Moana Trix, Cotton Candy Lucky Charms and Wild-Berry Froot Loops walk into a cereal bowl ...
It’s hilarious that Disney is sticking with the classic, animated ‘Moana’ despite a live-action remake coming out in a few months.
The Cold Open
The Cold Open is The Omnicosm’s newsletter about SNL. From Bill Kuchman, The Cold Open pulls on over a decade of writing about the iconic late-night series. (The Cold Open was previously Deep SNL Thoughts.)
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Jack Black honors an ‘SNL’ great with his pick for best monologue
With five monologues under his own belt, Black knows what makes the segment work.
‘SNL’ Season 51 hosts: It’s time to rank ’em
The season is over. So let’s name the best and worst hosts of the past 20 episodes.
Questlove picks the perfect ‘SNL’ musical sketch
The latest episode of ‘The Rundown’ puts The Roots drummer’s knowledge of the show’s musical moments to use.
‘SNL’ cut the Ashley Padilla/Will Ferrell sketch we all wanted
‘Your son is gigantic. Way too big. He looks like Will Ferrell in a kid wig.’
‘SNL’ asks the real Will Ferrell to please stand up
The season finale kicked off with a doppelganger — and ended with intrigue over the future of Lorne Michaels.
Impression pro Chloe Fineman makes a ‘Rundown’ selection
Yes, we know that Fineman can do a bunch of impressions. But can she pick the best one for a perfect episode of ‘SNL’?
‘Get off the stage!’ Will Ferrell is back to host ‘SNL’ for the 6th time
The former cast member resurrects a classic ‘SNL’ sketch for his promo.
Matt Damon returns to ‘SNL,’ brings Brett Kavanaugh with him
Thanks to Jeremy Culhane, Mikey Day, Marcello Hernandez and Jane Wickline, this episode likely gave us our best ‘Update’ of the season.
Matt Damon goes ‘Good Will Hunting’ on an ‘SNL’ joke
Sure, he’s got ‘The Odyssey’ coming out this summer, but why not reference a movie that’s ‘like 30 years old’?
Olivia Rodrigo wants her ex back as Aziz Ansari brings Kash Patel to ‘SNL’
The ‘Parks and Rec’ star appearing on ‘SNL’ in 2026 kind of broke my brain.
James Austin Johnson channels ‘Devil Wears Prada’ as he connects Olivia Rodrigo to ‘SNL’
It turns out Rodrigo might owe her entire career to ‘SNL’? I dunno. Somehow Zac Efron is involved.
Mikey Day and Streeter Seidell go wild picking ‘SNL’ pretapes
The duo couldn’t stop at just one — or three — selections for their episode of ‘The Rundown.’