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FOUND: 2 - What They Never Told You

Neal Justin: Wednesday's dance and Cecily Strong's 'SNL' farewell among TV highlights of 2022

Like most entertainment critics, I've already shared my list of top 10 shows of 2022. But there are individuals who deserve special recognition. Here are the names, in alphabetical order, that stood out:

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Cecily Strong bids farewell to ‘SNL’ during emotional Christmas episode

This year’s Christmas episode of “Saturday Night Live” doubled as an emotional farewell to cast member Cecily Strong, who revealed she will not return when the show comes back in January.

Los Angeles Times

Cecily Strong leaves ‘Saturday Night Live’ after record-setting 11 seasons

It’s the last laugh for Cecily Strong.

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Cecily Strong says farewell to Saturday Night Live

Strong is one of the longest tenured female stars of SNL who made a career out of spot-on impersonations of Melania Trump, Majorie Taylor Greene and Krysten Sinema.

WEKU

"SNL" jabs at Trump's NFTs in cold open

Strong bid farewell to the show she's been a key member of for eleven seasons and helped rip Trump one last time

Salon

Cecily Strong departs Saturday Night Live after 11 seasons: ‘Best moments of my life’

After 11 seasons, Cecily Strong has said farewell to “Saturday Night Live."

The Independent UK

Cecily Strong leaves Saturday Night Live after 11 seasons

After 11 seasons, Cecily Strong has said farewell to “Saturday Night Live."

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Saturday Night Live: Elvis’s Austin Butler says hello while Cecily Strong says goodbye

The actor makes for a game host, in a range of sketches including one featuring ‘Jewish Elvis’, while the much-loved cast member makes her final appearance

The Guardian - US

WATCH: ‘I feel real lucky,’ Cecily Strong says as she closes her ‘SNL’ run in character

Former Chicagoan’s tenure of more than a decade is the longest ever for a woman performer on the show.

Chicago Sun-Times

Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin and Martin Short deliver a funny episode

The friends and comedy legends smilingly needle and riff off each other, and deliver eulogies for one another’s future funeral

The Guardian - US

Saturday Night Live Christmas cold open drags Kanye West and Elon Musk

Penultimate episode of latest series aired on Saturday 10 December

The Independent UK

Saturday Night Live: host Keke Palmer underserved in ho-hum episode

The Nope star reveals a surprise baby bump in an episode that features hit-and-miss skits including Hello Kitty and Herschel Walker

The Guardian - US

SNL cold open roasts Kari Lake

Cecily Strong puts Lake's soft focus refusal to admit defeat under harsh light

Salon

Saturday Night Live: Amy Schumer delivers the season’s strongest episode yet

A confident hosting turn from the comic lifts a solid episode that wisely keeps politics on the backburner

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Los Angeles Times

Cecily Strong revered Lily Tomlin's one-woman show growing up. Why she's reviving it now

LOS ANGELES — If you're used to seeing someone in the two-dimensional flatness of a Zoom box, it can be magical when you finally meet in person. And on a recent Friday afternoon in the Valley, that transpired when Cecily Strong and Leigh Silverman first wrapped arms around Jane Wagner,…

The Independent UK

Saturday Night Live: Is Cecily Strong leaving the show?

Actor is currently appearing in ‘The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe’

Chicago Sun-Times

Fear not, Cecily Strong fans: She hasn’t left ‘SNL’

Longtime cast member from Chicago is left out of the show’s opening while on leave for a play.

Los Angeles Times

Haunted, self-possessed or just spirited: 2022's Emmy-nominated songs

LOS ANGELES — The songs nominated for the 2022 Emmy for original music and lyrics are each haunted by something. Some are lively, even wacky homages that resurrect sounds of the past — the grand, old "Oklahoma!"-type musical; a calypso wedding toast delivered by (a fictional version of) Harry Belafonte.

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The Guardian - US

Saturday Night Live: the 10 best sketches from the 47th season

A patchy season still managed some standout sketches including Cecily Strong’s memorable abortion skit and turns from Jason Sudeikis and Willem Dafoe

Salon

SNL is part of the Heard-Depp problem

The sketch says about the domestic violence: "I'm glad it ain't me." But for millions of women, it is them

Mic

SNL made a tasteless sketch about the Depp/Heard trial

While the trial may be a circus, it’s certainly not funny.

The Independent UK

Saturday Night Live: Benedict Cumberbatch and Arcade Fire wear T-shirts referencing Roe vs Wade

The ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ actor appeared in a sketch set in 13th century England

The Guardian - US

Saturday Night Live: Jake Gyllenhaal hosts a mediocre episode

The Ambulance star gives it his all but the sketches, taking in Ketanji Brown Jackson, Child’a Play and cabaret, aren’t up to snuff

The Guardian - US

Saturday Night Live: Jerrod Carmichael hosts an inevitably slap-heavy episode

The standup and actor can’t help but cover the Will Smith and Chris Rock incident with mixed results

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