Circle Sunday, February 16th if you’re a fan of “Saturday Night Live.”
NBC and Peacock want 7 hours of our time that day to celebrate “SNL 50,” the 50th anniversary of the legendary, unprecedented run of the sketch comedy show.
During the day, Peacock will drop a four part documentary called “Beyond SNL.” The trailer is below. You could start watching it around 2 or 3 pm and finish by 7, with bathroom breaks.
Then at 8pm, a live three hour special version of “SNL” will air on NBC. Lorne Michaels told me everyone who ever performed on the show, more or less, is invited back. I’m sure some will wave from the audience while the superstars are on stage. But three hours– imagine the musical acts they’ve booked!
“SNL” is indeed a TV phenom, the longest running show of any kind except the farm report. The good, the bad, and the ugly will be on display. But not the movie, “Saturday Night.” So far no reports of the Jason Reitman movie streaming anywhere. Too bad.
