2019 Writers Guild Awards Nominees - Variety Sketch Series

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live television variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title NBC's Saturday Night. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast as with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!", properly beginning the show.

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Portlandia is a sketch comedy television series set and filmed in and around Portland, Oregon, starring Fred Armisenand Carrie Brownstein.[1] The show was produced by Broadway Video Television and IFC Original Productions. It was created by Armisen and Brownstein, along with Jonathan Krisel, who directs it. It debuted on IFC on January 21, 2011.[2]

The show shared its title with the sculpture of the same name that sits above the entrance of the Portland Building on Fifth Avenue in downtown Portland,[3] which appears in the show's title sequence. The show has won a Peabody Award.

In January 2017, the series was renewed for an eighth and final season, which concluded on March 22, 2018.

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Nathan for You is an American docu-reality comedy television series starring comedian Nathan Fielder. The series was co-created by Fielder and premiered on February 28, 2013 on the American cable television network Comedy Central.[2]In the series, Fielder plays an off-kilter version of himself, who tries to use his business background and life experiences to help struggling companies and people, frequently offering them outlandish strategies, parodying the methods of marketing and management consultants.[3]

In October 2018, Comedy Central confirmed that Nathan For You would not continue for a fifth season, with Fielder deciding to focus on other projects.

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I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman is an American web television late-night talk show hosted by comedian Sarah Silverman that premiered on October 12, 2017 on Hulu. In April 2018, the series was renewed for an additional eleven episodes that premiered on September 6, 2018.

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At Home with Amy Sedaris is an American television series that premiered on October 24, 2017 on truTV. Hosted by Amy Sedaris playing various characters, the show focuses on the comedian's love of entertaining, crafts, and cooking. The series was met with critical acclaim upon its premiere, garnering a nomination for Outstanding Variety Sketch Program at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards. On April 18, 2018, it was announced that truTV had renewed the series for a second season to consist of ten episodes.

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