Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Being fired from “Weekend Update” was not the only fallout from Norm Macdonald’s relentless fixation on making jokes about O.J.

LOS ANGELES — Last week, tonight, or for half-a-dozen years, John Oliver can’t stop winning Emmys. “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” won the Emmy Award for best variety talk series for the sixth ...

O.J. Simpson was on everyone’s mind today after his death, and Conan O’Brien took the opportunity to salute his late friend, comic Norm Macdonald, who continued doing Simpson jokes on Saturday Night ...

O.J. Simpson’s death was greeted with an outpouring of love… for Norm MacDonald. Ohlmeyer fired Macdonald from the Weekend Update gig after he continued to joke about Simpson following his acquittal. ...

Conan O’Brien has revealed that NBC attempted to ban Norm Macdonald from his show after the late comedian was fired from Saturday Night Live. O’Brien made the revelation during an emergency episode of ...

Actor and comedian Norm Macdonald was beloved by all over the entertainment industry, especially on the late-night circuit as a favorite guest. Former host Conan O'Brien shared a lengthy tribute to ...

Being fired from “Weekend Update” was not the only fallout from Norm Macdonald’s relentless fixation on making jokes about O.J. Simpson, the late comedian’s longtime friend Conan O’Brien said during a ...

Ever since comedian Norm Macdonald died Tuesday of cancer at age 61, the internet has been full of reminiscences and tributes, as well as compilations of his best jokes. Conan O'Brien, who welcomed ...

After "SNL" fired Macdonald in 1998, O'Brien defended his late friend to NBC executive Don Ohlmeyer. Macdonald served as host of “Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live” from 1994 through 1998. His ...