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Who Had The Best Showing On 'SNL' This Season?

Mike Ryan | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Fred Armisen, Nasim Pedrad, Bill Hader, Jay Pharoah, Seth Meyers, Jason Sudeikis, SNL Relevancy Poll, Kate Mckinnon, Kristen Wiig, Paul Brittain, Bobby Moynihan, Tv, Andy Samberg, Abby Elliott, Taran Killam, Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live, Vanessa Bayer, Video, TV News
Mike Ryan

"SNL" wrapped up its 37th season on Saturday. Throughout the season, we followed the cast members' progress, ranked weekly in the Relevancy Poll. Now, we've tallied the results to present to you the complete 2011-12 "SNL" Relevancy Poll.

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'SNL' Scorecard: One Of The Best Shows Of The Season

Mike Ryan | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Josh Brolin, Kristen Wiig, Steven Spielberg, Tv, Snl, Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live, SNL Recap, Trayvon Martin, Gotye, Nasim Pedrad, Bill Hader, Abby Elliott, Jason Sudeikis, Rick Perry, Fred Armisen, Saturday Night Live Recap, SNL Scorecard, Kate Mckinnon, Mitt Romney, Bobby Moynihan, Jay Pharoah, Andy Samberg, Taran Killam, Kenan Thompson, Lorne Michaels, Vanessa Bayer, Video, TV News
Mike Ryan

Josh Brolin seemed to be a bit of an afterthought. For whatever reason, Brolin stepped out of the way and let the cast shine -- which resulted in one of the best shows of the season.

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WATCH: Nasim Pedrad As Arianna On SNL's Weekend Update

Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Video, Nasim Pedrad, Arianna Huffington SNL, Weekend Update, Funny Videos, Seth Meyers, Snl, Arianna Huffington Weekend Update, Saturday Night Live, Nasim Pedrad Arianna Huffington, Arianna Huffington, Comedy News

It's no secret that Huffington Post Editor-In-Chief Arianna Huffington makes a lot of media appearances to weigh in on politics and current events, an...

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SNL Scorecard: Channing Tatum's Shirtless Night

Mike Ryan | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Television, Fred Armisen, Nasim Pedrad, Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live, Jay Pharoah, Kenan Thomspon, Nbc, Jason Sudeikis, Saturday Night Live Scorecard, Saturday Night Live Recap, Downton Abbey, Abby Elliot, SNL Recap, Paul Brittain, Kristen Wiig, SNL Scorecard, Seth Meyers, TV Recaps, Bobby Moynihan, Snl, Taran Killam, Adam Samberg, Channing Tatum, Vanessa Bayer, Video, TV News
Mike Ryan

"SNL" decided to really focus on Tatum's beefcake status. Put it this way: I saw Channing Tatum with his shirt off not one, not two, but three times. We get it: Channing Tatum is a good-looking guy.

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Abby Elliott, Nasim Pedrad And Vanessa Bayer Do The Kardashians

Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Video, Nasim Pedrad, Andy Cohen, The Kardashians, Abby Elliott, Watch What Happens Live, Snl, Tv Replay, Saturday Night Live, Bravo, Vanessa Bayer, Reality-Free, TV News

Three of the fresh new female faces of "Saturday Night Live" sat down opposite Andy Cohen on "Watch What Happens: Live" (Weeknights, 11 p.m. EST on Br...

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Who Is The 'SNL' MVP This Week?

Mike Ryan | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Tv, SNL Relevancy Poll, Kenan Thompson, Kristen Wiig, Bobby Moynihan, Paul Brittain, Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live, Taran Killam, Seth Meyers, Jay Pharoah, Jason Sudeikis, Andy Samberg, Bill Hader, Fred Armisan, Snl, Nasim Pedrad, TV News
Mike Ryan

Last week, I wrote a piece about Taran Killam being the future of "SNL." So of course in the Charles Barkley-hosted episode, which featured 13 segments, Killam was barely seen.

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Who Scored Big in Week 10 of SNL's Relevancy Poll?

