Al Franken’s past meets his present in an on-screen political twist According to PEOPLE, former politician and comedian Al Franken is returning to acting in Netflix’s The Residence.

For now, Franken -- who won multiple Emmys writing for "Saturday Night Live" -- is focusing on comedy and enjoying that. His tour is called "Al Franken: The Only Former Senator On Tour Tour." ...

Former Democratic US senator and comedian Al Franken offered a defense of suspended “The View” host Whoopi Goldberg, arguing her stage name is solid proof that she isn’t an anti-Semite.

"Al Franken: God Spoke," directed by cinéma vérité filmmakers Chris Hegedus and Nick Doob, is a sketchy but often entertaining record of satirist Al Franken's campaign to counteract what he ...

Al Franken is headed back to the White House — well, sort of. The former politician, 73, appears in the new murder mystery series, “The Residence,” and portrays fictional senator Aaron Filkins.

As cameras clicked rapidly in the background, Franken downplayed that 60th Democrat business. "A lot has been made of this No. 60," he said. "I'm not focused on that." ...

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) isn't just a "Saturday Night Live" alum and U.S. senator, he told the Democratic National Convention Monday night — he's also, he said, a "world-renowned expert on ...