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Another season of Saturday Night Live is winding down, and looking back, it’s hard to figure out a particular through line to describe the past year of the show. If there’s one, it’s that the show has finally decided during the second half of Season 44 that simply showing clips of President Donald Trump rather than having Alec Baldwin portray him is the right way to go. Political cold opens tend to dramatize his associates rather than the man himself, instead leaving “Weekend Update” to make the most...

It can be challenging for Saturday Night Live to keep the momentum going after an episode as strong as last week’s Adam Sandler-led affair — but damn if Emma Thompson didn’t try through sheer will to make it one to remember. Unfortunately, there was little the enthusiastic, first-time host could do to salvage the string of dire sketches that followed Weekend Update.

Thankfully, it wasn’t all bad. The one-two punch of “Royal Etiquette” and “The Perfect Mother” came after an enjoyable Mother’s Day-themed monologue featuring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. We were also treated to a wacky Food Network parody.

Leslie Odom Jr. is set to star in a comedy with a put pilot commitment at ABC that boasts Kerry Washington among its executive producers.

The untitled multi-camera series focuses on Leslie (Odom Jr.) and Hope, joint pastors at a young, hip, diverse church in Los Angeles. Through their services, online streams and books, they are experts at uniting people across different races, genders, orientations and opinions. But when it comes to uniting the people in their blended family, they are way out of their comfort zone and as a result, the teachers often find themselves the pupils. The series is inspired by the experiences of real-life pastors Touré Roberts and Sarah Jakes-Roberts.

“I am grateful to be working with such an all-star team of fearless and creative people,” Washington said. “And, I am excited that we have gathered together to tell a story that is inspiring, relatable, provocative and hilarious.

Gail Berman’s The Jackal Group has sold two comedies to CBS – multi-cam The Folks with former Scandal star Kerry Washington’s Simpson Street producing, and hybrid To Whom It May Concern. CBS Television Studios is the studio for both projects.

Written by Frank Pines, The Folks centers on what happens when a momma’s boy marries a daddy’s girl, and their respective parents can’t let go.

Pines executive produces with Jackal Group’s Berman and Joe Earley. Washington and Pilar Savone executive produce for Simpson Street.

The project re-teams Pines, Jackal Group and Simpson Street, who worked together on Man Of the House, a multi-camera hybrid family comedy created by Pines which sold last development season to ABC as part of Simpson Street’s deal with ABC Studios.

Written by Mike Metz, To Whom It May Concern centers on Evan, who sets out with his group of...