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SNL 40
''Saturday Night Live'' premiered its fortieth season during the 2014–15 television season on NBC. The season premiered on September 27, 2014, with host Chris Pratt and musical guest Ariana Grande and came to a conclusion on May 16, 2015, with host Louis C.K. and musical guest Rihanna. Former cast member Darrell Hammond succeeded Don Pardo, who had died in August, as the show's new announcer. The premiere included an interstitial photograph of Pardo – ''SNL''s announcer since it premiered in 1975 (with the exception of season 7 and episode 14 of season 21 – where Hammond took his place). This season was alternatively known as ''Saturday Night Live 40'' and ''SNL40''. Cast As part of an ongoing rebuilding process, which executive producer Lorne Michaels indicated would result in cast changes for the 2014–15 season, a number of those changes were announced prior to the start of the season. Longtime cast member Nasim Pedrad, who had been on the show for five seasons si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live Season 39
The thirty-ninth season of ''Saturday Night Live'', an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC from September 28, 2013, with host Tina Fey and musical guest Arcade Fire and concluded on May 17, 2014, with host Andy Samberg and musical guest St. Vincent with 21 episodes. Cast At the end of the previous season, longtime cast members Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, and Jason Sudeikis all left the show after eleven, eight, and nine seasons, respectively. Soon after their departures, featured player Tim Robinson, who had been a cast member the previous season, decided to instead join the show's writing staff before this season began. Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, and Cecily Strong were all promoted to repertory status. Following Armisen, Sudeikis, Hader, and Robinson's departures from the cast, the show hired six new featured players, including ''SNL'' staff writer Mike O'Brien, who was promoted into the cast while also continuing as a writer. Besides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noël Wells
Noël Kristi Wells (born December 23, 1986) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and writer. She is known for her television roles as Rachel Silva in the Netflix comedy-drama ''Master of None'' (20152017), as the voice of Kelsey Pokoly in the Cartoon Network animated television series ''Craig of the Creek'' (20182025), as the voice of Ensign D'Vana Tendi in the Paramount+ animated series ''Star Trek: Lower Decks'' (20202024), and her brief tenure as a featured player on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' during its Saturday Night Live (season 39), 39th season between 2013 and 2014. She also wrote, directed, and starred in the film ''Mr. Roosevelt (film), Mr. Roosevelt'' (2017). She has also ventured into music; her debut album ''It's So Nice!'' was released in 2019. Early life Wells was born in San Antonio, Texas. Her father is a Tunisian people, Tunisian immigrant, and her mother is of Mexicans, Mexican descent. She says her parents named her Noël because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Bayer
Vanessa Bayer (born November 14, 1981) is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2010 to 2017, for which she was nominated for an Emmy. She co-created, co-executive produced, and starred in the Showtime comedy '' I Love That for You'', loosely based on her experience as a survivor of childhood leukemia. She has appeared in such films as '' Trainwreck'' (2015), ''Office Christmas Party'' (2016), '' Carrie Pilby'' (2016), ''Ibiza'' (2018), and '' Wander Darkly'' (2020). Early life and education Bayer was born on November 14, 1981, in Orange, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, and raised in nearby Moreland Hills.Moynihan, Rob. "''SNL''s Fab Four", ''TV Guide'', March 7, 2011, Pages 44-45 She is the daughter of Carolyn and Todd Bayer. Bayer's family is Jewish, and she has stated that her Jewish upbringing "influenced erlife and comedy". She has a brother, Jonah, who is a music journalist and the guitarist of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Jones (comedian)
Annette Leslie Jones Additional July 31, 2017. (born September 7, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She was a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2014 to 2019, and hosted the ABC game show ''Supermarket Sweep''. She has also been a featured performer at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal and the Aspen Comedy Festival. In 2010, her one-hour comedy special, ''Problem Child'', was broadcast on Showtime. Jones starred in ''Ghostbusters'' (2016) as Patty Tolan. In 2017 and 2018, Jones was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on ''Saturday Night Live''. Early life Jones was born on September 7, 1967, in Memphis, Tennessee. She had a younger brother, Rodney Keith Jones (1971–2009). Her father was in the United States Army, and her family relocated frequently. Her family moved to Los Angeles, when her father took a job at Stevie Wonder's radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Show
''The Daily Show'' is an American late-night talk show, late-night talk and news satire television program. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central in the United States, with extended episodes released shortly after on Paramount+. ''The Daily Show'' draws its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, and media organizations. It often uses self-referential humor. The half-hour-long show premiered on July 22, 1996, and was first hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 17, 1998. Jon Stewart then took over as the host from January 11, 1999, until August 6, 2015, making the show more strongly focused on political satire and news satire, in contrast with the pop culture focus during Kilborn's tenure. Stewart was succeeded by Trevor Noah, whose tenure began on September 28, 2015, and ended in December 2022. Under the different hosts, the show has been formally known as ''The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn'' from 1996 to 1998, ''The Daily Show with Jon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecily Strong
