Seth McFarlane’s performance on Saturday Night Live became available on Hulu Japan just hours after it aired on NBC in the U.S., and upcoming episodes will be released in the country just as fast. But don’t expect Hollywood to give up on international windows altogether. Read more »
The average, tragically unhip American knows of Jenny Slate from her work on Saturday Night Live. However, if you are not tragically unhip, then you perhaps knew that SNL barely scraped the surface of her talents, which especially shine when she works with her friends. Read more »
Betty White’s hosting of Saturday Night Live last Saturday performed great for Hulu — despite only being online for 24 hours of the week. Five videos from last Saturday’s show were among the Top 20 videos watched, and the full episode was the most-watched show. Read more »
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The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has a piece on that comedy stalwart, Saturday Night Live, that almost reads like a surrender treaty. The article basically says that while there are some chuckles, the show just is a bit toothless, but that “Saturday Night Live is […] Read more »
When you’ve got Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg on Saturday Night Live doing a follow-up to their web phenom “D*ck in a Box,” that’s about as close as you can get to a viral video success guarantee. The duo donned their cheesy Color Me Badd clothes […] Read more »
Another title for The Lonely Island’s first comedy album, Incredibad, could be “The Best of the SNL Digital Shorts, 2005-2008.” Dropping today, the CD/DVD set, also available for download on iTunes, features Lazy Sunday, Dick In a Box, and Jizz in My Pants, as well as […] Read more »
Well, it took almost the whole game, but during the fourth quarter, the Hulu Super Bowl ad ran. It brought in some star power courtesy of Alec Baldwin. The bit involved a secret Hulu HQ where they plot to turn your brain into a cottage cheese-like […] Read more »
Guess what, Saturday Night Live?! Ever since taking this job, which by virtue of the fates makes watching you compulsory, I’ve become increasingly familiar with your ongoing gags. Which is why, for today’s post, I have decided to make use of Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler’s […] Read more »
Disney Fights Piracy on Site it Funded; 56.com, funded by Steamboat Ventures had bootlegged Disney content like full-length copies of WALL-E up on the site. (The Wall Street Journal) YouTube Testing HD Videos; video giant stealthily trying out the higher quality 720p format. (Epicenter Blog) CNET […] Read more »
Dear 1998, I know you have a lot on your mind right now — what with Friends’ Ross and Rachel maybe being broken up for real this time, and wow, how about that Monica Lewinsky? But it’s important you remember the following two things: Sell your […] Read more »
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Hey, that John McCain can be funny! And (shocker) Tina Fey came back for another show. The QVC bit was pretty good. If you missed this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, NBC showed that it knows how to milk a potential viral video with the best of […] Read more »
Tina Fey’s spot-on impersonation of V-P candidate Sarah Palin and near constant presence on “Saturday Night Live” over the past couple of months helped boost her show “30 Rock” to its highest ratings ever. Read more »
Fey-lin has become a bona-fide franchise for SNL, boosting television ratings and becoming a guaranteed viral video hit machine racking up more than 56 million plays. Read more »
Chuck Klosterman once wrote that the phrase “comparing apples to oranges” to reference the contrast of two different things was dumb because in many ways apples and oranges are actually very similar (small, round fruits). Recently at least two stories have run comparing online video to […] Read more »
PPS.tv Gets $20 Million; Chinese video site gets third round, led by LB Investment. (paidContent) DVD Biz Had Modest Drop in Q3; while sales and rentals dipped, Blu-ray got a boost and could help the industry hit break-even with 2007. (Video Business) SAG Requests Federal Mediator; […] Read more »
Last night some folks and I were hanging out, being awesome glamorous Hollywood people…by which I mean we were sitting around my computer watching Sarah Palin’s appearance on SNL. But when Mark Wahlberg appeared in the opening sketch, a friend who hadn’t seen the previous episode […] Read more »
Forget November 4th, Sarah Palin’s appearance on Saturday Night Live was the most-anticipated moment of this election. Would she be funny? Would Tina Fey be there?(yes) Would it be worth all the hype? (Uhh, unless you’re not impressed with a certain Mr. Mark Wahlberg making a […] Read more »
In what could be the Large Hadron Collider of political viral video events, CNN is reporting that vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will appear on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Read more »
NBC is looking to launch a new standalone Saturday Night Live video site built from clips of the comedy show. Read more »
The Google Blog is running an op-ed today by YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, who dreams of a future where uploading an online video is as simple as making a phone call, and anyone can watch YouTube from any screen, from TVs in their living rooms to […] Read more »
With the return of Saturday Night Live, we’re bringing back this feature — because no other pop culture entity has been so good to viral video. Will It Spread? Palin/Clinton Open, SNL What’s It About: Saturday Night Live coaxes Tina Fey home for the cameo people […] Read more »
When Jimmy Fallon takes over Conan O’Brien’s late-night talk spot next year, the first place you’ll be able to find him is online. Lorne Michaels, who runs Saturday Night Live and is executive producer of Late Night, told the New York Times he would launch Fallon’s […] Read more »
Cultural transposition is always a bit…weird…and the accessibility the Internet provides doesn’t really change that. Case in point: Remember how one of the alternative revenue streams for Vuguru’s Prom Queen was to come from licensing the show in Japan and France? Well, the Japanese version has […] Read more »
Coming on the heels of a full week of hand-wringing over who Lorne Michaels would pick to play Barack Obama on Saturday Night Live (and the debate was not just confined to the web –– I overheard two hipsters arguing about candidates for “Fauxbama” in a […] Read more »
In 2007, a significant shift took place in the world of professional comedians as many of them started creating original content for the Internet. 2008 now stands poised to be the year in which the masses start to take notice — thanks in part to the […] Read more »
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