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How to stream the 2018 Emmy Awards live on your Roku device Posted: 13 Sep 2018 07:00 AM PDT The team you love from Saturday Night Live is taking over Monday night! Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che will host the Emmy Awards. Also, Lorne Michael is executive producing, so there's sure to be some surprises! You can watch the Emmy Awards live on Roku players and Roku TVs Monday, September 17 at 8 ET/5 PM on NBC*. If you miss the live show on Sunday, don't worry – you can watch the replay and all the can't-miss moments starting Tuesday for free on the NBC channel. Click here to learn how you can catch up on all the Emmy nominees this weekend. I'll be rooting for This is Us and Atlanta! What about you? Happy Streaming! *The NBC channel requires a participating cable/satellite subscription to watch live. NBC is also available in select markets on DIRECTV NOW, Hulu with Live TV, PlayStation Vue or Sling TV. The post How to stream the 2018 Emmy Awards live on your Roku device appeared first on The Official Roku Blog.

6 iconic SNL duos who paved the way for Colin Jost and Michael Che Posted: 12 Sep 2018 04:16 PM PDT The Emmys are just around the corner, and this year’s hosts are familiar faces to comedy fans. Saturday Night Live‘s “Weekend Update” duo Colin Jost and Michael Che will be co-hosting the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards on NBC on Monday, Sept. 17. Before they take the stage to hand out awards, let’s look back at some of SNL’s other great duos who blazed a path for Jost and Che to follow.   Believe it or not, SNL has been on air since 1975. In those 44 years, many of America’s greatest comedians have passed through Studio 8H, including Steve Martin, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, and Kristen Wiig. In true sketch comedy fashion, these titans did their best work with partners. Here are six unforgettable SNL duos that never failed to make viewers laugh. Amy Poehler and Tina Fey Fey and Amy Poehler are best friends off camera, and since leaving SNL, they’ve continued to make movies together. During their time on the show, comedy magic always happened when they were together. Need proof? Take a look at their take on Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton. Or their stint as Weekend Update anchors. Or they time they starred in the iconic “Mom Jeans” sketch. Fact: These two are perfect together. Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd On the surface, Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd appear to be a mismatched pair. Martin’s quiet real-life persona doesn’t quite fit with Aykroyd’s “Blues Brothers” antics. However, on SNL they complemented each other beautifully as “The Festrunk Brothers” — a pair of brothers from Czechoslovakia, whose tenuous grasp of American pop culture provided endless laughs in the ’70s. Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader work on the same wavelength. They’re both perfect at being zany, and channelling their inner weird. If you need proof, look no further than their glorious “Hollywood Dish” interviews with celebrities.   Jimmy Fallon and Rachel Dratch Bostonites rejoice, because no SNL duo ever paid homage to the city’s culture quite like Jimmy Fallon and Rachel Dratch. Through a series of sketches they sent up Boston stereotypes with a loving sense of reverence and silliness. Bill Hader and Seth Meyers Whenever Hader’s Stefon joined Seth Meyers at the “Weekend Update” table, you knew you were in for a good time. Meyers always did his best to play the straight man as Hader channelled his inner Stefon. The end result was a series of hilarious and unforgettable sketches. Fred Armisen and Kristen Wiig Two words: Garth and Kat. The cornball singing duo offered up majestic anthems for every holiday and season of the year. And no one could have brought this pair to life with as much zeel as Armisen and Wiig. There’s no denying the talents of Jost and Che. The comedians come from a long line of hilarious performers who have found their perfect comedy match on SNL. If they can bring the same amount of laughs to the Emmys that they do to the show each week, then they’ll be in the company of the great SNL duos who came before them. Happy Streaming! The post 6 iconic SNL duos who paved the way for Colin Jost and Michael Che appeared first on The Official Roku Blog.

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