SNL will be release a new two-hour special that will be jam-packed with Thanksgiving-themed skits and sketches that’ll no doubt cheer the whole family up and distract them from the stress of preparing for the holiday.
Like in previous years, the SNL special will highlight a number of sketches they have had in past seasons that are focused on the holiday.
Here’s how you can watch the show and what to expect.
What day is the SNL Thanksgiving special on?
The special is being released as part of the show’s 47th season, which first began airing on October 2, 2021.
And the Thanksgiving-themed episode will air on Wednesday, November 24, from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST.
How can you watch the SNL Thanksgiving special?
The SNL Thanksgiving special will air live on NBC, which is the home of the comedy sketch show since it debuted in 1975.
Those who don’t have access to the channel can also watch the special on NBC’s website and app, while it’ll also be available to stream on subscription services that have NBC, such as Hulu and YouTube TV.
What sketches will appear on the SNL Thanksgiving special?
The Thanksgiving special will feature a number of sketches that have aired over the course of its 47 seasons. SNL has yet to confirm which of its past skits it will be bringing out of the vault for the episode.
One iconic sketch that fans are sure to want to see again is Adam Sandler’s Thanksgiving song, in which the actor shares his love for turkey in musical form.
“A Thanksgiving Miracle” is another classic SNL sketch that will no doubt be welcome on the special.
The skit focuses on a family at the dinner table debating various hot topics and struggling to agree on anything, the only thing they can agree—and indeed the only thing that looks likely to save Thanksgiving—is Adele’s “Hello,” which comes on the radio and results in an impromptu sing-a-long.
Given Adele’s new album “30” was released on November 19, it seems apt to bring up the beloved SNL sketch once again.
Another great musical-themed Thanksgiving skit is the “Weekend Update: Garth and Kat Sing Thanksgiving Songs,” in which Kristen Wiig’s Kat and Fred Armisen’s Garth sing with Coldplay’s Chris Martin, playing Jan Pockabook.
Simu Liu, who hosted the show on Saturday, November 20, also took part in a few amusing Thanksgiving sketches, including a parody of a Target commercial.
Given the sketch was part of the show’s seventh episode, though, it may well not be a shown in the Thanksgiving special despite matching the theme.
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Set to air on Wednesday night, the two-hour A Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving TV event will include dozens of holiday-themed sketches and skits that cast members and guests have performed on the show over its 46-season history.
SNL hasn’t released any details regarding which of the many Thanksgiving sketches they’re pulling out of the vault, but here’s hoping that fans will get to watch Adam Sandler belt out his affections for turkey in the “Thanksgiving Song” he performed on a “Weekend Update” segment alongside Kevin Nealon back in 1992.
Something else we’re crossing our fingers for? One of Kristin Wiig and Fred Armisen holiday tunes that they performed under their Garth and Kat guise on “Weekend Update” in 2011.
Here’s another fun classic that could be featured on the SNL Thanksgiving lineup: In the 1983 bit, “A Dysfunctional Family,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus portrays college-kid Katie and completely enrages her father—played by Jim Belushi—when she reveals she no longer eats meat. The holiday dinner mayhem heats up when Katie accuses her father and mother (Mary Gross) of being racist and close-minded.
Or how about the one from Season 30, when Rachel Dratch plays Debbie Downer and ruins Thanksgiving dinner with her factoids about feline AIDS, eczema, small pox and food poisoning? Surely viewers on the verge of potentially uncomfortable dinner convos with their own pods will appreciate how anxious Luke Wilson, Amy Poehler, Fred Armisen and Horatio Sanz appear to be during their awkward exchange with Debbie.
We’re willing to bet that the SNL special will include the 2015 sketch, “A Thanksgiving Miracle.” That’s the one where Cecily Strong and Jay Pharoah pose as partners during a tense family dinner with Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Matthew McConaughey, Kate McKinnon, Vanessa Bayer, and the only thing that stops all the bickering is when Adele’s “Hello” comes on and the family breaks out into a unified performance. (Sure, it’s very 2015, but still works for us.)
There are all of those sketches, plus plenty of others that could get a moment to shine once again when A Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving special airs on NBC. Viewers can catch the broadcast on Wednesday from 9 to 11 p.m. ET.
Those without television can live-stream the special on NBC’s website and app, although a cable provider login is required. Viewers can also tune into the special through their Hulu +Live, YouTube TV, Sling and other pay-for subscriptions that carry NBC.
