The Not Ready For Primetime SNL Podcast

Ryan McGee and Mike Ryan break down each episode of "Saturday Night Live".

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 20: Scarlett Johansson 05/18/2025

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 20: Scarlett Johansson We have reached the end of our season-long coverage! Thanks to all that have taken this season long journey with us. But fear not: We will be posting content throughout the summer on our Patreon. Those episodes may or may not not make it to this feed before the start of Season 51, but if you want the latest and greatest you should definitely consider signing up. We have a single $5 tier for those that are interested. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/36615205

Check It Out: Andor, Season 2, Episodes 10-12 05/15/2025

Check It Out: Andor, Season 2, Episodes 10-12 "Check It Out" is our catch-all title for non-SNL topics that we discuss periodically. Movies, TV, music...it's all under that umbrella. In this one, we go deep on the final three episodes of this fairly stunning series for nearly an entire hour of analysis. We released this to our Patreon subscribers yesterday, but making it available for all of you now. If you seek content like this earlier, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! In the meantime, we will continue to drop SNL episodic recaps here the day after each episode airs and Patreon content on a staggered schedule. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/36585345

Saturday Night Live: Season 50, Episode 19: Walton Goggins 05/11/2025

Saturday Night Live: Season 50, Episode 19: Walton Goggins Ryan and Mike are back with a look at the second-to-last episode of the season. This was a strong, silly episode that among other things showed that SNL has finally cracked how to cover the current President after almost a decade. Also, Ryan gets approximately 35 names wrong in this episode, so enjoy the journey. If you seek additional entertainment, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We will be dropping reviews of the final six episodes of ANDOR over there this week, and will be continually posting content there after the SNL season ends. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/36523615

Check It Out: Thunderbolts* 05/10/2025

Check It Out: Thunderbolts* We posted this on our Patreon earlier this week, but are now sharing here on the main, free feed. "Check It Out" is our catch-all title for non-SNL topics that we discuss periodically. Movies, TV, music...it's all under that umbrella. If you seek content like this earlier, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! In the meantime, we will continue to drop SNL episodic recaps here the day after each episode airs and Patreon content on a staggered schedule. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/36517140

Saturday Night Live: Season 50, Episode 18: Quinta Brunson 05/04/2025

Saturday Night Live: Season 50, Episode 18: Quinta Brunson Ryan and Mike are back along with the show for its final stretch of Season 50 episodes. If you seek additional entertainment, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We will be posting both SNL and non-SNL content throughout the Spring over there. This week will feature both reviews of the 3rd batch of episodes of Andor S2 and thoughts on the latest MCU film Thunderbolts*. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/36425650

Check It Out: Andor, Season 2: Episodes 1-3 04/28/2025

Check It Out: Andor, Season 2: Episodes 1-3 As promised, Ryan and Mike are covering each 3-episode installment of the fantastic STAR WARS show ANDOR over the next four weeks. "Check It Out" is our name for episodes that don't directly cover episodes of Saturday Night Live, and serves a sub-series within the feed. We released this installment last week on our Patreon, but are releasing it here each week the day before the new batch of episodes drops. If you want to hear these first, be sure to sign up for our $5/month Patreon! /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/36347185

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 17: Jon Hamm 04/13/2025

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 17: Jon Hamm Ryan and Mike are back with a review of the final episode of the show before its final run this May! If you seek additional entertainment, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We will be posting both SNL and non-SNL content throughout the Spring over there. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/36115840

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 16: Jack Black 04/08/2025

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 16: Jack Black Ryan and Mike are back, belatedly, with a review of this week's episode. We had announced the delay, but we apologize all the same! In this episode: thoughts on a wild crowd, Jack Black's energy, and we finally learn how many days a week Billy Zane is actually Billy Zane. (That's not related to the episode but it's a fact you'll learn anyway.) If you seek additional entertainment, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We will be posting both SNL and non-SNL content throughout the Spring over there. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/36059640

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 15: Mikey Madison 03/30/2025

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 15: Mikey Madison Ryan and Mike are back along with the show in its second-to-last batch of episodes. We look at the surprising sidelining of this week's host, the increasingly high profile of Marcello Hernandez, and the proper technique for avoiding lines at events. If you seek additional entertainment, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We will be posting both SNL and non-SNL content throughout the Spring over there. We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. The plan is to create 2-4 additional podcasts per month over there, provided there's enough audience for the upper end of that spectrum. Thanks to all that have already joined! /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/35925490

Check It Out: Everybody's Live with John Mulaney 03/21/2025

Check It Out: Everybody's Live with John Mulaney We are launching "Check It Out," a series within a series here on the podcast about topics outside of weekly reviews of SNL. We recorded this one last week and posted it exclusively on our Patreon, but now it's here for those that haven't signed up just yet. However, we would love it if you DID subscribe to get first access to content like this in the future. We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. Thanks again to all that have already joined! /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/35815510

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 13: Lady Gaga 03/09/2025

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 13: Lady Gaga Ryan and Mike are back with a look at one of the more entertaining episodes of the season. We also get into more George C. Scott movies than either of us intended. If you seek additional entertainment, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We will be posting both SNL and non-SNL content throughout March over there as well. We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. The plan is to create 2-4 additional podcasts per month over there, provided there's enough audience for the upper end of that spectrum. Thanks to all that have already joined! /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/35594350

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 13: Shane Gillis 03/02/2025

