‘Saturday Night Live’ Returns for Second ‘At Home’ Broadcast

When “Saturday Night Live” kicked off its 45th season at the end of September, likely no one involved with production expected it to be potentially the most creative season the show’s ever had. That premiere episode skewered the impeachment hearings – remember those? – and the cast likely planned to do more of the same throughout the next dozens of episodes. But you know what they say about the best laid plans …

By Danielle Turchiano

By Anita Bennett

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – “Saturday Night Live” plans to air a third episode produced remotely this weekend, which will serve as the finale of a shorter-than-expected season.

Saturday Night Live hasn't announced whether it will air another remotely produced episode on Saturday, May 9, but we will be getting a Mother's Day special. The official SNL Twitter account announced Wednesday afternoon that a special compilation episode would air Sunday, May 10.

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.

By Nellie Andreeva

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

By Anita Bennett

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. 

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.

By Dino-Ray Ramos

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.

US comedy show Saturday Night Live returned from a month-long hiatus this weekend, with host Tom Hanks presenting from home.