“Saturday Night Live U.K.” once again tackled former Prince Andrew’s relationship to Jeffrey Epstein in a cold open that imagined the scandal was just a “29-year plan” to make the eventual King Charles look good in comparison. Last weekend’s premiere episode saw breakout star Jack Shep playing Princess Diana, but tonight he played the former…
The first-ever edition of “Saturday Night Live U.K.,” which aired from 10 p.m. on pay TV channel Sky One, drew a solid 226,000 viewers. The show, which starred Tina Fey, and also featured Graham Norton, and was overseen by executive producer Lorne Michaels, had a 3.2% share of the TV audience at the time, according…
It is rare to see British sketch comedy on television. In fact, British comedy on television is so rare that the genre has been deemed “at risk” in recent years. So, naturally, you would have thought that the launch of “Saturday Night Live U.K.” — overseen by legendary executive producer Lorne Michaels, with a heavy…
Saturday Night Live landed in the UK with nearly 230,000 viewers. Sky’s remake of NBC’s 50-year-old comedy series has had a mixed set of reviews, which skew positive on the whole, and has already produced a couple of breakout moments — not least Jack Shep’s memorable Princess Diana at David Attenborough’s spoof last supper. Saturday…
Saturday Night Live UK debuted last night 50 years after its U.S. inspiration launched in the U.S. as NBC’s Saturday Night. Tina Fey, so instrumental in SNL‘s modern era, was drafted in to add some gravitas to the UK incarnation, with Wet Leg the musical guest. They joined SNL UK‘s debut cast – Animashaun, Ayoade Bamgboye, Larry Dean, Celeste…
“Saturday Night Live U.K.” has added two more episodes to its inaugural season, extending its total run to eight shows. The Sky series is set to premiere live from London on Saturday at 10 p.m. local time, with “SNL” legend Tina Fey hosting and Brit rockers Wet Leg as the musical guest. Jamie Dornan will…
Photo: NBCUniversal/YouTube The cameo-er has become the cameo-ee. Last week, Ryan Gosling’s monologue was crashed by Harry Styles. At the time, Styles said he was just there to “get a feel” for the space. But we all know it was just to throw Gosling off his game. That way, Styles could assure that he’d top…
Harry Styles has a pretty decent Sebastian Maniscalco impression, who knew! No, really, who knew this would work? Did Styles go up to Marcello Hernández on writing night and say “Hey, mate. I saw the Glen Powell ep and the bachelor party sketch. I’ve been working on an impression of your original character Sebastian Maniscalco,…
Paul Simon is one of Saturday Night Live’s most regular musical guests. Lorne Michaels’ friend has hosted the show four times and has been a musical guest 13 times (including as the oldest musical guest). He turned up again on tonight’s show to introduce Harry Styles’ second musical performance. Styles’ first song was introduced by…
Donald Trump stormed the cold open of “Saturday Night Live” this week as a family attempted to manage rising gas prices on a road trip. The segment in the March 14 episode began with Mikey Day, Ashley Padilla, Marcello Hernández and Sarah Sherman as a family on a road trip looking at the rising gas…
