NBC Insider Mikey Day SNL's "First Warm Day of the Year Red Carpet" Welcomes New York's Wonderful Weirdos The sun is out — and so are the "freaks, crazies, and weirdos" of Central Park in this Season 48 cold open. By Samantha Vincenty April 23, 2025 Donald Trump Roasts Saturday Night Live's Season 50 Cast in the 2025 Easter Cold Open "Hi it's me, Donald 'Jesus' Trump," James Austin Johnson told the April 12 audience as his castmates did their best to stay frozen behind him. By Samantha Vincenty April 13, 2025 SNL's "The White Potus" Parody Co-Stars Scarlett Johansson and Two Former Cast Members It was great to see Alex Moffat and Beck Bennett back as Eric Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the April 12 pretaped sketch. By Samantha Vincenty April 13, 2025 Jack Black's "The First Play" SNL Sketch Has an Ingeniously Simple Premise Like "Washington's Dream," this sketch written by Mikey Day, Streeter Seidell, and Chloe Fineman is a basic concept that's perfectly executed. By Samantha Vincenty April 6, 2025 Peter Dinklage and Gwen Stefani's "Space Pants" SNL Sketch Is "Part of a Trilogy" Mikey Day, who co-wrote "Mafia Meeting" ahead of joining the cast, told NBC Insider what it has in common with David S. Pumpkins' "Haunted Elevator" and a certain Larry David sketch. By Samantha Vincenty March 30, 2025 Mikey Day on Favorite SNL Sketches He's Written and David S. Pumpkins' Impact The long-running cast member spoke to NBC Insider about his favorite SNL sports sketches, his family's soccer fandom, Lord Gaga, and more. By Samantha Vincenty March 21, 2025 Mikey Day Created "Lord Gaga," Lady Gaga's Secret Husband, to Roast Colin Jost The "Abracadabra" singer was the Host and Musical Guest for the March 8 episode of Saturday Night Live. By Christopher Rudolph March 10, 2025 The SNL Cast Still Recovering Post-Anniversary in Shane Gillis's New Promo The returning Host finds the Season 50 cast trying to rally after the epic February celebrations. By Christopher Rudolph February 27, 2025 SNL's "Dog Run" Sketch Turned Timothée Chalamet & the Season 50 Cast Into Frisky Pups Watch the canine comedy unfold in the January 25 episode. By Christopher Rudolph January 27, 2025 Timothée Chalamet Tries "Chris Rock-Style" Standup in SNL's Barista Sketch The third-time SNL Host delivered some confusing yet hilarious coffee-themed comedy. By Christopher Rudolph January 27, 2025 Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton Met Donald Trump in SNL's "Founding Fathers" Cold Open Cast member James Austin Johnson expertly tried to get the Broadway star to break as he stood frozen onstage. By Samantha Vincenty January 26, 2025 Timothée Chalamet's Lookalikes Help Juggle SNL Double Duty In a New Promo The A Complete Unknown star is Host and Musical Guest on SNL's January 25 episode. By Christopher Rudolph January 22, 2025 John Mulaney Is Superman in SNL’s New Cut-for-Time Sketch Everybody's in L.A.? More like Everybody's in Metropolis in this hilarious super-powered parody. By Christopher Rudolph January 3, 2025 SNL's Creative "What Up With That: At Home" Edition Was Packed with Cameos Kenan Thompson kept the hilarious party goin' (remotely) with Charles Barkley, DJ Khaled, and Jason Sudeikis. By Christopher Rudolph January 3, 2025 SNL Brought Broadway Underground with "Subway Churro" The SNL Five Timer's musical parody was a love letter to the subway's most infamous characters and urban legends. By Christopher Rudolph January 1, 2025 Pedro Pascal Took a Wild Ride to Rainbow Road in SNL's "HBO Mario Kart Trailer" "Let's a-go," the red-capped hero (Pedro Pascal) tells Princess Peach (Chloe Fineman) in the Emmy-nominated sketch. By Samantha Vincenty December 31, 2024 SNL's "Beavis and Butt-Head" Sketch Won Emmys for Ryan Gosling's Transformation Saturday Night Live's hair and makeup departments picked up two awards for creating Gosling and Day's cast-breaking looks. By Samantha Vincenty December 30, 2024 SNL's "Best Christmas Ever" Sketch with Matt Damon Sums Up Holiday Parenting Perfectly The sketch should be relatable to any parent who has experienced the chaos of Christmas morning. By Christopher Rudolph December 23, 2024 Melissa McCarthy Shut Down Martin Short's SNL Sketch with This Hysterical Cameo The Five-Timers Club member put in a wildly funny cameo playing Martin Short's wife in the Christmas episode sketch. By Samantha Vincenty December 22, 2024 SNL's Wicked-Inspired Gladiator II Musical Showcased Paul Mescal's Singing Talent It wan't the first time the Irish actor has flexed his vocal chops onscreen — and he (literally) slayed the pretaped sketch. By Samantha Vincenty December 8, 2024 NBC Insider | Page 2
