Columbia Pictures’ Saturday Night from Jason Reitman debuted at $265k, a great $53k per theater that’s the second-best limited opening of the year, and the best since June when Kinds Of Kindness also opened in 5 theaters (to a $75k PTA). It’s been a long a slightly dower wait for something to pop.

Whether it is busting ghosts or assembling some of the best comedians/actors to play television’s collective of some of the greatest comedians/actors, Jason Reitman has been in charge of both. Canadian-American filmmaker Reitman most recently created a new generation of Ghostbusters films with Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Frozen Empire—acting as direct sequels to the original two films his father,

When I first heard about the premise of Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” — the entire film takes place in the 90 minutes leading up to the late-night comedy landmark’s first episode in 1975 — I confess that I found the idea to be a head-scratcher.

With his new movie Saturday Night, co-writer/director Jason Reitman — whose films range from the superb coming-of-age comedy Juno and the provocative mid-life dramedy Tully to the the horrid reboot Ghostbusters: Afterlife — wants you to remember back when SNL was a scrappy sketch show stocked with counterculture comedians,

"Saturday Night Live" viewers and media expert Bob Thompson weigh in on the variety show's legacy and impact on the TV landscape as Season 50 approaches.