Kenan Thompson

Kenan Thompson talks about working with legends Dave Chappelle, Tracy Morgan, Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock in the “SNL” 2019 Christmas episode.

“Saturday Night Live” star Kenan Thompson talks about dealing with quarantine and working as a guest judge on “America’s Got Talent.”

“Saturday Night Live” cast member Kenan Thompson and Netflix’s Hasan Minhaj will headline the upcoming White House Correspondents’ Dinner in April, NBC News reported....
Thompson will serve as the dinner’s host while Minhaj, the host of Netflix’s “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj” and who was the event’s headliner in 2017, will serve as the featured entertainer, the White House Correspondents’ Association...

Chrissy Teigen said she felt honored to receive an award at the Baby2Baby Gala, but her acceptance speech wasn’t all about her achievement: “No kid should go hungry. No kid should not go without the basics in their home.” Teigen — a model, television host and cookbook author — accepted the Giving Tree Award on Saturday night in Culver City,...

Kenan Thompson talks about his early days of ‘SNL’ and not writing a sketch for the show until his fifth season.

Kenan Thompson joins Lilly Singh, the first lady of late night, to talk about his 17th year on SNL, brings back an old impression and describes his favorite part about judging comedians on “Bring The Funny.”

The stubborn curfew barring female hosts from late-night network TV is about to be challenged. Viewer warning: expect more rule-breaking when NBC’s “A Little Late With Lilly Singh” debuts Monday. Singh is attempting the leap from YouTube sensation to broadcast headliner in a single bound, doesn’t plan to dwell on the late-night staple of politics and is only the second...

Kenan Thompson, Joe Manganiello and Jimmy Fallon act out a sportscasting scene they’ve written together using Mad Lib words.

In a break from recent tradition, “Saturday Night Live” started off the show this week with a cold open that did not touch on recent politics, but instead on recent popular culture. The “Family Feud” game, hosted by Kenan Thompson as Steve Harvey, featured teams from both “The Avengers” and “Game of Thrones.”...
Adam Sandler, met with raucous applause, returned to...

To open this week’s “Saturday Night Live,” Kenan Thompson turned in a performance as R. Kelly that reminded us why he is the longest serving cast member in “SNL” history....
English actor Idris Elba hosted the night’s show and delivered a monologue that explained how he got his start in New York City....
“Weekend Update” hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che were...

‘Saturday Night Live’ shared their version of Chuck Todd’s ‘Meet the Press’ in this week’s cold open, going over Jeff Bezos’ drama and Matthew Whitaker’s stubbornness. Halsey performs as the musical guest and also hosts the show, showing off her acting skills in addition to her vocal ones. Michael Che and Colin Jost break down the Virginia political scandals in...

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Rapper Kanye West’s bizarre White House meeting with President Donald Trump and former NFL player Jim Brown was the subject of many parts of this week’s episode of “Saturday Night Live,” including the cold open. “Thank you all for joining us today for this important discussion,” Alec Baldwin’s Trump said at the start. “It’s in no way a publicity stunt....

Kenan Thompson chats with Seth Meyers about the season premiere of “Saturday Night Live,” as well as Kanye West’s unaired pro-President Donald Trump speech following the show.

“Saturday Night Live” cast members got to open the show this week with some very special people by their sides — their mothers. Ahead of Mother’s Day, the show featured the mothers of several cast members in its cold open — and they sure had a lot to say. “Mom, without your help I would’ve never made it to ‘SNL’,”...

Is the Philadelphia-New England rivalry as old as the country itself? With Super Bowl LII nearing, the tension between the two cities has been high, but on “Saturday Night Live” the rivalry dates back to the Revolutionary War era. In the skit, set in 1775 as the 13 colonies met to discuss the revolutionary crisis, the two cities brought the...

No, it’s not a rerun. “Saturday Night Live” alum Will Ferrell returned to perform his trademark impression of former President George W. Bush. “I know what you’re thinking: ‘What the heck is this handsome devil doing back in the Oval Office?’ Well, the truth is, this is just a set,” Ferrell’s Bush said in the cold open. “I had it...

First-time “Saturday Night Live” host Chance the Rapper dedicated his opening monologue to Thanksgiving.

Jimmy Fallon, host of “The Tonight Show” on NBC and former “Saturday Night Live” cast member, returned to host on Saturday in the show’s first-ever truly live-from-New-York broadcast — viewers from coast to coast in the U.S. and Canada could tune in simultaneously to watch the program as a shared television experience. Both Alec Baldwin and Melissa McCarthy returned as...