin Johnson taking over the role from Alec Baldwin.The latter spoke a year ago of being “overjoyed” at the possibility of losing the role after Trump lost the 2020 US presidential election to Joe Biden, having played the role since the 2016 election.However, the weekend’s episode (November 6) saw Johnson take over the mantle of playing the former US president during the show’s cold open, having also impersonated

Dionne Warwick, meet Dionne Warwick.

a “pretty gnarly” bout of COVID-19, Ed Sheeran appeared on this week’s Saturday Night Live to perform two songs from his latest album, ‘=’.For a short period of time, it was unclear if Sheeran would actually make it to the SNL stage – his latest appearance on the series was announced on October 24, but it was only a few hours later that he confirmed he’d tested positive for COVID-19.

Dionne Warwick, meet Dionne Warwick.The legendary singer (and epic tweeter) made a surprise appearance on  during the late night show's «The Dionne Warwick Show,» which saw cast member Ego Nwodim playing Warwick as she interviewed famous guests like «Miley Cyrus,» «Jason Mraz» (aka guest host Kieran Culkin) and Ed Sheeran (yes, the real Ed Sheeran). After Nwodim's Warwick put Cyrus, Mraz, Sheeran and Post Malone in their place, the real Warwick showed up to inject some sweetness to the sketch.

Saturday Night Live is returning on 7 November with a new episode and another first-time host. Succession star Kieran Culkin, who portrays Roman Roy on the HBO show, will take on hosting duties.

Taylor Swift and Saweetie have been announced as musical guests for Saturday Night Live this month.Ed Sheeran‘s performance this week (November 6) – which was made uncertain after the singer tested positive for COVID-19 – has also been confirmed.

Taylor Swift is heading back to “Saturday Night Live”! NBC announced on Tuesday that it’ll return this week with three consecutive shows that’ll air live, coast-to-coast.

Taylor Swift is heading back to ! NBC announced on Tuesday that it'll return this week with three consecutive shows that'll air live, coast-to-coast.The run kicks off Nov. 6 with first-time host Kieran Culkin, and third-time musical guest Ed Sheeran.

Fear not, Saturday Night Live faithful and Ed Sheeran fans: The hitmaker has been cleared to perform on the NBC late-night staple this weekend.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEd Sheeran, who tested positive for Covid-19 literally the day after he was announced as a performer on “Saturday Night Live,” has completed his quarantine and has been cleared to appear on this week’s show, which will be hosted by “Succession” star Kieran Culkin.“Posting this pic to say I’m released from Covid isolation today, so if you see me out and about I’ve had the all-clear and done my quarantine,” the singer posted on Instagram.

Ellen DeGeneres has no problem with spoofs! On Thursday's episode of the 63-year-old comedian reacts to Jason Sudeikis' recent hosting gig — specifically the sketch «Mellen,» where he portrayed a male version of DeGeneres. «Portia [de Rossi] and I were sitting at home watching, as we do every Saturday night, and we're on our couch. We're trying to get rid of this wine that was stuck in a bottle,» DeGeneres quips of herself and her wife.

SNL head writer Colin Jost has been hosting Weekend Update alongside Michael Che for some time now. He started writing for Saturday Night Live back in Season 31, but didn’t appear on Weekend Update until 2014.

Saturday Night Live over the weekend helped to give the comedy show a ratings bump.The Ted Lasso star returned to the show on October 23 alongside musical guest Brandi Carlile, having appeared as a cast member between 2003 and 2015.Sudeikis’s turn as host saw the show increase its ratings from last weekend, which was hosted by Rami Malek, as it drew in a 3.7 household live + same-day rating in 41 metered local markets, as well as 1.6 in the 18-49 demographic in 22 markets with local people

Brandi Carlile appeared as the musical guest on last night’s (October 23) episode of Saturday Night Live, marking her debut on the legendary sketch comedy show.Brandishing her burnished brown guitar and donning a shimmering Elvis-inspired gold lamé suit, Carlile’s first performance saw her deliver a vivacious rendition of her defiant heartland anthem ‘Broken Horses’, taken from her new album ‘In These Silent Days’.Returning to the stage for a second time, Carlile reworked ‘Right On Time’, the

Kieran Culkin will host Saturday Night Live for the first time. The Succession star will take on hosting duties on 6 November, with Ed Sheeran performing as the evening’s musical guest.

Brandi Carlile is having a full circle moment! The country superstar made her debut as the musical guest over the weekend, and shined bright in both her sets.Carlile took the stage for her first number rocking a gold tuxedo and belted out her song «Broken Horses» into a golden mic.Flanked by twin backing guitar players -- Phil and Tim Hanseroth — Carlile brought a rock-star energy and emotional depth to Studio 8H that proved to be a powerhouse of a debut performance.For her second set of the

Kieran Culkin is heading to Saturday Night Live!

Jason Sudeikis brought his Joe Biden impression back to over the weekend. In his hosting debut, Sudeikis kicked things off in the «Cold Open» by bringing back one of his most beloved impressions.New castmember James Austin Johnson kicked off the episode reprising the somewhat low-energy President Biden that he debuted in the season premiere a few weeks ago.