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Just in time for Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary, you can now watch Saturday Night, the new film based on the making-of the variety show’s very first episode, at home — even if it’s still playing on a screen near you.

The comedy starring Gabriel Labelle, Rachel Sennott and Cory Michael Smith is now available to stream online through premium video-on-demand platforms. You can buy Saturday Night digitally in 4K Ultra HD for $24.99, or rent for $19.99 at Prime Video, Apple TV and elsewhere.

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Below, watch the official trailer and keep reading for more details on where to stream Saturday Night online, including when it’s expected to land on Netflix.

Where to Stream Saturday Night Online

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Hope for the Future is canceled. Of course, this isn’t the first time the collection has been pulled from Forrester Creations. The couture line has been through its share of ups and downs over the years on The Bold and the Beautiful.

What hasn’t helped is Hope’s identity to the brand. She lost her sense of self after her divorce from Liam. Hope jumped from man to man instead of focusing on herself like she said she would. Now, she doesn’t get the opportunity to reinvent herself.

What is Hope For the Future?

Hope for the Future was a couture collection gifted to Hope (Kim Matula) by her aunt Katie (Heather Tom). At the time, Forrester Creations was a subsidiary of Forrester Creations. Hope didn’t have experience in business acumen, fashion design, or modeling. But that didn’t stop her from getting her visions out there.

The Bold and the Beautiful sees Hope Logan (Annika Noelle) deal with a setback because Hope for the Future (Hftf) can’t retain buyers. It seems to be a design fail. Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) told her father, Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) the issues. This comes after a loyal repeat buyer did not want the new collection.

Bold and the Beautiful: Hope Logan The Bold and the Beautiful: Hope Logan’s Fashion Line Struggles Despite Support

On Bold and the Beautiful, back in 2010, Hope for the Future came from a contest for an ad campaign. It was during Katie Logan’s (Heather Tom) time as CEO of Forrester Creations. Hope’s concept won over Steffy’s. And it was because Katie’s personal problems with Steffy pursuing Bill Spencer (Don Diamont).

The ad concept turned into a full fashion line. But Hope is not a designer and never has been.

Brooke and Deacon form an unexpected alliance on the Monday, October 21st episode of The Bold and the Beautiful. The exes want to find a way to save their daughter’s line. But they might have another plan for her future.

Joining Forces

Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) enjoyed lunch at Il Giardino. She spoke to Deacon (Sean Kanan) about the latest conference meeting at Forrester Creations. Things haven’t been looking good lately for Hope for the Future. Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) demanded the numbers during the meeting.

Carter (Lawrence Saint-Victor) was focused on resurrecting Hope for the Future. He feels hopeful about the brand. However, he might be slightly biased due to his personal involvement with Hope (Annika Noelle). He believes a lingerie line could help revive the brand like it did for Brooke’s Bedroom.

Brooke recounted the details with Deacon. He got so angry that he wanted...

Longtime friends and collaborators, Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan, reunite once more in this new biopic, charting the explosive birth of the iconic Saturday Night Live comedy program on the US TV network NBC.

Set in the frantic 90 minutes before the show’s inaugural episode aired, Saturday Night expertly captures the unpredictable, high-stakes nature of live television, weaving in biting humour, personal conflicts, and the birth of a cultural phenomenon.

Reitman and Kenan’s script balances tension and comedy, paying homage to the anarchic energy of SNL’s origins while offering insight into the fragile egos, narcotic excesses and volatile personalities that shaped its creation.

The film opens on October 11, 1975, with a visibly stressed Lorne Michaels, portrayed with nuance and gravitas by The Fabelmans star Gabriel Labelle, entering NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza in preparation for the first show. Outside he is greeted by a stressed out NBC page (Stanger Things...

The Bold And The Beautiful Spoilers reveal that a lot of people have been weighing in on Hope Logan (Annika Noelle) love life lately. Its no surprise that Kim Matula, who played Hope from 2010 to 2016 has a few words for Hope as well. How does the former portrayer feel about Hope’s love life and who does she believe Hope should be with?

The Bold And The Beautiful Spoilers – Kim Matula Has Opinions On Who Hope Logan Should Be With

The Bold And The Beautiful Spoilers indicate that Hope’s love life has certainly been a big part of the storyline this year. While Kim Matula was promoting her new Christmas movie over the weekend, she gladly agreed to chime in the her former alter ego’ love life. Frankly, Matula has a lot of opinions on this subject.

Matula offered her opinion on Hope and Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton) first.

