{"id":93452,"date":"2025-02-08T03:42:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T08:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=93452"},"modified":"2025-02-08T03:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T08:42:15","slug":"nbc-celebrates-the-legacy-of-saturday-night-live-on-february-15-with-the-first-ever-snl-telecast-airing-1130pm-et-pt-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/08\/nbc-celebrates-the-legacy-of-saturday-night-live-on-february-15-with-the-first-ever-snl-telecast-airing-1130pm-et-pt-video\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Celebrates the Legacy of &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; on February 15 with the First-Ever &#8220;SNL&#8221; Telecast Airing @ 11:30PM ET\/PT [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NBC is celebrating the legacy of <em><strong>&#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> on February 15 with the first-ever <em><strong>&#8220;SNL&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> telecast airing @ 11:30PM ET\/PT as well as an encore of the critically acclaimed documentary <em><strong>&#8220;Ladies &amp; Gentlemen &#8230; 50 Years of SNL Music&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> to start the night @ 8PM ET\/PT.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5ebyLkCaAL0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Z1t1pnSlb8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Originally titled <em><strong>&#8220;NBC&#8217;s Saturday Night&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> and airing October 11, 1975 with host George Carlin and musical guests Billy Preston and Janice Ian, the premiere telecast gave audiences its first look at the cast known as the Not Ready for Prime Time Players &#8211; Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman and Gilda Radner. 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