“SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night” will be streaming exclusively on Peacock. There will be four installments of “SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night,” and each episode lands at the same time on Thursday, Jan. 16. Here are the episode descriptions below, per Peacock.
Instead of being a comprehensive history, the docuseries examines cast member’s auditions, the writers’ room, the “More Cowbell” sketch, and the weird 11th season.
We're talking with Executive Producer, Academy, and Emmy-Award Winner Morgan Neville about the new Peacock original docuseries celebrating SNL’s 50th season.
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night' docuseries includes Amy Poehler, Pete Davidson, Molly Shannon, Tracy Morgan, and more.
Each episode of the Morgan Neville-produced series examines a different aspect of the comedy institution, with stars including Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Bill Hader and many more.
The sketch comedy show is celebrating 50 seasons with two documentaries and an upcoming prime-time special that reflect on its standing as an American institution.
On Tuesday, Jan. 7, Peacock released the first trailer for SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, which features over 60 contributors reflecting on five decades of Saturday Night Live. The upcoming four-part docuseries is set to delve into the NBC sketch show's rich history, while also sharing never-before-seen footage.
Executive produced by Academy and Emmy Award winner Morgan Neville, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night will stream exclusively on Peacock.
NBC's archetypal comedy program "Saturday Night Live" should have died in 1985, a decade after a volcanic debut that launched stars such as John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase and Gilda Radner. And yet a half-century later, producer Lorne Michaels and his merry maniacs are still at it. What gives?
To mark the 50th season of “Saturday Night Live,” putting together 90 minutes of live TV in six days — already a herculean feat — is not enough. In addition, the venerable variety show is flooding the zone with shows of its pop cultural might.
“SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” is not for the completist.