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The List: Top 10 ‘Saturday Night Live’ Sketches
This may have been my most foolish endeavor yet. How do you possibly distill 50 years of comedy greatness (and a lot of crap) into a top 10 list? You can’t do it. While I could have made a more … Continue reading
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Tagged saturday night live, snl
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2025 Emmy Predictions: Creative Arts
VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED) Adam Sandler: Love You (Netflix) Ali Wong: Single Lady (Netflix) Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years (Hulu) Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Comedy (Netflix) Sarah Silverman: Postmortem (Netflix) Your Friend, Nate Bargatze … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, hbo, last of us, mountainhead, netflix, peacock, poker face, sarah silverman, saturday night live, snl, studio
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2025 Emmy Picks: Comedy
COMEDY SERIES Abbott Elementary (ABC) The Bear (Hulu) The Four Seasons (Netflix) Hacks (Max) Nobody Wants This (Netflix) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) The Studio (AppleTV+) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Potential surprises: Étoile (Prime Video) – … Continue reading
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Tagged abbott elementary, apple, bear, four seasons, hacks, hulu, max, mid-century modern, netflix, nobody wants this, only murders in the building, peacock, poker face, saturday night live, shrinking, snl, studio, what we do in the shadows
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2025 Emmy Picks: Variety/Talk and Guest Acting
TALK SERIES The Daily Show (Comedy Central)Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney (Netflix)The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) Potential surprises:Hot Ones (YouTube) – never nominated Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) – 12 nominations Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) – 3 … Continue reading
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Tagged andor, apple, bear, beyonce, bill burr, brandi carlile, conan o'brien, daily show, disney, elton john, everybody's live, handmaid's tale, hannah einbinder, hbo, hulu, jerrod carmichael, john mulaney, john oliver, kennedy center, last of us, last week tonight, late night, mark twain prize, max, netflix, olympics, only murders in the building, oscars, peacock, Pitt, poker face, sabrina carpenter, sarah silverman, saturday night live, seth meyers, severance, showtime, snl, star wars, stephen colbert, studio, super bowl, tony awards, white lotus, yellowjackets
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2024 Emmy Picks: Guest Acting and Variety/Talk
With so many categories, and so much time on my hands, I thought I’d expand my Emmy Picks this year to include the awards that are usually relegated to the Creative Arts presentations. The Guest Acting categories are notoriously hard … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, apple, bear, crown, curb your enthusiasm, daily show, dave chappelle, dick van dyke, elsbeth, everybody's in l.a., fallout, gilded age, grammys, hacks, hbo, hulu, jimmy kimmel, john mulaney, last week tonight, max, mike birbiglia, morning show, mr and mrs smith, netflix, new look, nikki glaser, oscars, prime, ramy youssef, ricky gervais, saturday night live, shogun, snl, super bowl, tom brady, tony awards, trevor noah
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Emmy Re-Do: 2012-13
The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards should have aired this week. Alas, two strikes prevented them from going on as planned (as they should… give ’em hell, WGA and SAG!) and they won’t be handed out until January. Instead, I’ll take … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 rock, arrested development, breaking bad, hbo, homeland, house of cards, mad men, netflix, newsroom, parks and rec, saturday night live, showtime, snl, veep
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