The Saturday Night Live (SNL) Standby Line

Season 48 episode 18: Ana de Armas / Karol G This week we are coming at you with 3 cut live sketches, 1 cut pretape, the entire cut weekend update jokes from dress, detailed/accurate changes in sketches, behind the scenes content, and more! Hear about the big changes in Molly's update feature! How did the dogs do in dress rehearsal? Dress reactions to the return of Lisa?! Enjoy!

Season 48 episode 17: Molly Shannon / Jonas Brothers This week we are coming at you with 3 cut live sketches, the entire cut weekend update jokes from dress, detailed/accurate changes in sketches, behind the scenes content, and more! Michael Che cut from a pretape?! Was that ad-libing in the cold open? Hiccups in the valet sketch from live? How did molly react with the audience? And more! Enjoy!

Season 48 episode 16: Quinta Brunson / Lil Yachty This week we are coming at you with 2 cut sketches, 1 cut pretape, Chloe & Heidi's cut weekend update piece, the entire cut weekend update jokes from dress, cast changes in sketches, behind the scenes content, and more! Hear about the tech problems Lil Yachty had. How did Michael Che pull that prank off? A baby on the grill?? Fake blood everywhere?? Enjoy!

Season 48 episode 15: Jenna Ortega / The 1975 This week we are coming at you with 4 cut sketches, 1 cut pretape, Ego's cut weekend update piece, the entire cut weekend update jokes from dress, cast changes in sketches, behind the scenes content, and more! Hear about the tech problems The 1975 had before their performance, how a Fred Armisen sketch was cut, the ending change in the Exorcism sketch, and more! Enjoy!

Season 48 episode 14: Travis Kelce / Kelsea Ballerini This week we are coming at you with 3 cut sketches, the entire cut weekend update jokes from dress, cast changes in sketches, behind the scenes content, and more! Hear about a prop that broke mid-performace, how the crying-tears mechanisms and floating chair worked, Mikey Day using his improv skills, and more! Enjoy!

Season 48 episode 13: Woody Harrelson / Jack White This week we are coming at you with 2 cut sketches, Sarah (Squirm) Sherman's cut update piece, the entire cut weekend update jokes from dress, cast changes in sketches, behind the scenes content, and more! Hear about the missing scene from the Slingshot sketch, who was breaking the most during dress, and why there were so few changes! Enjoy!

Season 48 episode 12: Pedro Pascal / Coldplay This week we are coming at you with 2 cut sketches, Marcello Hernandez's cut update piece, the entire cut weekend update jokes from dress, cast changes in sketches, behind the scenes content, and more! Hear about Mikey Day cut from the cold open, why there was fewer pretapes, your hosts singing, and more! Enjoy!

Season 48 episode 11: Michael B Jordan / Lil Baby This week we are coming at you with 3 cut sketches, Marcello Hernandez's cut update piece, the entire cut weekend update jokes from dress, cast changes in sketches, behind the scenes content, and more! Hear about some cool technical stuff, big changes in sketches, Heidi Gardner cut from the Cold Open! Enjoy!

Season 48 episode 10: Aubrey Plaza / Sam Smith This week we are coming at you with 3 cut sketches, the entire cut weekend update jokes from dress, cast changes in sketches, behind the scenes content, and more! A change in LFNY? Amy Poehler backstage? Hear about the new standby sytsem Enjoy!

Season 48 episode 9: Austin Butler / Lizzo This week we are coming at you with 4 cut sketches, the entire cut weekend update jokes from dress PLUS the cut joke-swap with Che and Colin, emotional goodbyes, cast changes in sketches, and more! Cecily Strong's best moments! A recurring cut sketch! Return of Jewish Elvis! Enjoy!

Season 48 episode 8: Steve Martin & Martin Short / Brandi Carlile This week we are coming at you with 4 cut sketches, the entire cut weekend update jokes from dress, a cut pretape, cast changes in sketches, and more! Rehearsal technical difficulties! Martin Short takes a tumble? A cut sketch brought back from the Willem Defoe show! Enjoy!

Season 48 episode 7: Keke Palmer / SZA This week we are coming at you with 2 cut sketches, the entire cut weekend update jokes from dress, 1 cut weekend update feature, a cut pretape, cast changes in sketches, and more! Which celebrites were in the audience this week? How did SZA's performace work? Wondering how they did up the fight scene set? Enjoy!

Season 48 episode 6: Dave Chappelle / Black Star This week we are coming at you with 4 cut sketches, the entire cut weekend update jokes from dress, 1 cut weekend update feature, cast changes in sketches, and more! A sketch without a host?? LFNY changed for live show! Two sketches that were previously cut that were brought back? Enjoy!

Season 48 episode 5: Amy Schumer / Steve Lacy This week we are coming at you with 2 cut sketches, the entire cut weekend update jokes from dress, 2 cut weekend update features, cast changes in sketches, and more! Two cast members cut from the Twitter sketch! Amy's monologue cut jokes that were just for dress! Sarah Squirm's cut weekend update take-over! Enjoy!

Season 48 episode 4: Jack Harlow This week we are coming at you with 4 cut sketches, the entire cut weekend update jokes from dress, 1 cut weekend update feature, cast changes in sketches, and more! A cut Pete Davidson reference? David S Pupmkins reveal changed? Kisses during goodnights? So much! Enjoy!

Season 48 episode 3: Megan Thee Stallion double duty! This week we are coming at you with 3 cut sketches, the entire cut weekend update jokes from dress, 1 cut weekend update feature, cast changes in sketches, and more! Bowen Yang cut fomr Cold Open? Kenan cut from weekend update? Why was JAJ cut from update again? Enjoy!

Season 48 episode 2: Brendan Gleeson / Willow This week we are coming at you with 4 cut sketches, lots of cut weekend update jokes, 1 cut weekend update feature, cast changes in sketches, and more! JAJ's update piece was impressions? Opinions on the Try Guys sketch? Sketches brought back from last week! Enjoy!

Season 48 episode 1: Miles Teller / Kendrick Lamar - Premiere! This week we are coming at you with 3 cut sketches, cut weekend update jokes, cast changes in sketches, and more. We also have all the behind the scenes content from the Live show this week! Who replaced Shaun White in the rehearsal show? How has standby line changed? Who was cut from Carribean Queens? Miles Teller was cut out of his shirt?? Enjoy!

We have a special episode where we interview SNL's hair/wig department head: Jodi Mancuso! Jodi shares a life in the week working at SNL, stories from the past, how changes between dress and live happen with wigs, and more! Did you know that Jodi is the actual inspo behind the famous Bronx Beat sketch? Hear about how it came to life and hear the real sweater weather! Enjoy!

We're back from hiatus! We have a special episode where we interviewed SNL's makeup department head: Louie Zakarian! Louie is the one behind all the elaborate special effect pieces and the crazy talented makeup that you see on the show. For example: the Baby Yoda head piece! Louie shares with us what a typical week at SNL looks like for him, some stories from this season, his favorite pieces of work, and a great story about Andy Samberg! Enjoy!