After 50 years, Saturday Night Live is franchising to other countries. The UK edition of the long-running sketch variety series launches this Saturday via Sky TV in the UK, and will be available to watch in North America via Peacock the day after (3/22). Tina Fey, who served as SNL head writer and Weekend Update host for six years, will be the host for the inaugural episode with Wet Leg as the musical guest.
After that it’s host Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades series) and musical guest Wolf Alice on March 27, and host Riz Ahmed and musical guest Kasabian.
The initial cast for SNL UK features Emma Sidi, Ania Magliano, Larry Dean, Ayoade Bamgboye, Paddy Young, Celeste Dring, Annabel Marlow, George Fouracres, Hammed Animashaun, Al Nash and Jack Shep.
You can watch a teaser video for SNL UK below.
Meanwhile back on this side of the Atlantic, Harry Styles was this past weekend’s host and musical guest, and the next episode is April 4, which feels years in the making, with host Jack Black and musical guest Jack White.
