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‘Saturday Night Live’ is more than a show, it’s a world. And there’s nothing like it

The sketch comedy show is celebrating 50 seasons with two documentaries and an upcoming prime-time special that reflect on its standing as an American institution.

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Pete Davidson says he asked Lorne Michaels to fire him from 'Saturday Night Live' after his first year

Beyond Saturday Night," former cast member Pete Davidson recalls wanting to leave "SNL" after his first season.

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Why Pete Davidson Asked to Be Fired From ‘Saturday Night Live’ After 1 Season: ‘I Don’t Belong Here’

Will Heath/NBC Pete Davidson has Lorne Michaels to thank for helping him not give up on his Saturday Night Live career. In the new Peacock docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, Davidson, 31, revealed he almost walked away from the NBC comedy series after one season.

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Former SNL cast member opens up on the sketch that got him fired: ‘I snapped’

In episode 12 of the season, Wayans was in a sketch with Randy Quaid, where the pair played police officers. Despite ...

Ex-SNL star Vanessa Bayer reveals why she lied to family about joining hit show: ‘You cannot tell a soul’

Comedian Vanessa Bayer heard “horror stories” about other cast members revealing they were cast on SNL before an official ...

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‘SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night' Is Part Lovefest, Part Comedy-Nerd Heaven

Four-part docuseries starts as a typical self-congratulatory tribute. Then it drills down to specific highs and lows, and ...

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How One 'SNL' Star 'Snapped' On-Air and Intentionally Got Fired

Damon Wayans Jr. revealed that he was unhappy on Saturday Night Live in the new documentary SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night.

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Crazy Auditions, Cowbells & The Chaos Of Season 11: Morgan Neville Unpacks ‘SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night' Docuseries

"Comedy slowly became rock n roll," says Joe Piscopo, a Saturday Night Live cast member between 1980 and 1984, in the opening ...

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From Al Green to JT, Glorilla joins illustrious list of SNL performers from Memphis

Not many Memphis celebrities have made appearances on "SNL" through the years, meaning GloRilla joins an elite list of ...

Robert Downey Jr. and Anthony Michael Hall recall their short stint on “SNL” cast: 'Out of body experience'

"I'm proud to be a part of it. It was like an out of body experience," Anthony Michael Hall recalled of his single season on the cast in Peacock docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night 's fourth and ...

How ‘SNL’ nearly got canceled during this ‘f – – k up’ season — that Tom Hanks called ‘painfully obvious’

Tom Hanks said that his first time hosting “SNL” in Season 11, he noticed, “The division between what worked and what didn’t ...

‘There’s No Way I’m Getting It.’ Pete Davidson And More SNL Greats Recall Horror Of Producers Not Laughing During Auditions

Pete Davidson, who was on SNL from 2014 to 2022, is not alone in his experience. Nasim Pedrad (2009-2014) also recalled “the ...

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'SNL50' docuseries looks back on nerve-racking cast auditions, writers and 'more cowbell'

NBC's archetypal comedy program "Saturday Night Live" should have died in 1985, a decade after a volcanic debut that launched ...

SNL Stars Laugh and Cry While Watching Their Auditions in a New Docuseries

Many bits that comedians used in their auditions have ended up as iconic Saturday Night Live sketches, from Kristen Wiig’s ...

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‘SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night’ Review: Peacock’s Fluffy Docuseries Is a Self-Congratulatory but Well-Earned Victory Lap

Each episode of the Morgan Neville-produced series examines a different aspect of the comedy institution, with stars ...

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