SNL's "First Warm Day of the Year Red Carpet" Welcomes New York's Wonderful Weirdos The sun is out — and so are the "freaks, crazies, and weirdos" of Central Park in this Season 48 cold open. By Samantha Vincenty April 23, 2025
Donald Trump Roasts Saturday Night Live's Season 50 Cast in the 2025 Easter Cold Open "Hi it's me, Donald 'Jesus' Trump," James Austin Johnson told the April 12 audience as his castmates did their best to stay frozen behind him. By Samantha Vincenty April 13, 2025
SNL's "The White Potus" Parody Co-Stars Scarlett Johansson and Two Former Cast Members It was great to see Alex Moffat and Beck Bennett back as Eric Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the April 12 pretaped sketch. By Samantha Vincenty April 13, 2025
Jack Black's "The First Play" SNL Sketch Has an Ingeniously Simple Premise Like "Washington's Dream," this sketch written by Mikey Day, Streeter Seidell, and Chloe Fineman is a basic concept that's perfectly executed. By Samantha Vincenty April 6, 2025
Peter Dinklage and Gwen Stefani's "Space Pants" SNL Sketch Is "Part of a Trilogy" Mikey Day, who co-wrote "Mafia Meeting" ahead of joining the cast, told NBC Insider what it has in common with David S. Pumpkins' "Haunted Elevator" and a certain Larry David sketch. By Samantha Vincenty March 30, 2025
Mikey Day on Favorite SNL Sketches He's Written and David S. Pumpkins' Impact The long-running cast member spoke to NBC Insider about his favorite SNL sports sketches, his family's soccer fandom, Lord Gaga, and more. By Samantha Vincenty March 21, 2025
Mikey Day Created "Lord Gaga," Lady Gaga's Secret Husband, to Roast Colin Jost The "Abracadabra" singer was the Host and Musical Guest for the March 8 episode of Saturday Night Live. By Christopher Rudolph March 10, 2025
The SNL Cast Still Recovering Post-Anniversary in Shane Gillis's New Promo The returning Host finds the Season 50 cast trying to rally after the epic February celebrations. By Christopher Rudolph February 27, 2025
SNL's "Dog Run" Sketch Turned Timothée Chalamet & the Season 50 Cast Into Frisky Pups Watch the canine comedy unfold in the January 25 episode. By Christopher Rudolph January 27, 2025
Timothée Chalamet Tries "Chris Rock-Style" Standup in SNL's Barista Sketch The third-time SNL Host delivered some confusing yet hilarious coffee-themed comedy. By Christopher Rudolph January 27, 2025
Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton Met Donald Trump in SNL's "Founding Fathers" Cold Open Cast member James Austin Johnson expertly tried to get the Broadway star to break as he stood frozen onstage. By Samantha Vincenty January 26, 2025
Timothée Chalamet's Lookalikes Help Juggle SNL Double Duty In a New Promo The A Complete Unknown star is Host and Musical Guest on SNL's January 25 episode. By Christopher Rudolph January 22, 2025
John Mulaney Is Superman in SNL’s New Cut-for-Time Sketch Everybody's in L.A.? More like Everybody's in Metropolis in this hilarious super-powered parody. By Christopher Rudolph January 3, 2025
SNL's Creative "What Up With That: At Home" Edition Was Packed with Cameos Kenan Thompson kept the hilarious party goin' (remotely) with Charles Barkley, DJ Khaled, and Jason Sudeikis. By Christopher Rudolph January 3, 2025
SNL Brought Broadway Underground with "Subway Churro" The SNL Five Timer's musical parody was a love letter to the subway's most infamous characters and urban legends. By Christopher Rudolph January 1, 2025
Pedro Pascal Took a Wild Ride to Rainbow Road in SNL's "HBO Mario Kart Trailer" "Let's a-go," the red-capped hero (Pedro Pascal) tells Princess Peach (Chloe Fineman) in the Emmy-nominated sketch. By Samantha Vincenty December 31, 2024
SNL's "Beavis and Butt-Head" Sketch Won Emmys for Ryan Gosling's Transformation Saturday Night Live's hair and makeup departments picked up two awards for creating Gosling and Day's cast-breaking looks. By Samantha Vincenty December 30, 2024
SNL's "Best Christmas Ever" Sketch with Matt Damon Sums Up Holiday Parenting Perfectly The sketch should be relatable to any parent who has experienced the chaos of Christmas morning. By Christopher Rudolph December 23, 2024
Melissa McCarthy Shut Down Martin Short's SNL Sketch with This Hysterical Cameo The Five-Timers Club member put in a wildly funny cameo playing Martin Short's wife in the Christmas episode sketch. By Samantha Vincenty December 22, 2024
SNL's Wicked-Inspired Gladiator II Musical Showcased Paul Mescal's Singing Talent It wan't the first time the Irish actor has flexed his vocal chops onscreen — and he (literally) slayed the pretaped sketch. By Samantha Vincenty December 8, 2024
