Saturday Night Live Returning With a Full New Episode

Brad Pitt stole the show on Saturday Night Live this weekend with a surprise appearance as America’s top COVID-19 expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci.

The return of “Saturday Night Live At Home” two weeks after its historical remote episode came as a bit of a surprise. NBC announced this week’s show just Thursday, despite a track record of advertising upcoming episodes far earlier in normal times. But, as if anyone needs to say it at this point, times are anything but normal.

Brad Pitt has played a US health expert in a sketch on Saturday Night Live.

When Dr. Anthony Fauci jokingly told reporters he'd like to be played by Brad Pitt on , do you think he expected his wish to come true? Well, that's exactly what happened.On April 10, CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota asked Fauci if he'd prefer being played by Ben Stiller or Pitt on the .

Pete Davidson got some special help from comedy icon Adam Sandler in his latest music video for

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brought some real star power to the second «At Home» special over the weekend, tapping Brad Pitt to kick open the show, while making his debut. 

Saturday Night Live is returning for a second “At Home” episode this weekend on April 25th.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – It takes more than a pandemic to keep “Saturday Night Live” off the air.

will air its second, at-home episode this week. The sketch series announced the exciting news on Twitter Thursday, sharing that the all-new episode will air Saturday, April 25. No host or musical guest has been announced.

Saturday Night Live finally returned with a new episode on Saturday, April 11, following an extended hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic and resulting production shutdowns. In the stellar return, SNL took a page from the playbook of other late-night TV shows and improvised with an "SNL at Home" edition, which was produced remotely while the cast and crew practice social distancing.

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Live from New York, it's Saturday Night Live's best sketches! In honor of some of the show's content from the SNL Vault being available on Peacock, NBC's new streaming service, we're looking back at of our personal favorite sketches of all time from the storied show. Since the program first aired in 1975, we've seen hundreds of hilarious sketches full of characters, impressions and jokes that make us laugh, but there are a few that stand out above the rest.

Since its inception in 1975, “Saturday Night Live” has been broadcast live from Studio 8H in 30 Rockefeller Plaza. But if the rise of covid-19 has taught us anything, it’s that even our most hallowed institutions can adapt both quickly and deftly to our new reality.

Tom Hanks took on the responsibility of introducing America to the new format of with a monologue shot entirely in his own house.

Saturday Night Live aired its first new episode in over a month on Saturday evening and came through with one major surprise right off the top: the night's host was none other than Tom Hanks. Hanks has hosted SNL several times in the past, but this time was particularly significant.

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made its big return to TV after having to suspend production last month amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

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