On the Thursday, October 17 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful, spoilers tease that Will tells his father he is interning at Forrester Creations. How do you think Bill will feel about that? Carter, meanwhile, makes his pitch to the company to save the Hope for the Future line. Hope seems to be hanging on by a thread. Tune in to catch all the details.

The Intern

Will (Crew Morrow) wasn’t concerned about his father’s thoughts when he decided to intern at Forrester Creations. His mom, Katie (Heather Tom), was so enthusiastic about it. Then, there were all those models swaying his decision.

Now, the time has come to let Bill (Don Diamont) know about his career decision. Don’t expect the Spencer Publications magnate to take it lightly. How could Will pass up the golden opportunity waiting for him with his own family? Bill will have a...

Although she’s a film star now, Kim Matula hasn’t forgotten her The Bold and the Beautiful roots. Her role as Hope is a topic of conversation that Matula is happy to discuss. Recently, the actress shared her opinion on the famous Hope and Liam romance.

Is Lope The New Bridge?

Hope and Liam’s (Scott Clifton) relationship began fourteen years ago, and it’s been filled with ups and downs. Like many soap opera couples, they’ve split up multiple times, mainly because of Liam’s other love, Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood).

Despite the drama and heartache, the couple always finds their way back to each other. With over a decade of captivating viewers with their love story, many believe Lope has earned supercouple status. Yet, others aren’t ready to bestow that honor to the pair.

Matula is one of the people who believes Lope is a B&b supercouple.

Editors Nathan Orloff and Shane Reed were given a new kind of experimental freedom on “Saturday Night,” Jason Reitman’s behind-the-scenes re-enactment of how NBC’s revolutionary late-night sketch comedy show made its live debut on October 11, 1975.

By following anxious producer Lorne Michaels (Gabriel Labelle) as he guides his cast and crew through rehearsals, the editing duo (who previously cut Reitman’s “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire”) essentially make audiences into a fly on the wall during the make or break 90-minute lead up to showtime. Making it all the more interesting, of course, is that the soon-to-be-legendary, “Not Ready for Prime Time Players,” consists of Dan Aykroyd (Dylan O’Brien), John Belushi (Matt Wood), Chevy Chase (Cory Michael Smith), Jane Curtin (Kim Matula), Garrett Morris (Lamorne Morris), Laraine Newman (Emily Fairn), and Gilda Radner (Ella Hunt).

“It was really about the availability of bandwidth,” Reed told IndieWire. “Nathan was on set and I was cutting from L.

A lot of The Bold And The Beautiful fans have been weighing in on who Hope Logan will choose. What about Kim Matula? She portrayed Hope between 2010 and 2016. The Hallmark star recently weighed in on who she thinks her former character should end up with.

What did she have to say?

Kim Matula NCIS – YouTube Kim Matula Shares Who Hope Logan Should End Up With

Hope Logan’s romantic relationships have been the big topic in the world of Bold And The Beautiful. Therefore, when Swoon caught up with Kim Matula, who was promoting her new movie Saturday Night, they had to ask her about her former character. Matula, who portrays Jane Curtain in the recently released movie, had a lot of opinions.

Firstly, the LA To Vegas alum first mentioned Hope and Liam (Scott Clifton). “I do view them as a supercouple for sure. Hope and Liam had so many fans.

Cory Michael Smith had some big shoes to fill with his latest role.

The Saturday Night actor recently opened up about the “terror” of mastering his portrayal of Chevy Chase and his “very compulsive” process to prepare for the film, which premiered Friday on the 49th anniversary of Saturday Night Live‘s debut.

“I have loved Chevy Chase since I was a kid. He’s one of my favorite comedic actors,” he told People. “It was such an honor that I did not want to mess this up, and I didn’t want to mess my career up. So I really dove in, and for about two months I would only let myself watch Chevy Chase.

“I just was like, I have to know how this man would say every line, what his body and face would be doing instinctually and sort of deprogram myself and my instincts from this,...

Despite being born and spending much of my life on the other side of the Atlantic, I’ve always been a fan of Saturday Night Live. The live format, which not only allows for constant improvisation but also for countless memorable moments of actors breaking character, is immensely appealing, as is the show’s structure – a collection of distinct sketches with musical performances. So naturally, a film based on the pilot episode, specifically the 90 minutes leading up to the broadcast, caught my attention.

Saturday Night is the title of the movie and was also the name of the original show due to a conflict with another late-night program, Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell. After that show was canceled, SNL adopted the title it’s known by today, becoming a cultural phenomenon that, despite having its greatest impact in its home country, still crossed borders and reached audiences everywhere. Naturally,...

