What is your opinion on snl uk?

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Amazing-Visual-2919@reddit

I quite liked it. There were some good sketches and some not so good ones.
It was good to get to see some new comics.

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Short-Detective-530@reddit

Agree. Plus something new for UK audience.food show

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Intelligent-Lead-692@reddit

I liked it too. It reminded me of old school snl. The sketch premises were reminiscent of classic second city setups. I thought it was fun. Tina did great.

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Ordinary_Opinion_696@reddit

Yeah, because you don’t know anything about SNL - because it’s not for you ! Case n point lmao

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FreezerCop@reddit

The OP discussion is about our opinion on SNL UK, so why are you wittering shite at me about Vincent Price in the 90s on SNL US?

PunctualZombie@reddit

An absurd number of huge stars over the years either got their big break on SNL (most of this list), or did at least one season at the start of their careers:

Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo, Martin Short, Billy Crystal, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, David Spade, Chris Rock, Norm Macdonald, Will Ferrell (joined 1995, straddles 90s/2000s), Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, Jason Sudeikis, Andy Samberg, Kate McKinnon, Pete Davidson

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Maybe the budding comedians want it as another platform to start from and have a community. Living in LA there is a huge comedy scene w famous comedy clubs and Upright Citizens Brigade where many SNL actors frequent and also have started from. SNL is like the true beginning of everything for their careers to be successful. Maybe UK comedians want that access and community as well

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prustage@reddit

Our media is full of budding comedians, we have comedy clubs, live stand-up in every town. There is no barrier to getting exposure.

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Annual-Caregiver-690@reddit

Pepsi, no coke!

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thisjamieguy@reddit

This is spot on.

Said same other day, all game shows across most channels these days have the same people from the same pool of around 15 ‘comedians’. 12 of which are not the funniest.

I do miss Sean Lock tho, he was always a great contributor to these

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Agreed. The 11 O'Clock Show did well but was too miss than hit for a large part. Besides, it's cheaper to put on prerecorded stuff/repeats on that time slot.

Saturday nights are an odd one in the UK too. Early evening is family entertainment, and after the watershed it tends to be MOTD, maybe a chat show, and films.

There's been some short lived successes in that time slot, such as Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, but at the time Chris Evans was monumentally popular, and it was a game show, which is less demanding after kicking off your Ben Shermans following ten pints of Stella.

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TheKnightsTippler@reddit

I always thought one of the good things about panel shows was that they often gave new comedians a chance.

I watched the rebooted version of Mock The Week and it was 99% the old crowd of comedians that used to go on it. While I like the older comedians, I would have liked to see a bit more new talent.

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PunctualZombie@reddit

I’ve disliked Josh Widdecombe ever since Stewart Lee implied in one of his specials that he was rude and dismissive to him. Oh, and also everything Widdecombe’s ever said and done in his professional career.

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MarkinW8@reddit

Add to that Bob Odenkirk and Tim Robinson

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thelivsterette1@reddit

100%

The cast has some incredibly talented people; Hammed Animashaun was brilliant as loveable doofus PCSO Kay in Black Ops, Ania Magliano was brilliant on Taskmaster (who can forget her quipping she was Greg Davies' biological daughter 🤣🤣) and Emma Sidi was also brilliant on Taskmaster and also I've seen Emma in Kiell Smith-Bynoe's "Kool Story Bro" show as part of the rotating cast and she's hysterical (I've seen the show 4 times as it relies on audience stories. Last night was the first one I saw without Emma in that cast and it wasn't as good as the others)

But I do think it's probably the outdated format rather than the cast.

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Fit-Bug3697@reddit

I just started watching Taskmaster a few months ago and I am obsessssed haha it is so funny. It’s not popular here in the US but more and more people are starting to talk about it here. I thought Ania was hilarious and also Fatiha El-Ghorri has me lmao 😂 it’s such s good show. I havent watched the UK SNL yet but I hope they have lots of the people from Taskmaster on it.

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Fit-Bug3697@reddit

Saying SNL is outdated is right wing propaganda for the past 15-20 years bc they cant take a joke and hate pop culture that isn't religious or lame

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ObviousAnswerGuy@reddit

SNL is just a fundamentally outdated premise

outdated, but still get's consistently high ratings? (especially considering the time slot). The sketches also get millions of views each on YouTube.

