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Departing SNL cast members Fred Armisen and Bill Hader closed out their final episode of Saturday Night Live with a truly touching performance of an original punk-rock ballad "It's A Lovely Day," featuring a slew of legendary indie-rock friends of the show.

Back in the day, Amy Poehler was a necessary and hilarious part of the "Weekend Update" segments on "Saturday Night Live." We got a bittersweet reminder of this during the current season's finale when Poehler joined Seth Meyers for the fake news bit.

With the IRS scandal dominating the news this week, "Saturday Night Live" closed out their 38th season with a political bang.

Hader gave a cinematic sendoff to Stefan, that perennially irritating scenester kid.

The fictional family were acclaimed when they hit our screens 10 years ago. As the final series ends, it's the right time to leave A derelict, dipsomaniac addict, addled by breakfast-time, at the mercy of his rampant libido, driven by the hunt for the next free drink or drug, flogging his baby's milk for a lager.

Now a classic from television's golden age, the show was not an immediate hit when it debuted in 1954, according to .

Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney appeared on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno on Friday and weighed in on the barrage of controversies plaguing the White House in recent weeks.

Release Date: May 16, 2013 Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence Genre: Action Run Time: 132 min.

Amazon's viewers have spoken, and apparently what they don't want is more Zombieland .

His snarky approach to comedy has made him popular in films like "Joe Dirt," and on the small screen in such hits as NBC's "Saturday Night Live" and his CBS show, "Rules of Engagement.

If Kat Edmonson ever becomes a household name, she can put it down not just to her talent as a jazz singer, but to some decidedly modern financing as well.

The title should pretty much tell you what Ross Mathews, the beloved, has written about with no uncertainty: "Man Up! Tales of My Delusional Self-Confidence." Yes, the hated and loved TV man Mathews, whom we cannot forget has best friends in famous places, has written a book and yes it has published in pink.

The big four U.S. broadcast networks, in need of new TV hits to turn around slumping ratings, are betting espionage programs and old comedy stars will convince advertisers to spend about $9 billion during the so-called upfront selling season.

"Saturday Night Live" cast member Seth Meyers said on Thursday that he will stay on at the NBC live television comedy show until the end of the year, before he begins hosting the network's "Late Night" talk show in February 2014.

Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell will appear in court later for a further hearing over alleged child sex offences.

The NBC workplace comedy, set at the fictional company's Scranton, Pa., branch, aired its finale Thursday to end an eight-year run.

How much would you pay for a nude painting of "Golden Girls" star Bea Arthur? It really doesn't matter because some lucky person, who remains anonymous, just bought the piece of art for $1.9 million at Christie's auction house this week.

"Sirens" focuses on three emergency medical technicians from Chicago who are good at their jobs but with personal lives that leave something to be desired.

The CW network is bringing a popular radio music series to television and is going heavy on escapist fare in its new programming for next season.

"Arrested Development" fans can hardly wait for its sweet return on Netflix at the end of this month, so what's a few hours in line to get a photograph with the series-inspired Bluth's Original Frozen Banana stand, making its way around New York this week.