Saturday Night Live: Season Premiere with Michael Phelps, Live Thoughts
Tonight Saturday Night Live returns for yet another season.  The long-running sketch comedy series is starting with a risky choice for host, Olympian Michael Phelps.  While he certainly is one of the most recognizable faces of the summer, athletes rarely make great hosts for the sake of comedy.  But with the presidential election heating up, Saturday Night Live has more than enough material some hilarious entertainment.  Sarah Palin alone should provide fodder for several sketches. I'

One-Two Comedy Punch Of Phelps And Obama To Create Laugh Explosion On 'SNL' [Not That Strong A Swimmer]
newVideoPlayer("/Tina_Maybe.flv", 506, 423,"");Saturday Night Live certainly has balls. They already booked an unfunny guest host in Michael Phelps for this weekend’s season premiere, and now they’ve decided to compound the non-laughs by bringing in Barack Obama, an unfunny politician. At least he speaks clearly and doesn’t have an underbite like certain 8-time-gold-medal-winners we know. His sketch is still being worked out, but expect lipstick-on-a-pig jokes-a-plenty.Meanwhile the real question rema

Weekend's best bets: "Saturday Night Live," "Mad Men" and "True Blood," in which vampires make better lovers than humans
This weekend offers some true goodies. Here are three that I recommend: "Saturday Night Live" opens a new season with Michael Phelps as host and Lil Wayne as musical guest. The big draw, however, could be "30 Rock" star Tina Fey (pictured) as Gov. Sarah Palin. Don't you want to see that? In a conference call earlier this week, "SNL" executive producer Lorne Michaels hinted that viewers could see skits on the Olympics, Aquaman, politics and Palin. Michaels said they were wa

Michael Phelps on SNL: What’s the Verdict?
Honestly, though, between the Palin/Clinton sketch at the start and the Cathy bit on Weekend Update (if you find that bit on YouTube, PLEASE let me know), I hardly even noticed Phelpsy was there. Probably for the best. I would have noticed him more if he were nakeder. And more in my bed. With his gold medals hanging around his neck and a pillow draped gently over the entirety of his face. And he would be silent except to occasionally whisper hot sexy things in my head while managing not to use any of the l

Alaska, Swimmer's Ear To Dominate Saturday Night Live Opener [Television]
The new season of Saturday Night Live begins tonight and it may be one of the most anticipated debuts the show has had in a long while. The host is human-dolphin hybrid Michael Phelps and athletes often make surprisingly good hosts, because they (generally) aren't afraid to go along with anything. (That's the secret weapon all great hosts understand.) More importantly, it will (hopefully!) mark the return of Tina Fey to the ensemble, taking on the temporary role of You Know Who. (Or maybe it'll be Kristen W

Michael Phelps Prepares For ‘Saturday Night Live’
Tonight is the night that 14-time Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps will make his comedic acting debut as he hosts the season premiere of Saturday Night Live live from NYC. It was previously reported that Senator Barack Obama would be making a cameo on tonight’s season premiere ep but due to the severity of [...]

What to TiVo: Saturday
Fox has a new episode and a repeat of Cops and is new with America's Most Wanted NBC has repeats of Chuck and Law & Order: Criminal Intent CBS has a repeat of NCIS and is new with 48 Hours Mystery ABC has college football and Blind Fury MTV has Paris Hilton's New BFF Casting Special VH1 has Next Friday HBO has a repeat of Big Love Late-night highlights include Michael Phelps on a new episode of Saturday Night Live on NBC and new episodes of MadTV and Talkshow on Fox

Fred Armisen Gets the Night Off
You can add Barack Obama — who'll be making his second Saturday Night Live appearance this weekend — to the list of things making the SNL season premiere one of the more anticipated episodes in a while. For the record, that list also features the small possibility of Tina Fey dropping in to do Sarah Palin, the likely probability of Kristen Wiig making host Michael Phelps wear a wig while naked, and the 100 percent chance that musical guest Lil Wayne will be high while it all goes down. [AP]

Live from New York, it's Michael Phelps
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Barack Obama Cancels Tonight's 'SNL' Appearance Due to Hurricane Ike
He steps back out of respect to potential victims of the hurricane. Barack Obama has cancelled his highly-anticipated appearance on tonight's "Saturday Night Live" in consideration of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Ike, says Reuters. "In light of the unfolding crisis in Texas, Sen. Obama has decided it is no longer appropriate to appear on Saturday Night Live tomorrow evening," Obama's campaign said. The Democatic presidential hopeful had reportedly planned on flying in from New

Paralympics 2008: Let’s not forget!
I want to apologize for our posting various items on the Olympics, but failing to recognize our friends who are still in China competing in the 2008 Paralympic Games. Congrats to all the athletes!! Please take a moment to look at the medal standing so far….. For more info on Team USA or the Paralympic Games visit their sites. Related Post Saturday Night Live gets Michael Phelps & Barack Obama. Sir Lance…..A Lot. Extreme Sports - Family Style UFC Cha

Phelps Takes on Comedy!
"SNL" celebrates its 34th season premiere and they landed the eight-time gold medalist Michael Phelps to host. Access went behind-the-scenes as the golden boy dares to take on comedy. back to top send send email im share share buzz up! del.icio.us digg facebook

