Saturday Night Live turns 40
A 3 hour special with an all-star cake and the cream of A-List guests.
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Later this month the Comedy Channel will air the 40th Anniversary of the Saturday Night Live.
The two* hour special includes special guests, musical superstars, and the return of cast regulars.
The variety show special includes a mash-up of new sketches and memorable material from the world famous series, and is the brainchild of Lorne Michaels who created the show in 1975 and continues to write and produce the series 40 years on.
Everyone who has ever been a Saturday Night Live regular, guest host, musical guest or behind-the-scenes creative force was invited to attend the gala special.
Previous cast regulars returning to celebrate the anniversary included comedy heavyweights Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Andy Samberg, Melissa McCarthy, Bill Hader, Chris Rock, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Billy Crystal, Jane Curtin, Molly Shannon, and so many more.
Saturday Night celebrity hosts and comedic performers who appear in the special include Justin Timberlake, Emma Stone, Ed Norton, James Franco, Tom Hanks, Alec Baldwin, Bradley Cooper, Kerry Washington, Betty White, Jerry Seinfeld, Michael Douglas, Peyton Manning, Jim Carrey, Robert De Niro, John Goodman, as well as show first timers Jack Nicholson, Dakota Johnson and surprise guest Sarah Palin.
Throughout the show there were musical performances from Paul McCartney, Kanye West, Paul Simon, Taylor Swift, Keith Richards, Miley Cyrus, Sia and more.
Saturday February 28 at 7.30pm on The Comedy Channel.
*Foxtel advises a 2 hr special for Australia.
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Foxtel advises, special will be aired on Foxtel Go. Programming has not received the version yet so they cannot confirm if they will receive a 90-120 minute version or 180 mins.
Thanks so much David!!
The Comedy Channel has it scheduled in a 2 hour slot. Are we expecting a cutdown version?
David, do you know if this will be played on Foxtel Go? One of the frustrating things I find with it is that they don’t indicate in advertising when a show will be “blocked” because of rights reasons – so I find myself arranging to view something and then being really disappointed because I can’t watch it. I think they should just put a line somewhere on the ad during the airdate time stating that it won’t be shown – it’s something I’ve brought up with them via twitter…