Saturday Night Live kicked off its latest episode with actor James Franco taking on hosting duties for the fourth time. For his opening monologue, which can be watched above, Franco fielded. Spelling bee contestants (Melissa Villaseor, Luke Null, Chris Redd, Pete Davidson) struggle when the moderator (James Franco) makes the word choices persona Directed by James Franco. With Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Fred Armisen, Ken Aymong. With unprecedented access to the behind the scenes process of the writers, actors and producers, Franco and his crew document what it takes to create one full episode of Saturday Night Live. Watch December 9 James Franco (Season 43, Episode 10) of Saturday Night Live or get episode details on NBC. com How Saturday Night Live's digital short spoofing Hallmark Channel movies got sliced for time from James Franco's episode is anyone's guess. In a sketch from the most recent episode of Saturday Night Live, host James Franco wasn't here for this abbreviation. Does not include musical performances or sketches containing licensed music. America's premier sketchcomedy show returns for its 43rd season LIVE from Studio 8H in New York City. Watch Saturday Night Live Season 43, Episode 10 James Franco; SZA: Live from New York, it's Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson! Sketches include Mall Santa, Sexual Harassment Dismiss Saturday Night Live made Santas naughty list with an exuberantly coarse Christmas episode this weekend. Actor James Franco, in his fourth time as host, got in. Watch James Franco Is a Natural from Saturday Night Live. James Franco hosts Saturday Night Live on December 9, 2017, with musical guest SZA. If youre a fraud, you can be outed on Saturday Night Live. All in all, another beautiful mess, broadcast live from Studio 8H. Fewer hits than some weeks but a couple of bright spots. Hosting here, Franco was clearly having fun, even as his heavy looks into the cue cards and intermittent gigglefits tended toward the carelessly selfimpressed at times. James Franco coming back for a third time was either lucky or inspirational for the writers and cast of Saturday Night Live as this was easily one of the funnier episodes of the year. James Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor best known for his roles as Harry Osborn in Sam Raimi's SpiderMan trilogy, Scott Smith in the 2008 biographical film Milk and as Aron Ralston in the 2010 biographical survival drama film 127 Hours. He hosted Saturday Night Live on James Francos documentary, which was filmed years ago and played film festivals in 2010, but is only now being widely released via Hulu Plus, explores a week in the life of Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night is a 2010 documentary directed by James Franco. The film examines the production process of the NBC latenight live television sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. Shot over a period of six days from December 16, 2008, the film was originally a school assignment for Franco at New York University. Saturday Night Live Review: James Franco Plays Himself, and Plays It Safe, in 4th Hosting Appearance The Disaster Artist director and star had a lot of fun in Studio 8H this week. SNL Host Amy Schumer and The Weeknd Are Too Busy For Kate McKinnon Saturday Night Live Tv Shows On Fantastic Videos Filed Under: TV, SNL, Saturday Night Live, James Franco, Nicki Minaj Amos Barshad has written for New York Magazine, Spin, GQ, XXL, and the Arkansas Times. He is a staff writer for Grantland. James Franco returned to SNL this weekend to promote his new film The Disaster Artist, and promote it he did. Several of his costars dropped by during Franco's fourth time hosting Saturday. Two attorneys (James Franco, Heidi Gardner) disagree over a witness's (Pete Davidson) testimony. # SNL# SNL43 Subscribe to SNL: Get more James Franco hosts Saturday Night Live on December 9, 2017, with musical guest SZA. # SNL# saturday night live# charles barkley# migos# sterling k brown# james bay# bill hader# arcade fire# this is us. Although most TV series slide into reruns this time of year, Saturday Night Live has three new episodes headed our way in the month of December. Season 43 of the comedy variety TV show, which is. Explore James Franco's characters and sketches on Saturday Night Live. James Franco hosted SNL for the fourth time on Saturday. Ostensibly the gig was meant to promote his new movie The Disaster Artist, about the making of sobaditsgood cult classic The Room. James Franco will host 'Saturday Night Live' on Dec. 9, followed by Kevin Hart on Dec. Watch videoThat, at least, was the twisted Christmas spirit of the Saturday Night Live cold open this weekend, in an episode hosted by James Franco and featuring the musical guest SZA. Kate McKinnon and James Franco on Saturday Night Live. NBC Theres no shame in revisiting a classic, and on this weeks Saturday Night Live, host James Franco riffed on. Whose hosting gig is it, anyway? SNL vet James Franco was far from invisible when he hosted the show for the third time last nighthe had showcase roles in several sketches, including one that. After a rough episode last week, James Franco and SZA helmed one of the finest shows of the season. Heres anything that happened on Saturday Night Live last night. The cold open Watch Saturday Night Live online. Stream episodes and clips of Saturday Night Live instantly. James Franco hosts Saturday Night Live on December 9, 2017, with musical guest SZA. Since the correspondent pieces have been the saving grace (or not) of Update this season, well start there. Unfortunately, neither Bobby Moynihans returning Anthony Crispino nor another confessional piece from Lesley Jones carried enough water to enliven things this time. Despite being overstuffed with Christmas sketches, there were few gifts to be found during this weekends Saturday Night Live. James Franco returned to Studio 8H to promote The Disaster Artist. James Franco is back to host Saturday Night Live this week and we love a good Christmas episode of SNL. Especially with loss of blood and Scrooge. Saturday Night Live is getting into the holiday spirit with James Franco this week. In his fourth hosting appearance on Saturday Night Live, the role that Franco seems most comfortable playing is James Franco, star and director of The Disaster Artist (a project that. After a rough episode last week, James Franco and SZA helmed one of the finest shows of the season. Here's everything that happened on Saturday Night Live last night. The cold open Saturday Night Live hit the nail on the head in a recently revealed cutfortime sketch about Hallmark Christmas movies. In the clip, starring December host James Franco, the bit centers on. Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, and Steve Martin made surprise appearances on Saturday Night Live during host James Francos opening monologue. Rogen appeared as an audience member. This weeks Saturday Night Live featured a hilarious horrorshow of a spelling bee, in which host James Franco, as an uptight announcer named Kevin. James Franco, hosting for the fourth time, with Kate McKinnon on an episode of Saturday Night Live that was rife with Christmas gags. Photograph: NBCGetty Images Its Christmas at a suburban. James Francothe actor, writer and directoris a man of many talents. Ice skating, however, is not one of them. In fact, James Franco is really, really bad at ice skating. This marks James Francos fourth time hosting, which means hes both a familiar and reliable presence at SNL. Since his first turn in 2008, the sunny, squinting heartthrob with the perma. Photo: Dana EdelsonNBC Universal, Inc. Remember James Franco's SNL documentary? You know, the one where he got unprecedented access and made a movie of what it's like to put on the show in a. James Franco's 'SNL' Documentary 'Saturday Night' To Debut Friday on Hulu. It chronicles oneweek in the production of a Saturday Night Live episode. While originally a short film, the. Live from New York, SNL is bringing back two favorites to host episodes in December: James Franco and Kevin Hart. For his fourth time hosting Saturday Night Live, James Franco mostly coasted on his own charm and inside jokes about his career, and it made for a good episode, one of the strongest of the season. James Franco presides over an immediately forgettable episode. Its a good thing I was taking notes during last nights episode of Saturday Night Live. As soon as the credits rolled I had.