Saturday Night Live is heading across the pond.
Saturday Night Live U.K. is launching this month with three big hosts and musical guests.
Keep reading to find out more…
Tina Fey will host the first-ever episode of the show’s U.K. version, and Wet Leg will be the musical guests on Saturday (March 21).
Jamie Dornan will then host on March 28, with Wolf Alice as musical guest. Riz Ahmed will host on April 4′s show, with Kasabian as musical guest.
The episodes will air live from London at 10 p.m. local time, and will be available to watch on Peacock one day after airing on Sky One and Now. The episodes will be 75 minutes in length.
The show will be just like the U.S. version, including an opening monologue, sketches, live music and a “Weekend Update” news segment.
The full cast of SNL UK was confirmed on February 4. The lineup includes Hammed Animashaun, Ayoade Bamgboye, Larry Dean, Celeste Dring, George Fouracres, Ania Magliano, Annabel Marlow, Al Nash, Jack Shep, Emma Sidi, and Paddy Young, with Hammed Animashaun and Ayoade Bamgboye serving as the show’s Weekend Update anchors.
Lorne Michaels and Seth Meyers have been in London recently to attend table reads, Variety reports.
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