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Jman_1991@reddit

Most the things that get consistently high ratings on TV are outdated because the people watching TV are predominantly an older demographic

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RealLongwayround@reddit

Older demographics do not make a thing outdated.

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EastWorm@reddit

From a perspective of current media they do. By definition. Just because my 13 year old nephew listens to jamriroquoi, it doesn’t make them not outdated

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RealLongwayround@reddit

“By definition”?

Outdated: “out of date, obsolete”

So you would argue that, by definition, Radiohead is obsolete because their audience is largely over the age of 50? By definition, classical music is obsolete for the same reason. By definition, motorcycles are obsolete.

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eirebadboy@reddit

Oh? Christ this has desinded into the realms of a dictiomary debate - enter dictiomary writer.

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EastWorm@reddit

God forbid I use hyperbole a comment regarding a comedy show. I thought my use of Jamiroquoi made it clear enough it was a joke. This isn’t and American sun I didn’t realise I needed a /s

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RealLongwayround@reddit

I would have considered accepting that had you:

I just don't think enough people know what outdated is. Attempting to apply it to something like SNL is just disliking it and lacking the ability to put it to words.

Half the shit you grew up with and still find hilarious is outdated, outdated can be fine. It's still not.

I dislike most SNL, last i watched semi-regularly i thought the funny people rotate out too often and the more prominent people that stay around tend to be mediocre. It's not outdated, it's an institution.

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ObviousAnswerGuy@reddit

If it weren’t outdated, and the concept would be just as successful launched today, we’d probably be able to think of one other remotely successful show using the format from the last 20 years.

does that not speak to the quality of the show? There have been many attempts at doing this, and none others have been successful (probably since MadTV). It's not popular because it's an extremely difficult thing to pull off.

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eeksy227@reddit

Same for have I got news, or mock the week. They’re not really funny, but people got used to them existing. sometimes SNL was funny, but I never understood weekend update, there’s never been one of those that’s not a waste of time.

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betterman74@reddit

What? HIGNFY isn't really funny? You must be watching something different to me. Perhaps an age/generation thing but IMO, above has been consistently funny and entertaining.

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eeksy227@reddit

The format for the shows are stale. HIGNFY the hosts can be really great but 90% of the time they’re just reading the autocue so it’s such a waste of such talent. Meanwhile the games such as fill in the blank are just to crowbar jokes into. Like for mock the week, put up a photo of a famous person and spend 5 minutes not saying who it is, or “if this is the answer what is the question?” - just saying ridiculous answers to an easy question. The jokes are all childish and forced.

Winter-It-Will-Send@reddit

It was very hit and miss. Some of the sketches started out as understandable but then drifted off into inconsequentiality. It’s like they started out ok but died on their feet. When the ones remained subtle and clever, as British humour is, it was surprisingly good - things like Princess Diana’s mannerisms raise a chuckle. But mid-sketch things sometimes devolved from that brand of humour to the American kind of non-sensical humour that has to go and pulverise your face with a baseball bat. I’d rather that played a bit of cricket because they are in the UK now.

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PM-ME-UR-LIGHTSABERS@reddit

Yeah this hits the nail on the head for me. It’s a weird merge of UK and US humour that doesn’t really land for me

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moon_peach__@reddit

I felt the same in that a lot of sketches/bits felt like they were mimicking the kind of American humour we see on SNL, which maybe isn't surprising but was disappointing. But I wonder if more subtle humour is tough to do in short sketches in front of a live audience?

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duncdis@reddit

Sketch comedy by its nature is hit and miss. It was ever thus.

People who like the format accept that and just enjoy the ones that hit.

Thought was brilliant really well done and felt more fast paced than US one. Really impressive given it's a live show.

But the insane amount of negativity around it genuinely shocks me. Something deeply screwed up in psyche of nation where people seem to actively want stuff to fail.

