UK residents will quickly hear the phrase, “Stay from London, it’s Saturday Evening!” each weekend.
Saturday Evening Stay is ready to launch an official UK model someday in 2026, coming from SNL creator Lorne Michaels and British broadcaster Sky. It’s going to comply with the dwell sketch comedy format of the unique, with a rotating lineup of superstar hosts and musical visitors becoming a member of a forged of British comedians and comedy writers.
Michaels is the creator and govt producer of SNL UK by means of his firm, Broadway Video. Sky shares the identical guardian firm, Comcast, as one of many US model’s manufacturing studios, NBCUniversal.
“For over 50 years Saturday Evening Stay has held a novel place in TV and in our collective tradition, reflecting and creating the worldwide dialog all beneath the masterful comedic steering of Lorne Michaels,” stated Cécile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of Sky Studios and Sky’s chief content material officer, in a press release. “The present has found and nurtured numerous comedy and musical skills through the years and we’re thrilled to be partnering with Lorne and the SNL staff to convey an all-British model of the present to UK audiences subsequent yr — all dwell from London on Saturday evening!”
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This isn’t the primary official native adaptation of Saturday Evening Stay. There’s a revived model at present airing in South Korea, whereas short-lived offshoots have been made in Brazil, France, Germany, Japan, Poland, Russia, and Spain, amongst different international locations.
In the meantime, SNL continues to be going robust within the US after a fiftieth anniversary celebration that included a star-studded live performance and an much more star-studded primetime particular that includes returning forged members and musical visitors.