Salon.com > sketch http://www.salon.com Thu, 23 May 2013 13:15:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Justin Timberlake boosts “SNL” ratings http://www.salon.com/2013/03/11/justin_timberlake_boosts_snl_ratings/ http://www.salon.com/2013/03/11/justin_timberlake_boosts_snl_ratings/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:32:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13225172 Although the final ratings are still out, initial numbers from Nielsen indicate that Justin Timberlake's "SNL" episode this weekend drew in the highest number of viewers for the NBC show in 14 months.

Timberlake has been on a media blitz ever since he announced his new album, "The 20/20 Experience," earlier this year, having performed new material at the Grammy Awards, announced a tour with Jay-Z and this weekend revived some of his classic "SNL" hits during his fifth time hosting the sketch show.

The episode averaged a 3.7 rating among adults 18-49 across 25 markets with Local People Meters, the highest record since Charles Barkley hosted in January 2012.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/03/11/justin_timberlake_boosts_snl_ratings/feed/ 0 Movember men: Nick Offerman says your mustache will get fuller http://www.salon.com/2012/11/14/movember_men_nick_offerman_says_your_moustache_will_get_fuller/ http://www.salon.com/2012/11/14/movember_men_nick_offerman_says_your_moustache_will_get_fuller/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:40:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13072737 Now that Movember is well underway, men all over the world are walking around with nascent "in-between" mustaches to raise awareness of prostate cancer. With help from "Office" stars Oscar Nunez (Oscar) and Brian Baumgartner (Kevin), perennially mustachioed Nick Offerman (aka Ron Swanson), is here to tell those fellas to "stick with it." "It gets fuller," Offerman says.

h/t Uproxx

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/11/14/movember_men_nick_offerman_says_your_moustache_will_get_fuller/feed/ 0 Jason Sudeikis discusses playing Romney and Biden on “SNL” http://www.salon.com/2012/11/14/jason_sudeikis_discusses_playing_romney_and_biden_on_snl/ http://www.salon.com/2012/11/14/jason_sudeikis_discusses_playing_romney_and_biden_on_snl/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:51:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13072695 "SNL" cast member Jason Sudeikis, who had the unique opportunity to play both Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Vice President Joe Biden on the sketch show, admits that playing Biden was "more fun" than playing Romney. However, he enjoyed seeing "the human side" of both candidates, and said of Romney,"The guy’s more human than we ever give him credit for."

Sudeikis did not address speculation on whether or not he will be leaving "SNL".

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/11/14/jason_sudeikis_discusses_playing_romney_and_biden_on_snl/feed/ 3 PSA: Gay men will marry your girlfriends http://www.salon.com/2012/11/12/psa_gay_men_will_marry_your_girlfriends/ http://www.salon.com/2012/11/12/psa_gay_men_will_marry_your_girlfriends/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:18:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13070531 This PSA, brought to you by CollegeHumor, gives all homophobic men a new reason to vote for gay rights: the threat of increased competition for their girlfriends. "But, if you stay close-minded about this," the PSA says, "we will take one for the team and marry the crap out of them. So don't make us marry your girlfriends. Support gay marriage."

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