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Zestyclose_Mobile_94@reddit

I could not agree with comment more. Thought it was great, nostalgic, and always love seeing cameo's from stars like Nicola Coughlan from Derry Girls!! Just felt wholesome yet fresh for us over here in the UK. And totally agree with you on this deep desire to wanting things to fail or complain about. There’s this weird instinct here to write things off before they’ve even had a chance. So many top comments already predicting failure - kind of exhausting

We’ve already got shows like Have I Got News for You and The Last Leg that lean heavily into political humour, and they do it brilliantly. But they’re still rooted in that same serious, news-driven tone.

Great actors, they were buzzing with energy, chaotic in the best way, goofy, weird and wonderful skits (like the ads one, that cracked me up). That kind of humour feels necessary at the moment!

Spirited-Tutor7712@reddit

We do (or at least used to do) sketch show comedy really well in the UK. So there was nothing brand spanking new about the format in my opinion. The Dinner party sketch idea has been done to death, as was making fun of politicians. Simply imitating someone famous isn't going to cut the mustard, when Britain has been blessed with some fantastic impressionists over the years.

That said, the Princess Di was spot on 😆

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Another thing that may be a turn off to UK audiences is it is "SNL UK". So already all it tells audiences is "hey this version you are watching is a knock-off of the original American show. The only difference being the UK one has British accents".

I may be wrong here and the show will estabkish itself as a key part of British weekend TV. But the hand the show is starting with isnt a strong one.

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Snoo246@reddit

Agreed I don't think it'll be able to embedded itself into the UK if it has limited access. It needed to be done by Channel 4 or something.

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ginger-tiger108@reddit

Outdated nonsense that should have had to good grace to call it a day at least 10 years ago as it's at least 20 years past it's best before date

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TheOnionSack@reddit

I don’t know, I really wanted to like it, but it felt like there was an obligation to find it funny because, well….its Saturday Night Live isn’t it?

I like this one with The Rock

https://youtu.be/z0NgUhEs1R4

It's a skit about where it's villains making the most evil inventions

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scud121@reddit

It's one of my favourite sketches tbh.

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DasMobiusStripper@reddit

Yeah, that's one of my favs.

There are a lot of good SNL skits. There are a lot of bad ones too. The pattern fits given the show's age and air frequency.

The reaction to SNL should be a moderate one and I don't get people who have such a strong hate for it.

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FreezerCop@reddit

"Top 5 Funniest SNL Skits Ever!"

Straight to Kristen Wiig mugging at the camera while and dancing intentionally badly, 5 times. Bill Hader in the background barely containing himself.

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hulyepicsa@reddit

It’s always so odd because there are some genuinely funny people that came out of SNL but I just can’t with their actual skits.

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FreezerCop@reddit

Oh yeah I love Kirsten Wiig and Bill Hader in everything I've seen them in, except SNL

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hulyepicsa@reddit

So many examples of this. For example my favourite Parks & Rec episode (which again, such a great show & Amy Poehler is also an SNL household name) is the Venezuela one and Fred Armisen as Raoul just so amazing, so I tried to get that hit again and watched a lot of his SNL and nothing was funny….

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Never actually watched a full US show but seen plenty of clips on YT that are hilarious. 🤷

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Witty-Assignment-514@reddit

As best I could tell from watching about half of it it basically is the US version with British accents. I was hoping it would take the general concept but put a much more British stamp on it as generally I prefer our humour to theirs and well...it just didn't. Sketch comedy will always be hit and miss but this felt like a "the gang goes to London" SNL special edition or something to me...maybe there's an audience for that but I don't think I'm it.

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Unitedthe_gees@reddit

Take it this way, it was better than most the recent snl us episodes.

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YsoL8@reddit

The one american comedy / talk show I find remotely watchable is whose line is it anyway, and thats a British format that was originally created by its British creator

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eelam_garek@reddit

Even that they manage to make cringey. "Welcome to Whose Line is it anyway, the show where everything is made up and the points don't matter".

On the British version it was more of an unspoken thing that the points were irrelevant. Clive Anderson arbitrarily giving Ryan Styles 300 points for something then someone else 4 points was funny, because they never spelled it out.

With the American version they seem to point it out as often as possible to try to be funny. Thankfully, the performers are just as funny in both versions.

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EchoesofIllyria@reddit

I think they have to do that in the US version because they’re not used to it, whereas in UK panel shows it’s taken as read that the scores aren’t the point. And I guess now it’s just become tradition/a catch phrase.

