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Keeping in tradition with its American progenitor, the first ever Saturday Night Live UK began with a political send-up cold open. A sketch featuring a cowering Keir Starmer played by cast member
The news that Great Britain would receive its own version of "Saturday Night Live," an American comedy institution, was largely met with cynicism on this side of the pond. Why now, after five decades and more than a few failed wannabes?
The British "SNL" spinoff "Saturday Night Live UK" kicked off with jokes about President Trump and the former Prince Andrew in its first episode ever.
Saturday Night Live UK. What is it?! Painful, that's what. Yeah, seriously. Beyond seriously unfunny. The show launched on Sky Saturday night with a dire Cold Open featuring prime minister Keir Starmer quivering over taking a call from Donald Trump where not one single memorable line was uttered.