George Carlin

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, from left: Gilda Radner (as Emily Litella), Chevy Chase, 'Weekend Update', (Season 1), 1975-.

‘Saturday Night Live’ Debuted 50 Years Ago: What Did Critics Say?

Many critics thought the Not Ready for Prime Time Players weren’t ready for late night, either.

50 Years of ‘SNL’: The Best Of ‘Saturday Night Live’ Decade By Decade

As ‘SNL’ hits the middle-age milestone, here are the highlights of each decade of the show.

HEE HAW, Buck Owens, Roy Clark, 1969-1993

When Country Music Variety Shows Were a Mainstay of TV

Porter Wagoner, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Dean and Glen Campbell were some of the hottest country stars to host a variety show.

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, original 1975 cast, from left: Chevy Chase, John Belushi (top), Laraine Newman (front), Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd, (1975-).

Who is Still Alive From the First Episode of ‘Saturday Night Live’?

Plus, find out where you can watch the episode online.

American comedian George Carlin performs his stand-up comedy act on stage, 1981

How Tony Orlando Saved George Carlin’s Career

Do you remember when George Carlin was essentially blacklisted from comedy?

image from the 1989 TV miniseries

A Free Streaming Channel Devoted to Westerns Is Launching on Roku

At launch, Shout! TV’s Wild West TV FAST channel will feature 16 TV Western series, including “Lonesome Dove” and “Bonanza,” along with more than 150 Western movies, like John Ford’s classic “Stagecoach.”

Don Knotts as Barney Fife, playing harmonica alongside a goat, in
Classic TV On Today

A Goat Gets ‘Loaded’ in a Hilariously Memorable Episode of ‘The Andy Griffith Show’

Classic TV On March 23: A goat — and Otis — get loaded in different ways on The Andy Griffith Show, Lucille Ball joins Carol Burnett on her classic variety series and a memorable episode from Gunsmoke’s 20th and final season.