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kindsoberfullydressd@reddit

Check out “Game Changer” and “Make Some Noise” on DropOut very much Who’s Line’s spiritual successors.

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It’s Saturday night live though, the show I am no longer watching due to tactless ableism being imported to Britain …

Id feel the same way if they wanted to bring MAGA over here but make it british and have british folk doing it. Nah.

I was genuinely disappointed to see how people treated the Tourette’s community and John. Its was dangerous and cruel to an extend that rattled me.

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HMWYA@reddit

It’s a different show made by different people. This is just odd.

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cold_tap_hot_brew@reddit

Saturday Night Live UK (SNL UK) is a British live sketch comedy variety show that premiered on Sky One on 21 March 2026. Based on the original American version of the series [..].

The series is created and executive produced by Lorne Michaels, who also created and executive produced the American series.

It’s really not that odd, this is generally how I act towards any company I no longer wish to interact with.

What sort of skits would you expect to see about what’s going on over there?

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Ambitious_Topic_9827@reddit

They haven't

I've watched every weekend update for the last 2 years and SNL definitely has AIPAC or Jewish influence

Sometimes it's not what people say, it's what they omit

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Ordinary_Opinion_696@reddit

You mean AIPAC or Zionist influence?

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DetectiveBlackCat@reddit

Guest hosts is one thing. How many political skits have they done? Thousands. And the only time Netanyahu was in a skit it was Will Farrell playing him as a nice guy. It's a blind spot for sure. SNL Israel has no such blind spot https://youtu.be/rbfccVBo9tE?is=tXEcZXDQlMXHnb74

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Youstinkeryou@reddit

It was surprisingly funny. I think it could be a big hit if they continue on this traction as first night nerves are real.

Where I think they could absolutely beast the American one is through how uncensored they can be. I literally laughed out loud (as did my 14 year old) at Shakespeare slowly turning into Paul Mescal/Harry Styles and saying ‘its a cunty little earring’ and ‘tis my slutty little necklace’ and then Hamnet falling into a K hole.

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Ordinary_Opinion_696@reddit

That sketch was hilarious! it wasn’t refined but SNL shouldn’t have to be refined - they’re make it from scratch every week!!! You don’t have enough time to make something funny and refined in a week without falling into some kinda of formulaic, sad state. The US snl feels like it’s holding its breath rather than feel like they’re going crazy and letting loose which is what old SNL felt like, and what this episode felt like too!

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EdBullGivesYouThings@reddit

I watch SNL US pretty habitually - consuming via youtube playlist on Sunday morning from the UK rather than live. My level of expectation is that cold open should nearly always be good enough depending on presenter, weekend update is a regular hit, other sketches are 50/50 (or anywhere on a range of skip to rewatch immediately). Music guests, it depends, but the bar is pretty high.

First impressions of SNL UK is that the format can work here, but they don't have that long-term foundation of cast yet, and they'll need to rapidly get to that point. The not so good cast need to wash out and the best need to become household names. For the sketches I'd like to see the politics remain - as in the US version - but bring it up to a level above IQ80 character bashing. We have a long tradition of successful shows doing satire well, and of others not doing so getting cancelled, because it turns people off.

Music is where I'm hopeful for a return of something more UK-centric, akin to what was around in the 90s/00s. Regular appearances given space and good production, that serves to give them a global reach. I thought the production and presentation for Wet Leg was a great start.

- It needs its own YouTube channel

- It needs repeat short seasons to build a core audience and refine the cast

- Judge a show like this on the evidence of one night at your own risk

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YsoL8@reddit

I just can't see it holding public attention

I knew for a while it was coming and I've only remembered now because of this thread. And then I discovered its on a channel / service no one under 50 has cared about in decades, so the chances of me watching it are zero.

It doesn't seem to have much reason to exist. And I saw what they did with the US version of Have I Got News For You, so I really can't say I'm interested in more exported american comedy.

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joffff@reddit

I don't have access to Sky so that immediately rules it out for me. The clips I have seen sounded like they had a shit load of canned laughter which is never a good thing.

I'm glad they have given it a go though, the comedians they've got are good and deserve to get some air time.

