How to watch the season 50 premiere of ‘Saturday Night Live’ without cable
If your weekend watch list is looking cheerful, you can add a brand new season of Saturday Night Live to the calendar.
The late-night sketch show is celebrating a milestone 50th season. Hacks’ Emmy winner Jean Smart will host the first episode, with rapper and singer Jelly Roll as musical guest. Upcoming host/musician duos include Nate Bargatze and Coldplay (October 5), Ariana Grande and Stevie Nicks (October 12), Michael Keaton and Billie Eilish (October 19) and John Mulaney and Chappell Roan (November 2).
If you want to be there for the opening monologue, new skits (maybe we’ll see one with Moo Deng?) and Weekend Update, you can stream the show on Peacock or a live TV streaming service with NBC. Here’s more information on how to watch the iconic series’ anniversary season without cable.
Jean Smart is hosting shortly after winning her third Best Comedy Actress Emmy for Hacks.
When can you watch Saturday Night Live season 50?
You can watch the Saturday Night Live season 50 premiere Saturday September 28on NBC or Peacock on 11:30 PM ET (8:30 PM PT). You can stream the episode live regardless of which Peacock subscription you have, Peacock said.
Peacock has every past SNL season available on-demand. You can also opt for a live TV streaming service like YouTube TV or Hulu Plus Live TV to watch without cable on Saturday evenings. Just make sure that the live TV streamer of your choice has NBC in its channel offering (here you will find a detailed overview of the channel offerings of each of the major streamers).
You can choose from two Peacock plans: $8 per month or $80 per year Peacock Premium and $14 per month or $140 per year Peacock Premium Plus. Both allow you to watch SNL live.
YouTube TV is a live TV streaming service that gives you access to NBC and Saturday Night Live and costs $73 per month. You could also get Hulu Plus Live TV, but as of October it will cost $10 more than YouTube TV.
Want NBC but don’t want to pay the price of YouTube or Hulu Live? If you are in a selected city (You can check it here), you can get the channel through Sling’s Blue plan, which costs $40-$45 per month.
