Tina Fey to tell England "ya burnt" as SNL UK’s first host
Tina Fey will have the distinct honor of being SNL UK’s very first host, according to an Instagram post from SkyTV. Borrowing the original’s tradition of announcing dates, hosts, and musical guests on index cards, Sky officially confirmed that Fey would host the first show on March 21 with [Don Pardo voice] musical guest Wet Leg. Fey had previously been rumored to be hosting. The post also revealed future guests, too. Barb & Star star Jamie Dornan will host on March 28 with musical guest Wolf Alice, and Oscar winner Riz Ahmed will take the stage of Studio TC1 to say, “And now, Kasabian,” on April 4.
The new series will essentially be the Saturday Night Live viewers know and love, with, you know, more accents and rhyming slang. However, per LateNighter, the show will run shorter than its American counterpart. Episodes of SNL UK will be 75 minutes as opposed to NBC’s 90. Frankly, that’ll probably help avoid SNL‘s penchant for sketches that run a minute too long.