“Saturday Night Live U.K.” has revealed that British comic Jack Whitehall will host the April 11 episode with R&B artist Jorja Smith as the musical visitor.
Whitehall is finest identified for his time as a panelist on the comedy sport present “A League of Their Own” and his Netflix docuseries “Travels With My Father.” Smith launched her second album, “Falling or Flying,” in 2023 and is gearing up to headline London’s All Points East Festival alongside Tems in August.
The sequence, which is ready to run for eight episodes, will then take a weeklong hiatus and return for its subsequent batch of exhibits beginning April 25.
The first-ever season of the British twist on the U.S. comedy staple kicked off on March 21 with host Tina Fey and musical visitor Wet Leg. Last weekend’s present featured Jamie Dornan with Wolf Alice, and Riz Ahmed is up subsequent on April 4 with Kasabian. Just earlier than its premiere, Sky revealed that the primary season of “SNL U.K.” had been prolonged from six episodes to eight.
“SNL U.K.‘s” first episode delivered stable rankings for Sky and largely optimistic critiques, whereas the Dornan-hosted second episode experienced a slight dip in viewership. In his review for Variety, Scott Bryan wrote that the present is strongest when leaning into what makes British comedy nice.
“Thankfully, ‘Saturday Night Live U.K.’ largely took the basics of what makes the U.S. version successful — sketch comedy, rotating guest hosts and the unpredictability of live television — and left the Brits to it. That’s where it works,” Bryan wrote. “The sketches are darker and more surreal than its U.S. counterpart, the comedy much more deadpan. Even if all the sketch itself doesn’t work (hey, they kept that feature too) there’s enough one-liners to keep you going and try out the next.”
