‘SNL’ returning to air with original content this weekend

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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.

Netflix Inc said on Wednesday it plans to raise about US$1 billion in debt to beef up original content, a day after the streaming pioneer doubled its own projections for new customers as stuck-at-home users binged on movies and shows.

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The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" rebounds from No. 2 to No. 1 the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart to log a third total week in the top spot. The track dethrones Drake's "Toosie Slide

The Weeknd logs his 18th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated April 18), thanks to the continued success of his latest studio album, After Hours.The set rules the Billboard 200 for a third week with 90,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

All here for the holidays! Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott spent Easter weekend with their 2-year-old daughter, Stormi, in Palm Springs, California.

“Saturday Night Live” returned to TV over the weekend with an all-new “at home” format, filled with pre-taped sketches and a “Weekend Update” segment filmed over videochat. While everything was pre-taped, that didn’t stop Alec Baldwin from taking an opportunity to skewer President Donald Trump.

Saturday Night Live is back, and Alec Baldwin is reprising his role as President Donald Trump!

SNL‘s “Weekend Update” never disappoints, but this week’s installment was on another level! Just like many news anchors around the country, hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che delivered the news right from the comfort of their own homes. “This is obviously a strange way to do the show — but we got some people here on Zoom.

Saturday Night Live returned to TV over the weekend with an all-new «at home» format, filled with pre-taped sketches and a «Weekend Update» segment filmed over videochat. While everything was pre-taped, that didn't stop Alec Baldwin from taking an opportunity to skewer President Donald Trump.

Congratulations Outlander fans who survived a two-week droughtlander in the middle of Season 5. After a by-week on April 5, the Starz drama returns Easter weekend with a new episode — and you need to get ready. Now we can finally find out what happened after the cliffhanger at the end of Episode 7, "The Ballad of Roger Mac," as Sunday's episode, "Famous Last Words," has a direct pick-up to where we left off with the Frasers.

Even a pandemic can’t keep Global’s “Saturday Night Live” off the air.

Saturday Night Live is coming back, with a twist. SNL hasn't produced new episodes since the Daniel Craig-hosted March 7 episode because of the spread of the coronavirus.

Saturday Night Live will finally return with a new episode on Saturday, April 11, following an extended hiatus which resulted from the coronavirus pandemic that caused widespread entertainment production shutdowns. NBC announced on Thursday that the long-lived sketch comedy series is now expected to return with new content this weekend, including a new "Weekend Update" segment and other material featuring SNL cast members produced remotely amid social distancing efforts.

Saturday Night Live is returning to NBC on Saturday (April 11), although the details are still being sorted out.

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