Kristen Wiig

On the Set: Arrested Development Returns on Netflix

• May 24, 2013 06:03 AM ET
• by Margy Rochlin

From the outside, soundstage No. 7 at Los Angeles's Culver Studios looks like an unremarkable airplane hangar. Inside? The fourth-season resurrection of the cult comedy Arrested Development rages in full eccentric swing as Cinco de Quatro — a fictional holiday meant to upstage the May 5 Mexican fiesta — is being celebrated noisily.

Bill Hader Leaving Saturday Night Live

• May 14, 2013 10:22 AM ET
• by Sadie Gennis

Bill Hader is leaving Saturday Night Live, he told The New York Times.

"It was a hard decision, but it has to happen at some point," Hader said. read more

Kristen Wiig Returns to SNL: Which Characters Did She Resurrect?

• May 12, 2013 11:04 AM ET
• by Liz Raftery

Kristen Wiig hosted Saturday Night Live this week, returning to the stage for the first time since leaving the show "11 months and 30 days ago," as she noted in her opening monologue. The Bridesmaids star resurrected several of the characters she made famous, including Gilly, the Target lady, Garth and Kat (with Fred Armisen), and Dooneese (the creepy lady with baby hands and a huge forehead). She also brought with her Jonah Hill and her real-life BFF (and Bridesmaids co-star) Maya Rudolph. Watch some of the night's best sketches below:

Kristen Wiig on SNL: 5 Characters We Want to See Her Play and 3 We Don’t

• May 10, 2013 08:55 PM ET
• by Nicholas White

Kristen Wiig back on Saturday Night Live? Sooo many possibilities.

The Weekend Playlist: HBO's Family Tree, SNL Flips Its Wiig, Finales

• May 10, 2013 08:49 AM ET
• by Matt Roush

It can't be easy to learn that one's ancestor is a literal horse's ass. But sad-sack Londoner Tom Chadwick takes such news in stride, again quite literally, as he acquires his great-grandfather's horse costume from a long-ago pantomime show, and after trying the rear end on for size, adds it to his collection of quirky family keepsakes.

HBO's droll-to-the-point-of-precious and occasionally delightful Family Tree (Sunday, 10:30/9:30c) follows Tom on an offbeat personal odyssey into his cloudy lineage. "In our clan, family is what disappears when you're not looking at it," says his retired dad, who keeps busy inventing useless objects like a fan for shoe trees. The dad is played by Michael McKean, who like the rest of the cast often talks directly into the camera, mock-documentary/improvisation style. The casting and the format are two of the more obvious signs that Tree is a Christopher Guest production.