In the first skit following the monologue on the October 16, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” students (Rami Malek, Bowen Yang, Andrew Dismukes, Sarah Sherman) present facts about their favorite bugs at a school assembly. But it was Yang’s “Daddy Longlegs” that aimed to be star of the event, uttering those facts in […]
In a music video parody on the October 16, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” two cowboys (Pete Davidson and Rami Malek) sing a country song about how their financial situations are so dire, they play the deadly “Squid Game” for a huge cash prize. “Squid Game“, the Korean-produced thriller, has been a global […]
During “Weekend Update” on the October 16, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” a report on social media’s reaction to a teaser photo of Timothee Chalamet from the set of “Wonka“, the prequel to “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, which labeled the actor as a “twink Willy Wonka” led anchor Colin Jost to bring […]
In a skit on the October 16, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” Richard (Rami Malek) and Denise (Aidy Bryant) go to a mattress store called “Sleepy Town USA”. As they test out the beds, the couple enact several role-playing scenes of their personal lives, observed in astonishment by the mattress salesman (Bowen Yang). […]
In the last skit of the October 16, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” a couple (guest star Daniel Craig and Cecily Strong) attend an exclusive performance of “international singing sensation” Angelo (Aristotle Athari), an artist who uses a single word volunteered by the audience and weaves them into song. Later, he is accompanied […]
Ever wonder how Kim Kardashian would be as “The Bachelorette”? Viewers got some sense of that during her stint as host of the October 9, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” on the mock reality show called “The Dream Guy.” Among her suitors were “Gossip Girl” star Chace Crawford, former “Bachelorette” contestant Tyler Cameron […]
“The Crown” on Netflix and “The Mandalorian” on Disney+ tied for the most nominations for the 2021 Emmy Awards, each with 24. Next was “WandaVision” on Disney+ with 23, followed by “The Handmaid’s Tale” on Hulu and NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”, each with 21; “Ted Lasso” on Apple TV+ (20); HBO’s “Lovecraft County” and “The […]
CBS was a modest runner-up to ABC in prime time, thanks to the annual event on Super Bowl eve, “NFL Honors” (0.641m A18-49). This year’s edition — dipping to a new low for the ceremony since its 2011 inception — was off 18 percent from Feb. 1, 2020 which had aired on Fox. In late-night, […]
The season premiere of “NBA Saturday Primetime” (1.078m A18-49) that featured the Los Angeles Lakers at Boston Celtics easily made ABC the No. 1 network in prime time and represented a 71-percent increase from the year-ago game (76ers-Celtics: 0.632m A18-49 from Feb. 1, 2020). From last year’s season start, though, it was down 11 percent […]