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PartyPoison98@reddit

>The clips I have seen sounded like they had a shit load of canned laughter

It's literally in front of a live audience

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joffff@reddit

I know, which is odd that in the clips I have seen it sounded like they had a shit load of canned laughter

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Pristine_Speech4719@reddit

There are lots of programmes that weren't hits from the first episode - SNL US being one of them. Let's see...

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Floor_Kicker@reddit

Unfortunately I don't see them releasing the sketches on YouTube. It's on sky one and they're not gonna release them for free, but it's sharing them on YouTube that usually helps the jokes from the US version go viral

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Markies_Myth@reddit

format can work here

I don't see it, as an older person myself. Americans have their own format tastes and the idea just transferring them over here rarely works. The producers have tried doing a UK SNL few times over the last 50 years and non stick. Generally, US houseband shows don't work well here as we to enjoy panels shows. Americans inversely don't enjoy those as much.

I like Chris Cantrill and Paddy Young as comedians, and appreciate seeing them on TV. A couple others too. But the format is always clunky, depends on a great guest and often just falls flat. Plus, the time slot and channel is reading older people but the cast are all younger. That falls between 2 stools.

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hotdog_jones@reddit

There's absolutely no reason the format can't work. The problem we've had previously has simply been a skill issue. I mean look at these fucking things.

My main concern was that there's delicate balance I didn't think Sky would be able to find between bits veering into a Children In Need sketch or an episode of Mrs Brown's Boys. A low bar, but one they basically avoided.

Plus, the time slot and channel is reading older people but the cast are all younger. That falls between 2 stools.

20 year olds are actually allowed to stay up after 10pm these days.

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Pristine_Speech4719@reddit

I hate panel shows (although admittedly I didn't get off my bum to watch SNL Uk either).

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slimboyslim9@reddit

Agree on all points. Also think they could afford to give the musical act 3-4 songs while the comedians are finding their feet and building chemistry. Wet Leg, Wolf Alice and Kasabian (first three weeks’ acts) have more than enough clout and range to fill 15-20 mins rather than 8-10.

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Ordinary_Opinion_696@reddit

It made me laugh more than any snl episode in a decade. where new us snl feels not just formulaic but tired slow and sad this had the fast pace of old snl with lots of energy and excitement. I genuinely felt like they wanted to make us laugh and do a good show rather than wanting to be the best, or get screentime. People like marcello have this kind of energy (eager to prove, pure jester energy) but most of the US snl cast just feel like they’re showing up half the time

If the uk shows writing is consistent it will be popular, the uk has a long history of sketch and this episode felt like being taken back to many of the shows they listed in the start.

I don’t understand why people say it’s an outdated presence. TV still exists tho no one will watch it on TV - the same way as no one would watches anything on tv, they wait for on demand… why is this such a hard concept to grasp??? TV is still MASSIVE and many of the shows that are extremely popular come from traditional networks - they’re just watched online afterwards or on YouTube… if they have a good social media team they’ll get viewers it just might not be TV viewers (but none gets TV viewers anymore so I don’t get what everyone’s complaining about !)

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ApprehensivePlan483@reddit

At first I thought it’s just going to be an attempt to just import SNL and expect it’ll work. But there’s something about it that was alright.

Sid_Flange@reddit

I’ve only ever seen short clips of the US show but gave the UK version a go. I just can’t understand why every sketch was at least 5 minutes too long. It also felt lacking in energy and pace though the first 15 minutes. I stopped there and won’t bother again.

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adriana_xxxxx@reddit

I didn’t even know it was a thing.

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cornishjb@reddit

I’m a big fan of Larry Dean and quite like SNL (American one) but did not find the UK one funny. I will keep watching to see if it gets better

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lqcnyc@reddit

I think it’ll be better if they allow it to be more British. I’d say this first episode was like 50% American humor/50% British humor. I’d like to see the next episode be 75% British humor

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sjp101@reddit

Strikes me as a UK show for an American audience which makes me a bit squeamish as it feels forced. Reminds me of Ted Lasso.

I'm mostly excited that some sketch comedians I have seen on Instagram for the last couple of years are now getting mainstream TV appearances. Even if this gets cancelled after one series, it would be nice to see some of those comics get a bit more recognition, and I wouldn't mind the return of old fashioned sketch shows like we used to have in the 00s.