Dan Aykroyd has officially given Saturday Night his stamp of approval.

The actor and original Saturday Night Live castmember took to X, formerly Twitter, on Friday to share his thoughts on director Jason Reitman’s latest film, which centers on the 90 minutes leading up to the sketch comedy show’s first broadcast in 1975.

“Cracking a Head to applaud Jason Reitman’s triumphant SNL film. Wow!” Aykroyd wrote after watching the movie at his local theater. “What a propulsive, engaging, funny, beautifully cast and acted, suspenseful, adventurous, music-filled ride. A perfect window into the creative process at its highest level. Pretty accurate too.”

The Ghostbusters actor continued, “I was there that night and got to relive it wonderfully again. Congratulations Gil, Jason and Blumie. Don’t miss it whether you know the show or not. It is a stand-alone masterpiece and surefire candidate for Best Picture.”

Saturday Night takes place on Oct.

As Saturday Night Live marks a landmark season, the NBC sketch comedy show threw it back to 1975.

Celebrating the 49th anniversary of SNL‘s first broadcast, with Season 50 continuing this weekend, the show shared its original opening credit sequence Friday on social media.

“SNL premiered on October 11, 1975!” they wrote on X with the intro clip for what was then titled Saturday Night.

The lineup included George Carlin, Janis Ian, Billy Preston, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, George Coe, Michael O’Donoghue, Valri Bromfield and Andy Kaufman, with a film by Albert Brooks and Jim Henson’s Muppets.

In honor of the anniversary, Jason Reitman‘s Saturday Night premieres Friday in theaters. The film is set on Oct. 11, 1975, as a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers change television forever. Formerly titled SNL 1975, the film tells the true story of what happened...

Nick De Semlyen’s informative book “Wild and Crazy Guys” ostensibly has the same goal as Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night: fleshing out the legends that shaped the landscape of American comedy for decades to come, beginning with the hectic birth of the seemingly immortal sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live.” But De Semlyen’s own analysis of the field doesn’t begin right at the beginning; the prologue of his book opens not with a play-by-play of the moments leading to SNL’s first episode, but rather an infamous moment in the show’s second season, in which new troupe member Bill Murray got into a backstage fistfight with former cast superstar (and then-host) Chevy Chase, mere moments before the episode went live.

With one simple anecdote, De Semlyen lays the foundation for a potent examination of the chaos and lacking professionalism that made this era of comedy so refreshing,...

It was no small feat to get “Saturday Night Live” off the ground at NBC, and as a result, the cast of “Saturday Night” is pretty huge. In many cases, the actors also look eerily similar to the people they’re playing.

Hitting theaters everywhere on Oct. 11 after a limited theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles, Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” tells the story of the 90 minutes right before the first-ever episode of “SNL.” It’s chaotic and at the time, even Lorne Michaels couldn’t explain what the show was going to be.

Below, you’ll find the cast of “Saturday Night” alongside what their real-life counterparts looked like back then.

Sony/Getty Images Lorne Michaels (Gabriel Labelle)

Lorne Michaels is the creator and, to this day, producer of “Saturday Night Live.” He’s played in “Saturday Night” by Gabriel Labelle, who had his breakout role in Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans.

(L to R) Garret Morris (Lamorne Morris), Chevy Chase (Cory Michael Smith), Laraine Newman (Emily Fairn), Jim Belushi (Matt Wood), Gilda Radner (Ella Hunt), Jane Curtain (Kim Matula) and Dan Aykroyd (Dylan O’Brien) in Saturday Night. Photo Credit: Hopper Stone. Copyright © 2024 Ctmg, Inc. All Rights Reserved. **All Images Are Property Of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Saturday Night takes audiences deep into the whirlwind that was the birth of Saturday Night Live, capturing the electrifying 90 minutes before that iconic first airing in 1975. Under the direction of Jason Reitman, the film crafts a thrilling and sometimes frantic portrayal that echoes the unpredictable essence of live TV. The relentless pace of last-minute tweaks, creative disputes, and looming disasters keeps viewers on the edge, sharing the tension experienced by the characters. The film is alive with the vibrant chaos of a live broadcast. Its cast shines, particularly Gabriel Labelle, who plays the young and ambitious Lorne Michaels,...

Jason Reitman's superb "Saturday Night" features 80 speaking parts, along with dozens of background actors, and a camera that effortlessly weaves through a busy set while capturing the disorderly and anarchic production of the first episode of "Saturday Night Live." That required a lot of meticulous planning, especially when there are long single-take shots that move seamlessly throughout a set that has no edge of frame, which means that everything on that set was designed as if all of it could be seen on camera in any given moment. But even with such careful organization needed to realize this hilarious, frenzied chronicle of showbiz history, Reitman still had moments of last minute inspiration, and one of them resulted in a key scene that serves as a significant moment of realization for showrunner Lorne Michaels (played by "The Fablemans" star Gabriel Labelle).

