A Saturday Evening Dwell docuseries is coming to Peacock in January to have a good time the present’s fiftieth anniversary.
Titled SNL50: Past Saturday Evening, the four-episode docuseries will function greater than 60 contributors, together with alumni from the sketch comedy selection present. Diving into SNL’s wealthy historical past, the primary episode “5 Minutes” will provide an in depth have a look at the present’s audition course of.
The subsequent episode, “Written By: A Week Contained in the SNL Writers Room,” will seize the writing course of from script to display, with the third episode, “Extra Cowbell,” going behind the scenes of the beloved sketch. The ultimate episode, “Season 11: The Bizarre Yr,” will deal with the present’s pivotal eleventh season.
SNL50 comes from government producer Morgan Neville, who has helmed documentaries like 20 Ft from Stardom and Gained’t You Be My Neighbor? Administrators Robert Alexander, Marshall Curry, Neil Berkeley, and Jason Zeldes every helmed their very own episode.
“I’ve been obsessive about Saturday Evening Dwell so long as I can keep in mind,” Neville stated in an announcement. “For SNL50, I’ve been fortunate to collaborate with a few of my favourite unbiased filmmakers to inform some deeper tales of SNL. Taken collectively, these standalone episodes give a brand new perspective of SNL and what makes it work.”
All 4 episodes will premiere on January sixteenth, 2025 on Peacock.
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