Daily Comedy News with Johnny Mac - a daily briefing on comedians, and the comedy industry SNL UK Launch Details plus Marcello Hernandez’s Sebastian Maniscalco impression actually good or no?
Mar 18, 2026
15:12
A preiview of SNL UK’s debut on Sky One at 10 PM local time with Tina Fey hosting and Wet Leg as musical guest; season one has six 75-minute episodes, including hosts Jamie Dornan (with guest Wolf Alice and Casian) and Riz Ahmed, and U.S. viewers can watch next day on Peacock.
In U.S. SNL news, John discusses Marcello Hernandez’s Sebastian Maniscalco impression and praises a Tucker Carlson impression on Weekend Update, then notes similarities between an SNL RFK Hospital parody and earlier Daily Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live sketches. He covers Mark Normand’s new Netflix special, Bert Kreischer’s bus fire update and Netflix projects, Conan O’Brien’s comments on political jokes at the Oscars, Robbie Hoffman returning a found diamond watch at Vanity Fair’s party.
00:17 SNL UK Launch Details
01:19 Guardian Behind Scenes
02:54 SNL US Impressions
06:48 Daily Show SNL Beef
08:09 Mark Normand Special
10:19 Bert Kresicher Bus Fire Update Part 17
11:21 Fishing Pronunciation
12:03 Conan Oscars Politics
12:27 Robbie Hoffman Watch
14:04 Amazon Bond Series Rant
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This is the animal sanctuary mentioned in the February 10 episode.
In U.S. SNL news, John discusses Marcello Hernandez’s Sebastian Maniscalco impression and praises a Tucker Carlson impression on Weekend Update, then notes similarities between an SNL RFK Hospital parody and earlier Daily Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live sketches. He covers Mark Normand’s new Netflix special, Bert Kreischer’s bus fire update and Netflix projects, Conan O’Brien’s comments on political jokes at the Oscars, Robbie Hoffman returning a found diamond watch at Vanity Fair’s party.
00:17 SNL UK Launch Details
01:19 Guardian Behind Scenes
02:54 SNL US Impressions
06:48 Daily Show SNL Beef
08:09 Mark Normand Special
10:19 Bert Kresicher Bus Fire Update Part 17
11:21 Fishing Pronunciation
12:03 Conan Oscars Politics
12:27 Robbie Hoffman Watch
14:04 Amazon Bond Series Rant
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/daily-comedy-news-with-johnny-mac-a-daily-briefing-on-comedians-and-the-comedy-industry--4522158/support.
Daily Comedy News is the number one comedy news podcast, delivering daily coverage of standup comedy, late night television, comedy specials, tours, and the business of comedy.
COMEDY SURVIVOR in the facebook group.
Contact John at John@thesharkdeck dot com
For Uninterrupted Listening, use the Apple Podcast App and click the banner that says Uninterrupted Listening. $4.99/month
John's Substack about media is free.
This is the animal sanctuary mentioned in the February 10 episode.