"MacGruber," the latest "Saturday Night Live" sketch to get the feature film treatment, opens today. Directed by SNL writer-director Jorma Taccone, the film stars Will Forte as the titular ...

Nearly a dozen “Saturday Night Live” sketches, a Super Bowl commercial and a notoriously poor-performing movie later, “MacGruber” returns to screens with a cult following and an action ...

Will Forte is stepping back into a familiar role. The Saturday Night Live alum, 51, is reprising his MacGruber character (which was based on the MacGyver parody character from SNL) in a new comedy ...

By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic I’m intrigued by the MacGruber franchise for the same basic reasons people watch reality shows about glass-blowing. You have a little blob of molten ...

In one episode of Peacock’s new MacGruber series, the titular hero murders a squad of armed mercenaries in incredibly gory fashion. He punches his hand all the way through one opponent’s chest ...

We’re all eagerly awaiting Peacock’s “MacGruber” TV series, and we’ll gladly gobble up whatever crumbs creator and star Will Forte has for us. So will Forte’s old pal from their ...

A decade after “MacGruber” opened in theaters and proceeded to tank at the box office, Will Forte’s beloved comedy character returns in an all new TV series that continues the story of the ...

Will Forte with Val Kilmer while filming MacGruber. Photo: Courtesy of Will Forte Will Forte with Val Kilmer while filming MacGruber. Photo: Courtesy of Will Forte But he quickly put us at ease.

Will Forte’s MacGruber has managed to MacGyver his way onto the big screen. A clumsy and idiotic version of the 1980s action star, MacGruber was born as a skit on “SNL” in 2007 and gained ...

Nearly a dozen “Saturday Night Live” sketches, a Super Bowl commercial and a notoriously poor-performing movie later, “MacGruber” returns to screens with a cult following and an action ...