Beyond Saturday Night,' the 'SNL' documentary, tours the audition process, writers room, weird season, and one iconic sketch.

In the cutthroat world of comedy, getting fired from “Saturday Night Live” usually spells career ... Well, multiply that by about a thousand. When Wayans got passed over for his own sketch ...

Comedian Dave Chappelle called for President-elect Trump to “do better” in his second term and praised the late President Carter during his “Saturday Night Live” monologue. In his opening ...

Damon Wayans revealed in the new Peacock docuseries “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” that he “purposely” got himself fired from “Saturday Night Live” by going off script during a sketch.

Damon Wayans is opening up on the circumstances surrounding his firing from “Saturday Night Live” in 1986, admitting he “purposely” got himself canned. The Emmy-nominated comedian ...

which ultimately got him fired. “Damon starts doing his lines like a very effeminate gay guy,” Jon Lovitz, former SNL writer and castmember, recalled. Griffin Dunne, who was the guest host for ...

In the 1980s, Damon Wayans was an up-and-coming comedian who landed a coveted spot as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. He appeared in just 11 episodes from 1985 to 1986 and was fired after an ...

Damon Wayans Jr. revealed that he was unhappy on Saturday Night Live in the new documentary SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night. Wayans, 64, felt that many of the roles and sketches he was cast in were ...

Damon Wayans has revealed how he “purposely” got himself fired from “Saturday Night Live” by going off script. Wayans was a cast member for Season 11 of the sketch comedy series ...

Damon Wayans has opened up about his short time on Saturday Night Live and the sketch that got him fired from the long-running variety show. In the fourth episode, called “Season 11: The Weird ...