monologue

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They’re becoming mainstream enough to be name checked in comedian Conan O’Brien’s Academy Awards monologue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Saturday Night Live UK will follow a similar format, with each 75-minute episode featuring an opening monologue as well as topical sketches, live music and a satire of the week's news called Weekend Update.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Unlike last year’s show, the 98th Academy Awards didn’t buck expectations with a moving musical performance to kick off the telecast, preempting the usual opening sketch and host’s monologue.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2026

A monologue so good that I could even tolerate Josh Groban.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

When he says this, I think maybe I can turn the poem I wrote for Henrietta Lacks into a monologue or maybe write a solo show about black women—our bodies and the stories they hold.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan