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David Letterman and Darlene Love reunite for some Christmas magic

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Shannen Doherty wants to clear her name, and Holly Marie Combs is here to help

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Kate McKinnon comes home for Christmas on ‘Saturday Night Live’

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Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon & Billie Eilish
December 16, 2023

In my mind, the pre-Christmas episode of Saturday Night Live has traditionally been hosted by a former cast member — the perfect episode for some nostalgia and a homecoming. However, I did the math, and it turns out that over 49 seasons of SNL, only 10 of the Christmas episodes have been hosted by previous cast members, so go figure!

In any event, it’s the wonderful Kate McKinnon’s first trip back to SNL after having left the show in 2022 after 10 seasons. McKinnon is one of the best SNL performers of the past 20 years, a solid comedian who prefers to go full weird, and who has been the savior of many a sketch. And so I had high hopes for this episode, hopes that I’m afraid were unmet. It wasn’t a bad episode — McKinnon is always fun, she was joined by two other SNL greats, and the annual Christmas Joke Off is one for the ages — but overall, it feels like it could have been so much more.

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‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ but not enough to reboot it (thank God)

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‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians,’ ‘Saltburn,’ ‘Dr. Death,’ and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week

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Meghan McCain is threatening to sue ‘The View’ for hurting her feelings

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Larry David has announced his retirement from being Larry David

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Adam Driver returns to host the season’s best ‘Saturday Night Live’ so far

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Saturday Night Live
Adam Driver & Olivia Rodrigo
December 9, 2023

This is Adam Driver’s fourth time to host Saturday Night Live, and honestly, I don’t know that I can think of a recent host who deserves the Five-Timer’s smoking jacket more. With his intensity and bone-dry delivery, Driver was the highlight of every sketch he was in and single-handedly carried the episode.

It wasn’t a perfect episode by any stretch — in fact, the cold open was one of the worst-received cold opens I have seen in many years. But it is worth noting that aside from ‘Weekend Update’ (which was also just so-so despite the surprise cameo) the cold open was the only sketch that Driver didn’t appear in. Maybe had they given him a role, he could have kept it from completely bombing. (But to be completely honest with you, I’m not sure that even Driver is that good.)

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The Nine-Nine pays tribute to their beloved Captain

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‘Lost’ is returning to Netflix, so prepare for a surge of new fans

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