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pinball-wizard91@reddit

I enjoyed it! Some of the sketches made me laugh out loud, and the ones that didn't at least raised a smile out of me. One thing I noticed is that it seems like they were careful to put Tima Fey in a lot of sketches, but she was never the centre of the laughs, kind of felt like she was shepherding this new cast in. I think it will be interesting to see going forward how they rotate who gets to do what because it felt like George Fouracres and Jack Shep got a lot of screentime while Annabel Marlow and Ayoade Bamgboye weren't given much to do (with everyone else kind of in a middle zone of being in several of the sketches but not super 'featured')

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Flatulancey@reddit

It was fucking brilliant, and I had a low expectations.

They went all out at times and was very British. Someone of it didn’t land perfectly, but it felt surprisingly fresh for a very old format and that came down to nailing the British spin.

Felt also a bit like it was going against the grain and doing something I’ve been waiting for a while

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TomorrowFinancial468@reddit

They don't seem to understand how to do uk comedy at all.

1) use at least 1 established British comedian

2) stop using irrelevant sketches and focus on things that are in the news this week. That baby sketch was the dumbest fucking thing ive ever seen on SNL.

3) it seems to be targeting the youngest dumbest audience possible. Stop that.

4) they even fucked up the weekend segment, the only part that American SNL gets right.

Takeaways: The guy who played Diana was perfect. Absolute perfection.

The David Attenborough last supper one was just stupid.

The "what kind of Irish is your grandad" felt incredibly dated. I could imagine watching something like that in the 70s or early 80s.

I didn't really get the theme, I thought it was going to be topical but there didn't seem to be any theme at all.

I enjoyed it, some sketches I found really funny others not so much, but humour is subjective and all that.

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SciTechPanda@reddit

I'm watching it currently on catch up and honestly I've enjoyed the hell out of it, fresh comedians, jokes that aren't Americanised and actually hit and a decent musical act. I feel like it's probably going to hit best with millennials or gen z because of the pop culture nature of a lot of the jokes though.

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Cam_Sco@reddit

Lasted about 2 mins on catchup. Utter shite. I'm firmly in the don't watch live tv any more camp. I don't see who the audience is meant to be. Who watches Sky One on a Saturday night (or any other night)? And a fucking hour long? It'll be cancelled after whatever contract they have is up.

I don’t watch live TV, everything I consume is either on catch up or clips on YouTube, but I’ve watched the opening monologue and a couple of clips this morning and … yeah, I like it!

Honestly it’s nice to see some young comedians getting a proper shot in the sketch/topical news comedy area. Have I Got News For You is all we seem to have and it’s watched pretty much exclusively by people over 50 these days it feels like … not been good for 20 years but we keep it around for some reason.

I would like something fresh with some ability to be cutting, and this could be it.

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Ambitious_Topic_9827@reddit

Is it on YouTube?!

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Aromatic-Cupcake-405@reddit

Go to the Sky TV YouTube. They have uploaded a few sketches in a playlist here. Similar to the US dedicated NBC SNL channel: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLziTV12IsNli26jHyCim7S3lkbklocmnG&si=rR7r6iNtmb0Kf7be

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whyaregeeselikethat@reddit

I've also only seen a clip or two so far (planning to give it a go later) and I agree. It's likely not going to be my thing if they lean into the US style of SNL as I find they only have hidden gems every so often rather than consistently funny sketches but I don't think it's fair to write off SNL UK after one or two episodes either.

They clearly need to find their style and what works here, until they do it's going to feel a bit 'wrong' but I'd rather give them space to see if they can make it work since we don't really have this style of comedy on TV anymore.

SNL US gave a platform to some of the best comedians over the years, some of which we likely would've never gave a chance if they didn't join the cast. I'd love it if we can do something similar for our up and coming comedians since most new shows rely on the old faces to get viewers.

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WillWatsof@reddit

They clearly need to find their style and what works here, until they do it's going to feel a bit 'wrong'

Didn't feel wrong to me? I think maybe people are just expecting it to be bad because that's what we do about any cross-continental version of anything.

