17 February 2025 - Saturday Night Live celebrates 50th anniversary
‘S.N.L.’ Celebrates 50 Years With Star-Studded Prime-Time Special
Dave Itzkoff (The New York Times, 17/02/2025)
After a half-century of comedy and music (and what at times felt like an equal amount of buildup and hype), how do you at last kick off a prime-time 50th anniversary special for “Saturday Night Live”? Calmly and serenely, it turns out.
NBC re-airing Saturday Night Live’s first ever episode tonight
Michael Balderston (Inkl, 15/02/2025)
Ever wish you could have watched Saturday Night Live’s first episode when it hit the airwaves at 11:30 pm on October 11, 1975, witnessing the start of what has became one of the best TV shows of all time? Well, unless you were alive then or barring time travel, the closest you’ll probably ever get is with NBC re-airing SNL’s first episode on Saturday, February 15, at 11:30 pm ET/PT.
Saturday Night Live is bad, actually
Helen Holmes (The Guardian, 12/02/2025)
The 50-year-old comedy sketch show lauded for underdog humor has a history of conservatism and a soft spot for powerful people – just ask former host Donald Trump
Why SNL Still Matters to NBC
Josef Adalian (Vulture, 14/02/2025)
Almost from the moment the last of the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players signed off in 1980, there’s been a running debate about the supposedly fading cultural relevance of Saturday Night Live. Time and again, across multiple generations, fans and critics alike have complained it’s not as funny or biting as when they first discovered it; journalists have followed suit with stories speculating about its future.
Logo for SNL Season 50. Wikipedia, Public domain.
