“Saturday Night Live U.K.” has announced its next two hosts. “Bridgerton’s” Nicola Coughlan and “White Lotus” star Aimee Lou Wood will take on hosting duties for Episodes 5 and 6. Coughlan will be joined on April 25 by Foo Fighters as the musical guest, while Wood will host on May 2 with a performance from…
“Saturday Night U.K.” Episode 3 saw its sharpest drop in ratings yet, falling by 95,050 from its season high. Riz Ahmed hosted the third episode with music from Kasabian. Episode 3 garnered ratings of 130,950, which equated to an audience share of 1.8%. That’s a 42% drop from the inaugural episode of the live comedy…
Riz Ahmed took aim at the British during his opening monologue as host on “Saturday Night Live U.K.” on April 4. “We like it when things are a little bit crap,” he said. Ahmed started with a dig at his own eclectic credit list: “I’m an actor, I’m a writer, I’m a producer, and I’m…
“Saturday Night Live U.K.” has revealed that British comedian Jack Whitehall will host the April 11 episode with R&B artist Jorja Smith as the musical guest. Whitehall is best known for his time as a panelist on the comedy game show “A League of Their Own” and his Netflix docuseries “Travels With My Father.” Smith…
“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…
