Washington [US], February 17 (ANI): The 50th-anniversary special of Saturday Night Live (SNL) acknowledged the show's past mistakes in a satirical "in memoriam" segment delivered by actor Tom Hanks.

Given how many iconic Saturday Night Live stars we've lost over the years, from Gilda Radner to John Belushi to Phil Hartman, we were certainly expecting some kind of commemoration to those ...

Fifty years of "Saturday Night Live" is a lot of history ... version of this a decade ago when the show celebrated its 40th anniversary, it might have been more satisfactory.

On its 50th anniversary special, Saturday Night Live wanted to have its nostalgic cake and eat it, too, owning up to the stereotypes it has perpetuated while also coaxing laughs out of the passage of ...

The 50th anniversary special provided a moment of lucidity for the show and its muddy morality. It featured a segment called “In Memoriam,” which is described online as “SNL’s tribute to ...

Ryan Phillipe has rap battle on 'SNL' New Castle native Ryan Phillippe attends the 'SNL 40th Anniversary Celebration' at Rockefeller Plaza on Feb. 15, 2015 in New York City. New Castle native Ryan ...

A nostalgic list of some of them follows: “Wayne’s World”Myers and Dana Carvey reunited for a “Wayne’s World” sketch for SNL’s 40th anniversary, so maybe they didn’t want to repeat ...

While the “Ghostbuster” actor missed the “SNL” 50th anniversary show, he previously recreated his “Bass-O-Matic” sketch during the 40th anniversary special in 2015.

So when eight-time SNL host Tom Hanks popped up to somberly introduce the "In Memoriam" segment, we were admittedly confused — until the actor explained that he was actually there to introduce a ...