The improvisational comedy collective Bluebird Improv will bring their show to the Strand Theatre stage on Sunday, July 27, ...

A launching pad for Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler and Tina Fey, among many others,Saturday Night Live has a long and proud history of turning unknown comics into global superstars.

After nearly two decades away, Jack Black brings his kiddie-ringmaster energy back to Saturday Night Live The sketch ideas were not cutting edge, but Black and the cast powered through with great ...

During her tenure on Saturday Night Live from 1999 to 2006, Rachel Dratch became known for playing the relentlessly morose and deadpan Debbie Downer, and almost 20 years after she left the show ...

One of Dratch's well known characters, Debbie Downer, makes it tough at times to stay in character and not giggle. The "SNL" alum said breaking character sometimes happens because "it's hard to keep a ...

Here are the 13 best SNL characters ranked from least to most funny — as Saturday Night Live celebrates its 50th season. Of course, these things are subjective. Comedy, like beauty, is in the ...

Rachel Dratch’s “Debbie Downer” was back spreading facts about microplastics, bird flu, and feline AIDS. Molly Shannon’s “Sally O’Malley” returned kicking and stretching alongside ...

Fans finally met Kate McKinnon’s mom on “Close Encounter” (Meryl Streep); Jimmy Fallon reunited with Rachel Dratch’s Debbie Downer; and Kristen Wiig slipped right back into playing Dooneese.

The three-hour “SNL” anniversary celebration brought in 14.8 million viewers across NBC and Peacock and scored a 2.53 rating in the 18-49 demo, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day viewing ...

Some of his most well-known characters were “Weekend Update” guest “Stefon,” his Keith Morrison impression, and on-air reporter “Herb Welch.” Hader was a part of the SNL cast from 2005 ...

Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter duetted on Simon’s “Homeward Bound” to open the show, five-decade “Saturday Night Live” luminary Steve Martin delivered the monologue, and Paul McCartney gave an epic ...

The show didn’t have a formal “in memoriam” section, though it pretended to when 10-time host Tom Hanks came out somberly to mourn “SNL characters and sketches that have aged horribly.” ...