Live from New York it's Jenny Live...

Ok not really, all I've got is the lineup for hosts and musical guests for SNL's first month back.

It turns out Megan Fox, Ryan Reynolds, Drew Barrymore and Gerard Butler and have been booked to host the first four episodes of the new season of "Saturday Night Live."

On the musical front, U2, Lady Gaga, Regina Spektor and Shakira have all agreed to perform during the first month of the NBC latenight show's 35th season.

"SNL's" new season begins this week on Sept. 26 with Fox and U2. Fox is hyping "Jennifer's Body."

Reynolds and Lady Gaga are set for Oct. 3. It'll be Gaga's first "SNL" visit.

Barrymore returns for her sixth hosting stint on Oct. 10 (she was seven when she debuted on the show in November 1982) to promote Whip It. Spektor will be the musical guest.

And Butler, promoting his new movie "Law Abiding Citizen," debuts as an "SNL" host Oct. 17. Pop seductress Shakira will be his musical guest. (Source The Wrap)

2009 Emmy Nominations

While most people don't care about the Emmy's (The TV Oscars,) they're one of my favorite awards ceremonies of the year, mainly because the actors who spend all year portraying the characters we hate to love, love to hate and try their best to entertain us, finally get their due, like Neil Patrick Harris who will be hosting (and hopefully winning an Emmy this year.) I was pleasantly surprised by a couple of the nominees, (HIMYM finally getting a Best Comedy nod & Aaron Paul for Breaking Bad,) but you don't really know how it'll turn out til the night of, so congrats to all the nominees and thanks for keeping us glued to our couches for a reason.

Winners to be announced on Sunday, September 20th.

Outstanding Comedy Series
"Entourage" (2004)
"Family Guy" (1999)
"The Flight of the Conchords" (2007)
"How I Met Your Mother" (2005)
"The Office" (2005)
"30 Rock" (2006)
"Weeds" (2005)
I'm hoping HIMYM wins, but 30 Rock's most likely got it under lock for the 4th year in a row

Outstanding Drama Series
"Big Love" (2006)
"Breaking Bad" (2008)
"Damages" (2007)
"Dexter" (2006)
"House M.D." (2004)
"Lost" (2004)
"Mad Men" (2007)
I'm really torn here, considering each show is stellar, & I'm still thinking about the Lost and House finales, but Mad Men is head & shoulders above everyone else.

Outstanding Made for Television Movie
Coco Chanel (2008) (TV)
Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Into the Storm (2009) (TV)
Prayers for Bobby (2009) (TV)
Taking Chance (2009)

Outstanding Miniseries
"Generation Kill" (2008)
"Little Dorrit" (2008)
I heart PBS Masterpieces/most Dickens adaptations/Matthew MacFayden, but if Generation Kill doesn't win I'm going to be livid.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)
Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)
Jemaine Clement for "The Flight of the Conchords" (2007)
Jim Parsons for "The Big Bang Theory" (2007)
Tony Shalhoub for "Monk" (2002)
Charlie Sheen for "Two and a Half Men" (2003)
I would love to see Jemaine win, since he's my favorite Conchord...& he makes me want to get Garfunkled

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Simon Baker for "The Mentalist" (2008)
Gabriel Byrne for "In Treatment" (2008)
Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad" (2008)
Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)
Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)
Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)
I want to make out with all of them, but am rooting for Hugh Laurie... I mean Jon Hamm...I mean...