As we speed towards the third act of "Saturday...

In 2008, director Jason Reitman lived his “SNL” dream.

He was fresh off the success of “Juno,” which earned Reitman a Best Director Oscar nomination and the film a Best Picture nomination. His agent reached out to Lorne Michaels and relayed Reitman’s wish — to do a guest writing stint on “Saturday Night Live.” And, incredibly, it happened.

“It was like getting to suit up for the Los Angeles Lakers for one night,” Reitman told TheWrap. He and “SNL” writer Simon Rich stayed up until four in the morning on a Tuesday night working on ideas. On Wednesday, they took their three sketch ideas to the table read. “And then later that afternoon I got to be there for the moment when they come out of Lorne’s office and pinned a piece of paper to the wall,” Reitman said. That’s when he found out that one of his sketches...

Plot: In the ninety minutes before the live airing of the first episode of Saturday Night Live, a young Lorne Michaels (Gabriel Labelle) desperately tries to keep NBC from pulling the plug while dealing with a cast, writers and crew in open rebellion.

Review: Comedy would be very different nowadays if not for Saturday Night Live‘s impact. Most noteworthy comedy film stars of the last four decades emerged from their ranks, and nearly fifty years since its premiere, it remains as vital as ever. Yet, the making of the show itself had become an almost mythological tale, with it a known fact that the young Lorne Michaels had to overcome overwhelming odds to make the show in the first place.

What Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night does is that it distills most of the big challenges Michaels had to overcome into one ninety-minute period. It’s a conceit that...

‘Saturday Night” is a new live-action comedy feature, directed by Jason Reitman, chronicling the events leading up to the TV premiere of NBC's “Saturday Night”, aka ‘SNL’ “Saturday Night Live”, releasing October 11, 2024 in theaters:

Cast includes Gabriel Labelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O'Brien…

…Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris…

… Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun…

…Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman…

…Kaia Gerber, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, Paul Rust and J. K. Simmons.

Click the images to enlarge…...

Gilda Radner (Ella Hunt), Jane Curtain (Kim Matula), Dick Ebersol (Cooper Hoffman), Rosie Shuster (Rachel Sennott), Garrett Morris (Lamorne Morris), Alan Zweibel (Josh Brener) and Lorne Michaels (Gabriel Labelle) in Saturday Night.

Ah, the weekend, a time to kick back and relax after the drudgery of the nine-to-fives grind. Well, that’s the case for most of us. For the folks working at “30 Rock” in the “Big Apple” it’s truly “crunch time” Most weeks, that is. And it all started exactly 49 years ago. That’s when one of the “big three” networks (in those “prehistoric’ times before cable and streaming), the National Broadcasting Company decided to gamble on a risky concept, one that was once the “norm” nearly twenty years prior. Back in the 1950s almost everything on the tube (other than creaky old movies) was aired live. But with the advent of video tape, most of the...

Rachel Sennott didn’t get into the premier sketch comedy group during her tenure at NYU. Now she’s playing one of the architects of the world’s most famous sketch comedy show in Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night. Co-written by the latter and Gil Kenan, the biographical comedy-drama chronicles the messy 90-minute period before the first episode of Saturday Night Live on Oct. 11, 1975. Sennott portrays writer Rosie Shuster, who’s also the first wife of SNL creator Lorne Michaels (Gabriel Labelle). And much like their ambitious attempt to shake up NBC’s Saturday night programming, their marriage, as depicted in the film, is in a similarly fragile, yet oddly collaborative, state.

In contrast with a lot of her castmates, Sennott didn’t have a great deal of existing material to reference during prep, but she did have the ultimate resource one phone call away.

“I spoke to Rosie, which was amazing.

With Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night now out in theaters, many viewers may find themselves on the edge of their seats and wanting to see what happened in the very first episode of Saturday Night Live.

Saturday Night follows the 90 minutes leading up to SNL’s first-ever broadcast on the evening of Oct. 11, 1975, ending just before all the cast were set to go on air. Starring Gabriel Labelle, Rachel Sennott, Ella Hunt, Dylan O’Brien, Lamorne Morris, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman and others, the film arrived in theaters a week before the actual 50thanniversary, on which the film will be released wide.

For details about how to watch the first episode of Saturday Night Live, read on.

