How to watch the 50th season premiere of ‘Saturday Night Live’ without cable

If laughter isn’t on your weekend viewing list, you can add an all-new season of Saturday Night Live to your lineup.

The Nightly Sketchbook is celebrating a milestone of its 50th season. The first episode, featuring rapper and singer Jelly Roll, will be hosted by Hacks Emmy winner Jean Smart. Upcoming host-musician duos include Nate Bargatze and Coldplay (October 5), Ariana Grande and Stevie Nicks (October 12), Michael Keaton and Billie Eilish (October 19), and John Mulaney and Chappell Roan (November 2).

If you want to be present for the opening monologue, new sketches (maybe we’ll see one with Moo Deng?), and the weekend update, you can stream the show on Peacock or NBC’s live telecast service. Here are more details on how to watch the anniversary season of the cult series without cable.

Jean Smart hosts shortly after winning her third Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Actress for Hacks.

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When to watch Saturday Night Live season 50

You can watch the season 50 premiere of Saturday Night Live on Saturday, September 28on NBC or Peacock at 23:30 ET (20:30 PT). According to Peacock, you can stream the episode live regardless of what Peacock subscription you have.

Peacock has all previous seasons of SNL available on demand. You can also opt for a live TV streaming service like YouTube TV or Hulu Plus Live TV to watch on a Saturday night without cable. Just make sure the live TV streamer you choose includes NBC in their programming (here’s a detailed breakdown of each major streamer’s channel offerings).

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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 allow you to watch SNL live.

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YouTube TV is a live TV streaming service that provides access to NBC and Saturday Night Live and costs $73 per month. You can also use Hulu Plus Live TV, but starting in October it will cost $10 more than YouTube TV.

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Want NBC but don’t want to pay the price of YouTube or Hulu Live? If you’re in the city of your choice (you can check here), you can access the channel on Sling’s Blue plan, which costs $40-$45 per month.