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Breakout Saturday Night Live character David S. Pumpkins is getting his own holiday-themed special with Tom Hanks lending his voice for the project.

Heidi Gardner, Luke Null and Chris Redd will make their debut on the September 30 premiere episode

The moral of the story is if you have a hit movie this summer you get to host SNL.

As Saturday Night Live enters its 43 season, NBC announced it will continue its live simultaneous airings in all time zones. The sketch comedy series experimented with simultaneous airings last season, with the final four episodes being broadcasted in the same fashion.

From Reese Witherspoon’s Big Little Lies speech to Kate McKinnon’s Saturday Night Live song to heartbreaking This Is Us moments from Sterling K. Brown and Ron Cephas Jones, here are our favorite Emmy-nominated moments of 2017.

The peacock network is working hard to bring Must See TV back to Thursday nights as we see in the schedule for released for this fall. The Will & Grace revival will take its place kickstarting Thursdays where it will be joined by Great News and the sophomore season of breakout hit This is Us.

Following stints on MSNBC last summer for the Democratic and Republican conventions, Weekend Update hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che will be returning to primetime. NBC has ordered four half-hour episodes of the Saturday Night Live segment.

Actor Alec Baldwin is breaking a new record next month as he is set to host Saturday Night Live for a record 17th time. Baldwin has appeared on several episodes this season already portraying President Donald Trump but this will be his first time hosting since he opened the 2011 season.

Last night, the 2016 Critics’ Choice Awards handed out the top prizes to various categories in film and television, further heating up the awards race. Damien Chazelle’s musical breakout La La Land took top honors for film, while Game of Thrones and Silicon Valley nabbed the highest awards in the television race.

Dave Chappelle is returning to sketch comedy this November to host the first post-election episode of SNL, in his hosting debut for the NBC series.

Every four years, Americans are treated to some of the best writing and performances of Saturday Night Live with the presidential election and this year, network NBC will air a one hour 2016 SNL Election Special at 10PM EST/PST, the night before Americans cast their votes.

Executive producer Lorne Michaels has booked Alec Baldwin to portray Republican nominee Donald Trump on the upcoming season of Saturday Night Live. The show is set to make its season premiere this week.

Mastermind of the Broadway juggernaut Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda will take the stage again — but this time at studio 8H in 30 Rockefeller Plaza for Saturday Night Live. Miranda is set to make his SNL debut as host on October 8.

Margot Robbie has been tapped to host the season premiere of Saturday Night Live. Robbie’s star has been shining bright all year long and it looks like the late night mainstay is hoping for a piece of her popularity after a summer of shake-ups.

NBC’s iconic sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live has added three new featured players to its ensemble ahead of the 42nd season premiere: Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, and Mikey Day.

This weekend, ahead of next week’s 68th Emmy Awards, marked the annual Creative Arts Emmys. While you can watch the edited version on FXX on the 17th, we’ve already got your complete list of winners here!

When NBC’s sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live returns for Season 42 this fall, there will be three faces missing, including two veterans. The contracts for Taran Killam, Jay Pharoah, and Jon Rudnitsky have not been renewed for the upcoming season.

On Tuesday, the Directors Guild Association released the nominees for their top honors in directing for features. On Wednesday, the DGA released the nominees for television and commercials, completing the list of candidates for this year’s top honors.

Stand-up comedian Jon Rudnitsky will be the latest featured player to join the cast of Saturday Night Live when the iconic variety show returns to NBC for its 41st season.

A round-up of the week’s TV casting!

A roundup of the week’s TV casting news!

A roundup of the week’s TV casting news!

The duo join the writer’s room for the show’s upcoming 40th season on air.

Recap of the day’s series and pilot casting!

Jenny Slate has now joined Will Forte as this season’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE exits. Meanwhile, Vanessa Bayer, Paul Brittain, Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah have joined the cast.