‘Poker Face,’ ‘Forever,’ ‘Nonnas,’ a bunch of season finales and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week

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Quinta Brunson brings her natural talents back to ‘Saturday Night Live’

Saturday Night Live
Quinta Brunson and Benson Boone
May 3, 2025

Abbott Elementary‘s Quinta Brunson was a gem when she hosted Saturday Night Live two years ago, helming what was easily one of the best episodes of the season. Brunson is herself an accomplished sketch comedy writer and actor, so hosting SNL looks and feels very natural on her. She doesn’t just acquit herself well, she’s essentially indistinguishable from the cast. And so it is hardly a surprise that on her sophomore outing, Brunson was not only seamless with the cast, she also seemed to bring her own comedy voice to the show. I wouldn’t be shocked to learn that she’s not one of the more hands-on hosts when it comes to pitching ideas and writing sketches.

I do want to be clear, it’s not a perfect episode: some of the writing, particularly at the end of the night, felt lazy and phoned in. And it depended on bringing back a successful sketch from the last time Brunson hosted, which diminished its surprise factor a little. That said, Brunson is such an easy, versatile host that I could see her making the Five-Timers Club one day.

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Gillian Anderson is on board for a new Ryan Coogler ‘X-Files’; has anyone asked David Duchovny?

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Tina Fey dashes our ‘Golden Girls’ reboot dreams

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‘The Four Seasons,’ ‘Yes, Chef!,’ ‘Wear Whatever the F You Want,’ the series finale for ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week

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Are you ready to talk about THAT episode of ‘The Last of Us’ yet?

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CBS just killed two freshman shows and is not moving forward with two potential spinoffs

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Tina Fey’s not taking over for Lorne Michaels just yet … but she’s not saying no, either

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Bet you can’t guess which TV show holds the record for most words spoken per minute.

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A great sounding news-based game show just dropped but I regret to inform you it was made by the WORST possible people

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