SEASON PREMIERE: We're back for the ninth season of the podcast and kicking it off in style with Reese Witherspoon and Alicia Keys from September 29, 2001! Join us as we explore the strange energy of the first post-9/11 episode of SNL! LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

NEW EPISODE: Barely making it through it's first televised airing in some parts of the country, unseen in others, and more or less cancelled before the whole thing was even over, 1969's Turn-On was never meant to be seen again...until it escaped. LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I was on this episode and tried to research the show we were covering and every single new source I found only made me feel like I understood the facts of this show even less! Get on your boogie suit, do your absolute worst disco moves, and enjoy another look at end-stage variety TV.

PATREON EXCLUSIVE: In 1978, Mary Tyler Moore embarked upon her first attempt to do a sketch variety show on prime time CBS, featuring some of the first televised appearances of Micheal Keaton and David Letterman (who are in the cast). It's all very odd! SUB: patreon.com/thatweekinsnl

NEW EPISODE: It's been one hell of a journey but we've finally come to the end of the road with The Richard Pryor Show! It's clear all involved are ready for it to be over by this point but it's still not without it's moments of fascination. LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

This is gonna be the craziest way to learn JAJ isn’t coming back for the next season

This is just wrong. A complete fucking mess of a decision. Emil had a killer first season! Had some good update appearances, anchored sketches adeptly, seemed poised to fill the spaces Mikey occupied once he left. Just an awful, awful choice here.

PATREON EXCLUSIVE: A year after Wayne's World became a smash hit, Lorne & crew try a different tact: how about some beloved characters from the original era? Why not the Coneheads? @eddieapc.bsky.social joins us to unravel this oft forgotten SNL movie entry. SUB: patreon.com/thatweekinsnl

Celeste Yim and Rosebud Baker aren’t coming back. They’re screen testing Longfellow and KC Shornima for Weekend Update. I think it’s finally happening, folks. I think they’re finally gonna overhaul the show.

Going to be fascinating to see what SNL will do with their cold opens in a post-Gavin Newsom and (current) South Park world. They’ve needed to step their game up for *years* now and I wonder if this is what will finally galvanize them to actually do so.

NEW EPISODE: Running from 92-93, The Edge was insane assemblage of talent: Julie Brown, Jennifer Aniston, Wayne Knight, Tom Kenny, and David Mirkin just to name a few. But why is it so lost to time? We dissect it's best-of episode to find out! LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

NEW EPISODE: This week, we're covering one of sketch comedy's most beloved institutions: Upright Citizens Brigade. Join us as we explore two episodes from the first season: The Bucket of Truth and The Little Donny Foundation! LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I was very sad to hear about the recent passing of Bob Caminiti. Bob worked at SNL for 37 years and was one of the purest and most thoughtful and passionate people I had the privilege to know. pizzifuneralhome.com?p=9806

The New Show is one of the most interesting, inscrutable failures in TV history and it was lovely to talk about it in between oversharing and doing my "Emo Phillips doing a cold read for the role of Bane" impression (I swear it's on topic, sort of).

PATREON EXCLUSIVE: It's the penultimate outing of 1984's The New Show, with Laraine Newman, John Candy & Laurie Anderson! @eddieapc.bsky.social and @sonofmechamummy.bsky.social are on deck to discuss an episode that seemingly knows the end is *very* near. SUBSCRIBE: patreon.com/thatweekinsnl

The black and white cap in here is one of the most disorienting and disturbing sketches you can find anywhere.

NEW EPISODE: It's the third episode of the Richard Pryor Show from Sept. 27, 1977! @williamham.bsky.social joins us for a celebration of one of the most insane, daring and beguiling episodes of sketch comedy...well, ever! LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

PATREON EXCLUSIVE: It's the first part of our coverage of the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special! Join us as we cover everything to up, and including, Weekend Update, while also trying to stay sane in the crushing NC summer heat! SUBSCRIBE: patreon.com/thatweekinsnl

it was a true honor to join a podcast I've listened to as a fan for years to talk about pressing subjects like Brent Spiner's showtune album and the terrifying working conditions of the Kroftette Water Dancers.

PATREON EXCLUSIVE: We're going back to Sid & Marty Krofft Land to cover the infamous Brady Bunch Hour from 1977 with @sonofmechamummy.bsky.social! It's got Charo! Robert Reed, trying and failing to sing and dance! It's got Fake Jan! And The Hudson Brothers! Oh my! SUB: patreon.com/thatweekinsnl

Newest SNL review is finally up. www.bronwynjoan.com/blog/2025/6/...

NEW EPISODE: The 2025 Summer of Off Week kicks off with the first episode plucked from behind the Patreon paywall for your listening enjoyment: Quinta Brunson/Lil Yachty from S48! LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

SEASON FINALE: It's Elliott Gould/Leon Redbone, Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson from May 29, 1976! Jon Schneider of the @thesnlnetwork.bsky.social joins us once again as we explore the finale (kinda) for the very first season of the show! LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

PATREON EXCLUSIVE: It's the seventh episode of The New Show, with Candice Bergen & Steve Guttenberg and Rick James! It might be the worst outing of this misbegotten show yet! How do they do it?! SUBSCRIBE: patreon.com/thatweekinsnl

NEW BLOG POST: Classic SNL Review: October 22, 1988: John Larroquette / Randy Newman with Mark Knopfler (S14E03) bronwynjoan.com/blog/2025/5/...