Where can I stream the very first episode of SNL?

Only one streaming service has all 50 seasons of Saturday Night Live available for streaming, and that is Peacock.

The inaugural sketch comedy...

On Tuesday, The Today Show features interviews with Gabriel Labelle, Cory Michael Smith, Dylan O’Brien, Lamorne Morris, Ella Hunt, and Kim Matula discussing their roles in Saturday Night. Coldplay will perform as part of the Citi Concert Series. In the 9-10 a.m. hour, the program introduces a new Dateline correspondent and interviews Jim Parsons about […]

The Today Show: Gabriel Labelle, Cory Michael Smith...

‘Saturday Night” is a new live-action comedy feature, directed by Jason Reitman, chronicling the events leading up to the TV premiere of NBC's “Saturday Night”, aka ‘SNL’ “Saturday Night Live”, releasing October 11, 2024 in theaters:

Cast includes Gabriel Labelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O'Brien…

…Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris…

… Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun…

…Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman…

…Kaia Gerber, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, Paul Rust and J. K. Simmons.

Click the images to enlarge…...

Chicago – Kinetic. Frenetic. Chaotic. Live! Those are just some words to describe the Saturday Night Live origin story “Saturday Night.” Director Jason Reitman has infused this nearly real time tale of the struggle to get the first episode of SNL with an energy that grabs your attention and never lets go. That takes some doing when we all know the ending. SNL would not only make it onto American airwaves, but it would become an improbable television institution and comedy touchstone, now celebrating its 50th season.

Rating: 4.0/5.0

We begin in the 90 minutes between the end of dress rehearsal and showtime, and creator Lorne Michaels (Gabriel Labelle) is besieged on all sides as he attempts to bring it to life. He’s got three hours of show and just 90 minutes of air time. The network suits, represented by Dick Ebersol (Cooper Hoffman) and Dave Tebbetts (an oily Willem Dafoe) are either...

Hallmark Spoilers indicate that Hallmark’s Countdown To Christmas begin on Friday, October 18th. This year makes the 15th anniversary of the countdown and Hallmark is celebrating. Soap Opera stars have always been a big part of Hallmark movies and that continues this year.

Allison Sweeney, Chandler Massey are among them.

Hallmark Spoilers – A Record Breaking Year

Hallmark spoilers reveal that there is a record breaking 48 holiday films on tap this year. The holiday movies will be seen on the Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, and its streaming service Hallmark+.

Other stars include, Hunter King, John Brotherton and more. Margaret Colin, Kim Matula

Alison will be seen in This Time Next Year which premiere’s on October 24 at 8pm Eastern time on Hallmark Movies And Mysteries. Sweeney plays Lauren while Niall Matter co-stars as Kevin.

These two were once happily married but have been separated for a year. They are...

Saturday Night Live has long been known for its stars’ impressions of everyone from current politicians like Kamala Harris to historical figures like Vincent Price. Saturday Night, the movie set in the moments before its series premiere, isn’t aiming for verisimilitude on that level: the actors might be playing real-life people, but they’re also creating characters. The object isn’t an SNL, or even MADtv-level impersonation, and the performances shouldn’t really be judged on that basis.

So consider the ranking below — focused solely on the actors playing the show’s original seven cast members, known as the Not Ready for Primetime Players — purely a novelty, and don’t use it to fill out your ballot when it’s time to vote for the Oscars.

Warning: Contains moderate spoilers for Saturday Night.

7 Emily Fairn as Laraine Newman

In keeping with the way the show treated its female performers...

For his latest nonfiction role, Gabriel Labelle had a rare peek inside his character’s world.

The Saturday Night star recently recalled his visit to 30 Rockefeller Plaza, where he saw a Saturday Night Live taping and met creator Lorne Michaels while portraying him in the film, which premieres nationwide on Oct. 11 following a limited release.

“Our first two days of shooting were in New York, just to shoot outside of 30 Rock, and Lorne was super cool and invited us to watch the Josh Brolin episode live,” he told IndieWire. “And so a handful of us, those who live in New York and then those who were just in New York to shoot regardless, we were able to go and check it out. It was really great.

“Lorne was there, and I actually got to speak with him briefly after the show. We didn’t say too much to each other.

Kim Matula rose to fame as Hope on The Bold and the Beautiful, a role she played from 2010 to 2014. After her departure, the actress has landed many TV and film gigs. Her latest movie role has her playing a famous comedienne.

Curtin Time

Matula’s current film Saturday Night has her starring alongside some big names including, Willem Dafoe and J.K. Simmons. The movie follows the events leading up to the 1975 premiere of Saturday Night Live.

