A UK edition of Saturday Night Live is premiering in 2026

James Austin Johnson and Devon Walker arsenic British rappers Milly Pounds and Shirty. | Image: NBC

“Live from London, it’s Saturday Night” is simply a operation you’re going to commencement proceeding connected a play ground adjacent year.

Variety reports that Sky Studios is moving connected a British adaptation of NBC’s long-running Saturday Night Live sketch series. Like its American counterpart and previous planetary riffs connected the series, Saturday Night Live UK will diagnostic a blend of comedy, governmental commentary, music, and a lineup of impermanent hosts. The caller adaptation volition besides beryllium overseen by SNL creator Lorne Michaels, whose Broadway Video institution volition nutrient the show. In a connection astir SNL UK, Sky CEO Cécile Frot-Coutaz pointed to Michaels’ “masterful comedic guidance” arsenic 1 of the reasons the archetypal bid has had specified a lasting taste impact.

“The amusement has discovered and nurtured countless drama and philharmonic talents implicit the years and we are thrilled to beryllium partnering with Lorne and the SNL squad to bring an all-British mentation of the amusement to UK audiences adjacent twelvemonth – each unrecorded from London connected Saturday night,” Frot-Coutaz said.

Sky has yet to denote SNL UK’s premiere date, its hosts, oregon philharmonic guests. There’s besides nary connection connected who the show’s regular players volition be, but Sky says we tin expect to spot “a halfway formed of the funniest British comedians around.”