View Post Viral Bill Hader Brings Herb Welch Back to SNL By Kevin Eck on Oct. 13, 2014 - 4:37 PM When Bill Hader came back to host “Saturday Night Live,” he brought recurring character Herb Welch along to delight local on-air news talent everywhere. You may remember Welch as the gruff, somewhat senile reporter who ...
Top 10 | Viral ‘Saturday Night Live’: Eli Manning on the Local News By Andrew Gauthier on May. 7, 2012 - 10:10 AM Crotchety local news reporter Herb Welch was back on “Saturday Night Live” this past weekend. Welch, played by Bill Hader, was out covering the Occupy movement for fictional New York station WXPD and Eli Manning, the s ...
ShopTalk | Top 10 | Viral Ancient Reporter Herb Welch Returns to ‘SNL’ with Nod to His Protege Andy Rooney By Andrew Gauthier on Nov. 14, 2011 - 9:07 AM The senile, mic-slinging reporter Herb Welch returned to “Saturday Night Live” this weekend with a nod to Andy Rooney. Welch, a character reminiscent of WNYW’s Dick Oliver, did his regular routine of battering in ...
ShopTalk ‘SNL’ Lampoons Local News Satellite Delay By Andrew Gauthier on Sep. 26, 2011 - 10:07 AM On its season premiere this past weekend, “Saturday Night Live” went to WDHX in Buffalo as anchor team Tom Flint (host Alec Baldwin) and Vivian Knowles (Abby Elliott) tried their best to overcome a satellite delay with ...
Reporting | Top 10 ‘SNL’ Brings Back Reporter Herb Welch for Finale By Andrew Gauthier on May. 23, 2011 - 9:53 AM “Saturday Night Live” brought back crotchety local reporter Herb Welch for its season finale this weekend (video above). “SNL” cast-member Bill Hader has been getting a lot of mileage out of the character l ...
Top 10 | Viral ‘Saturday Night Live’ Channels Infamous WNYW Reporter By Andrew Gauthier on Jan. 31, 2011 - 10:16 AM “Saturday Night Live” channeled New York’s WNYW this weekend, featuring the now-recurring character of over-the-hill reporter Herb Welch. Many will remember the embarrassing on-air argument that occurred a few ye ...