In the film, Matula plays Jane Curtin, one of Saturday Night Live‘s original cast members. Curtin is one of Hollywood’s funniest actresses and had an illustrious career after SNL, which included the show 3rd Rock from the Sun.

Playing an iconic funny lady is a big opportunity for Matula. In an interview posted on the film’s Instagram page, the star opened up about her role.

“I did no research,” she joked.

At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television – and culture – forever. Directed by Jason Reitman and written by Gil Kenan & Reitman, Saturday Night is based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live. Full of humor, chaos, and the magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, we count down the minutes in real time until we hear those famous words…

The film features Gabriel Labelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O’Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman, Kaia Gerber, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, J.K. Simmons. Also rounding out the ensemble cast are Jon Batiste and Naomi McPherson.

Saturday Night Opens Exclusively in Movie Theaters October 11, 2024.

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In ‘Saturday Night’ (2024), we follow the chaotic and exhilarating 90 minutes leading up to the debut episode of what is now known as ‘Saturday Night Live’ (SNL) on October 11, 1975—a night that would forever change American television and comedy scene. The film introduces us to TV legend Lorne Michaels (Gabriel Labelle) and the groundbreaking ensemble cast of comedic gold he assembled, including Chevy Chase (Cory Michael Smith), Dan Aykroyd (Dylan O'Brien), Gilda Radner (Ella Hunt), Laraine Newman (Emily Fairn), Garrett Morris (Lamorne Morris), John Belushi (Matt Wood), and Jane Curtin (Kim Matula). Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal,...

With one month to go before showtime at the 47th Denver Film Festival, festival organizers have peeled back the curtain to reveal this year’s official selections, honorees and jurors.

Presented by Denver Film, the festival will kick off with the opening night presentation of Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut The Piano Lesson from Netflix on Nov. 1. Hitting the screen at the McA Denver at the Holiday Theater, The Piano Lesson is an August Wilson adaptation starring Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Deadwyler, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Corey Hawkins, Stephan James, Erykah Badu and more.

The festival runs Nov. 1-10, and during that time 185 features, documentaries and shorts will screen in the Colorado capital. Justin Kurzel’s The Order starring Jude Law as an FBI agent on the trail of a white supremacist group in the Pacific Northwest will serve as a centerpiece presentation on Nov. 8. The film, which also...

“Saturday Night Live’s” 50th season got off to a good start this past weekend.

Though Jean Smart (“Hacks”) and Jelly Roll were the host and musical guest, respectively, the real stars of “SNL” Episode #1865 were the new character assignments ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

Former “SNL” cast member (1986-1993) Dana Carvey is our absent-minded (and just generally absent) outgoing commander-in-chief Joe Biden, Maya Rudolph is of course back as Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, Andy Samberg returned to Studio 8H as her husband — the second gentleman who could become the first gentleman come January — Doug Emhoff, standup comedian Jim Gaffigan as her running mate Tim Walz, Bowen Yang as the Republican VP candidate Jd Vance, and of course James Austin Johnson as former president Donald Trump.

The September 28 season premiere landed 5.3 million viewers, the most for a season premiere episode since 2020, when Chris Rock opened the season as host.

Original Saturday Night Live cast member Jane Curtin recently admitted that, during her time on the show, she always thought SNL fans were morons — after all, who else would pay to see the Coneheads movie?

On October 11th, director Jason Reitman and Sony Pictures will unleash their “based on a true story” dramatization of the lead-up to the first-ever episode of SNL, exactly 49 years after the events in question. However, as is the case, the whenever Hollywood turns real people and events into digestible entertainment, Saturday Night will not be without a few brazen, creative liberties when it comes to the SNL mythos. In fact, the Muppets fandom is already calling on a boycott for how the film reportedly presents Jim Henson, played by Succession’s Nicholas Braun, as a hapless rube whom the entire SNL cast and crew bully and berate behind the scenes.

But the most interesting possible...

Photo: Kim Matula, Beau Mirchoff Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Jaakko Posti

Dog lovers have plenty to look forward to in Hallmark’s holiday movie, The Finnish Line. Premiering as part of the network’s Countdown to Christmas 2024, the movie stars the Bold and the Beautiful alum Kim Matula, Beau Mirchoff, Nichole Sakura and a pack of huskies.

Meanwhile, viewers will even get to meet Santa Claus in this Arctic adventure. Read on to learn more about this holiday movie and its cast.

