Saturday Night Live (tv program)

Plaschke: NFL's Adam 'Pacman' Jones decision deserves penalty flag

2013-06-18 10:17:00

The NFL's decision to allow troublemaker Adam "Pacman" Jones to speak at its upcoming annual Rookie Symposium isn't just comical, it's a "Saturday Night Live" skit. Does a league beset with off-field violence issues really want to make a role model...

Bernard 'Bernie' Sahlins dies at 90; co-founder of Second City

2013-06-19 00:00:00

Bernard "Bernie" Sahlins, co-founder and former owner of The Second City, the influential Chicago comedy venue that pioneered rapid-fire comedy sketches using ideas plucked from the audience, died Sunday at his home in Chicago. He was 90. His wife, Jane...

Christopher Guest shakes his 'Family Tree'

2013-06-15 15:30:00

A powerful recurring motif in the varied works of Christopher Guest is the dummy. From early sketch comedy on "Saturday Night Live" through a series of mock documentaries, the looming figure is an essential part of the Guest aesthetic. It can be a...

L.A. Film Fest: Maya Rudolph on her many husbands of comedy

2013-06-15 15:00:00

On Friday night at the Los Angeles Film Festival, the actress Maya Rudolph appeared at an event�billed as "The Serious Business of Being Funny," in which she would discuss her comedic influences in an interview with Elvis Mitchell.� A one-time "Saturday...

With Jimmy Fallon, 'The Tonight Show' gets back to 'Starring'

2013-06-11 12:59:00

When Jimmy Fallon takes over "The Tonight Show" from Jay Leno in February 2014, he's not just getting an upgrade in his start time, he's also getting a billing promotion. As first pointed out by the Huffington Post, Fallon's "Tonight Show" will be...

Pop album review: The Lonely Island's 'The Wack Album'

2013-06-11 05:00:00

The Lonely Island's third studio disc presents an unlikely problem: Nearly eight years after they attained instant comedy-rap stardom with "Lazy Sunday," these "Saturday Night Live" veterans have become better rappers than comedians. On "The Wack Album,...

Win Butler of Arcade Fire joins the Rolling Stones in Montreal

2013-06-10 14:43:00

Does anyone say no to the Rolling Stones? On Sunday night in Montreal, the veteran rockers welcomed Win Butler to the stage of the Bell Centre, where the Arcade Fire frontman (and transplanted Canadian) helped Mick Jagger sing the early Stones tune "The...

'The Americans,' FX lead TCA Award nominations

2013-06-10 14:48:00

"The Americans" and its channel, FX, led the pack in the Television Critics Assn. awards nominations, announced Monday morning. The first season of the Cold War spy drama starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys grabbed four nominations, including a...

'Portlandia' gets two more seasons on IFC

2013-06-12 13:16:00

Fans of feminist bookstores, locally sourced beef and "Battlestar Galactica" rejoice! IFC's comedy series "Portlandia" has been renewed for two more seasons. The series, which stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein in a variety of roles representing...

WGA list: Why are TV comedies embraced but movies dissed?

2013-06-03 17:15:00

If you’ve been on the Web or social media the past 24 hours, you no doubt have caught some of the arguments about the Writers Guild list of the 101 best TV shows of all time. “The Wire” should be higher! “Seinfeld” over...

'The Sopranos' tops WGA's top 101 TV shows of all time

2013-06-03 05:00:00

They say that television is a writer's medium, so it makes sense that the Writers Guild of America would have its own list of the 101 greatest TV shows of all time. At the top of the list is "The Sopranos," HBO's multiple award-winning hit series that...

Audio Books

2013-06-02 00:00:00

City of Bones: Movie Tie-In The Mortal Instruments Cassandra Clare Simon & Schuster, $14.99 ages 14 and up Soon to be a blockbuster movie, this young adult saga revolves around 15-year-old Clary Fray, who witnesses a murder and then is drawn into...

Cecily Strong (left) plays The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation with at a Party on "Saturday Night Live."

2013-06-13 18:01:45

If City Theatre's annual short-play laugh fest Summer Shorts lends easy comparison to a series of much-naughtier "Saturday Night Live" sketches, it will hardly be by accident.

2013-06-10 00:00:00

25. 'Saturday Night Live'

2013-06-03 07:18:00