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Saturday Night Live U.K. has been renewed for a second season on Sky, with a 12-episode order set to air fall 2026 through early 2027; despite rocky ratings, Sky remains confident and backed by creator Lorne Michaels and Sky leadership, with each episode budgeted at about £2 million.
Sky has ordered 12 episodes for Saturday Night Live U.K.’s second season (up from eight), with a September 2026 start and run through early 2027. Lorne Michaels and Sky executives praised the show’s progress, and UTAS U.K. and Broadway Video are producing the new season.
Sky has renewed Saturday Night Live UK for a second season, ordering a 12-episode run for fall 2026; Peacock will stream the episodes the day after they air on Sky One. The first season featured hosts like Aimee Lou Wood, Nicola Coughlan and Tina Fey, with Hannah Waddingham hosting this weekend and Ncuti Gatwa hosting the finale. Lorne Michaels produces the show with UTAS UK and Broadway Video, and the renewal underscores Sky’s commitment to high-profile unscripted programming amid strong social-media performance and potential budget implications if the run extends beyond Season 2.
Aimee Lou Wood hosted SNL UK on Sky One/ NOW TV, joking about Sex Education and The White Lotus, spoofing a viral Kim Cattrall moment, and performing in an 80s-style pop video; musical guest MEEK performed as the show continues, with a Doctor Who parody and a Mario Bros sketch, plus a Keir Starmer royal-plane gag opening the episode, as Sky extends SNL UK to eight episodes and keeps some sketches behind the paywall to boost subs.
During SNL U.K.’s Weekend Update, co-hosts Paddy Young and Ania Magliano quipped that Trump shat himself before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, with Magliano noting Melania’s admonition that ‘we’re real people,’ in a segment hosted by Amy Lou Wood that also skewered royalty and UK politics.
Jimmy Fallon guests on SNL U.K.’s Weekend Update, joining hosts Ania Magliano and Paddy Young to roast Jeffrey Epstein, Benson Boone, and Lily Allen, including Fallon’s surprise appearance from under the desk during a Hand in Hand moment as a playful ratings boost.
Jimmy Fallon guest-hosted with Nicola Coughlan on SNL U.K., joining a chaotic studio tour of the set and an on-screen rap about Coughlan's new film The Magic Faraway Tree, featuring explicit lyrics and Fallon appearing as an on-set caterer; the skit followed Coughlan’s monologue that teased her Bridgerton persona as the show returned from a mid-season hiatus.
Jimmy Fallon crashes Nicola Coughlan's hosting on SNL UK, guiding her on a chaotic live studio tour with backstage cameos and playful digs about the show being live, while Deadline notes the segment's viral online reach (topping 86 million views) despite lower Sky One TV ratings.
Nicola Coughlan and Aimee Lou Wood will host the next two episodes of SNL U.K. (Episodes 5 and 6); Coughlan’s April 25 installment features Foo Fighters, while Wood’s May 2 episode features Meek, as Sky/ NOW’s comedy continues with weekly installments.
SNL UK’s fourth episode, hosted by Jack Whitehall, drew 120,000 viewers and a 1.6% share on Sky, a small drop from the prior week but effectively a ratings plateau as the British edition heads into a hiatus after four more episodes to finish its first season.
SNL U.K.'s second episode, hosted by Jamie Dornan, drew 205,000 viewers (down from 226,000 for the premiere) with BARB audience share slipping from 3.2% to 3.17%; Dornan’s sketches also racked up YouTube views (hundreds of thousands). The show airs Saturdays at 10 p.m. on Sky One, and next week will be hosted by Riz Ahmed with Kasabian.
Jamie Dornan hosted SNL U.K.'s second episode, taking over from Tina Fey, and revealed a quirky hobby—collecting rocks that resemble potatoes. He rolled out a trolley of five potato-shaped stones (one looked like a chip) and urged viewers to Google 'Jamie Dornan potato rocks' to prove it's true, as fellow Irishman Chris O'Dowd interrupted to swap one for a real potato, fueling more Irish-themed humor in the show.
Sky’s SNL U.K. is costing about £2 million ($2.6M) per episode for an eight-episode run, with an exclusive, two-month studio lease in London’s Television Centre and a substantial cast and writing team—far above typical UK sketch show budgets, signaling a major investment in UK comedy.
Tina Fey opens SNL UK with a profanity-laden monologue on SkyTV, joking about the choice of a US host for the first edition and hinting at the show's edgier UK tone, while the rest of the package covers a Los Angeles Times piece on streaming's impact and Nexstar’s expanding reach, the cancellation of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, and a new Reggie Dinkins clip.
Donald Trump reposted SNL UK’s opening sketch on Truth Social, which spoofed UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer telling him he shouldn’t join a war in Iran; in the bit, Starmer’s adviser suggests sending a voice note instead, and Trump posts the clip with no comment, highlighting cross-Atlantic political satire and the show’s format.