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When “Saturday Night Live” launches its 51st season this weekend, local viewers will be trying to spot new cast member Tommy Brennan who hails from St. Paul. But he’s not the only person with Minnesota ties who will be contributing to the legendary show. NBC announced earlier this week that Claire McFadden, who graduated from Carleton College in Northfield in …

Saturday Night Live might not have seen the mass exodus that was predicted after the 50th season, but there’s been a lot of new blood injected into the show for season 51. In addition to four brand-new cast members (five, if you count Ben Marshall, who was already appearing on the show with Please Don’t Destroy), SNL has also brought …

“Saturday Night Live” has added seven new writers ahead of Season 51. The new scribes include actor-writer Jack Bensinger (“Rap World”), stand-up comedian Jo Sunday (Just for Laughs), comic Maddie Wiener (“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”), actor and writer Rachel Pegram (“Harley Quinn”), writer-comedian Claire McFadden (Second City) and Maxwell Gay and Tucker Flodman, two newcomers from The Harvard …

Michigan’s football team heads back on the road Saturday hoping for better results than in Week 2 at Oklahoma. The 21st-ranked Wolverines open Big Ten play at Nebraska (3-0) in what oddsmakers are expecting to be a close game. Both teams are coming off blowout victories over low-tier opponents, but this should be a litmus test for each. The Cornhuskers …

Showtime‘s new leadership has made their first major programming decision, and it involves the network’s flagship Dexter franchise. The Paramount TV Studios team, led by Matt Thunell, which took oversight of Showtime following Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount Global, has signaled its commitment to the mothership series starring Michael C. Hall — whose current incarnation, Dexter: Resurrection, is airing its first …

But let’s step out of our own perspective for a minute. I think it always helps to see an outsider’s perspective on things. And while there were only a few Texans reporters on site in Allen Park—and they were mainly focused on Houston’s team—I do think they can provide a more balanced overview of practice. So let’s check out what …

[This story contains major spoilers from the series finale of And Just Like That, “Party of One.”] There’s been a sense of déjà vu for the writers on And Just Like That who were there for the first series finale when Sex and the City signed off back in 2004. Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky joined the SATC writers room …

Paramount Pictures has countersued the cousin of a writer on Top Gun: Maverick, who alleges he co-wrote the screenplay, opening another front in the legal battle over alleged copyright infringement in the writing process for the film. In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in California federal court, the studio alleges Shaun Gray deliberately hid his role in penning key scenes, …

By now, you’ve likely read from multiple sources that the Detroit Lions had an absolutely dominant day of practice on Day 1 of joint practices with the Miami Dolphins. Chances are, though, you’ve mostly read those opinions from the Lions writers you know and love. But what did the Dolphins reporters on hand think of practice? Remember, Miami just completed …