Hot ‘SNL’ Parody: ‘Spider-man: Turn Off The Dark’

Mike Fleming

Early this morning, Deadline ran a clip of Saturday Night Live’s fun commercial parody dealing with injury lawsuits suffered by cast an audience of Broadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. In case you missed it, it’s worth a watch:

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‘SNL’ Features ‘Cape’ Parody, Pee-wee Short

Nellie Andreeva

Saturday Night Live last night took on the new NBC superhero drama The Cape with fake promos for other NBC series about “superheroes who get their superpowers from items of clothing,” including The Scarf, The Scrunchy and The Spanx. Meanwhile, Paul Reubens is already getting online support for a hosting … Read More »

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Big Ratings For NBC’s ‘SNL’, NFL Wild Card Games. Will That Help ‘The Cape’ Premiere?

Nellie Andreeva

Yesterday was a big day for NBC ratings-wise. The first original Saturday Night Live of the year, hosted by Jim Carrey, drew a 7.8 rating/18 share in the metered-market households, a season high for the veteran late-night sketch show and the highest rating since the big Betty White/Jay-Z episode on … Read More »

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Gwyneth Paltrow Duets With Jimmy Fallon, Set To Host ‘Saturday Night Live’

Nellie Andreeva

NBC this morning announced that Gwyneth Paltrow will host Saturday Night Live on January 15 with musical guest Cee Lo Green. After Paltrow’s rendition of Green’s breakout hit, F**k You on Fox’s Glee, the two are bound to collaborate  on SNL. As a warm-up, here is another comedic duet Paltrow … Read More »

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Solid Ratings For Paul Rudd/Paul McCartney On ‘Saturday Night Live’

Nellie Andreeva

Last night, NBC’s Saturday Night Live earned its highest meter-market overnight rating (5.3/13)  since the late-night sketch show’s season premiere. Last night’s holiday edition of SNL, hosted by Paul Rudd with musical guest Paul McCartney, was up slightly, by 4%, vs. the same night last year. The two Pauls had … Read More »

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‘Saturday Night Live’ Scores With De Niro

Nellie Andreeva

NBC’s Saturday Night Live last night posted its best overnight rating since the season premiere. The show hosted by Robert De Niro with musical guest Diddy-Dirty Money drew a 5.0/12 in metered-market households, up 14% from the same night last year. De Niro, who was promoting Little Fockers, was joined … Read More »

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‘Saturday Night Live’ Premiere Up In Ratings

Nellie Andreeva

The 36th season premiere of Saturday Night Live last night averaged a 5.6 household rating/13 share in the metered markets, up 15% from last year’s season opener. The debut was also higher than the opening episode in September 2007 but couldn’t match the fall 2008 premiere (7.4/18) boosted by the … Read More »

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