Live from New York, it’s Michael Phelps
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In Ike’s wake, Obama drops SNL, Biden skips rally
AP - Barack Obama’s campaign toned down its events Saturday in response to Hurricane Ike, canceling plans for the Democratic presidential nominee to crack jokes on "Saturday Night Live" and for his running mate to appear at a joint rally. Obama was to appear in a skit on the NBC comedy show’s season premiere, hosted by Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps. Campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Obama decided it was no longer appropriate because of the devastation in Texas. Obama and Democratic

TUBE WATCH: All eyes on Tina Fey for the season premiere of Saturday Night Live!
Seems like NBC might be daring-us-to-watch that stiff-marble-mouth -- Michael Phelps struggle through as the worlds unfunniest host for their season opener... 'but, no worries, the buzz is that Tina Fey will yuck it up in a cameo -- (playing her sister from another planet: Sarah Palin)... » Henry Cruz's blog Login or register to post comments   Similar links "30 ROCK&qu

Tina Fey Sarah Palin Saturday Night Live
Tina Fey Sarah Palin Saturday Night Live-Tina Fey Will be playing Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live” tonight on NBC. “Saturday Night Live” /”SNL” Will air this evening with Michael Phelps as host and rapper Lil Wayne as musical guest.Barack Obama,canceled his appearance due to hurricane Ike. Share and Enjoy: online marketing Trackback URL Related Posts Bristol Palin Pregnancy:Bristol

Report: Tina Fey 'Likely' to Cameo as Sarah Palin on Tonight's 'SNL'
Tina Fey is "likely" to portray Gov. Sarah Palin in a sketch tonight on the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live," a source tells the Associated Press. The "SNL" alum and 'Baby Mama' star's publicist didn't return a call to confirm or deny, says the AP. Olympic champ Michael Phelps will host tonight's show. Posted September 13, 2008 5:31:00 AM See All: celebs Michael Phelps Sarah Palin saturday night live Tina Fey tv E-Mail | Print | | .module_topstorie

Report: Tina Fey ‘Likely’ to Cameo as Sarah Palin on Tonight’s ‘SNL’
Tina Fey is "likely" to portray Gov. Sarah Palin in a sketch tonight on the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live," a source tells the Associated Press. The "SNL" alum and ‘Baby Mama’ star’s publicist didn’t return a call to confirm or deny, says the AP. Olympic champ Michael Phelps will host tonight’s show. [...]

Tina Fey Parodies Sarah Palin on SNL Premiere
Eight-time gold medalist Michael Phelps hosts the show, joking that it’s his “ninth greatest moment” More: continued here

Obama scales back campaign events in Ike’s wake
AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama asked his supporters Saturday to help with recovery from Hurricane Ike and canceled his plans to crack jokes on "Saturday Night Live" in the aftermath of the storm. Obama didn’t put aside his differences with Republican rival John McCain. In an outdoor rally attended by thousands, he discussed the "quiet storms that are taking place throughout America" as people lose their jobs, health care and pensions, and he argued that McCain is out of touch wit

Video: Lil Wayne on ‘SNL’ Season Premiere
Lil Wayne was the first musical guest to kick off the new season of “Saturday Night Live” with host Michael Phelps and cast member Amy Poehler (pictured above). Watch Weezy perform “Got Money” below. This entry was posted on Saturday, September 13th, 2008 at 11:22 pm and is filed under Live Performances, Lil Wayne. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You

Tina Fey `likely’ to play Sarah Palin on `SNL’
Fey is "likely" to return to her former show Saturday to play the Alaskan governor and Sen. John McCain’s running mate, a person close to the show told The Associated Press on Friday night. The person requested anonymity because the decision has not been announced officially. No further details were available. Since Palin’s entry onto the national political stage, speculation has been rampant over who might play Palin on the program. Many have commented that Fey resembles her. In an interview

Tina Fey Parodies Sarah Palin on SNL Premiere
Eight-time gold medalist Michael Phelps hosts the show, joking that it's his "ninth greatest moment"

Tina Fey's [brief] return to SNL
Earlier, it was only rumored that Fey would portray the Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin on tonight's premiere episode of Saturday Night Live. Now we know that she indeed did. How does everyone think she did? Source: Me, my television, and camera phone. (Post a new comment) notbrilliantine 2008-09-14 03:51 am UTC (link) I don't know, but Michael Phelps is doing not surprisingly awful(Reply to this)(Thread) ecctv 2008-09-14 03:51 am UTC (link) well he hasn't been given many lines.

Michael Phelps, Jerry O’Connell Host SNL, MADtv
Heads-Up: History-making Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and Do Not Disturb star Jerry O’Connell will be providing hosting duties tonight when weekend television’s two late-night series return to open new seasons. Tune in to NBC’s Saturday Night Live, back for Season 34 (!), at 11:29pm EST to catch Phelps in action and Fox’s MADtv, now on its 14th season, at 11pm EST for O’Connell. SNL will also welcome music guest Lil Wayne and reportedly Democratic presidential nominee Senat