By Drew Grant 3/11 3:27pm

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Timberlake on Saturday Night Live with Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short (NBC

Justin Timberlake’s Triumphant Return to Saturday Night Live Brings Back Banned Chevy [Video]

We knew this weekend’s Saturday Night Live would be good–Justin Timberlake being to the variety show what fruit and sprinkles are to plain frozen yogurt … just something that you know will make the whole supposed treat actually delicious–but did we know it was going to be history-making? Probably not. From Lorne Michaels lifting the Chevy Chase ban to the Jay-Z duet, the return of Stefon, Andy Samberg AND the classic Festrunk brothers, Mr. Timberlake proved once again he’s the consummate entertainer: a song-and-dance man who also can also land a punchline.

Which is more than we can say for the majority of guest hosts this year. Below, the five best moments from this weekend’s show, along with our favorites. Read More

By Drew Grant 8/15/12 3:35pm

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Abby Elliott (Getty Images)

Abby Elliott Leaves Saturday Night Live

In a surprising off-season announcement, comedy heiress Abby Elliott announced she won’t be returning to Saturday Night Live on September 15th. In 2008, Elliott—whose grandfather is comedy legend Bob Elliott and whose father, Chris Elliott, is an SNL alum—became one of the youngest cast members in the show’s history at age 21. She is the fourth performer to leave after last season’s finale, following Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg and possibly Jason Sudeikis. Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 4/16/12 11:43am

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Mr. Manning (Getty Images)

Eli Manning to Host Saturday Night Live

Eli Manning is to continue in the vaunted tradition of his brother Peyton–and the less vaunted one of Michael Phelps and LeBron James and Nancy Kerrigan. He’s going to host Saturday Night Live on May 5! We hope the Giants’ Super Bowl hero–a shy and retiring type by comparison to splashy New York athletes of Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 2/29/12 11:21am

See Lindsay Lohan’s Saturday Night Live Ads

NBC’s released its promotional videos for Lindsay Lohan’s upcoming Saturday Night Live appearance (three days away!). Underneath the distracting contour makeup, there’s still some crack comic timing and decent chemistry with the show’s Kenan Thompson–who reminds the viewer that this is Ms. Lohan’s fourth time as SNL host (she was most recently on the show Read More

By Drew Grant 12/15/11 2:45pm

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Stefon meets Norman Rockwell (via Mediaite)

This Is Your Stefon-Themed Saturday Night Live Holiday Card

By far, the best thing Saturday Night Live has brought us in the past two years has been Bill Hader‘s “Weekend Update” character Stefon: the club promoter/city correspondent whose ideas for “family fun” usually involve some combination of terrifying dungeon imagery, punny drag queen names, and politically incorrect uses for “midgets.” (Their word, not ours.)

That’s why this holiday season, the best gift you could get is one sent to you by the cast and crew of Saturday Night Live, featuring Stefon in the set of the Norman Rockwell “Freedom From Want” painting.

This was first put online (to the best of our knowledge) by theater publicist Aaron Meier, who received one of the cards and put it on Tumblr, where it was subsequently picked up by Mediaite.

For a larger photo, check below. And then forward to all your friends and family, because this picture definitively answers the question “Buh-whaaa?” Read More