Saturday Night Live
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Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a popular American television program. It has been broadcasted on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. It is one of the longest-running television programs in American television. It is broadcast from NBC studios in New York City. The name comes from the fact that the program is aired live on Saturday nights at 11:30 PM EST. This is a rarity in the age of filming and videotape. SNL is shown in re-runs in the summer and on cable TV. The program usually consists of the following:
- Comedy sketches
- A celebrity host
- A popular band/musician performing a recent song
- Weekend Update, a satirical newscast
- Parody commercials
- Various short films, animated segments and the like.
SNL was created and is executive-produced by Lorne Michaels and started in 1975 as NBC's Saturday Night. Many famous comic actors got their starts being cast members on the program.
"Live from New York, it's Saturday night!" is said at the beginning of every episode.
