All eyes are on Saturday Night Live UK and where it will stream. The UK version of the popular and long-running U.S. sketch comedy show will premiere later in March, and U.S. fans are in luck, as it will stream this side of the pond.
It didn’t take long for Canadian viewers to land a streaming home for the series. A license with Crave was quickly formed, and that led to U.S. viewers hoping that they would also land some licensing rights. Sure enough, they have, and the home is where I expected.
Where Will Saturday Night Live UK Stream in the U.S.
SNL UK will stream on Peacock. Yes, it’s where I expected. After all, Saturday Night Live is an NBC series, with the episodes streaming on Peacock the following day. Both are owned by NBCUniversal!
With SNL UK being a spinoff and a production by Lorne Michaels, Peacock was the expected place for it to go. It remains under the same banner, and there’s no doubt that the U.S. fans of the sketch comedy show are going to feel right at home on the same network.
When will SNL UK Stream on Peacock?
The big question for many is when we’ll get to watch the new episodes of the series. When the Canadians learned Crave would get the show, it wasn’t clear if episodes will stream the day after they air in the UK or not.
Peacock has made the timeframe clear, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Saturday Night Live UK will stream on Sundays, following the new episodes airing on Saturday nights in the UK. This means that the streamer will end up with two episodes of sketch comedy shows on the same day.
Saturday Night Live UK premieres on Saturday, March 21 in the UK, airing on Sky One and stream on Now. The episode will air on Sunday, March 22, and it will then run weekly until the end of the season.
This is where there is some bad news. SNL UK only has six episodes. This matches a lot of UK shows, but it is also due to the risk of the series. Despite SNL being on the air for 51 seasons, it’s only just made it across the pond. There is a chance that this style of comedy won’t work for the UK audiences, so it makes sense to keep the season order shorter than the American version.