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Kevin Bacon for Taking Chance (2009)
Kenneth Branagh for "Wallander" (2008)
Brendan Gleeson for Into the Storm (2009) (TV)
Kevin Kline for "Great Performances: Cyrano de Bergerac (#37.8)" (2008)
Ian McKellen for King Lear (2008) (TV)
Kiefer Sutherland for 24: Redemption (2008) (TV)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate for "Samantha Who?" (2007)
Toni Collette for "United States of Tara" (2009)
Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus for "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (2006)
Mary-Louise Parker for "Weeds" (2005)
Sarah Silverman for "The Sarah Silverman Program." (2007)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Glenn Close for "Damages" (2007)
Sally Field for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)
Mariska Hargitay for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)
Holly Hunter for "Saving Grace" (2007)
Elisabeth Moss for "Mad Men" (2007)
Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Drew Barrymore for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Jessica Lange for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Shirley MacLaine for Coco Chanel (2008) (TV)
Sigourney Weaver for Prayers for Bobby (2009) (TV)
Chandra Wilson for Accidental Friendship (2008) (TV)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Jon Cryer for "Two and a Half Men" (2003)
Kevin Dillon for "Entourage" (2004)
Neil Patrick Harris for "How I Met Your Mother" (2005)
Jack McBrayer for "30 Rock" (2006)
Tracy Morgan for "30 Rock" (2006)
Rainn Wilson for "The Office" (2005)
While I'm a huge fan of NPH & think he was robbed last year, I want Tracy Morgan to win just to hear his acceptance speech. & I'd like to take this opportunity to say I'm glad Jeremy Piven wasn't nominated this year, because he stopped playing Ari Gold and became him 2 seasons ago, but after the first time he won I just wished they gave it to Kevin Dillon.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Christian Clemenson for "Boston Legal" (2004)
Michael Emerson for "Lost" (2004)
William Hurt for "Damages" (2007)
Aaron Paul for "Breaking Bad" (2008)
William Shatner for "Boston Legal" (2004)
John Slattery for "Mad Men" (2007)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Len Cariou for Into the Storm (2009) (TV)
Tom Courtenay for "Little Dorrit" (2008)
Ken Howard for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Bob Newhart for The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008) (TV)
Andy Serkis for "Little Dorrit" (2008)


Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Kristin Chenoweth for "Pushing Daisies" (2007)
Jane Krakowski for "30 Rock" (2006)
Elizabeth Perkins for "Weeds" (2005)
Amy Poehler for "Saturday Night Live" (1975)
Kristen Wiig for "Saturday Night Live" (1975)
Vanessa Williams for "Ugly Betty" (2006)
There's soooooo much talent in this category it's ridiculous. Especially since I'm in love with everyone of these incredibly beautiful and hilarious women...

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Rose Byrne for "Damages" (2007)
Hope Davis for "In Treatment" (2008)
Cherry Jones for "24" (2001)
Sandra Oh for "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)
Dianne Wiest for "In Treatment" (2008)
Chandra Wilson for "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Shohreh Aghdashloo for "House of Saddam" (2008)
Marcia Gay Harden for The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV)
Janet McTeer for Into the Storm (2009) (TV)
Jeanne Tripplehorn for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Cicely Tyson for Relative Stranger (2009) (TV)

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
"The Colbert Report" (2005)
"The Daily Show" (1996)
"Late Show with David Letterman" (1993)
"Real Time with Bill Maher" (2003)
"Saturday Night Live" (1975)
Um wow, just thinking about each of these shows makes me chuckle...too close to call.

Outstanding Reality Competition Program
"The Amazing Race" (2001)
"American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002)
"Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I)
"Project Runway" (2005)
"Top Chef" (2006)
All great shows though I live and die for Project Runway & Top Chef

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality - Competition Program
Tom Bergeron for "Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I)
Phil Keoghan for "The Amazing Race" (2001)
Heidi Klum for "Project Runway" (2005)
Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio for "Top Chef" (2006)
Jeff Probst for "Survivor" (2000)
Ryan Seacrest for "American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002)

Outstanding Reality Program
"Antiques Roadshow" (1997)
"Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan" (2004)
"Dirty Jobs" (2005)
"Intervention" (2005)
"Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" (2005)
"MythBusters" (2003)
I can't believe Antiques Roadshow is still on! I'm not hatin' just statin'

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger - London, New York, Johannesburg (2008) (TV)
Kathy Griffin: She'll Cut a Bitch (2009) (TV)
Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special (2008) (TV)
The 31st Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2008) (TV)
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W Bush (2009) (TV)
Give it to Chris!

What I'm getting my mom next year for Mother's Day...

If the video doesn't load peep it here...

5 Months Earlier

"Hey you know what this song reminds me of?"

