The Cold Open

Episode Review: ‘Heated Rivalry’ star Connor Storrie takes his shot at hosting ‘SNL’ | The Cold Open Unfortunately, Storrie’s opportunity to break away as an ‘SNL’ host came up short thanks to an uneven mix of sketches.

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Episode Review: Alexander Skarsgård and Stellan Skarsgård make ‘SNL’ a family affair | Deep SNL Thoughts As the ‘Murderbot’ star was joined by his dad for the show’s 1,000th episode, Ashley Padilla and Andrew Dismukes reunited on ‘Weekend Update.’

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Episode Review: ‘SNL’ bounces back thanks to Teyana Taylor and Ashley Padilla | Deep SNL Thoughts It wasn’t an easy night for a new episode of ‘SNL,’ but the ‘One Battle After Another’ star did her best to infuse this episode with energy.

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Episode Review: ‘SNL’ kicks off 2026 with a forgettable Finn Wolfhard episode | Deep SNL Thoughts The host reunited with a few ‘Stranger Things’ buddies, but even a cameo from Sabrina Carpenter couldn’t give this episode a spark.

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Episode Review: ‘This is my last shift’: Bowen Yang says farewell to as Ariana Grande hosts | Deep SNL Thoughts Yang’s departure makes him the latest big name to leave the cast after Season 50.

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Episode Review: Josh O’Connor hosted ‘SNL,’ but Ashley Padilla ran away with the episode | Deep SNL Thoughts The sophomore star’s legend grows. It’s past time for Lorne Michaels to promote her from featured status.

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Episode Review: ‘SNL’ gives us Melissa McCarthy as host for her 6th time, takes us to ‘Cousin’ Planet | Deep SNL Thoughts McCarthy as host? A bit low energy this time. Jost as Hegseth? Bombastic.

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Episode Review: Glen Powell leads Slay Division; MacGruber, Ashley Padilla and ‘Update’ tackle the Epstein Files | Deep SNL Thoughts Will Forte was back as MacGruber, while the ‘SNL’ breakout star kicked things off as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

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Episode Review: Nikki Glaser’s ‘SNL’ lacks the edge her comedy is known for | Deep SNL Thoughts Meanwhile Pete Davidson returns to ‘Weekend Update’ to defend the state of his Staten Island Ferry.

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Episode Review: ‘Property Brothers’ unleash ‘White House Makeover’ as Miles Teller hosts | Deep SNL Thoughts The star duo of Ashley Padilla and Andrew Dismukes continues to rise, while Ramy Youssef and Shane Gillis score cameos.

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Episode Review: The universe finally lets Sabrina Carpenter host ‘SNL’ — and she brings Domingo with her | Deep SNL Thoughts After teasing ‘SNL’ fans as the musical guest, in ‘SNL50’ and with a cameo, the singer got an episode all her own.

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Episode Review: Amy Poehler, Tina Fey and Seth Meyers challenge Colin Jost and Michael Che to a Joke Off | Deep SNL Thoughts The ‘SNL’ vet brought her ‘Weekend Update’ wives with her as she hosted the show for a third time.

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Episode Review: ‘Should’ve called it at 50, right?’: Bad Bunny kicks off Season 51 | Deep SNL Thoughts Who doesn’t love a cameo from Juan Jamón?

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The Cold Open | The Omnicosm The Cold Open is The Omnicosm’s newsletter about SNL. From Bill Kuchman, The Cold Open pulls on over a decade of writing about the iconic late-night series.

Remember SNL? It's back tonight after taking a month off for the Olympics.

Before we get to Connor Storrie's much-anticipated episode, here's The Cold Open's episode-by-episode review of Season 51 ... www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open/

Harry Styles to host ‘SNL’ on March 14 | The Cold Open With promotion of his new album gearing up, the musician/actor will host the show for his second time.

And Harry Styles the weekend after that. www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-ope...

Ryan Gosling to host ‘SNL’ on March 7 | The Cold Open The ‘Project Hail Mary’ star will return for his fourth time.

Storrie kicks off SNL’s post-Olympics run of hosts. We’ll get Ryan Gosling next weekend. www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-ope...

SNL Host Promo: ‘Heated Rivalry’ star Connor Storrie breaks out the Russian for an accent duel | The Cold Open Storrie and James Austin Johnson go accent for accent — even Shrek! But there’s one accent they won’t do ...

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Harry Styles to host ‘SNL’ on March 14 | The Cold Open With promotion of his new album gearing up, the musician/actor will host the show for his second time.

Harry Styles to host ‘SNL’ on March 14 www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-ope...