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If your weekend watchlist looks light on laughs, you can add a brand new season of Saturday Night Live to the agenda.
The late-night sketch show is celebrating a milestone 50th season. Hacks' Emmy winner Jean Smart will host the first episode, which includes rapper and singer Jelly Roll as the musical guest. Upcoming host/musician duos include Nate Bargatze and Coldplay (Oct. 5), Ariana Grande and Stevie Nicks (Oct. 12), Michael Keaton and Billie Eilish (Oct. 19) and John Mulaney and Chappell Roan (Nov. 2).
If you want to be there for the opening monologue, new sketches (maybe we'll see one involving Moo Deng?), and Weekend Update, you can stream the show on Peacock or a live TV streaming service with NBC. Here are more details on how to watch the anniversary season of the iconic series without cable.
Jean Smart hosts shortly after winning her third best comedy actress Emmy for Hacks.
Rosalind O'Connor/NBCYou can watch the Saturday Night Live season 50 premiere on Saturday, Sept. 28, on NBC or Peacock at 11:30 p.m. ET (8:30 p.m. PT). You can stream the episode live regardless of which Peacock subscription you have, according to Peacock.
Peacock has every past SNL season available on-demand. You can also opt for a live TV streaming service like YouTube TV or Hulu Plus Live TV to watch on Saturday evening without cable. Just make sure your live TV streamer of choice includes NBC in its channel lineup (here's a detailed breakdown of each of the major streamer's channel offerings).
You can choose from two Peacock plans: $8 per month or $80 per year Peacock Premium and $14 per month or $140 per year Peacock Premium Plus. Both will let you watch SNL live.
YouTube TV is a live TV streaming service that gives you access to NBC and Saturday Night Live and runs $73 a month. You could also get Hulu Plus Live TV, but starting in October, it'll cost $10 more than YouTube TV.
Want NBC but don't want to pay the price of YouTube or Hulu Live? If you're located in a select city (you can check here), you can get the channel through Sling's Blue plan, which costs $40-$45 per month.