Season Premiere is September 28th with Tiny Fey (!) hosting and Arcade Fire (!!!) as musical guest

Cecily Strong is your new Weekend Update co-anchor and possible anchor when Seth Myers takes over Late Night

a few articles on the new blood:

http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/87240/scouting-report-meet-your-new-saturday-night-live-cast

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/09/16/snl-new-cast-members/

100% ok with Lorne promoting Mike O'Brien and demoting Tim Robinson. check out Mike O'Brien's web series, it rules.

9/16/2013 10:38:21 PM

Next year can we leave the season number off this thing? Lets just have one thread for the show.

9/17/2013 12:05:36 AM

I don't see why it's a big deal. it's not like there are 38 other season threads clogging up the board.

and each season of SNL is it's own thing

9/17/2013 12:09:00 AM

It would be nice to be able to read through the history of the show without having to navigate to 39 different threads.

While I'm not a fan of mega-threads in general, I think they serve a purpose when it comes to TV shows.

9/17/2013 12:22:54 AM

I know. I had the hardest time finding the SNL Season 4 thread the other day.

9/17/2013 1:29:56 AM

Curious to see how they fill the void this season, last season it was pretty noticeable that Wig and Sandberg weren't there, I can only imagine with Fred, Bill, and Jason all leaving.

9/17/2013 1:29:57 PM

Quote :

"and each season of SNL is it's own thing"

that's a good point

Quote :

"check out Mike O'Brien's web series, it rules."

Agreed. For the lazy [like me] - http://www.youtube.com/user/7minutesinheaven

9/17/2013 1:49:32 PM

^^^LOL

^^Hopefully, there'll be lots of Bobby Moynihan. I love him.

Wiig/Samberg

[Edited on September 17, 2013 at 1:53 PM. Reason : I love correcting people!]

9/17/2013 1:51:38 PM

I didn't really miss Samberg at all.

Hader, on the other hand...who's gonna host game shows?!

9/17/2013 2:21:59 PM

I'm more concerned about the loss of Stefon

9/17/2013 2:29:10 PM

i thought fred, bill and jason were all great cast members.

and i remember tim robinson being good in a few skits.

9/17/2013 2:30:41 PM

I'm certainly not the first to say this, but Hader was totally this generations Phil Hartman. he'll be the toughest to replace

and I absolutely love Armisen and Sudeikis

this is why SNL is SNL and can never be duplicated. Lorne almost always nails replacements/new casts (except for 86 and 95)

9/17/2013 2:41:42 PM

Tim Robinson is a better performer than people give him credit for, but he never did anything important.

Everyone expected Taran Killam to go off the charts this past season because he's fucking great, but leaning on the exiting trio put a damper on that. This year, it's ALL TARAN, ALL THE TIME.

9/17/2013 3:39:54 PM

Old but interestinghttp://splitsider.com/2013/05/breaking-down-each-cast-members-contribution-to-snl-season-38/

9/17/2013 4:02:38 PM

Holy shit - Kyle Mooney's "Live from the Show" thing has made my face hurt for half a day

and the John Milhiser "Clap it Up" bit is funny as hell

[Edited on September 17, 2013 at 8:32 PM. Reason : ]

9/17/2013 8:31:45 PM

PREMIERE NIGHT

9/28/2013 10:54:44 PM

I love you Tina Fey

9/28/2013 11:46:01 PM

Kenan has been the MVP tonight. 2nd place to Moynihan.

9/29/2013 12:49:31 AM

I had heard of, but not ever really heard Arcade Fire before their two songs tonight...I enjoyed them both, but were they both two of their more "pop/radio" songs? Cause the songs and performances were pretty good, and you can tell the band has musical talent, but I didn't come away thinking "omg best current band out there nowadays"

[Edited on September 29, 2013 at 12:53 AM. Reason : maybe i shouldve posted this in the arcade fire thread right next to the SNL thread]

9/29/2013 12:52:06 AM

They don't really have any "pop/radio" songs, aside from "Wake Up," which you've probably heard in eight million commercials. And even that one is only used because it has a super epic riff.

9/29/2013 12:59:56 AM

just do what we all did and start with Funeral

also, fuck NBC17

9/29/2013 1:03:48 AM

So is Arcade Fire's whole deal to have good music and ironically, fucking terrible singing to accompany it?

9/29/2013 1:11:45 AM

I decided to listen to an entire Arcade Fire song

9/29/2013 1:16:12 AM

They should do this every week.

I'm sure it would generate better ratings than some 30 minute car/law firm commercial.

9/29/2013 1:27:18 AM

cecily strong looked thick(er?)

9/29/2013 10:02:30 AM

her face is pregnant

9/29/2013 10:40:38 AM

I was looking forward to seeing Arcade Fire's set-up after the show and listening to a couple songs.

Instead I see this turd

9/29/2013 10:55:11 AM

Was anyone else slightly disappointed? The only sketch i really liked was the one with the animals

9/29/2013 12:01:20 PM

that was easily the weakest of the night for me

9/29/2013 12:04:59 PM

The weak premise sketches were saved by performances. Kenan's reaction to getting the giant bag through the door and Moynihan's sneaky farter facial expression were both awesome in a totally unremarkable sketch.

9/29/2013 3:42:19 PM

That 50 shades of grey casting sketch was hilarious.

10/6/2013 12:10:54 AM

feels like this is gonna be an excellent episode

10/6/2013 12:14:05 AM

i find miley's tongue strangely appealing.

10/6/2013 12:19:46 AM

OH MY GOD WE DID STOP

10/6/2013 12:22:50 AM

lol Heisenhower

10/6/2013 12:27:38 AM

shit, she's singing

hope she goes deaf from only using one monitor

[Edited on October 6, 2013 at 12:36 AM. Reason : ]

10/6/2013 12:33:19 AM

her father jeff foxworthy would be proud.

10/6/2013 12:36:27 AM

hey isthis commercial for the jackass movie from raleigh?? looks familiar.

10/6/2013 12:37:14 AM

Better than most SNL musical performances

10/6/2013 12:38:59 AM

^ true - the new chick on the news is terrible so far

yep, decided her worthiness in less than a minute

10/6/2013 12:40:43 AM

i went outside to smoke as soon as i saw she was performing a song

10/6/2013 12:46:41 AM

She looks like a techno Obi-Wan Kenobi

10/6/2013 1:14:11 AM

She looks like a disgusting cracked out skank.

10/6/2013 1:19:33 AM

Mornin' Miami is a perfect replacement for Stefon.

RACIST FOLEY ARTIST

10/6/2013 11:47:12 AM

I think its great they didn't actually say what they were so mad about.

AND I'M BITCH FANTASTIC

10/6/2013 1:13:03 PM

it was implied that morning talk shows absolutely suck the life out of their hosts due to the unnatural chipperness they all have to exude

10/6/2013 3:12:55 PM

I'd be okay with scrapping Weekend Update and just doing Drunk Uncle instead.

^That's what I thought as well.

10/6/2013 6:54:00 PM

You lost me at "scrapping Weekend Update"

10/7/2013 1:10:59 PM

Jacob is fucking hysterical.

10/7/2013 1:26:32 PM

^ Yeah, Vanessa Bayer continues to be the unsung hero of the show.

[Edited on October 7, 2013 at 1:29 PM. Reason : ]

10/7/2013 1:28:14 PM