4 weeks ago
Saturday Night Live UK has been renewed for a 2nd season.
The first ends successful 9 days’ clip but Sky and Universal Television Alternative Studio (UTAS) person liked what they’ve seen capable to springiness an early greenlight for a 2nd run, which will aerial an extended 12 episodes from autumn 2026.
The first play has featured hosts including Aimee Lou Wood, Nicola Coughlan and Tina Fey. Hannah Waddingham will shepherd this coming Saturday’s ep and Ncuti Gatwa will return complaint of nan last one.
SNL creator Lorne Michaels, who produces nan UK version, said: “I’m incredibly proud of our squad and nan show. It keeps getting amended each week. I’m grateful to Dana Strong and Sky for believing successful and supporting SNL UK. I’m excited for nan play ahead.”
The UK drama organization was skeptical astir SNL UK but nan immense mostly would concur it has gone down well.
While overnight ratings haven’t been thing to constitute location about, nan show has been received well, has attracted a precocious caliber of impermanent big and has performed highly good connected societal media. A Deadline study precocious recovered that it had stormed past 86 cardinal views crossed its charismatic online accounts connected YouTube, Instagram Reels, X/Twitter, and TikTok.
SNL UK is produced by UTAS UK and Broadway Video for Sky and NOW. Lorne Michaels is executive producing; for Broadway Video, Erin David serves arsenic producer; for UTAS UK, Managing Director Helen Kruger Bratt oversees production. SNL UK was commissioned by Phil Edgar Jones, Executive Director of Unscripted Originals astatine Sky, for Cecile Frot Coutaz, Chief Advertising and Content Officer, Sky, CEO Sky Studios.
