What Time Is the SNL50 Red Carpet? About the Hosts and How to Watch
The exclusive red carpet coverage will be hosted by Willie Geist and Leslie Jones, with correspondent Matt Rogers.
NBC is rolling out the red carpet for the SNL50: The Anniversary Special.
The highly anticipated live primetime event happens tonight, February 16 at 8/7c, 5pm PT! The star-studded affair features a half-century worth of Saturday Night Live sketches, past and present cast members, celebrity Hosts, and other collaborators. And an hour earlier, you can watch an elegantly-dressed parade of celebrities walk the red carpet in front of New York City's Rockefeller Plaza.
Her's how to watch the one-hour red carpet event before SNL50: The Anniversary Special.
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What time is the SNL50 Anniversary red carpet?
The one-hour red carpet event starts at 7/6c, 4pm PT, airing live on NBC, E!, and streaming live on Peacock.
Who Is hosting the red carpet for SNL50: The Anniversary Show?
Willie Geist and Leslie Jones, with correspondent Matt Rogers.
SNL red carpet host Willie Geist
A regular host of TODAY, Willie Geist also hosts Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist. He is also a co-host on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and a contributor to various programs across NBC News.
SNL red carpet host Leslie Jones was an SNL cast member
Leslie Jones joined Saturday Night Live as cast member midway through Season 39, and departed after Season 44. She received three Primetime Emmy nominations for her work on the series.
The seasoned stand-up comedian has appeared in movies including Sing, Coming 2 America, Good Burger 2, and Ghostbusters, and TV including Our Flag Means Death and American Dad. This past summer Jones was a “chief super fan commentator” for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Matt Rogers
Matt Rogers is a comedian, actor, singer, and writer. Since 2016, Rogers has co-hosted the popular podcast Las Culturistas podcast with Saturday Night Live cast member Bowen Yang.
Rogers and Yang also co-starred in the 2022 film Fire Island. Rogers has been part of the cast for multiple television series including I Love That For You and No Good Deed.
Who is hosting SNL's red carpet livestream?
Amelia Dimoldenberg will host SNL's official livestream of the red carpet, which you can watch on the show's YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok accounts.
The English presenter is creator and host of the popular web series Chicken Shop Date, where she's interviewed a wide range of celebrities including Cynthia Erivo, Paul Mescal, SZA, Sabrina Carpenter, and Cher.
Stream the SNL50: The Homecoming Concert on Peacock now
On Friday, February 14, stars including Paul Rudd, Pedro Pascal, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, and dozens of beloved former SNL cast members descended upon Radio City Music Hall to watch once-in-a-lifetime performances and genre-melding collaborations on SNL50: The Homecoming Concert.
The three-hour concert special is hosted by cast alum and Tonight Show Host Jimmy Fallon, and produced by Lorne Michaels and Mark Ronson.
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The night's performers included Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean in a mini Fugees reunion, a duet between Robyn and David Byrne, Bonnie Raitt backed by Chris Martin and house band The Roots, Arcade Fire with David Byrne, St. Vincent, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Backstreet Boys, Bad Bunny, Brandi Carlile, Eddie Vedder, Jack White, Jelly Roll, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Post Malone and members of Nirvana, DEVO, Mumford & Sons, and The B-52s.
It also boasted hilarious segments from SNL characters past, including a Lonely Island medley featuring Eddie Vedder, Lady Gaga, and Bad Bunny, Bill Murray's Nick the Lounge Singer, and Will Ferrell and Ana Gastayer as Marty and Bobbi Culp.
Stream SNL50: The Homecoming Concert on Peacock now.
