“And thank you to everybody for giving me an Emmy.”. He also portrayed Mr. Robinson for a new version of "Mister Robinson's Neighborhood." Eddie Murphy’s return to “Saturday Night Live” after 35 years paid off big time! Murphy brought back several fan-favorite characters during his return to SNL in December. Murphy used the Mister Rogers' Neighborhood parody to teach viewers about gentrification. Eddie Murphy won his first Primetime Emmy on Saturday night following five nominations throughout his acting career. Disclaimer. Gumby appeared later in the show, joining Colin Jost and Michael Che on the “Weekend Update” segment, where he proceeded to act unimpressed by the co-hosts. Eddie Murphy's return to "Saturday Night Live" was a big hit: SNL scored its top-rated show in nearly three years. Saturday night's episode was the most-watched episode of "Saturday Night Live" since May 2017, when Melissa McCarthy hosted and HAIM performed as the musical guest. Eddie Murphy’s return to “Saturday Night Live” after 35 years paid off big time! He earned the award in the Guest Actor Comedy Series category after he hosted Saturday Night Live in December. Meghan Trainor opens up to TODAY about the joys of married life and her desire to have a family in the future. For the first time in 35 years, iconic comedian Eddie Murphy will be returning to NBC’s Saturday Night Live.. On Monday (August 26), the network behind the long-running weekly sketch comedy show unveiled its upcoming roster of hosts and musical guests for its upcoming 45th season, including the legendary SNL alum himself.. The “SNL” alum came with some guests, including appearances from Dave Chapelle, Tracy Morgan, Chris Rock, and current cast member Kenan Thompson during the opening monologue. Coincidentally, on Saturday's episode, Murphy brought back his old "SNL" character Buckwheat for a sketch that was a spoof of "Masked Singer. "Saturday Night Live" has gotten a ratings boost this season, both on air and on YouTube. Buckwheat made his 2019 appearance as a guest on “The Masked Singer” dressed as an ear of corn. I’m a little busy, but I’m gonna,” Trainor says. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. The 59-year-old actor and comedian won his first Emmy award on Saturday for outstanding guest actor in a comedy series for hosting the variety sketch show in December 2019 for his first big return to the show since 1984. Eddie Murphy was planning a return to stand-up comedy this year, but then the pandemic happened. For his tunes, Buckwheat sang some famous songs with a twist. During this skit, Murphy sang his version of "Won't You Be My Neighbor." Murphy faced a stacked list of competitions on Saturday night. In the SNL return, he appeared in every single sketch, even reprising some of his old characters.This included Mr. Robinson, which was a spoof of Mr. Rogers from Mr. Rogers Nerighborhood.Murphy also reprised his character spoofs of Buckwheat of The Little Rascals and Gumby.. The nominations included Fred Willard in Modern Family (posthumous nomination), Dev Patel in Amazon's Modern Love and Luke Kirby, who portrayed Lenny Bruce on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. He portrayed Buckwheat once again during a spoof of The Masked Singer. '”, “This was a very, very special thing for me to come back and to have the show turn out the way it did, I’m still floating from it,” he said. And thank you for coming back to host SNL. He talks more about his Mr. Robinson spoof role. "We were planning before the pandemic hit, this year we'd be … New York (CNN Business)Eddie Murphy's return to "Saturday Night Live" was a big hit: SNL scored its top-rated show in nearly three years. This is 40 years since I started Saturday Night Live, this is my first Emmy, so thank you so much." ", Like us on Facebook to see similar stories, A shocking number of women dropped out of the workforce last month, Amazon moving Prime Day to October is the latest example of the e-commerce giant's dominance of the retail calendar, Eddie Murphy returns to SNL (along with Gumby, Buckwheat, Mr. Robinson), Eddie Murphy tells Al about hosting ‘SNL’ with musical guest Lizzo. "Thank you to everybody at the Emmy's," Murphy said in his virtual acceptance speech. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. 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Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Additionally, he received a nomination in 1999 for The PJs (Outstanding Animated Programming, Hour or Less). According to Deadline, Murphy previously received Emmy nominations for his work on SNL. Per this week’s announcement, Murphy is scheduled to … Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc.2018. By creating an account, you verify that you are at least 13 years of age, and have read and agree to the PopCulture.com Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, By John Newby This weekend's episode averaged a 2.5 rating for adults ages 18-49 and brought in a total of 9.921 million viewers, according to "fast official" ratings from Nielsen Media Research. He earned the award in the Guest Actor Comedy Series category after he hosted Saturday Night Live in December.He did not immediately accept the award during the virtual telecast, but the Television Academy later tweeted out his speech. He did not immediately accept the award during the virtual telecast, but the Television Academy later tweeted out his speech. 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