Hoping not to have a similar experience while driving from LA to Indio tomorrow with my bro en route to Coachella

If I Ever Feel Better

I've been nuts about this song for a while but even more, since it was the closing credits on Entourage last fall. If you haven't head of Phoenix yet they're great and will be the musical guest on SNL this weekend, (Seth Rogen will host) to help promote their new and supposedly incredibly new album "Wolfgang Amadaeus Phoenix"

What in your what?

Even more insanity from Mr. Samberg

An SNL Digital Short that was shot in Miami

When I saw the application for this production come across my desk, I didn't think much of it except for that the title, "I'm on a boat" seemed pretty dumb. Since they were shooting primarily on private property and a boat I didn't think too much of it,but the title stayed with me and I'm kind of glad it did. If the video doesn't load check it out here.

TV on the Radio Rocked SNL

and will be on Monday night's Colbert Report by the by

They played Golden Age first


But killed it on Dancing Choose

MacGruber deals with a mid-life crisis

MacGruber has issues with co-workers

suprisingly enough Seth Meyers was NOT eaten alive when he went on "The View"

well it’s all come full circle. Seth Meyers was on “The View” today and the ladies had quite a few things to say to him since SNL spoofed the daytime talk show on Saturday. it first comes up around 3:55 and then in full at 5:00

Live from New York, Ben Affleck ruins my Saturday night

Live-ish Blogging of SNL


Holy jeebs McCain and Fey hawking for "QVC"!


What the fudge is Ben Affleck doing hosting? His next project "He's just not that into You," doesn't come out til February 2009.


so this skectch mocking "The View," could stand a chance, but these women are so nuts they're hilarious so who knows how this sketch will turn out. Fred Armisen's Joy Behar is divine,& I kinda want to punch Kristen Wiig and the new girl playing "Jennifer Aniston" in the face, so i guess they're doing a good job, since that's kind of how i feel about both those women.[and no i'm not advocating girl-on girl violence, i'm just not a fan of either one of them.] Ben as Alec Baldwin, yay! [30 seconds pass] Ben as Alec Baldwin, boo! very,very bad.
Wow this sketch is dying very quickly. & as I type Ben has broke character & started to laugh.

ok so maybe this "Countdown with Keith Olberman" sketch stands a chance. Keenan is going to kill this sketch. As someone who catches part of "Countdown" almost every other night, Ben's playing him a little too seriously. Keith is absurd, but jnows he's
Ok Ben cracked two & a half times during this sketch alone.
Though he killed it, in the end when he blew up over being rejected by a Co-op board.
Ok make that 3 and a half.

That's it, I'm just watching this ep now just to see how many times Ben can't keep it together and starts laughing.

November 15, Paul Rudd will host, with musical guest Beyonce. that should be promising.
Ugh Valkyrie trailer. This looks worse than Pearl Harbor... Hey Ben Affleck starred in that (& Alec Baldwin was in it too.)

This is officially the Kristen Wiig show. Ben was great as the creepy white ghetto UPS delivery guy. And he almost cracked. The count is up to 4.

Jason Sudeikis why don't we see more of you? You were so great on 30 Rock as Floyd. Giraffes! GIRAFFE! This basically a a digital short without Andy Samberg. the next time i'm in NY, I'm totally going to the Staten Island Zoo.

I don't really watch American Idol, but I did for David Cook, and watching him perform is not helping me to remember why. He sounds a bit pitchy dawg & I'm not feeling this song at all. So much so I fast forwarded through the 2nd half of the song.

The real reason I tuned in tonight was to watch Seth Meyers work the desk solo during Weekend Update. Now that Amy has had her baby, he'll be going at it alone. While I'll miss Amy terribly, she deserves/needs this break, and I'm as giddy as a a diabetic on Splenda to have some 1 on 1 with Seth...& apparently John McCain. Isn't it way past his bed time? He IS a Grandpa!

I love when Seth gets excited and just keeps smiling & nodding, so he doesn't put his foot in his mouth. Phil Spectors hair IS insanity. Entourage is pretty douchey lately. Hey the 1st Will Forte appearance of the night. Will and Fred are always great together. but most importantly, let us all praise Darrel Hammond.

