In three separate taped segments throughout the January 22, 2022 edition of NBC’s “SNL” (“Saturday Night Live“), Will Forte‘s classic MacGruber character returned to the sketch show. Continuing the parody of TV action figure MacGyver, he tries to defuse an explosive device with the help of his two friends (Kristen Wiig and Peacock “MacGruber” co-star […]
In a skit during the January 22, 2022 edition of NBC’s “SNL” (“Saturday Night Live“), Will Forte portrayed the host of a “Double Dare”-esque kids game show called “Kid Klash.” As a contestant, a young girl (Aidy Bryant) was tasked to discover a flag inside a huge tub of cream. She had only sixty seconds […]
In the opening monologue of the January 22, 2022 edition of NBC’s “SNL” (“Saturday Night Live“), it was the return of former cast member Will Forte to the Studio 8H stage for the first time as host. Forte noted that several fellow former cast members of his got a chance to host “SNL”: Bill Hader, […]
Peacock has greenlit action comedy “MacGruber” from Universal Television, with Will Forte reprising his iconic role as MacGruber as well as writing and executive producing. The Peacock series is an adaptation of the 2010 feature film and cult favorite of the same title, which will also feature the original creative team behind the camera. The logline: After rotting […]
Prior to debuting, Fox has greenlit animated comedy “The Great North” for a second season. The series comes from “Bob’s Burgers” creator Loren Bouchard, and is created, written and executive-produced by “Bob’s Burgers” writers and executive producers Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin and writer Minty Lewis (“Regular Show”). “The Great North” takes place in Alaska, […]
Syfy has greenlit its first original late night animated series, “Alien News Desk.” Described as a weekly, half-hour topical animated series set in an extraterrestrial newsroom and voiced by Will Forte (alien news anchor “Drexx Drudlarr”) and “Saturday Night Live’s” Heidi Gardner (alien co-anchor “Tuva Van Void”), the 12-episode series will cover up-to-the-minute news and commentary […]
[socialpoll id=”2374647″] [socialpoll id=”2374485″] HBO leads the pack of the 68th Primetime Emmy Award nominations with 94 in total (and 23 nominations for “Game of Thrones,” which was one short of the 24 nods last year). Next on cable is FX with 56. Tops among the broadcast networks is NBC with 41 Emmy nominations, followed […]
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Comedy Central has opted against a second season of animated “Moonbeam City.” Debuting on Sept. 16, 2015 and featuring the voices of Rob Lowe, Elizabeth Banks, Will Forte and Kate Mara, “Moonbeam City” was a parody of 1980s cop shows such as “Miami Vice” set in distinctively bright neon colors. The now final episode aired […]