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 13: Shane Gillis Ryan and Mike are back after a long, post-SNL 50th Anniversary content hangover that may or may not have carried over into the content of this week's episode. This was a complicated one to unpack for sure! If you seek additional entertainment, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We will be posting both SNL and non-SNL content throughout March over there as well. We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. The plan is to create 2-4 additional podcasts per month over there, provided there's enough audience for the upper end of that spectrum. Thanks to all that have already joined! /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/35500875

Reviewing "SNL50: The Anniversary Special" 02/17/2025

Reviewing "SNL50: The Anniversary Special" Our first on-the-go podcast features the two of us sharing our wildly out-of-order thoughts on an overstuffed special that was less of a celebration than we might have anticipated and more an "extra-stuff episode with every star you expected and also a half-dozen you definitely didn't". Listen to find out our favorite performance, stand-out jokes, and one to seven conspiracy theories about what certain sketches, songs, and notables absences might say about the state of the show. We also talk plans for the rest of the season and beyond for this podcast. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/35318335

Reviewing "SNL50: The Homecoming Concert" 02/16/2025

Reviewing "SNL50: The Homecoming Concert" One of us was there! One of us watched from home! We both had thoughts! Hear what it was like to be in Radio City Music Hall, and what the performances there might suggest about what sketches appear in the 50th Anniversary Special. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/35301780

From The Patreon Vault: Reviewing "Ladies & Gentlemen ... 50 Years of SNL Music" 02/07/2025

From The Patreon Vault: Reviewing "Ladies & Gentlemen ... 50 Years of SNL Music" Another drop from the vault, with a review of the excellent Questlove-directed documentary "Ladies & Gentlemen ... 50 Years of SNL Music". This was another awesome documentary and we have a lot of fun breaking it down. If you seek additional exclusive episodes ahead of their appearance here, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We have a lot of content already up for your listening pleasure, and we're only adding more as the weeks go on. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/35184560

From the Patreon Vault: Reviewing the documentary "More Cowbell" 01/30/2025

From the Patreon Vault: Reviewing the documentary "More Cowbell" Another drop from the vault, with a review of the Peacock documentary "More Cowbell". It's about...well, you can guess. If you seek additional exclusive episodes ahead of their appearance here, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We have a lot of content already up for your listening pleasure, and we're only adding more as the weeks go on. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/35076770

Episode 109: Timothée Chalamet 01/26/2025

Episode 109: Timothée Chalamet Ryan and Mike are back to discuss the last episode before the big 50th Anniversary celebration in February! If you seek additional entertainment in the next few weeks, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. The plan is to create 2-4 additional podcasts per month over there, provided there's enough audience for the upper end of that spectrum. Thanks to all that have already joined! /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/35017390

From The Patreon Vault: Reviewing the documentary "Season 11: The Weird Year" 01/24/2025

From The Patreon Vault: Reviewing the documentary "Season 11: The Weird Year" Another drop from the vault, this time with our review of our favorite of the four SNL documentaries currently streaming on Peacock If you seek additional episodes, including the already-up review of the documentary "More Cowbell", join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We have a lot of content already up for your listening pleasure, and we're only adding more as the weeks go on. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/34987325

Episode 107: Dave Chappelle 01/19/2025

Episode 107: Dave Chappelle We are testing out the new feed with this episode! If everything goes correctly, you'll see this if you never stopped subcribing to the old feed. We'd love to hear if this is all working as expected! Eventually we'll get back down to one feed, whichever way that ends up being easier for all. We hope this reaches those of you that didn't know we were still doing this for Season 50! /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/34912135

Episode 8: Louis C.K. and fun. 11/04/2012

Episode 8: Louis C.K. and fun. and return to discuss the latest episode of "Saturday Night Live". How "Louie" was this Louis C.K.-led installment? Listen and find out. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/2117636

Episode 7: Bruno Mars 10/21/2012

Episode 7: Bruno Mars and return to discuss the latest episode of "Saturday Night Live". How did Bruno Mars do in his first hosting gig? Listen and find out. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/2103489

Episode 6: Christina Applegate and Passion Pit 10/14/2012

Episode 6: Christina Applegate and Passion Pit and return to discuss the latest episode of "Saturday Night Live". Did the show rebound after the Daniel Craig-led disappointment? Listen to find out. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/2096154

Episode 5: Daniel Craig and Muse 10/07/2012

Episode 5: Daniel Craig and Muse and return to discuss the latest episode of "Saturday Night Live". This...this wasn't very good. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/2088934

Episode 4: Weekend Update Special, September 27 09/28/2012

Episode 4: Weekend Update Special, September 27 and return to break down a most curious second "Update" special for you. They...have some things to say. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/2079545

Episode 3: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Mumford & Sons 09/23/2012

Episode 3: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Mumford & Sons and are back with another episode, breaking down last night's episode of "SNL". They also break down the breakdown of their first attempt to bring this podcast to you. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/2075005

Episode 2: Weekend Update Thursday, September 20 09/21/2012

Episode 2: Weekend Update Thursday, September 20 and break down this special edition of "SNL". /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/2072543

Episode 1: Seth MacFarlane/Frank Ocean 09/17/2012

Episode 1: Seth MacFarlane/Frank Ocean Welcome to the first episode of the "Not Ready For Primetime Podcast". and have been part of an ever-smaller number of writers discussing "Saturday Night Live" on a weekly basis. So they decided to combine efforts and podcast each Sunday morning after a new episode of "SNL" to compare notes, flesh out our thoughts, and possibly make lots of references to Paul Thomas Anderson movies. /episode/index/show/notreadyforprimetimepodcast/id/2068149

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