The Finnish Line on Hallmark Channel Photo: Kim Matula Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Jaakko Posti

According to the Futon Critic, The Finnish Line is a dogsledding adventure up in the Arctic with loads of snow and cute huskies. The plot sees Anya (Kim Matula) hoping to follow in her late father’s footsteps by participating in the 40th annual Joulurauha race in Finland. This was her father...

When I first heard about the premise of Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” — the entire film takes place in the 90 minutes leading up to the late-night comedy landmark’s first episode in 1975 — I confess that I found the idea to be a head-scratcher. Sure, it seemed like there would be a backstage let’s-put-on-a-show “What can go wrong? Everything can go wrong!” real-time frenetic bustle to the thing. And that sounded like fun.

More to the point, though: The show that came to be called “Saturday Night Live” — in the first season, it was just called “Saturday Night” — didn’t come together overnight, or in 90 minutes. A universe of pitching and planning and casting and writing, along with an infinite number of decisions large and small, went into the formation of a revolutionary new television comedy spirit and form. How was “Saturday Night” created? How was it dreamed up? How did it all come together?...

Columbia Pictures’ Saturday Night from Jason Reitman debuted at $265k, a great $53k per theater that’s the second-best limited opening of the year, and the best since June when Kinds Of Kindness also opened in 5 theaters (to a $75k PTA). It’s been a long a slightly dower wait for something to pop.

Saturday Night made $108K on Friday, $88K on Saturday and a projected $69K on Sunday in LA and New York. Expands Oct. 4 before opening wide on Oct 11 and looks well set up for a nice theatrical run with strong reviews and word of mouth since premiering at Telluride and Toronto.

Saturday Night is the true, and real time, story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live at 11:30 pm on October...

Dylan O’Brien is keeping a pretty cool head after undertaking his latest role.

The Saturday Night actor said he “can’t wait” to meet Dan Aykroyd following his portrayal of the Saturday Night Live alum in the upcoming Jason Reitman-helmed film, which premieres nationwide on Oct. 11, the 49th anniversary of the NBC sketch comedy show’s first episode.

“I’m okay if my guy hates it. It’s acceptance. That was my method,” he joked to People about Aykroyd’s potential reaction to his performance.

“I hear we’re very similar, in a way that I never knew,” added O’Brien. “I feel like we’re going to get along.”

Saturday Night takes place on October 11, 1975, as a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers change television forever. Formerly titled SNL 1975, the film tells the true story of what happened behind the scenes that night in the 90 minutes...

Hallmark’s Countdown To Christmas 2024 movie The Finnish Line stars Bold And The Beautiful alum Kim Matula, Beau Mirchoff, as well as NIchole Sakura, and a gorgeous pack of huskies. This movie stays near the Arctic Circle where there is lots of snow, a pack of enthusiastic huskies, and Santa Claus! This promises to be quite an enchanting Arctic adventure with a stop at Santa Clause Village and the Arctic Circle.

Best of all, there is a team of sled dogs that viewers will certainly fall in love with.

Here are all the details of this highly anticipated holiday movie.

Photo: Kim Matula, Benedikt Gröndal, Nichole Sakura Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Jaakko Posti What Is Hallmark’s The Finnish Line About?

Hallmark has an Arctic dogsledding adventure this holiday season called The Finnish Line. What is this new Christmas movie about? According to The Futon Critic, Anya wants to...

As Saturday Night Live embarks upon its milestone 50th season, Saturday Night arrives to complete the show’s journey, despite the film’s lack of authorial stamp from Broadway Video, NBC, or even Universal Pictures. With the appearance of a reverent, mythmaking de facto biopic, covering the momentous 90 minutes leading...

On Thursday, Hallmark announced its 2024 Countdown To Christmas lineup. This year the network is releasing 47 new Christmas movies across their three platforms. Best of all, this 15th-anniversary group of holiday movies includes a lot of soap stars.

Which Christmas movies star some soap opera favorites? Here is the list.

When Nicky finds an unopened Christmas card from a high school secret admirer, she and her best friend Simone search to find and thank the anonymous author. Photo: Alison Sweeney Credit: ©2021 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: David Astorga This Time Next Year Stars Long-Time Days Star Alison Sweeney

Firstly is This Time Next Year. This movie stars Niall Matter and Alison Sweeney The premiere of this movie is on Thursday, October 24, at 8 p.m., Eastern, on Hallmark Mystery.

According to Variety, “Once happily married and thriving as a family, a couple in the midst of a trial separation are working...

Jean Smart plays a late-night talk show host on HBO’s “Hacks,” and now the Emmy winner will get her turn hosting the biggest late-night sketch comedy show of all-time: “Saturday Night Live.”

