{"id":531584,"date":"2026-03-18T21:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/531584\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T21:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:51:10","slug":"breaking-news-saturday-night-live-launches-new-short-form-digital-original-series-the-rundown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/531584\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News &#8211; &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; Launches New Short-Form Digital Original Series, &#8220;The Rundown&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spacer.gif\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/header_news.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t[03\/18\/26 &#8211; 01:13 PM]<br \/>&#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; Launches New Short-Form Digital Original Series, &#8220;The Rundown&#8221;<br \/>Guests will stop by Studio 8H to select a favorite segment from the show&#8217;s history to add to the iconic Rundown board, building an all-star episode along the way.&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t[via press release from NBC]&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE&#8221; LAUNCHES NEW SHORT-FORM DIGITAL ORIGINAL SERIES, &#8220;THE RUNDOWN&#8221;    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>First Episode Features Colin Jost, Available Now on Peacock and &#8220;SNL&#8221; social platforms&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n &#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\t&#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; has launched a new short-form digital original series, &#8220;The Rundown,&#8221; available now on Peacock, &#8220;SNL&#8217;s&#8221; YouTube channel and all social media platforms (Instagram, X, Facebook): The Rundown: Colin Jost Picks a Cold Open &#8211; SNL.                                                                                                                                   &#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\t&#8220;The Rundown&#8221; will feature memorable faces from &#8220;SNL,&#8221; including Dana Carvey, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Colin Jost, Bowen Yang, Questlove and more. Guests will stop by Studio 8H to select a favorite segment from the show&#8217;s history to add to the iconic Rundown board, building an all-star episode along the way.                          &#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\tIn the series premiere, &#8220;SNL&#8221; writer and &#8220;Weekend Update&#8221; co-anchor Colin Jost breaks down the intricacies of writing the Cold Open and selects his nostalgic opener for this fantasy &#8220;SNL&#8221; episode.                                                                                   &#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\t&#8220;The Rundown&#8221; will release new episodes on Wednesdays of &#8220;SNL&#8221; hiatus weeks through mid-June.                                                                                                          &#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\t&#8220;SNL&#8221; returns April 4 with host Jack Black and musical guest Jack White at 11:30 p.m. ET\/8:30 p.m. PT on NBC and Peacock.                                                                 &#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\t&#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; is produced in association with Broadway Video. The creator and executive producer is Lorne Michaels.                                                                     &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/select-date.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/related-showpages.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/right-breaking-news.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefutoncritic.com\/rss\/news.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rss.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t[03\/18\/26 &#8211; 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