‘Saturday Night Live UK’ Makes Its Debut: Celebrity Cameos, Edgy Humor — and Mixed Reactions
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Tina Fey hosted the inaugural episode of 'SNL UK,' broadcast live from London Saturday night and watched by over 220,000 people in Britain — but was it funny? The Hollywood Reporter rounds up the sketches and reviews.
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text The reviews are in for Saturday Night Live UK , hosted by Tina Fey with musical guest Wet Leg in its debut this weekend. The sketches on the first-ever international spinoff of Lorne Michaels’ hit NBC show — impressively executed by a relatively unknown cast and watched on Sky by over 220,000 people — were wide-ranging and made use of the U.K.’s over-performing rolodex of British talent. The cold open began with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer (played as a dawdling, anxious mess by George Fouracres) enlisting the help of a Gen Z consultant (Jack Shep) to work up the courage to send a voice note to U.S. President Donald Trump and declining to go to war with him. “I’ll do anything,” says Fouracres as Starmer. “Except take a stand.” Hammed Animashaun was on standby as a sycophantic deputy PM, David Lammy. Related Stories TV 'Harry Potter' Series Star Paapa Essiedu Says He's Received Death Threats for Snape Casting TV How to Watch the 'Saturday Night Live UK' Premiere in the U.S. Then it came to Fey’s opening monologue from a set not dissimilar at all from its American counterpart. “It’s an absolute honour and kind of historic,” said Fey to the live audience. “Guys, I am the youngest person to ever host SNL UK !” Fey was made to answer a couple of queries from the crowd, including from Bridgerton ‘s Nicola Coughlan, in the first of several celebrity cameos across the night. Why not get a British icon, such as David Beckham, Judi Dench or Shrek, said the Irishwoman, to host the inaugural episode? “How do I put this politely?” answered Fey. “None of you fuckers would do it.” Michael Cera was also in attendance, probing Fey on why the Brits are allowed to swear on this version of SNL — after 9 p.m. in the U.K., known as the watershed, a...
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