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Movie Review: ‘Saturday Night’ is thinly sketched but satisfying

Sep. 26, 2024 12:57 PM EDT

We are at the apex of “Saturday Night Live” appreciation. Now entering its 50th year, “SNL” has never been more unquestioned as a bedrock American institution. The many years of cowbells, Californians, mom jeans, Totino's, unfrozen caveman lawyers and vans down by the river have more than...

Happy 50th 'SNL!' Here's a look back at the show's very first cast

Sep. 19, 2024 16:05 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Live from New York! It's 50 seasons later for “SNL.” The landmark NBC sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live” premiered Oct. 11, 1975, with drop-dead dark humor and pratfalls, George Carlin as host and not one but two musical guests: Billy Preston and Janis...