Smart will kick off Season 50 of the iconic series on September 28 — it’s her first time as host. Her musical guest Jelly Roll is also making his “SNL” debut. Smart just won her third Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on “Hacks,” which was awarded best comedy. Smart now has six overall Emmy Awards across her career.

“SNL” will mark its actual 50th anniversary with a celebratory weekend culminating in a live primetime special on Sunday, February 16. We now know the first five hosts of the season.

After Smart, stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze makes a swift return after a great episode last season. Coldplay, regulars to the program, is his musical guest.

The stars of Saturday Night are hitting the red carpet!

Rachel Sennott, Gabriel Labelle, and Willem Dafoe posed for photos together at the premiere of their new movie held during the 2024 Toronto Film Festival on Tuesday (Sept. 10) at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, Canada.

Corey Michael Smith, Kaia Gerber, and tons of other cast members were also in attendance at the premiere.

Here’s the movie’s synopsis: At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television – and culture – forever. Directed by Jason Reitman and written by Gil Kenan & Reitman, Saturday Night is based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live. Full of humor, chaos, and the magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, we count down the minutes in real time until we hear those famous words…...

In 2008, with two lauded features already under his belt (“Thank You for Smoking” and “Juno”), Jason Reitman took a break from one of his professional dreams (be a filmmaker) to fulfill another (be a writer on “Saturday Night Live”). For one week, the writer/director joined the crew of the venerated live sketch comedy show (it was the Ashton Kutcher-hosted episode), an experience he likens to joining the Los Angeles Lakers for a game.

Like most comedy wonks, Reitman had grown up revering “Saturday Night Live,” an affection he channels for his latest, “Saturday Night,” which he also wrote with Gil Kenan. Set on October 11, 1975, the film follows the wild, rag-tag original cast and crew as they attempt to launch the very first episode of the NBC series.

Nothing, of course, goes to plan. How could it? It’s 90 minutes of live comedy. For 109 of its own nonstop minutes,...

Jason Reitman’s upcoming real-time film Saturday Night is set to dramatise the events leading up to SNL's first ever show. Trailer here.

Last month, we got the news that Saturday Night, the making-of story behind one of the most successful variety shows in US history, is heading for an 11th October release date in the US, and we also got an introductory trailer to go along with it.

While we still don’t yet now when Saturday Night will be hitting the UK, we do have a full trailer to check out ahead of the film’s arrival.

Starring The Fabelmans breakout Gabriel Labelle as the show’s famed producer, Lorne Michaels, the film reportedly revolves around the 90 minutes before the first broadcast of Michaels’ comedy darling, Saturday Night Live.

The cast for this one is something to behold. As well as the aformentioned Gabriel Labelle, we get Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd,...

Jason Reitman has described Saturday Night as a “comedy thriller” and said that the villain of the movie is time itself. It’s easy to see what he means in the new trailer for the film that depicts the chaotic premiere night of the comedy institution Saturday Night Live. The trailer, newly released by Sony, showcases more of the incredible recreations at Studio 8H, housed at the famous 30 Rockefeller Plaza, along with the cast of the film emulating that ragtag group of soon-to-be over-the-night comedy sensations.

In the new Saturday Night trailer, Labelle’s Lorne Michaels scrambles to get his show on the road in the face of impending failure. Between battling Rockafella Center security, being at odds with Mbc programming higher-up David Tebet (Willem Dafoe), and trying to keep his cast from killing each other, Michaels faces an uphill battle of wills to launch what eventually becomes an institution among television programming.

Sony Pictures has launched a brand new trailer for Jason Reitman’s ‘Saturday Night.’

At 11:30 pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television – and culture – forever.

Directed by Jason Reitman and written by Gil Kenan & Reitman, the movie is based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live. Full of humour, chaos, and the magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, we count down the minutes in real time until we hear those famous words…

The movie stars Gabriel Labelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O’Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman, Kaia Gerber, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe

Matthew Rhys, J.K. Simmons. Also rounding out the ensemble cast are Jon Batiste and Naomi McPherson.

"We're 90 minutes of live television by a group of 20-year-olds who have never made anything!" Uh oh. Ha ha. Sony Pictures has revealed a second official trailer for the Saturday Night movie, a new film from director Jason Reitman. This first premiered at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival last weekend to glowing reviews and it's also playing in Toronto right now. Don't write this off! Reviews are effusive so far! It's set to be one of this year's top comedies. At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed TV forever. Find out what happened in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live. The cast features Gabriel Labelle as Lorne Michaels, Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster, Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner, and Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd, with Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula,...