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John Oliver just shamed a bunch of local news stations with a fake sex blanket.
‘Saturday Night Live’ and Anya Taylor-Joy save the best for last
Saturday Night Live
Anya Taylor-Joy & Lil Nas X
May 22, 2021
This was the finale episode for a very strange season of Saturday Night Live, in which, as the cast notes in the cold open, we experienced the end of the world, and yet they kept putting on shows. And it would appear they saved the best episode of the season for last. With a full, and full-throated, audience for the first time all season and hosted by the impossibly glamorous Anya Taylor-Joy who was able to show off her formidable comedy chops (seriously, go watch Emma), the show was fairly consistent and did not have a single sketch I felt deserved side-eye.
Instead, the episode played like a nostalgic and heartfelt goodbye to some of the show’s most famous cast members. It’s rumored that this is Cecily Strong’s last episode; Colin Jost has been making noise about wanting to leave after this season; and Pete Davidson all but said farewell on “Weekend Update.” It was also hard to miss Kate McKinnon holding back tears in the cold open while standing next to Strong, Kenan Thompson, and Aidy Bryant, the show’s four longest-tenured cast members. All four have outside projects that they’ve been working on of late, so it would not be shocking to see one or all of them fly out of the SNL nest this year. Still, they are easily the four strongest performers on the show, and it won’t be the same without them. If it is their final episode, I’m pleased it was such a good one.
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I dedicate this to all the ‘Racist Sexist Boys’ out there, because Lord knows there are plenty of them.
‘Army of the Dead,’ ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,’ ‘In Treatment,’ a ton of season finales and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week.
ARMY OF THE DEAD (Pictured) DAVE BAUTISTA as SCOTT WARD in ARMY OF THE DEAD. Cr. CLAY ENOS/NETFLIX © 2021
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MASTER OF NONE S3 (L to R) LENA WAITHE as DENISE and NAOMI ACKIE as ALICIA in episode 301 of MASTER OF NONE. Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2021
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Keegan-Michael is Key to a solid ‘Saturday Night Live’
Saturday Night Live
Keegan-Michael Key & Olivia Rodrigo
May 15, 2021
Keegan-Michael Key is no stranger to sketch comedy (unlike some recent hosts ~cough~). Before he co-starred in the brilliant Key & Peele, Key was a regular on Mad TV for six seasons. He’s a naturally funny, enthusiastic, and elastic actor with infectious energy. So whatever relatively few criticisms I have for this episode, they are not directed at Key, but instead are writing issues, and the failure of imagination for how to use such a talented comedian.
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ABC just canceled these five shows in an Upfronts bloodbath
Ellen’s Last Dance
Looks like we couldn’t resist rubbernecking the carwreck that was Elon Musk on ‘SNL’ this weekend.
‘Halston,’ ‘Hacks,’ ‘Underground Railroad,’ a bunch of season finales and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week.
HALSTON (L to R) EWAN MCGREGOR as HALSTON and KRYSTA RODRIGUEZ as LIZA MINNELLI in episode 10Studio 54 of HALSTON Cr. PATRICK MCMULLAN/NETFLIX © 2021
Hacks (HBO Max)
The Upshaws (Netflix)
