--- title: Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon Cover the Royal Wedding description: While most major networks covered Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal wedding in some form or fashion, none did it quite like HBO. canonical: https://time.com/5285491/royal-wedding-will-ferrell-molly-shannon/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-21T16:12:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:38.124Z og:title: Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon Nailed the Royal Wedding og:description: Let Cord and Tish give you the royal wedding rundown og:url: https://time.com/5285491/royal-wedding-will-ferrell-molly-shannon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01bade6d4faab4e6/698931028fd2ee7c2635bad3/will-ferrell-molly-shannon-royal-wedding.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Will-Ferrell-Molly-Shannon-Cord-Tish-Royal-Wedding og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon Nailed the Royal Wedding twitter:description: Let Cord and Tish give you the royal wedding rundown twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01bade6d4faab4e6/698931028fd2ee7c2635bad3/will-ferrell-molly-shannon-royal-wedding.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon's Royal Wedding Coverage Was Nothing Short of Incredible > Sponsored content. 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Let Cord and Tish give you the royal wedding rundown_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 21, 2018 4:12 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 21, 2018 4:12 PM UTC While pretty much every major network covered [Prince Harry](http://time.com/5285412/royal-wedding-official-photos/) and [Meghan Markle’s](http://time.com/5284390/meghan-markle-curtsy/) [royal wedding](http://time.com/5282658/royal-wedding-stand-by-me-meaning/) in some form or fashion, none did it quite like HBO. To celebrate the Saturday nuptials of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon [revived their comedic TV commentator personas](http://ew.com/tv/2018/01/02/will-ferrell-molly-shannon-rose-parade-parody-amazon-viewers/) of Cord Hosenbeck and Tish Cattigan to deliver live updates of the couple’s highly-anticipated ceremony. From Ferrell and Shannon absolutely losing it over Harry and Meghan’s first kiss as husband and wife to parodying Markle’s longtime role on _Suits_, _The Royal Wedding Live With Cord and Tish!_ was definitely a can’t miss special of the day. “Probably the most popular show on TV today, _Suits_ is a show that goes behind the scenes of the high-stakes world of quality menswear, where egos are high and thread counts are higher,” Cord explained in a hilarious voiceover. “It’s a world of intrigue and high fashion where everyone wears a suit.” See some highlights below. > [](https://twitter.com/HBO/status/997815181261529088) > [](https://twitter.com/HBO/status/997819688334708736) > [](https://twitter.com/HBO/status/997847912934604806) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5285491/royal-wedding-will-ferrell-molly-shannon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5285491/royal-wedding-will-ferrell-molly-shannon/"},"headline":"Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon's Royal Wedding Coverage Was Nothing Short of Incredible","datePublished":"2018-05-21T16:12:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:38.124Z","description":"Let Cord and Tish give you the royal wedding rundown","url":"https://time.com/5285491/royal-wedding-will-ferrell-molly-shannon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royal wedding"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01bade6d4faab4e6/698931028fd2ee7c2635bad3/will-ferrell-molly-shannon-royal-wedding.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01bade6d4faab4e6/698931028fd2ee7c2635bad3/will-ferrell-molly-shannon-royal-wedding.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Will-Ferrell-Molly-Shannon-Cord-Tish-Royal-Wedding","caption":"Comedians Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon as 'Cord and Tish'","creditText":"Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5285491/royal-wedding-will-ferrell-molly-shannon/","name":"Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon's Royal Wedding Coverage Was Nothing Short of Incredible"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Let Cord and Tish give you the royal wedding rundown","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5285491/royal-wedding-will-ferrell-molly-shannon/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5285491/royal-wedding-will-ferrell-molly-shannon/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```