‘Saturday Night Live’ Alums Continue Emmy Nominations Streak, Even as TV Academy Redefines Comedy

Hillary Clinton has been spoofed on Saturday Night Live for years now. She’s even gotten in on the joke before by co-signing Kate McKinnon‘s impersonation of her ahead of the 2016 election.

On Wednesday’s episode of Saturday Night Live alums Dana Carvey and David Spade’s “Fly on the Wall” podcast, it was revealed that Hillary Clinton was upset with Julia Sweeney’s SNL impression of a teenaged Chelsea Clinton.

EXCLUSIVE: Sources tell Deadline that the Toronto International Film Festival’s opening night film on Sept. 7, The Boy and the Heron from Hayao Miyazaki, has sold out in record time.

Jon Burlingame “Music direction” is the most mysterious of the seven music categories at the Emmys, and eligibility rules have changed over the years. The current definition is: “arranging and orchestrating, composition, supervising of rehearsals and recordings, and conducting both live and prerecorded material.” Explains Adam Blackstone, who won last year as music director of the Super Bowl Halftime Show: “It’s not just about the music. My job is also referee, to make sure things go smoothly.” He is a dual nominee this year, for Fox’s Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show starring Rihanna and HBO Max’s 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Mary Lou Belli knows she’s the longshot to win the Emmy for outstanding comedy director, and that’s fine with her. After all, she’s up against some marquee names, including Tim Burton (“Wednesday”), Bill Hader (“Barry”) and Amy Sherman-Palladino (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”).

Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 last night (August 22) and there was a slew of announcements, new trailers and release dates. Fortunately, if you missed the live event or if you’re in need of a reminder, here are all of the games that appeared in the showcase.Below, we’ve collected every new trailer that appeared during Opening Night Live 2023.

Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023, hosted in Cologne, Germany, is scheduled for this evening. Reveals for games like Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 are promised, so here’s when and where you can watch for all of the announcements.The show is set to start at 7PM BST (11 AM PT / 2 PM ET / 8 PM CET / 4 AM AET on August 23).

Former “Saturday Night Live” star, Jane Curtin, was taken by surprise by the longstanding show’s humourless early episodes.

Questlove, that's who!In new pics shared over the weekend, The Roots drummer gave his followers a look inside his star-studded game night — which had appearances by Taylor Swift, Gigi Hadid, Channing Tatum and more big names — that happened earlier in the week in NYC. "@UNO Wild Is Hard As HELL!!! Locks you in so long like jail!!! Can’t u tell?! Nerves Are frail!!! Everybody in this mug except for Mel!!! (Sing to “Rock The Bells”) Once again, it’s not game night….unless I say it’s game night.

Sharareh Drury From a widowed therapist getting patients off the couch in “Shrinking” to a chef going all-in on his work after a family death in “The Bear,” to unlikely friendships helping people heal in “Dead to Me” and “Only Murders in the Building,” grief and loss loom over most of this season’s Emmycomedy contenders. Grieving’s painful process takes center stage in Apple TV+ series “Shrinking.” Jason Segel, known for comedic roles in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “How I Met Your Mother,” takes on a darker, yet still humorous role as Jimmy Laird, a psychiatrist mourning the death of his wife.

David Spade refused Ziggy Stardust’s personal request!

Saturday Night Live was one of many late-night shows interrupted by the writers and actors strikes, with the last three episodes of Season 48 scrapped altogether in May.

For just about every decade that there has been a sitcom on television, it’s always been easy to identify those stars who shine bright as the current face of comedy. In the ’50s, it was Jackie Gleason and Lucille Ball. In the ’60s, it was Dick Van Dyke and Andy Griffith. The ’70s brought us Bob Newhart, Mary Tyler Moore and Bea Arthur, followed by Sherman Hemsley, Bill Cosby and Michael J. Fox in the ’80s, Jerry Seinfeld, Roseanne Barr and the cast of Friends in the ’90s, Charlie Sheen and Bernie Mac in the early aughts and Tina Fey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jim Parsons in 2006 and beyond. 

Alison Herman TV Critic Meryl Streep has taken on some transformative roles in her time, but in the third season of “Only Murders in the Building,” the star takes on her biggest stretch yet. In her return to serialized TV, Streep plays Loretta, an actress without a scrap of Streep’s acclaim or success.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short are ready to solve their biggest crime yet. “Only Murders in the Building” returns to Hulu on Tuesday, Aug.

is back… and taking things to the theater!The third season of Hulu's lauded mystery-comedy series debuts on Tuesday, Aug. 8, with the first two episodes, and only ET has an exclusive first look at the second episode of the upcoming season, in which the show's central trio — Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin), Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), and Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) — return to their true-crime podcast to tackle the shocking death of Ben Glenroy (Paul Rudd), the star of Oliver's triumphant directorial return to Broadway.In ET's exclusive clip, Oliver, Charles-Haden and Mabel arrive at Ben's funeral, only to realize that they've been downgraded on the guest list to «Overflow 3,» a basement room where lesser attendees are watching the live stream of the funeral being held upstairs in the actual cathedral.«I was sent here by mistake,» Oliver insists.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Pop icon Whigfield has wowed her fans in a bikini pic three decades after her 90s mega-hit Saturday Night.The star, whose full name is Sannie Charlotte Carlson, turned 53 earlier this year and is currently on holiday in Italy. Whigfield shot to fame with the song Saturday Night, reaching the top 10 in various countries, as well as getting number one in the charts in UK, Ireland, Spain, Germany and Switzerland. Whigfield is still making music to this day, but is having a well-earned break from work and social media.

Reservation Dogs, has said the show would have been nominated for an Emmy if it featured an “all-white cast”.The series, co-created with Taika Waititi, follows the lives of four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma following the death of their close friend. When the show launched in 2021, it marked a landmark moment for Native representation, with an almost entirely Indigenous North American cast and crew.Ahead of the show’s third and final season, which premiered on August 2, Harjo addressed why he believes the show has been consistently snubbed at the Emmys – despite receiving critical acclaim.“If we would’ve been an all-white cast, we would’ve definitely been nominated for an Emmy after getting called the best show of 2022,” Harjo told IndieWire. “I’m not bitter about that.

Saturday Night Live has seen so many fantastic guest stars over its nearly 50 year run – but not everyone is exactly welcome back to Studio 8H.

died at the age of 70.“Paul Reubens was like no one else – a brilliant and original comedian who made kids and their parents laugh at the same time,” posted Jimmy Kimmel. “He never forgot a birthday and shared his genuine delight for silliness with everyone he met. My family and I will miss him.”“This is devastating.