Cecily Legler Strong (born February 8, 1984) is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2012 to 2022. She is the longest-tenured female cast member in the show's history. Strong has a starring role on the Apple TV+ musical comedy series '' Schmigadoon!'' (2021–2023), which she also co-produced. Her other roles include voice work on '' The Awesomes'' (2013–2015), supporting roles in films like '' Ghostbusters'', '' The Meddler'', and '' The Female Brain''. She hosted the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2015. Her first book, the memoir ''This Will All Be Over Soon'', was published in 2021. For her work on ''Saturday Night Live'', Strong was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 72nd and 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards. Early life Strong was born in Springfield, Illinois, and was raised in Oak Park, an inner ring suburb of Chicago. She is the daughter of Penelop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekend Update
''Weekend Update'' is a ''Saturday Night Live'' sketch and satirical news program that comments on and parodies current events. It is the show's longest-running recurring sketch, having been on since the show's first broadcast and been featured in the vast majority of episodes since. It is typically presented in the middle of the show immediately after the first musical performance, and with some exceptions is the only sketch not to feature the episode's host. The format of the sketch involves one or two of the players cast in the role of news anchor, presenting news headlines based on current events that are immediately followed by a gag commentary that twists the context into something humorous. The anchors also act as hosts for occasional editorials, commentaries, or other performances by other cast members or guests, either playing fictionalized versions of themselves, impressions of real-life figures, or invented characters; these guests often display eccentric behavior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Che
Michael Che Campbell (; born May 19, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. Che is best known for his work on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'', where he has served as co-anchor on '' Weekend Update'' alongside Colin Jost since 2014. Che and Jost were co-head writers at SNL from 2017 until 2022. Che and Jost co-hosted the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2018. Che was briefly a correspondent for ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' and has previously worked as a writer for ''Saturday Night Live''. At the end of September 2014, he became a '' Weekend Update'' co-anchor for the 40th season of ''Saturday Night Live'' alongside Colin Jost, replacing Cecily Strong. Early life and education Michael Che Campbell was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, the youngest of seven children of Rose and Nathaniel Campbell. His father gave him his middle name after the revolutionary Che Guevara. He has four older brothers and two older sisters. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Davidson
Peter Michael Davidson (born November 16, 1993) is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He began his career in the early 2010s with minor guest roles on ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', ''Friends of the People'', ''Guy Code'', and ''Wild 'n Out'' before being hired as cast member on the NBC late-night sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' which he starred in for eight seasons from Saturday Night Live (season 40), 2014 to Saturday Night Live (season 47), 2022. Following his rise to prominence on ''SNL'', Davidson starred in and executive produced the comedy film ''Big Time Adolescence'' (2019), and co-wrote and starred in the semi-autobiographical comedy-drama film ''The King of Staten Island'' (2020), and the Peacock (streaming service), Peacock series ''Bupkis (TV series), Bupkis'' (2023). He continued acting in films such as The Suicide Squad (film), ''The Suicide Squad'' (2021), ''Bodies Bodies Bodies'', and ''Meet Cute (film), Meet Cute'' (both 2022). Davidson has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasheer Zamata
Sasheer Zamata Moore (; born May 6, 1986) is an American actress and stand-up comedian. She is best known for her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2014 to 2017. Since her departure from ''SNL'', she has garnered wider attention for her leading roles in the TV series '' Woke'' (2020–2022) and ''Home Economics'' (2021–2023). In 2024, Zamata starred as Jennifer Kale in the Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe show '' Agatha All Along''. She has also served as a celebrity ambassador for the American Civil Liberties Union. Early life Zamata, who is of African American heritage, is the daughter of American parents, Ivory Steward and Henry Moore, a lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, because of her father's military career.''Finding Your Roots'', January 7, 2020 She is the great-granddaughter of Leroy Washington Mahon, a formerly enslaved man who founded the town of Fargo, Arkansas. Zamata was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Jost
Colin Kelly Jost (; born June 29, 1982) is an American comedian, writer, and actor. Jost has been a staff writer for the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' since 2005, and co-anchor of '' Weekend Update'' since 2014. He also served as one of the show's co-head writers from 2012 to 2015 and later came back as one of the show's head writers in 2017 until 2022, alongside Michael Che. Early life, family and education Jost was born on June 29, 1982, in New York City. He was raised in a Catholic household in the Grymes Hill neighborhood of Staten Island.Fretts, Bruce (April 7, 2014). "Surely You Jost!". ''TV Guide''. p. 9. His mother, Kerry J. Kelly, was the chief medical officer for the New York City Fire Department, and his father, Daniel A. Jost, was a teacher at Staten Island Technical High School. He has one younger brother, Casey Jost, a writer and a producer of '' Impractical Jokers''; he also had a role in ''Staten Island Summer''. Jost attended Regis High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Mooney
Kyle James Kozub Mooney (born September 4, 1984) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director. Mooney was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2013 to 2022. In 2017, he co-wrote and starred in '' Brigsby Bear.'' In 2021'','' he co-created and starred in the Netflix animated series '' Saturday Morning All Star Hits!'' Early life Mooney was born the youngest in a family of three boys in San Diego, California, to parents Linda (née Kozub) and Brian Mooney. Linda was a former reporter for ''The San Diego Union-Tribune'', and Brian is an environmental consultant and planner. He has two older brothers, Sean and Ryan. Mooney's Marshall Middle School class chose him as the most likely to become a television star. He graduated from Scripps Ranch High School in 2003, where he won Best Actor as Prospero in Shakespeare's ''The Tempest'' and was hailed as class clown. Mooney studied film at the University of Southern California. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
