SNL To Throw 40th Birthday Party With 3-Hour Live Special

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The show will air on Sunday February 15, 2015. feature current and past cast members, as well as past host and musical acts from the show’s run.

Robert Greenblatt, president of NBC Entertainment said this about the legendary show:

The roster includes everyone from the iconic first cast in 1975 to household names ranging from Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal, Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Will Ferrell, and Adam Sandler, to Kristen Wiig, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Meyers — to name only a few. This brand, which is still one of the highest-rated comedies on television, was the brainchild of Lorne Michaels, who still presides over the whole enterprise today. This special is just one of the many ways we plan to celebrate ‘SNL’s historic 40th season next year.”

The show, which debuted October 11, 1975 continues to garner the highest ratings of any late-night television program, entertaining millions each week.

Still waiting for that Eddie Murphy RSVP.


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