If there are two more happily self-indulgent muggers in Saturday Night Live history than Jimmy Fallon and Dana Carvey, then, well, there aren’t. (Chevy, back in the day? Kattan? Wiig? Piscopo? Okay, there’s a lot of mugging going on.) Regardless, the two SNL alums met up for some old school sketch and impressionist…

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the Game Of Thrones finale.

Sure ABC could have just aired a rerun, what with Jimmy Kimmel taking the night off from his late-night show to co-host the big, partly successful live Norman Lear tribute earlier on Wednesday. Instead, though, viewers got a return visit from recent Jimmy Kimmel Live! guest, Emmy winner, and all-around media mogul,…

Since Stephen Colbert was welcoming self-proclaimed king of all media Howard Stern onto Tuesday’s Late Show, it only makes sense that the legendary/infamous radio star got plenty of time to promote his new book, Howard Stern Comes Again. (You get it.) The only booked interview for the night, Stern came out to Jon…

Before she was America’s weirdo-patriotic TV sweetheart on Parks And Recreation, or America’s just plain weirdo on Saturday Night Live, Amy Poehler was (and remains) one of the world’s best improvisers. (Now is a good time to revisit the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch show for just a little taste of what some…

Last week, John Oliver joked about wasting the greatest lead-in in television history by spending the bulk of his Game Of Thrones-following Last Week Tonight on the Green New Deal. (He did have Bill Nye profanely losing it about inaction on climate change, but still.) Well, with the dragonfire-anticipated GOT finale …

Leslie Jones might not be the most natural sketch performer Saturday Night Live’s ever had, but she’s arguably the most immediate and personal Weekend Update correspondent ever. As herself—or the on-air version of Leslie which, one suspects, is pretty close to Leslie—Jones showed up one last time in season 44 last…

“Hands down, the most anticipated finale this weekend!”

With Sunday’s no-doubt epic (and some-doubt satisfying) Game Of Thrones finale coming at us this Sunday, some people are scrambling to catch up, rewatch, and otherwise cram in preparation. And, sure, it’s theoretically possible to catch up on every single episode, read the A.V. Club’s both expert and newbie reviews,…

Nobody in Hollywood has let John Waters make a feature film since 2004's A Dirty Shame, which is, well, a dirty shame. Still, the self-proclaimed “filth elder” (according to the title of his new book Mr. Know-It-All: Confessions Of A Filth Elder) isn’t letting the man get him down (so to speak). On Thursday’s Late…

Late-night hosts weren’t shy about expressing their anger over Alabama’s newly signed (by Republican Governor Kay Ivey), draconian anti-abortion law, a blanket ban on a medical procedure affecting only one gender which completely removes women’s autonomy over their own bodies. And while Seth Meyers made room for some…

Bill Hader’s been making the talk show rounds in preparation for the Sunday season finale of his Emmy-winning black comedy Barry. With his signature blend of unassuming midwestern amiability, roster of at-the-ready impressions, and general storytelling acumen, Hader always makes a great guest, no matter what show he’s…

Since E! apparently has decided that woman-led, amiably boozy hangout vibes aren’t welcome in the late-night firmament, fans of Busy Tonight have to soak up all the rosé-flavored fun they can get before Busy Philipps’ talk show ends on May 16. And if you were ever asking yourself which group of funny women would make…

Last Week Tonight started late on Sunday because of some sort of dragon incident, and, according to Oliver, was desperate to keep viewers’ interest so that people wouldn’t switch off before the Game Of Thrones rerun so that they could see “what garbage from craft services they’ve hidden as an Easter egg this week.”…

“Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion” left me feeling tired. Not because it’s a bad episode, necessarily—it’s above average, as far as a season 30 episode of The Simpsons goes. The overall feeling left after this 30th Simpsons season finale is more one of rueful resignation that, for all the show’s pedigree, its occasional…

Emma Thompson hosted last night’s Saturday Night Live, which saw the universally respected thespian amiably willing to goof about in all manner of silly costumes and personas. (Yes, the Late Night star did don a giant teapot costume for a Beauty And The Beast parody, in case you were wondering.) Donning her…

“I fight her the whole way, but she does it.”

That’s not a euphemism, although “washing a dog with Jimmy Fallon” might as well be the new go-to phrase agents use when informing clients about a mandatory upcoming appearance on the Fallon’s party games-happy Tonight Show. But, no, Oscar-winning actress and recent Dame Emma Thompson actually got down and washed a…

Over the opening credits of David Cross’ new stand-up special, Oh, Come On, the comic can be heard saying, “You gotta do it. It really makes them—it really bothers them.” That’s David Cross the stand-up encapsulated in a bit of pre-show banter. (As he says to his audience when he first takes the stage, “Just so you…

With the cast of Veep all in-house for an extended, multi-tiered sit-down all night on Thursday’s Late Show, it was pretty clear how much Stephen Colbert loves the series. (About to take its final, questionably patriotic lap on Sunday.) During the wide-ranging, deeply silly interview, we learn which cast member is (at…