SNL UK premieres at 10:00 p.m. local time on Sky One and Now, with episodes streaming on Peacock the following day. Following Fey and Wet Leg will be host Jamie Dornan and musical guest Wolf Alice on March 28th, and then Riz Ahmed and Kasabian on April 4th.
British telly has never excelled at this live comedy format, or maybe, depending on your view, nowhere has. Near the end of this month, Sky is launching a UK version of Saturday Night Live, that most revered of American staples and a holy grail for US comedy writers going back to the 1970s.