Saturday Night Live (S.N.L.)

The actress and comedian on motherhood, studying the lives of billionaires for her show “Loot,” and her “S.N.L.” portrayals of women in the spotlight—from Beyoncé to Kamala Harris.

“Wait—are you rooting for the current ‘S.N.L.’ cast members, or the former ‘S.N.L.’ cast members?”

On June 23rd, the comedians discuss the search for humor in unexpected places, in a conversation with the staff writer Michael Schulman. The conversation will be part of The New Yorker Live Summer Series, exclusively for subscribers.

The “S.N.L.” cast member talks about “Schmigadoon!,” the TV series she stars in with Keegan-Michael Key, her new pandemic manicure table, and doing mushrooms in the desert with body glitter.

The Zodiac Killer, the guy knocking on the clearly locked public-restroom door, smallpox, and more.

Staff writers discuss how the Democratic Presidential candidate is handling one of the most tumultuous periods in modern times. Plus, a conversation with Coel about dramatizing sexual assault on television.

Two comedians and a folksinger on their lives and art.

Laraine Newman and Paul (Pee-wee Herman) Reubens, both Groundlings alums, take a break from the Comic Con autograph mill.

Watch some of our favorite moments of festivals past, when we’ve hosted Janet Mock, Zadie Smith, Jeffrey Eugenides, Patti Smith, Toni Morrison, Stephen Sondheim, and more.

From The New Yorker’s archive, pieces about the art and culture that helped define the decade.

The actress on her sitcom years, the early, turbulent days of “S.N.L.,” and the shifting sands of the present.