\tA documentary about the music performances on \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d is coming to NBC, directed by Oscar winner Ahmir \u201cQuestlove\u201d Thompson and Emmy winner Oz Rodriguez. <\/p>\n
\tTitled \u201cLadies & Gentlemen \u2026 50 Years of SNL Music,\u201d the three-hour special will premiere on the network on Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. and stream the following day on Peacock.<\/p>\n
\tThe latest project celebrating five decades of \u201cSNL,\u201d the film will \u201cfeature untold stories behind the culture-defining, groundbreaking and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years,\u201d per the logline. <\/p>\n
\tThe doc will also feature more than 50 interviews, including Bad Bunny, DJ Breakout, Elvis Costello, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish and Finneas, Dave Grohl, Debbie Harry & Chris Stein, Mick Jagger, Dua Lipa, Darryl DMC McDaniels, Tom Morello, Kacey Musgraves, Olivia Rodrigo, MC Sha-Rack, Paul Simon, Chris Stapleton, Justin Timberlake, Lee Ving and Jack White. \t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t \t\t\tPopular on Variety\t\t \t \t\t \t \tAlso interviewed are \u201cSNL\u201d creator Lorne Michaels and cast and creatives of present and past, including Fred Armisen, Conan O\u2019Brien, Eli Brueggemann,\u00a0 Jane Curtin, Jimmy Fallon, Al Franken, Josiah Gluck, Bill Hader, Steve Higgins, Marci Klein, Melanie Malone, Tom Malone, Mary Ellen Matthews, Eddie Murphy, Ego Nwodim, Liz Patrick, Leon Pendarvis, Lenny Pickett, Joe Piscopo, Andy Samberg, Brian Siedlecki, Akiva Schaffer, Paul Shaffer, Sarah Sherman, Howard Shore, Robert Smigel, Jorma Taccone, Kenan Thompson, Maya Rudolph, Hal Willner and Bowen Yang.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cEveryone knows the most famous \u2018SNL\u2019 appearances, whether it\u2019s Elvis Costello, Prince or the Beastie Boys, but they\u2019re the tip of a huge iceberg,\u201d Questlove said in a statement. \u201cThe process of going back through the incredible archival footage was like being in a time machine, DeLorean or other. I\u2019m so happy I went on the trip and now get to share it with everyone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\t\u201cLadies & Gentlemen \u2026 50 Years of SNL Music\u201d is executive produced by Michaels, Questlove, Zarah Zohlman, Erin David, Dave Sirulnick, Jon Kamen, Meredith Bennett, Alexander H. Browne, Shawn Gee and Tariq Trotter. Rodriguez serves as producer.\u00a0The special is produced by Two One Five Entertainment, RadicalMedia and Broadway Video.<\/p>\n
\tRounding out the \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d 50th anniversary programming is a four-part docuseries titled \u201cSNL50: Beyond Saturday Night,\u201d coming Jan. 16, and a live primetime special on Feb. 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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