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“Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary special reunited dozens of the show’s former stars including Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Molly Shannon, Jason Sudeikis, Kate McKinnon, Maya Rudolph, Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, John Mulaney, Kristen Wiig, Seth Meyers, and more.But it didn’t go unnoticed that many other “SNL” alums were absent from the live special at Studio 8H.Bill Hader, who was on the show for eight seasons, was nowhere to be found on “SNL50: The Anniversary Special.”According to Puck News, Hader reportedly responded to his invitation with “a polite decline.”The “Barry” star previously said that he had “anxiety” when he was a cast member on the sketch comedy series.“When I was on ‘SNL,’ I was a bit of a basket case,” he told Variety in 2019. “It could not have been easy on my wife at the time.

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‘SNL50’: EP Lorne Michaels Gets Shout-Out As He Joins Curtain Call Alongside Original Cast Members

While SNL50: The Anniversary Special was not a regular episode, it ended the way every Saturday Night Live show for the last 50 years has, with a curtain call. This time, it was supersized, with the stage of Studio 8H packed by representatives of five decades of SNL casts, hosts and musical guests.

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‘SNL50’ Weekend Update Welcomes Back Former Anchors Seth Meyers, Bill Murray; Colin Jost Jokes A-List Audience Went To Diddy’s Parties

For SNL50: The Anniversary Special, Weekend Update hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che poked fun at the late-night show’s lor(n)e and welcomed former hosts Seth Meyers and Bill Murray to their old posts.

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‘SNL50’: Ryan Reynolds Brings Some Lively Vs. Baldoni To NBC Late-Night Shindig

A throwback-filled Q&A with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in the middle of SNL50: The Anniversary Special suddenly felt very 2025 tonight.

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The best part of ‘SNL 50’ was the nostalgia — not the new stuff

“Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary special last night on NBC were seeing iconic stars back in Studio 8H again.Everybody got to watch at least one of their favorites. It was the rare event that was just as nostalgic for 30-year-olds as it was for nonagenarians.After Paul Simon, 83, kicked things off dueting on “Homeward Bound” with Sabrina Carpenter, 25, Steve Martin, who was never a cast member but hosted the program 16 times, began with a terrific opening monologue.“A person born during the first season of ‘Saturday Night Live’ could, today, be easily dead of natural causes,” Martin, 79, said dryly.

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‘SNL50’ brings back ‘The Californians’ with Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Fred Armisen for Volkswagen ad

“Stuart!”Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader and Fred Armisen reunited just in time for the “Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary special. The trio teamed up for a Volkswagen commercial, which aired before the big event on Sunday night.“The Californians” sketch debuted in 2012 on the NBC variety show.

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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Host Star-Studded ‘SNL50’ Q&A: Ryan Reynolds Teases Legal Trouble, Adam Driver Scowls and Cher Reigns

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reunited at the “SNL50” anniversary celebration for a star-studded segment framed around a Q&A segment in which they took “Saturday Night Live” questions from the audience. Among the audience members they called on were Ryan Reynolds, Cher, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Quinta Brunson, Jon Hamm and Tim Meadows.

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five-timers club members Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, and Scarlett Johansson. The anniversary weekend kicked off on Friday night with a concert streamed live from Radio City Music Hall that featured past musical guests and sketches featuring some of the show’s recurring musical characters (like Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer’s Marty Culp and Bobbi Mohan-Culp, plus Andy Samberg’s mega-mashup tribute to The Lonely Island’s digital shorts).Then, last night, NBC re-aired the first episode of “Saturday Night Live,” then known as “NBC’s Saturday Night.” Now tonight, it’s time to celebrate this television and New York City institution.

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Taylor Swift asked Lorne Michaels to cut ‘SNL’ sketch about her girl squad: ‘I do not negotiate with terrorists’

Vulture report about Michaels, 80, claims that the NBC series asked Swift, 35, to make a cameo in a 2015 skit that spoofed her “Bad Blood” music video, which featured Swift and her celebrity pals Zendaya, Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevingne, Karlie Kloss, Ellie Goulding, Ellen Pompeo, Cindy Crawford, Hayley Williams, Mariska Hargitay, Lena Dunham and more.The outlet said that Swift called Michaels directly and declined to be in the sketch. She also reportedly asked him to kill it from the show entirely.Michaels, according to Vulture, “heard Swift out, but as he did he picked up a piece of popcorn from the basket on his desk.”He reportedly told the singer, “Taylor, I do not negotiate with terrorists,” before allegedly “tossing the kernel into the air and catching it with his mouth.”There were two “Bad Blood” sketches that ultimately aired on the show.

