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A Saturday Night Live Christmas is a Saturday Night Live holiday special that will air on NBC on December 18, at 9 pm Eastern Standard Time and 8 pm Central Standard Time. The two-hour special will showcase some selected holiday sketches, including the beloved classics, as per NBC's website on December 12, 2024.
Saturday Night Live, or SNL, is a live sketch comedy variety show, created by Lorne Micheals and airing on NBC since 1975. Currently, the show is in its 50th season, and the Christmas special has been a regular part of the SNL holiday season since 2012.
Fans who are unable to watch the upcoming special on the day of its airing on NBC can stream it online on Peacock the following day, December 19.
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A Saturday Night Live Christmas will be available on NBC and Peacock
As mentioned above, A Saturday Night Live Christmas will air on NBC on December 18, 2024, at 9 pm Eastern Standard Time and 8 pm Central Standard Time. Furthermore, an encore presentation will air on Monday, December 23, at 8 pm Eastern Standard Time.
However, NBC is not available in every country. Those who live in such locations and wish to watch the special can stream it a day later on December 19, 2024, on the Peacock streaming platform.
Peacock is the official streaming partner for NBCUniversal movies and shows and contains a library of a wide variety of movies, TV shows, documentaries, and specials. A subscription to the streaming platform is required to access the content.
The cost of a subscription varies according to the user's location. In the United States, the subscription cost of Peacock Premium is $7.99 per month or $79.99 per year. The Peacock Premium package offers access to its entire library for ad-supported streaming.
Another package for consideration, if you want ad-free service, is the Peacock Premium Plus package, which costs $13.99 per month or $139.99 per year. With this package, users can also download select movies and shows for offline viewing.
More about A Saturday Night Live Christmas
As mentioned above, A Saturday Night Live Christmas is a two-hour special Saturday Night Live episode, airing yearly since 2012 during the holiday season. Through the episode, fans will be able to revisit their favorite SNL Christmas sketches and performances.
Some of the older Christmas sketches were also shared by NBC on their website, including Debbie Downer: Christmas Eve with Santa Claus, Steve Martin's Holiday Wish, and NPR's Delicious Dish: Schweddy Balls.
A Saturday Night Live Christmas has been revised multiple times and after every few years, new sketches are added to the special. This year too fans will get to rewatch some of the beloved classics and also enjoy some new material in one festive episode.
On its website, NBC has used the following words to describe the special:
"A Saturday Night Live Christmas will gift us with Saturday Night Live's most memorable holiday sketches from the past 50 seasons of the comedy show. There'll be beloved classics, sketches from newer seasons, and even a few that you might've missed — fans can definitely expect to catch their favorite hilarious holiday moments from SNL, all wrapped up in one festive package."
The latest episode of Saturday Night Live aired on December 14, 2024. Hosted by Chris Rock, it featured Gracie Abrams, Micheal Che, Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner, James Austin Johnson, Colin Jost, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, and others. Stay tuned for more news and updates on A Saturday Night Live Christmas and other movies and shows on NBC and Peacock.
