LONDON (AP) — Reside from London, it’s Saturday night time!
Wait, London? You heard that accurately. “Saturday Evening Reside” introduced Thursday that it plans to launch a British model of the U.S. sketch comedy present that’s celebrating its fiftieth anniversary throughout the pond.
The U.Okay. model, produced with Sky Studios, may have a British forged of comedians — to be introduced later — and observe the identical 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 beneath the masterful comedic steerage of Lorne Michaels,” mentioned Cecile Frot-Coutaz, chief govt of Sky Studios. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with Lorne and the ‘SNL’ workforce to deliver an all-British model of the present to UK audiences subsequent yr — all stay from London on Saturday night time.”
The long-established present repeatedly roasts the highly effective. U.S. President Donald Trump and tech titan Elon Musk have been skewered currently, and each have beforehand hosted the 90-minute present.
“SNL” airs stay at 11:30 p.m. Jap time from a studio at Rockefeller Plaza and sometimes opens with a sketch that wraps because the actors flip to the digital camera, break character and announce, “Reside from New York, it’s Saturday night time!”
Its mixture of political satire, off-beat skits, pretend 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 forged 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 nations, resembling France, Japan and Italy, have sometimes been short-lived, although a model of the present stays on the air in South Korea.
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