Bill Hader you are beautiful (and I mean deathly pale, tall, awkward and hilarious) he kind of looks like a vampire, and should totally do a cameo on "True Blood" next season. oh and this Zolinski Brothers sketch is totally/maybe a Wachowski brothers knock.

Ok David Cook's 2nd song was sooo much better. Wtf he should have done this 1st. Whatever its not like Ill be listening to the radio for either anyway. Ok and now I know why this dude won American Idol and he was pitch perfect. Seriously idk who told him to open with that 1st single, but they should be fired. Oh and "his band" is tight.

I have a secret obsession with Germany and this Bieroff Brothers sketch is pretty great considering how weak this episode was.

Wow this episode was kind of atrocious, I should have gone and seen RockNRolla at 12:40am like i intended.


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completely gratuitous Jon Hamm post

these are all his SNL promo pics from when he hosted the best ep ever.

MACGRUBER: Father and Son

possibly one of my all time favorites

Don Draper's Guide to Picking up Women

it's been less than 12 hours since the Mad Men Finale and i already desperately miss the show. in order to keep the spirit of the show in my life til it comes back, i'm going to take these tips Don Draper has come up with...and use them inversely to pick up men if necessary.

Jon Hamm rocks my world

Holy bejeebus his episode of SNL was everything I wanted it to be (which was basically for him to play Don Draper or a version of him in every sketch he's in) and more. I was so excited/desperate to see it I raced home after The Faint show to see it.

Congrats to Amy Poehler who wasn't on the show tonight because she was having her baby!
Speaking of babies, I want to have Seth Meyers'...in an alternate universe of course/ or in 5 years, for the time being i just be in his orbit. He's doing such a great job as head writer and am so proud of the material he's put out this year. The fact that he also has an incredibly talented ensemble to stage what he oversees helps of course, which is why alums like Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, Chris Parnell and Maya Rudolph have come back.

I have to give a shout out to Will Forte because he never fails. He is amazingly brilliant and not just because he played a ROBOT TELEPHONE. And though Kristen Wiig was only in a few sketches she of course was divine.

I do have to quote from the show and share:
"Mmm I want me some Jon Hamm John Ham.

There's been a whole mess of fingers in Butts ever since... I can't wait to lick the crack in Butts."

Oh and this little band called Coldplay performed. A # of people have told me they're not into Coldplay because they think they're depressing, but I actually have always found their music incredibly powerful, really uplifting, beautiful and just plain fun because they're clearly enjoying themselves. Which may be part of the reason they got to play 3 songs over the common 2 every other band gets to do, & was totally evident when they closed the show with their 1st single "Yellow." Oh and at the very end of the song Chris Martin said "Barack Obama,"which I can only imagine was an endorsement of some sort, though he can't vote, but is clearly very very interested in the outcome.

All in all I thought it was a pretty fantastic show and possibly my most memorable episode.
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weekend update just keeps getting better

Keenan Thompson deserves more credit and not just because he's the lone black guy on SNL. just watch this video (if the one below doesn't load) and you'll understand, it's about 2 and a half minutes in during Andy Samberg's "Jam the Vote" segment.

Representing the Write-In party Tim Calhoun

early voting has begun in Florida and a myriad of other places across the country. before you head out to the polls, don't forget about the other parties involved.

SNL is incredible...and not just because they got Sarah Palin to stand there and say nothing

my love for Saturday Night Live's entire ensemble knows no bounds and has for as long as i can remember. but this season has been pretty pitch perfect and not only because of the lovely and amazing Tina Fey's insanely dead on portrayal of Sarah Palin, but each cast member has really stepped up their game and is just fantastic. i think one of the major reasons behind this is thanks to the genius of head writer Seth Meyers, not to mention the all around confidence and talent level of the ensemble.



sadly Amy Poehler will be leaving SNL once she gives birth, but before that sad day comes, let's spotlight her ability to go all out, all the time in the ridiculously brillant performance she gives since Palin wouldn't step up to the plate.

and here's an article Alec Baldwin wrote about Sarah Palin's appearance on SNL. and here's an interview with Chevy Chase about how much he thought she sucked on the show. and here's another about whether Palin can win the election by just showing up.