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  • Kristen Wiig Reacts to Maya Rudolph's 'Saturday Night Live' Return (Exclusive)

    Kristen Wiig was thrilled to see her friend and former Saturday Night Live co-star return to the beloved sketch show to host over the weekend.Wiig spoke with ET at a special For Your Consideration screening of her series Palm Royale at the Hollywood Athletic Club in Los Angeles on Saturday, shortly before Rudolph's return to Studio 8H later that evening."I'm so [excited]," Wiig shared. "I love watching her any chance I get."Wiig -- who returned to host SNL earlier this season -- served as a...

  • Saturday Night Live: Maya Rudolph can’t save below average episode

    Former cast member makes for reliably funny host but an embarrassingly sentimental opener sets things off on a bum noteThe penultimate episode of Saturday Night Live’s 49th season happens to fall only a few hours before Mother’s Day, so, as has been an off-and-on tradition over the last couple of years, the show forgoes a traditional cold open so that the cast can introduce their mothers. The moms get saddled with cornball jokes about their offspring or, in a few cases, topical figures such as...