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The Mythology Of ‘SNL’: A Look Back At The Inaugural Episode That Upended TV

Saturday Night Live is no stranger to mythologizing, and no episode has been as elevated to the stuff of legend as the late-night sketch comedy series’ inaugural showing.

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Watch Jack White play ‘Seven Nation Army’, cover Neil Young at ‘SNL50’

Jack White headlined Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary concert on Friday night with a rousing performance of ‘Seven Nation Army’ – check out the footage below.The guitarist rounded out the star-studded affair at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, where he also played a cover of Neil Young’s 1989 single ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’.The White Stripes frontman’s performance was introduced by Jimmy Fallon, who helmed the entire SNL 50: The Homecoming show, which aired live on Friday (February 14) on NBC.Jack White closed out SNL's 50th anniversary concert by performing "Seven Nation Army"pic.twitter.com/Xl4Y9zLdZy— CONSEQUENCE (@consequence) February 15, 2025Assista agora mais uma atração #SNL50 pic.twitter.com/Itly4H5KXx— Gabriel Menezes (@briel_menezes) February 15, 2025Among the other big names on the show were Lady Gaga, who made a surprise appearance with Andy Samberg for a medley of Lonely Island hits, including ‘Dick In A Box’.Elsewhere, the night saw the surviving members of Nirvana – Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl and Pat Smear – reunite for the second time in two weeks, this time with Post Malone on vocals to perform ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’.Miley Cyrus also appeared to play her Grammy-winning hit ‘Flowers’, in a viral performance that saw her give shout-outs to Paul Rudd, Adam Sandler and SNL creator Lorne Michaels.Celebrations will continue on Sunday (February 16) with the SNL 50 Anniversary Special, for which Paul McCartney, Sabrina Carpenter, Paul Simon have already been announced as guests.White, meanwhile, has been touring North America to support his 2024 album ‘No Name’, and was recently joined in New York’s Irving Plaza by his 18-year-old daughter Scarlett for a version of ‘Archbishop Harold

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Watch Lady Gaga join Andy Samberg for surprise ‘Dick In A Box’ duet on ‘SNL50’

Lady Gaga teamed up with Andy Samberg for a surprise medley of Lonely Island hits on Saturday Night Live‘s SNL 50: The Homecoming concert. Check out the footage below.The concert took place last night (February 14) in celebration of SNL‘s 50th anniversary, with SNL alumnus Jimmy Fallon on hosting duties and Lorne Michaels and Mark Ronson as the show’s executive producers.Having been previously announced as a performer alongside the likes of the Backstreet Boys, Bad Bunny, Brandi Carlile, Chris Martin, Jack White and Miley Cyrus, many fans expected Gaga to perform recent hit ‘Abracadabra‘, one of three singles recently shared from her forthcoming record ‘Mayhem’.Instead, she kicked things off alongside Brooklyn 99 star Samberg, who joined her wearing a wig and a cowboy hat as he attempted Bradley Cooper’s vocals in a cover of A Star Is Born’s ‘Shallow’.#SNLHomecoming Lady Gaga kicks off a Lonely Island super medley #LonelyIsland pic.twitter.com/14mZGVYrcS— LateNighter (@latenightercom) February 15, 2025The ‘Disease’ singer put a stop to his attempt and said: “I gotta stop you, because it’s bad,” before recommending they do something “more in [his] vocal range.”“There is one song, but Justin [Timberlake’s] not here to do his parts,” Samberg offered, which Gaga met by saying: “Andy, don’t be a bitch.

