Saturday Night Live UK is nearly midway through its first season.
The show kicked off on March 21 with inaugural host and SNL hall-of-famer Tina Fey, who shepherded the relatively unknown cast of British social media stars and stand-up comedians to a solid start. The Hollywood Reporter‘s review determined: “Good cast, spotty writing — like the mothership,” about the London spin-off of Lorne Michaels’ long-running NBC sketch show.
That first episode on Sky (available on Peacock in the U.S.) was watched by over 220,000 people in Britain. With musical guest Wet Leg, the opener’s sketches were wide-ranging and made use of the U.K.’s over-performing rolodex of talent.
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