LONDON — Reside from London, it’s Saturday evening!
Wait, London? You heard that appropriately. Saturday Evening Reside introduced Thursday that it plans to launch a British model of the U.S. sketch comedy present that’s celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout the pond.
The U.Ok. model, produced with Sky Studios, may have a British solid of comedians — to be introduced later — and comply with the same format with well-known visitor hosts and star musical acts.
SNL creator Lorne Michaels would be the govt producer of Saturday Evening Reside UK, whereas staying in the identical function with the present on NBC in New York.
“For over 50 years Saturday Evening Reside has held a singular place in TV and in our collective tradition, reflecting and creating the worldwide dialog, all below the masterful comedic steering of Lorne Michaels,” mentioned Cecile Frot-Coutaz, chief govt of Sky Studios. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with Lorne and the SNL crew to convey an all-British model of the present to UK audiences subsequent yr — all stay from London on Saturday evening.”
The long-established present recurrently roasts the highly effective. U.S. President Donald Trump and tech titan Elon Musk have been skewered these days, and each have beforehand hosted the 90-minute present.
SNL airs stay at 11:30 p.m. Japanese time from a studio at Rockefeller Plaza and sometimes opens with a sketch that wraps because the actors flip to the digicam, break character and announce, “Reside from New York, it is Saturday evening!”
Its mixture of political satire, zany skits, faux commercials, comedian music movies and its common “Weekend Replace” spoof on the information has launched the careers of many comedians and actors.
Its roster of well-known cast members embody the late John Belushi, Invoice Murray, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Kenan Thompson and Kate McKinnon.
Efforts to launch SNL in different international locations, akin to France, Japan and Italy, have sometimes been short-lived not although a model of the present stays on the air in South Korea.