Mike Ryan | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: TV Recaps, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Nasim Pedrad, Jay Pharoah, Seth Meyers, Jason Sudeikis, Jimmy Fallon, SNL Relevancy Poll, Kristen Wiig, Paul Brittain, Bobby Moynihan, Andy Samberg, Snl, Taran Killam, Kenan Thompson, Vanessa Bayer, Comedy Clips, Tv, TV News
Mike Ryan

Over the life of this here Relevancy Poll, no week has been harder to rank than Jimmy Fallon's show from this past weekend. With a show that featured not just Fallon, but Tracy Morgan, Chris Kattan, Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Hartio Sanz and Amy Poehler - yeah, we're basically dealing with 21 cast members fighting for airtime. So take this week with a grain of salt because, really, nobody had a great week. Well, actually, I can make the case for one cast member:

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WATCH: SNL Sketch Mocks Facebook, Netflix, Huffington Post & News Corporation

Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Fred Armisen, Steve Jobs Tribute, Nasim Pedrad, Bill Hader, Snl Netflix, Snl Charlie Rose Steve Jobs, Facebook, Jason Sudeikis, Arianna Huffington, Snl Bonus Sketch, Lost Snl Sketch, Snl Charlie Rose, Steve Jobs Snl, Video, Snl Dress Rehearsal, Reed Hastings, Funny Videos, Snl Steve Jobs, Andy Samberg, Rupert Murdoch, Mark Zuckerberg, Snl, Saturday Night Live, Charlie Rose, Comedy News

It's well known that not every sketch performed during SNL's dress rehearsal makes it to the live broadcast, but occasionally those cut sketches find ...

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'SNL': Lawrence Welk Cold Open With Elton John

Posted 06.03.2011

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We love it when 'SNL' visits the bizarrely wholesome Lawrence Welk Show world, with its bubbles, satin curtains and not-quite-perfect singing sisters....

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The Persian Primer: How to Understand and Properly Make Fun of Iranian-Americans

Dr. Ali Binazir | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shirin Ebadi, Funny in Farsi, Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi, Maz Jobrani, Iranian Stereotypes, Nasim Pedrad, Firoozeh Dumas, Iranian-Americans, Omid Kordestani, Roxana Saberi, Firouz Naderi, Reading Lolita in Tehran, Between Two Worlds, Iranian-American Stereotypes, Azar Nafisi, Comedy News
Dr. Ali Binazir

Who's making fun of Iranians? Nobody. Except for Iranians themselves. Most likely, this shortcoming stems from a lack of familiarity with the endearing quirks of Iranian culture that would lend themselves to proper parody.

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As Betty White Leads Classic SNL Episode, the Absence of Funny Females Is Apparent

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kristen Wig, Rachel Dratch, Betty White, Nasim Pedrad, Casey Wilson, Molly Shannon, Abby Elliott, Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live, Michaela Watkins, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Jenny Slate, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

Seeing past leading ladies such as Tina Fey, Molly Shannon, Rachel Dratch, and Maya Rudolph return and dominate the Mother's Day edition was just a cold reminder of how underutilized the current female cast really is.

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Tom Shales Is So Right, Beautiful Women Are Terrible At Comedy

Alex Leo | Posted 12.29.2011

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Alex Leo

As a woman in comedy, I understood his point: Being "classically pretty" works against you. Maybe "Saturday Night Live" will pay me double now that my goitre is almost the size of my head.

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Michaela Watkins & Casey Wilson FIRED From SNL?!

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

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According to the king of comedy news, Sean McCarthy (and confirmed by Michaela Watkins), Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson have been fired from the ca...

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Jenny Slate & Nasim Pedrad: 'SNL' Adds Two Cast Members

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — "Saturday Night Live" will begin its fall season with two new cast members. A person close to the show confirmed that Jenny Slate an...

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Jenny Slate & Nasim Pedrad: SNL's New Hires (VIDEO, PICS)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE II: Michaela Watkins & Casey Wilson have been FIRED from 'SNL.' Jenny & Nasim were thought to be additions, but they are actually replacements....

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