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Kevin Winter / Getty ‘This Is the American Dream’
Ke Huy Quan’s and Jamie Lee Curtis’s affecting Oscars speeches underscored just how much each actor deserved a happy ending.
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Will Heath / NBC The Rare Joy of Jenna Ortega on SNL
The Wednesday star’s keen commitment to every scene helped the episode achieve a fresh-faced vivacity.
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Kyle Dubiel / NBC What Does SNL Think of Straight Adult Men?
The sketch show’s latest parody of emotionally distant men had a surprising amount of heart.
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Will Heath / NBC Where Would SNL Be Without Kenan Thompson?
Over 20 seasons, Thompson has delivered the kind of consistent, committed character work that can wring laughs out of even the show's most lackluster episodes.
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Rosalind O’Connor / NBC SNL Is Excelling in One Particular Way
The sketch show’s pretaped segments are outshining its live comedy.
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Will Heath / NBC Aubrey Plaza Gave SNL Permission to Get Weird
The show has seemed stuck in a rut lately; this week’s host brought some much-needed eccentricity.
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Rosalind O’Connor / NBC SNL Bids Farewell to Cecily Strong
The show delivered a moving goodbye to the 11-season veteran during its Christmas episode last night.
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Will Heath / NBC ‘Steve and Marty’ Revealed SNL’s Weaknesses
Even two comedy legends couldn’t help the show.
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Will Heath / NBC The Loudest Political Voice on SNL
Cecily Strong used a bait-and-switch trick to deliver sharp commentary on abortion rights.
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Rosalind O’Connor / NBC The David S. Pumpkins Effect
The return of the cheery Tom Hanks character let SNL lean into the anarchic comedy of a sketch that makes little sense.
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Rosalind O’Connor / NBC The Host SNL Needed Right Now
Megan Thee Stallion’s charisma brought her sketches to another level—and emphasized the blandness of the rest of the show.
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Will Heath / NBC SNL Needs to Log Off
Last night’s episode featured a limp sketch about the Try Guys’ drama—underscoring how the show flounders when it just rehashes internet culture instead of being original.
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NBC The Playful Return of SNL
The show operates first and foremost as a group effort, and last night’s ensemble cast signaled surprising potential.
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NBC What Kate McKinnon Gave to Saturday Night Live
Of the show’s big cast departures, this one will hurt the most.
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Will Heath / NBC SNL Couldn’t Be Bothered
In its penultimate episode of the season, the show delivered a sleepy collection of surface-level sketches.
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Will Heath / NBC SNL’s Sharp, Frustrated Take on Abortion Rights
Last night’s cold open delivered a barrage of punch lines about how principles from the Middle Ages are serving as the legal precedent for contemporary life.
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Will Heath / NBC SNL Really Wants to Say Something About TikTok
The show’s repeated parodies of the video-sharing app might be viewed as attempts at currency. Instead, they come off a bit like jealousy.
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Will Heath / NBC SNL’s Poignant Celebration of Ketanji Brown Jackson Stole the Show
The Black cast members reveled in the historic moment, kicking off an episode full of spark and joy.
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Will Heath / NBC SNL Couldn’t Help Itself
The Oscars Slap was low-hanging comedic fruit, and the show lunged at it. But there was nothing left to say.
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Rosalind O'Connor / NBC The Simple Brilliance of That Amazon Go SNL Sketch
The show delivered incisive commentary by hewing close to shoppers’ realities—and adding a small dose of horror.
