Topic: Saturday Night Live

What is a Cold Open?

One of the most important challenges for producers of television shows and motion pictures is to keep the audience interested from the very first minutes of the broadcast. A crime show might show details of the actual crime as a cold open, ...
Betty White proves again she's a golden girl at age 88 hosting 'Saturday Night Live'Betty White demonstrated how it's done as host of this week's "Saturday Night Live."Drawing on her six decades in comedy, she was the consummate pro at 88 years ...
Fey says she'll probably reprise Palin impression on 'SNL' in April Tina Fey will probably reprise her famous impression of Sarah Palin when she hosts "" Fey made four appearances on the show as Palin, earning her an Emmy in September for ...
Amy Poehler ready for a sitcom change of pace; her NBC comedy about government set for AprilComing off her final and triumphant " Saturday Night Live" season, Amy Poehler says she's looking forward to switching gears in a new NBC comedy.Poehler told ...
Tina Fey voted AP Entertainer of the Year, beating out Robert Downey Jr.Tina Fey is the entertainer of the year? Fey was voted The Associated Press' Entertainer of the Year, an annual honor chosen by newspaper editors and broadcast producers across the ...

See: Ready to Droll

He's calm, he's cool, and sometimes, he can't help cracking up even himself. DavidSpade, who gained his foothold in showbiz when he became a regular cast member and writer on Saturday Night Live from 1990 until 1996, also played the obnoxious and ...
Tina Fey doesn't know about another 'SNL' encore as Gov. Palin, but you betcha she's busyIt's the question dominating the political scene: When will Tina Fey be back on "Saturday Night Live"? "I don't know," Fey said.Over coffee Tuesday during a rare ...

Tina Fey, Make Us Laugh

I listened to Alec Baldwin's commentary on the 30 Rock DVD. Go back and watch her in an old movie with Bob Hope. But I like her sassy, which she was in the Bob Hope movies. My problem is, old comedy leaves ...