Jeremy Culhane wraps up first SNL season after TCU launch

jeremy culhane is wrapping up his first season on Saturday Night Live, capping a run that took him from late-night sketch work at Texas Christian University to national TV. The TCU alumnus says the path ran through the honors college, student comedy groups and years of short films with classmates.

Roach Honors College

Culhane joined the John V. Roach Honors College his sophomore year and said the classes sharpened more than his transcript. "I was just so engaged with the classes that I was able to take and the level of teaching in the honors college," he said in a phone interview about his time at TCU.

"It really stretched my confidence, belief in myself and thinking about the world," he said. He also took the Nature of Giving course taught by Wassenich Family Dean Ron Pitcock, and described it as a class that pushed students into real responsibility: "It was so interesting to be given real money to invest into philanthropies," he said.

SAC and SFA

At TCU, Culhane became deeply involved in Senseless Acts of Comedy and the Student Film Association, then spent many late nights writing, performing and filming comedy skits. "SAC, SFA, and the Roach Honors College were pretty much my entire college experience," he said, adding, "I really found a way that wasn’t a fraternity lifestyle to still feel really actively involved in the school, and it was awesome."

That mix of campus groups and honors coursework gave him a practical proving ground before he ever reached a bigger stage. Ron Pitcock said, "It has been fun seeing national audiences become more familiar with Jeremy’s talents," and added, "He is more than a comedic improv star, and I say that as someone who graded his papers."

Safety Patrol in Los Angeles

After graduating in 2014 with a double major in philosophy and economics from the AddRan College of Liberal Arts, Culhane moved to Los Angeles with his TCU group of friends and created the sketch group Safety Patrol. He and Grant Moore had been roommates at TCU, and Moore said, "After college, our TCU group continued making short comedy videos for almost a decade."

That long stretch of collaboration matters because it shows Culhane did not arrive at Saturday Night Live on one lucky break. He had already spent years building rhythm, writing discipline and on-camera chemistry with the same circle of peers.

Pitcock said, "The wit was always there; fortunately, so was the substance," and, "What I remember most and loved most is the warmth Jeremy brought into every room." For a first-season performer, that combination is the useful metric: not just presence, but the range to make serious things feel approachable and light things feel meaningful.