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Live from London, it’s Saturday Night. Three and a half years after Deadline revealed Sky was remaking Saturday Night Live in the UK, the Comcast-owned network officially handed the series a greenlight. The remake, which will premiere in 2026, is the most high-profile international version of the venerable NBC late-night show after remakes in China, Germany, Italy and South Korea.
Related Stories ‘Saturday Night Live’: British Version Of NBC Late-Night Comedy In The Works At Comcast-Backed Sky Kenan Thompson On ‘SNL’ Future: “It Would Be Cool If I Never Left The Show” The pay-TV broadcaster has not revealed cast members for the show but it will certainly be a hot ticket for the UK’s comedy community. SNL creator Lorne Michaels will exec produce the UK version and it will be produced by his Broadway Video and Universal Television Alternative Studio’s UK production team. Watch on Deadline The show will follow the same live format as the U.
S. version, which just celebrated its 50th anniversary, with rotating hosts and musical performances. It will be interesting to see what time the show launches in the UK; in the U.
S. it airs at 11:30pm ET / 8:30pm PT, but British audiences tend not to watch television quite as late as American audiences so it may well air earlier in the evening. SNL is well known to comedy fans in the UK but it doesn’t have a particularly high-profile in Britain as Sky only began airing full versions of NBC’s Saturday Night Live in 2020, having only really been available via clips on YouTube.
The U.S. version did air briefly on ITV4 in the UK in 2006.
Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of Sky Studios and Chief Content Officer, Sky, said, “For over 50 years Saturday Night Live has held a unique position in TV and in our collective culture, reflecting and creating the global conversation all under the masterful comedic guidance of Lorne Michaels. The show has discovered and nurtured countless comedy and musical talents over the years and we are thrilled to be partnering with Lorne and the SNL team to bring an all-British version of the show to UK audiences next year – all live from London on Saturday night.”.
