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‘Saturday Night Live’: Shane Gillis’ Third Time Hosting

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In his third time hosting Saturday Night Live, Shane Gillis isn’t making the case for a triumphant return to the cast.

On this weekend’s episode, which also featured musical guest Rosalía, the comedian delivered several on-brand sketches that featured his signature everyman sense of humor, but no water cooler moments worth meme-ifying.

Gillis’ opening monologue was a tight five about his Bud Light commercials and getting into shape with workout buddies Joe Rogan and Theo Von, during which he put on his best femme voice to mimic gym gays and complained that “women just dress like whores now” at the gym.

The comedian also noted that he’s “balded directly into an Adolph Hitler haircut,” and the only other option is looking gay. “That’s it, you’re either gay or Hitler. And isn’t that where we’re at as a country?” he quipped.

In the first sketch, Gillis played the host of a cop talk show, in which he just arrested his various guests.

Shane Gillis on 'Saturday Night Live'

Shane Gillis on ‘Saturday Night Live’

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Gillis then appeared in a country song music video, playing the father of a bride who imagines what he’ll do with her room when she moves out, only to end up hooking up with Ms. Pac-Man in a cloud of black mold.

In a Green Eggs and Ham sketch, featuring Mikey Day as the Cat in the Hat and Gillis as his defensive son who thinks his dad is being scammed, the host made things interesting when he accidentally dropped an F-bomb.

A History Channel sketch about WWII-time inventors patenting quiet shoes saw Gillis’ character finding them handy for “sneaking” around his wife, hence the name “sneakers.”

Gillis also led a heating/AC commercial that’s honest about how much of a nightmare of a process is, complete with workers making fun of you, smoking in your doorway and staring through your windows.

Rosalía, Marcello Hernandez, Grace Reiter, Ben Marshall and Shane Gillis on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Meanwhile, new cast member Grace Reiter continued to prove her chops as she played problem child Coco in a Weekend Update segment in which her mom (Ashley Padilla) can’t find a babysitter. She was a perfect match for Padilla as the bratty daughter publicly embarrassing her mom.

Reiter also shared a couple of sketches with Gillis, playing his elderly mother as a hospice nurse (Sarah Sherman) tells him she only has a few days, which conflicts with his plans to see Jelly Roll in Vegas. The sketch also features a cameo from Ben Marshall as Jelly Roll, Marcello Hernandez as Jesus and Rosalía as a horny divorcee, egging him on to make the concert.

The final sketch of the episode was set in a kid’s chess tournament, where young TJ (Jeremy Culhane) tries to ignore his parents (Gillis and Reiter) in the stands, where they go from arguing exes to inappropriate flirtation. Saving the best for last, Reiter was certainly a bright spot on an otherwise dull episode.

Grace Reiter, Shane Gillis and Jane Wickline on ‘Saturday Night Live’

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Gillis’ latest hosting gig on SNL comes after he hosted in 2024 and 2025, following his removal from the NBC sketch comedy‘s featured cast days after he was announced. The decision came in response to resurfaced videos of Gillis mocking Asian accents, in addition to using ethnic and gay slurs.

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Fox Launching ‘Extracted’ Production Hub In Malaysia

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EXCLUSIVE: Fox Entertainment Global (FEG) is hoping to take worldwide via a new production hub in Malaysia, its first international hub.

With MIPCOM kicking off today in Cannes, sales execs at FEG will be sitting down with buyers to unveil the Malaysian hub, which qualifies for local tax incentives.

Numerous international versions of the survival competition format can be filmed at the hub, which is based in the wilderness of Lake Kenyir replete with jaguars and pythons. The turnkey hub has a permanent headquarters and sets. Fox stressed it gives access to local crews and tax incentives, and said it has “more cameras than the Super Bowl.”

Extracted launched last year and has been a big hit for Fox, landing 45 million viewers across its first two seasons and already greenlit for ea third. Exec produced by Sylvester Stallone and filmed in British Columbia, the show challenges ordinary people to survive alone in an unforgiving wilderness with no training, no supplies, and no contact with the outside world. Watching every moment from a remote headquarters are their loved ones, who ultimately decide whether to let them continue or press the ever-present “EXTRACT” button, ending both the contestant’s journey and their family’s chance at the grand prize. Season 2 wrapped in April and was won by RJ Reynolds, a Project Manager from Texas.

The hub is Fox’s first internationally, although it does have a Next Level Chef hub in Ireland for the Gordon Ramsay series.

“Extracted has all the ingredients of a universally resonant format: a powerful premise, stunning visuals, unforgettable family dynamics, and incredibly high stakes,” said FEG President Prentiss Fraser. “The infrastructure we’ve built in this Malaysia hub accelerates the series’ international expansion, offering licensees the infrastructure and expertise to create their own versions more efficiently, while delivering the scale and intensity that make the show so compelling.”

Fox execs are out in full force in Cannes this week, with the network’s Baywatch reboot set to be one of the hot shows on the Croisette.

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Shane Gillis Drops F-Bomb In ‘SNL’ Dr. Seuss Sketch

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Shane Gillis‘ return to Saturday Night Live featured a not-safe-to-air slip in a Dr. Seuss-inspired sketch.

On this weekend’s episode, the comedian accidentally dropped an F-bomb while playing the Cat in the Hat’s (Mikey Day) defensive son who is suspicious of Sam I Am’s (Andrew Dismukes) pressuring him to eat green eggs and ham.

“Hey, what the hell is wrong with you? My dad said he doens’t like them. Walk away,” said Gillis.

“Bro, it’s a non-starter. He said he doesn’t fucking,” he added, immediately covering his mouth. “Jeez! — like ’em.”

Although Gillis moved on in the sketch, Day called back to the expletive later. “Zachary’s the one who’s going. I want you out of this house. You’re a loser, and you said a bad word!” he said.

Gillis acknowledged, “Yes I did.”

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‘Saturday Night Live’ Skewers Pete Hegseth Plans To Televise Execution

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Saturday Night Live once again returned Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost) to its opener, this time with Donald Trump’s secretary of defense addressing the crew of the beleaguered U.S.S. Lincoln.

The ship was at sea for 322 days, with reports of poor conditions and demoralized soldiers, but their plight was dismissed by Trump.

At one point in the skit, Jost’s Hegseth tells the crew of his plans to stream a live execution. In reality, the Pentagon confirmed plans to stream the December execution of Nidal Hassan, sentenced to death for killing 13 people and injuring dozens more in a rampage at Fort Hood.

“As we get into the Christmas spirit, we’re going to execute a guy on live TV. Yeah, that’s right. Public executions are back.”

“And if the guy somehow survives the firing squad, then he’s got to fight Jake Paul. So check that out.”

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