Live has had its share of scandalous music performances over the past 50 years, but one punk band’s 1981 appearance remains unforgettable. Los Angeles hardcore band Fear’s raucous musical performance has reached nearly mythic proportions among SNL fans over the past three decades,
Though Belushi is associated with the wild behavior he and his fellow SNL castmates were famous for, he also had a more traditional side. He met future wife Judith Belushi in the
The sketch comedy show is celebrating 50 seasons with two documentaries and an upcoming prime-time special that reflect on its standing as an American institution.
Saturday Night recounts the true, although dramatized, story of the October 11, 1975 premiere of the now-renowned live comedy sketch show, Saturday Night Live, created by Lorne Michaels (who is played by Gabriel LaBelle in the movie).
Jason Reitman’s movie about the first episode of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”—is coming to Netflix this week. Find out when you can watch it at home.
On 11 October 1975, in Midtown Manhattan, a group of people are preparing to put on a show. The content may be silly, but the stakes are higher than the famous 66-storey building they’re in.
The last month or so has been big for surprise additions to Netflix’s streaming roster. A few weeks ago, the streaming service added a bunch of big Warner Bros. releases to the lineup without announcing them in the monthly newsletters.
It ain’t live, but Saturday Night (now streaming on Netflix, in addition to VOD services like Amazon Prime Video) is a live wire, a sort-of real-time tick-tock dramatization of the countdown to the first-ever episode of Saturday Night in 1975 (trivia: it wasn’t officially named Saturday Night Live until a year later).
There was a time when Saturday Night Live was not only funny, but even cutting-edge. NBC’s late-night sketch show has been a nursery for major comedic stars such as Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase and the great John Belushi – all of whom are portrayed in this lively biopic of the show’s chaotic 1975 opening night.
One of my favorite movies of 2024 just hit the Netflix top ten movies list, landing at number four on the streaming platform. But I have a bone to pick with its Rotten Tomatoes score.
The musical legacy of "Saturday Night Live" will be explored in the new documentary “Ladies & Gentlemen ... 50 Years of SNL Music."
T he ever-iconic Saturday Night Live has officially entered its landmark 50th season. Created by Lorne Michaels, the late-night sketch comedy show has been airing on NBC since 197