NEW EPISODE: It's John Goodman and Jewel from May 10th 1997! It's Goodman's eighth hosting gig and our first time covering a Celebrity Jeopardy sketch! How the hell did we manage to go this long without doing that?? LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Join us tonight at 8pm ET as we finish up the last chunk of yesterday’s stream! Twitch.tv/thatweekinsnl

NEW EPISODE: It's Joan Rivers and Musical Youth from April 9th, 1983! It's a loud, loose and chaotic evening of SNL, with a tuckered out Musical Youth, Joan Rivers arguably at the peak of her career and some fun sketch implosions. LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Vintage SNL fans, rejoice: my latest assortment of #SNL reviews is finally up for S13! Will the show's comfort in not having to radically reinvent itself for the first time in years serve to its benefit or detriment? Here's what I thought! www.mattalamode.com/2025/04/satu...

Mike Myers appears in a 1981 episode of Bizarre, one of his very earliest onscreen roles

PATREON EXCLUSIVE: @eddieapc.bsky.social joins us as we explore an episode from You Can't Do That On Television's third season (all about, well, Televison) but also one from it's rare and barely seen PBS-spinoff, Don't Look Now, produced entirely in Boston! SUB: patreon.com/thatweekinsnl

NEW BLOG POST: Classic SNL Review: October 8, 1988: Tom Hanks / Keith Richards (S14E01) bronwynjoan.com/blog/2025/4/...

So, Jon deserved better but I’ll keep this as positive best I can: Check to Check and Update (specifically Emil and Bowen) actually came with the proper shit slinging i desperately need right now. Maybe too little, too late this deep in the season but I appreciate it nonetheless.

NEW EPISODE: It's Ron Nessen with the Patti Smith Group from April 17, 1976! It's an historical episode as Gerald Ford's press secretary hosts the show and ends up fronting one of the raunchiest shows to date. And Billy Crystal does the Jazz Man! LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

They should let Bruce Vilanch write one more entertainingly awful variety show before he passes

As mentioned in the podcast, due to the show running long, the rarely seen first performance of “Stay All Night” simply cut to a bumper halfway through and that was the end of the episode. Strangely enough, both performances would eventually get played on Comedy Central though.

NEW EP: Is the Gary Busey/Eubie Blake & Gregory Hines episode from March 10, 1979 one of the most underrated of the OG era? @williamham.bsky.social drops by to help us ponder this particular conundrum (the answer is yes by the way; this episode rules). LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Tonight at 7pm ET, over at twitch.tv/thatweekinsnl, we've got: - another double dose of SNL with our podcast subject for the week (Gary Busey/Eubie Blake & Gregory Hines) and Pierce Brosnan/Destiny's Child from S26 - Jenna Fischer, Taran Killam & Paul Brittan on CBB - and more!!!

Tonight at 8pm ET, over at twitch.tv/thatweekinsnl, we've got: - 1979's The Second City Comedy Show, with John Candy, Fred Willard and Kaz - '81 Take Two, featuring Robbie Coltrane and Rik Mayall - Herndon & Me, a 1983 pilot with Michael Richards and Ted McGinley - and more!!

Tonight at 7pm ET, over at twitch.tv/thatweekinsnl, we've got: - further adventures in S26 with Renee Zellweger/Eve - the penultimate S1 outing of the Smothers Brothers with John Gary, Tammy Grimes and The Buckinghams - Fernwood Tonight, MADtv and a whole bunch more!

Tonight at 8pm ET, over at twitch.tv/thatweekinsnl, we've got: - Laugh Trax with William Katt and The Pinups - a rare '83 French and Saunders special - the Bank Holiday special from Three of a Kind - The Crystal Cube, a failed pilot from Fry, Laurie and Emma Thompson - and more!!

NEW EPISODE: It's the night before the very first Wrestlemania (March 30, 1985, to be exact) and Mr. T & Hulk Hogan drop by to host the show, with post-Lionel Richie Commodores in tow as the musical guest. It's all pretty odd! LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Tonight at 7pm ET, over at twitch.tv/thatweekinsnl, we've got: - this week's podcast subject (Mr. T & Hulk Hogan/The Commodores) and more S26 with Alec Baldwin/Coldplay - Craig Robinson, Tim Robinson & Bob Odenkirk on CBB - Garrett Morris on Space Ghost Coast To Coast - and more!

Tonight at 8pm ET, over at twitch.tv/thatweekinsnl, we've got: - the S8 finale of SNL with Mayor Ed Koch/Dexy's Midnight Runners - the S1 premiere of The Black Adder - a double dose of Mary Hartman - The Style Council on Three of A Kind - and more!!!

Tonight. 8pm ET. WEIRD NIGHT. twitch.tv/thatweekinsnl

Tonight at 8pm ET, over at twitch.tv/thatweekinsnl, we've got: - the penultimate S8 episode of SNL with Stevie Wonder pulling double duty - the series finale of Don't Look Now - the July 1983 outing of Not Necessarily The News - Sacha Distel on Three of a Kind - and more!!!

NEW EPISODE: This week, it's Roseanne and Tom Arnold/Red Hot Chili Peppers from Feb. 22, 1992! Come for the Barbara Streisand cameo, stay for the Red Hot Chili Peppers nearly imploding on live television! LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Tonight at 7pm ET, over at twitch.tv/thatweekinsnl, we've got: - a double dose of SNL with a live with commercials airing of this week's podcast subject (Roseanne and Tom Arnold/Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Julia Stiles/Aerosmith from S26. - Fernwood Tonight is back, MADtv & more!!

I’ve seen a few people wonder what Ashley’s “thing” is so far and I think these stats kinda underline what that is: being a rock solid sketch performer you can just easily throw into scenes. The show always needs a good stable of those folks to go alongside the people with a “thing”.

Tonight at 7pm ET, over at twitch.tv/thatweekinsnl, we've got a bonus stream of strange material I've collected over the years that, for one reason or another, simply never made it into our monthly Weird Night streams. Join us for the Weird Night Folder Clearance Sale!