Overview
- The NBC-born sketch show's U.K. edition, renewed Thursday by Sky and Universal Television Alternative Studio, returns in fall 2026 with 12 episodes and day-after streaming on Peacock.
- The current first season runs eight episodes and wraps next week, with Hannah Waddingham hosting the penultimate show and Ncuti Gatwa closing the run.
- Early TV audiences were small by U.K. broadcast standards, with a 226,000 overnight premiere and midseason Live+7 totals near 503,000, yet official clips have topped 86 million views across YouTube, Reels, X, and TikTok.
- Sky is taking on its priciest unscripted series to date, with each episode costing into the millions of pounds, which could shape future programming budgets if the show continues for years.
- Lorne Michaels executive produces with UTAS UK and Broadway Video, and the series was commissioned by Sky’s unscripted chief Phil Edgar Jones, reflecting Sky’s push to pair live TV with wide online reach for a subscriber-only channel.