Saturday Night Live closes out its 38th season this weekend, with host Ben Affleck and musical guest Kanye West. And one thing is clear: Don't expect West to demonstrate that he has any sense of humor whatsoever.
West went on a rant about the nature of celebrity at the Adult Swim upfront this week and slammed SNL in the process, according to Complex.
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Saturday Night Live is poised to lose two more key players, The New York Post reports. According to a source at NBC, Fred Armisen will be leaving, with Jason Sudeikis "probably" following suit.
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Another May weekend, another deluge of season finales — though none are likely to blow the mind with as much daring, panache and imaginative fervor as BBC America's gloriously inventive Doctor Who (Saturday, 8/7c), which signs off until next time-travel with one of its trippiest yet emotionally powerful episodes to date. Steven Moffat's typically clever script, brimming with colorful incident and characters grandly heroic or villainous, finds a nifty way to salute the 50-year history of Doctors as we learn more about the impossibly irrepressible companion Clara (the smashing Jenna-Louise Coleman), first seen in a cosmic haze — "I don't know where I am ... Sometimes I think I'm everywhere at once" — with only one constant to guide her: "I have to save the Doctor." That same impulse prompts lizard lady Vastra, her wife Jenny and the stalwart Strax to summon Clara to a psychic conference call, interrupted by the menacing "Whisper Men" (reminiscent of the ghoulish Gentlemen from Buffy's classic "Hush" episode).
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In honor of TV Guide Magazine's 60th anniversary, senior critic Matt Roush names the 60 greatest comedies of all time. Here are the top 10, and pick up the new issue (on sale now) to see numbers 11 through 60.
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Seth Meyers may have just been named the new host of Late Night, but he's already got his pick for the first guest on his couch.
"Amy Poehler," Meyers told TVGuide.com at the NBC upfront red carpet Monday. "If that can't happen then we'll have real trouble getting guests!"
Seth Meyers to replace Jimmy Fallon on Late Night
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