America's Have I Got News For You ain't bad either.

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Cam_Sco@reddit

Lasted about 2 mins on catchup. Utter shite. I'm firmly in the don't watch live tv any more. I don't see who the audience is meant to be. Who watches Sky One on a Saturday night (or any other night).

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Serious-Note9271@reddit

I had no idea it even exists. Wouldn’t watch it, don’t watch the original. Have better things to do.

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No-Lawfulness1159@reddit

Bit rubbish. Watched the first 15 mins or so and skipped through the rest. It’s just not funny. I’m thinking why do the audience howl…literally nothing funny about any of it.

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box-o-locks@reddit

SNL is a very dated format which, in America, has a loyal following and a heavy dose of nostalgia.

I'm concerned that it's going to get minimal viewers (the figures from ep1 to ep2 will be drastically lower) and Sky will realise they've spend an absolute fortune on a failure and then declare they're no longer going to do comedy entertainment because viewers don't want it.

But that would be a great shame. I want comedy entertainment. Just not this.

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ronyeezy@reddit

I really enjoyed it! Very cool to see emerging uk comedians and some that I recognise x

Genuinely can’t remember the last time I was looking forward to watching tv! We did the terrestrial tv and everything! X

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WhiteDiamondK@reddit

I have watched plenty of the American version so I understand the format of the show… And I also understand that it very often misses the mark… So I had quite low expectations going on.

I thought the opening scene was really bad. The comedy was nothing that hasn’t been done on every other topical show already… The impressions were poor and even though I know there is a live audience in attendance the laughter sounded very canned. I was really frightened that this was setting the bar for the rest of the show.

I thought that Tina‘s monologue was fantastic… I loved how she pre-empted the online hates that the show would inevitably get, because that’s just what British people do. And also introducing the familiar faces to interject made a connection with the audience and it was genius bringing Graham Norton in to make everything feel a little more familiar.

The other sketches were very hit and miss… But that is very normal for SNL. I thought the best scene was the pre-recorded beauty cream advert… It was a fresh take on a joke but every satirical show has already done. The one that I really didn’t enjoy was the hospital scene where the woman was giving birth… Like a lot of SNL scenes it went on far too LOL and Tina made it very obvious that she was reading cue cards or an autocue.

If only they were making fun of trannys and immigrants, now that's comedy.

/s, obvz

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Amazing-Visual-2919@reddit

For someone trying not to be over sensitive to woke - you're the first person to mention woke.

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AnonymousTimewaster@reddit

r/EverythingIsWoke

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Nigelb72@reddit

It had some funny moments but overall it was pretty unfunny. I also think the same of the American version.

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paulruk@reddit

I didn't see it but I saw clips and read a bit and I saw Kier, Shakespeare and Princess Di. Couples with the Mary Poppings thing it feels like when WWE brings shoes to England and dresses everything in Union Jacks, res phone boxes and stuff.

I haven't seen it but actually heard pretty good things - the cast seem to be doing nicely and ours can swear!!! which gives it the edge the US version lacks.

It was what I expected. I also got to 20 minutes. SNL is the same, sometimes it's fantastic and laugh out loud funny, most of the time it's dumb. It felt like it was geared to an American audience with British stereotypes rather than to British humour.

arethainparis@reddit

SNL isn’t even funny in the US, I don’t know why anyone thought it would be funny here tbh

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It was alright. My wife left after 15mins or so.

Honestly, I hope it finds it's feet and becomes a distinct UK thing. We need some good Saturday night TV that isn't BGT or something equally tired.

It felt to me a bit like the fringe festival distilled into a show, some things you go to see were dire and other comedians are funny.

The David Attenborough sketch I felt wasn't great but I've seen people say it was funny. The Irish grandad bit was funny a well done I think and I'm sure there were a few folk saying "That you grandad to a T". Which is good I think. Like a variety performance.

It was also good that it's a vessel for some lesser household name comedians to have a shot. Instead of the same 8-10 comedians we see on all comedy shows.

It was like season 1 episode 1 of many TV shows I've watched. It's not the finest work but there's potential there.

That's my 2p

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tdrules@reddit

SNL in the US does well because its sketches go viral.

If their online presence succeeds the show will.

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