Jimmy Kimmel didn't have to dig too deeply to find monologue material Monday.

Melissa McCarthy looks set to remain the dominant comedy-sketch force on Saturday Night Live, with her impression of Sean Spicer taking centre stage over Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump on the latest episode.

It was the mockery Australia had been waiting for.

Joseph Fiennes' controversial portrayal of Michael Jackson in a comedy show has been pulled after the late singer's family condemned the performance.

A literal piss-take.

William Christopher, best known as the earnest, soft-spoken US Army priest Father Francis Mulcahy on the hit TV comedy M*A*S*H, has died at the age of 84, according to his agent.

Playing Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live is as much censure as impersonation, and he only gets paid $1400 each show, Alec Baldwin tells Sarah Maslin Nir.

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It's a hard sell even when set to the theme of ABC's 'Play School' and dressed up in tinsel. Luckily Sammy J delivers plenty of mirth.

"Extraordinary, I'm gutted," said fan Leigh Sales. Warning this story contains spoilers.

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How dare a bunch of needy thespians mock the president elect.

Alec Baldwin is back as the President-elect on Saturday Night Live despite earlier saying that he was trying to "trying to shed the Donald Trump cloak".

Dave Chappelle has still got the juice, and boy, America sure missed him over the past two years.

In the first episode aired since the election, The Simpsons has given a nod to its Trump prediction in the opening credits.

It's a rare night that Jimmy Fallon has nothing more to say, so when illusionist David Blaine left the late night TV host gobsmacked it's little wonder the internet went crazy over the footage.

Launch a stupid idea, expect to be the butt of some stinging jokes.

Saturday Night Live's Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin have made their final stand before the US election as they broke with character to deliver a more sobering message.

The Big Bang Theory may have taken the Bang a little too literally with an upcoming episode of the tenth season being edited to remove a scene considered too sexy for UK television.

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For a comeback so critically despised, the show's been raking in the ratings for Netflix.

Attendees of a party in celebration for the 600th episode of The Simpsons walked a yellow carpet and got a sneak preview of the episode, Treehouse of Horror XXVII, which airs in the US on Sunday.

Chris Rock is returning to stand-up comedy for the first time since 2008 and he's getting a lot of money to do it.

Alec Baldwin has parodied Donald Trump's remorseless apology on Saturday Night Live after lewd comments he made in 2005 became public.

Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor want their new ABC show to sit somewhere near 'Parks and Recreation' and 'Gavin & Stacey'.

No debating: Alec Baldwin stole the show in his new role as Donald Trump when Saturday Night Live spoofed the recent presidential debate.

The 58-year-old actor and comedian might have been handed one the most important roles of his career: playing Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live.