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Lorne Michaels told Taylor Swift he doesn’t “negotiate with terrorists” after she tried to have a spoof of her cut from ‘SNL’

Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels has said he once rejected Taylor Swift’s efforts to have a sketch about her removed from the show.The show ran a spoof of Swift in 2015, which poked fun at her famous girl squad during her ‘1989‘-era. According to a new story in New York Magazine, Michaels called the singer beforehand to ask if she would like to appear in the sketch.Swift reportedly declined and then asked if he would cut the bit from the show entirely, to which he responded: “Taylor, I do not negotiate with terrorists,” before throwing a piece of popcorn in the air and catching it in his mouth.The sketch in question went ahead, with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler parodying Swift’s ‘Bad Blood’ music video, alongside Amy Schumer who appeared as a surprise guest.

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Watch David Byrne join Robyn for ‘Dancing On My Own’ at ‘SNL50’ anniversary concert

David Bryne teamed up with Robyn for a surprise rendition of ‘Dancing On My Own’ at Saturday Night Live‘s SNL 50: The Homecoming concert. Check out the footage below.The concert took place last night (February 14) in celebration of SNL‘s 50th anniversary, with SNL alumnus Jimmy Fallon on hosting duties and Lorne Michaels and Mark Ronson as the show’s executive producers.Throughout the night, a star-studded list of performers took to the stage, including Backstreet Boys, Bad Bunny, Brandi Carlile, Chris Martin, Jack White, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus and more.In one of the concert’s surprise moments, Robyn, who first performed on the show in 2011, began to sing her 2010 hit ‘Dancing On My Own’ alone, before Byrne appeared on stage for the second verse.

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Tracy Morgan Playfully Calls Out Lorne Michaels For Not Letting Him Sing At ‘SNL50’ Concert: “You Have Disrespected Me B***h”

Tracy Morgan took the SNL50: The Homecoming Concert stage and jokingly called out Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels for not letting him sing.

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Look back at ‘Saturday Night Live’s’ biggest music milestones and moments as it celebrates 50th anniversary

“Saturday Night Live” has kept us rocking as well as roaring.And the musical legacy of the sketch-comedy juggernaut will be celebrated Friday night with “SNL50: The Homecoming Concert,” which will be streaming live from New York’s Radio City Music Hall on Peacock.An all-star lineup of performers includes Lady Gaga, Cher, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Dave Grohl, Miley Cyrus, Jack White, Eddie Vedder, Chris Martin, Bad Bunny, Post Malone, Jelly Roll, David Byrne and Arcade Fire.Before the historic concert begins at 8 p.m.

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‘SNL50: Homecoming Concert’ Kicks Off With Tom Hanks, James Franco, Donna Langley and Many More Stars in Attendance

J. Kim Murphy NBC’s months-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” is finally reaching its apex. The network welcomed hundreds of stars to Radio City Music Fall on Friday evening for “SNL50: The Homecoming Concert,” a kick-off for the weekend that will finish with the 50th anniversary special airing on NBC on, ironically, Sunday evening.

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Kick off the anniversary and watch ‘SNL50: The Homecoming Concert’ live

big way. After a season of build-up, SNL50 weekend kicks off with a celebration of one of the signature elements of “SNL”: music. “SNL50: The Homecoming Concert” will bring together some of the biggest names in music past and present, most of whom are notable “SNL” musical guests.

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8 somber ‘SNL’ cold opens that brought tears instead of laughs

“Saturday Night Live” normally sets up big laughs in its traditional cold opens, but occasionally it faces tragedy head-on.Amid 50 years of gut-busting comedy, Lorne Michaels’ iconic sketch show has replaced humor with heartache during tear-inducing tributes to 9/11, mass shootings, wars and more, offering somber reflections to stir its Studio 8H audience and home viewers.Here are some of the most memorable cold open moments when jokes were jettisoned and heartstrings were pulled. A post shared by Saturday Night Network (@thesnlnetwork)When original cast member Gilda Radner died from ovarian cancer on Saturday, May 20, 1989, it shocked many — as well as oft-scene mate Steve Martin, who was set to host that night’s episode when he learned of her passing at age 42.“You know, I’ve been coming here to do ‘Saturday Night Live’ since 1976, and the thing … that brings me back to the show is the people you get to work with,” said an emotional Martin, fighting back tears, as he kicked off the episode.

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