Get ready to kick, and stretch, and kick! Saturday NighT Live is turning 50!

The legendary sketch show, which premiered Oct. 11, 1975, is celebrating its anniversary early by serving SNL fans a feast of abundance that even Debbie Downer would be hard-pressed to refuse.

There are documentaries featuring never-before-seen footage and dozens of new interviews, a curated YouTube playlist with highlights from every season, a feature film about the show’s origins, an exciting fan experience in New York, a new biography on the show’s creator hitting shelves, a star-studded concert special, and a three-hour live prime-time special with an overflow of beloved cast members, fan-favorite guest hosts, and more. It’s enough to make any SNL nerd’s conehead explode!

Read on for more details on all the SNL anniversary programming, including how to tune in.

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

What is it? A four-part docuseries featuring rare footage and interviews with more than 60 contributors, including cast members, writers, and execs. Episode 1 focuses on the casting process, with never-before-seen audition footage and firsthand stories from cast members and those who decide who makes the cut. Episode 2 offers a behind-the-scenes look inside the writers’ room to show how pitches get approved and everything involved in making sketches into reality. Episode 3 takes a deep dive into the iconic “More Cowbell” sketch, starring Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken. And episode 4 explores SNL‘s very weird season 11, which saw the return of show creator Lorne Michaels and the ambitious yet flawed casting of 17-year-old Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr., Randy Quaid, Damon Wayans, and more.

Who is involved? Executive-produced by Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom), the docuseries features interviews with Fred Armisen, Dana Carvey, Stephen Colbert, Pete Davidson, Tina Fey, Al Franken, Heidi Gardner, Bill Hader, Darrell Hammond, Tom Hanks, Chris Kattan, Seth Meyers, Tracy Morgan, John Mulaney, Cheri Oteri, Joe Piscopo, Amy Poehler, Bob Odenkirk, Jay Pharaoh, Molly Shannon, Sarah Silverman, Robert Smigel, David Spade, Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang, and many more.

How can you watch? All four episodes of SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night are available to stream on Peacock now, after premiering Jan. 16.

Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music

What is it? A feature-length documentary celebrating five decades of Saturday Night Live‘s legendary music performances and musical-comedy sketches. The three-hour broadcast will include interviews with musical guests, cast members, writers, producers, and more.

Who is involved? Co-directed by Grammy and Oscar-winning musician and filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Emmy-winning SNL video shorts director Oz Rodríguez, Ladies & Gentlemen includes interviews with musicians like Bad Bunny, Elvis Costello, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Dave Grohl, Debbie Harry, Mick Jagger, Dua Lipa, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Kacey Musgraves, Paul Simon, Justin Timberlake, Jack White, and more. Also interviewed are Jane Curtin, Jimmy Fallon, Eddie Murphy, Ego Nwodim, Conan O’Brien, Maya Rudolph, Paul Shaffer, Sarah Sherman, various SNL band members, Lonely Island’s Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone, and more.

How can you watch? Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music premiered Jan. 27 and will get an encore airing on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on NBC. It is also available on Peacock.

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

What is it? A three-hour live concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York, celebrating 50 years of iconic SNL musical performances.

Who is involved? The event, from executive producers Lorne Michaels and Mark Ronson, will be hosted by Jimmy Fallon and feature performances from past SNL musical guests including Cher, Dave Grohl, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Snoop Dogg, St. Vincent, Wyclef Jean, Arcade Fire, Backstreet Boys, Bad Bunny, Bonnie Raitt, Brandi Carlile, Brittany Howard, Chris Martin, David Byrne, DEVO, Eddie Vedder, Jack White, Jelly Roll, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Mumford & Sons, Post Malone, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Robyn, the B-52s, and the Roots.

The event will also feature appearances from SNL alums Ana Gasteyer, Andy Samberg, Maya Rudolph, Tracy Morgan, Will Ferrell, and Paul Shaffer, plus more surprise guests.

How can you watch? SNL50: The Homecoming Concert streams live on Friday, Feb. 14, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Peacock.

Saturday Night Live season 1 premiere rebroadcast

What is it? A re-airing of the show’s first-ever telecast — then titled NBC’s Saturday Night — originally broadcast Oct. 11, 1975.

Who is involved? The premiere was hosted by comedy legend George Carlin, with musical guests Billy Preston and Janice Ian. Original cast members, a.k.a. the Not Ready for Prime Time Players, included Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, and Gilda Radner. Comedian Andy Kaufman made an iconic appearance on the premiere, which also included a sketch from Muppets creator Jim Henson.

How can you watch? The SNL season 1 premiere airs Saturday, Feb. 15, at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

SNL50: The Red Carpet

What is it? Live interviews from the splashy red carpet ahead of the 50th anniversary special.

Who is involved? The red carpet special will be hosted by Morning Joe and Today host Willie Geist and SNL alum Leslie Jones, with correspondent Matt Rogers, who cohosts the Las Culturistas podcast with Bowen Yang. Amelia Dimoldenberg, host of Chicken Shop Date, will also host a social media livestream from the red carpet across SNL’s YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok accounts.

How can you watch? SNL50: The Red Carpet airs live on Sunday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on NBC, E!, and Peacock.

SNL50: The Anniversary Special

What is it? A three-hour live prime-time special celebrating a half-century of Saturday Night Live. Details are scarce, but if it’s anything like the show’s 40th anniversary special in 2015, expect exciting cast reunions, revived fan-favorite characters and sketches, tributes to late cast members, and more.

Who is involved? So many former cast members, guest hosts, and other close friends of the show are expected to cram into Studio 8H for the 50th that Michaels declared years in advance that invitees won’t be allowed plus-ones. Those announced to appear include the show’s longest-running cast member, Kenan Thompson, plus SNL alums Adam Sandler, Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, Ana Gasteyer, Billy Crystal, Chevy Chase, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Fred Armisen, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Jason Sudeikis, Jimmy Fallon, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Laraine Newman, Leslie Jones, Martin Short, Maya Rudolph, Mike Myers, Molly Shannon, Pete Davidson, Rachel Dratch, Seth Meyers, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Will Ferrell, Will Forte, and more.

Former hosts and musical guests confirmed to make appearances include Adam Driver, Al Sharpton, Alec Baldwin, Ayo Edebiri, Bad Bunny, Cher, Dave Chappelle, John Mulaney (also a former SNL writer), Kim Kardashian, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Miles Teller, Miley Cyrus, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Pedro Pascal, Peyton Manning, Quinta Brunson, Robert De Niro, Sabrina Carpenter, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, Woody Harrelson, and more.

Drew Barrymore, who holds the record as the show’s youngest host, recently told Entertainment Weekly she will also be there and is game for anything: “If anybody needs me, you can put me in, coach! I don’t know what will happen, but I’ll be there.”

How can you watch? SNL50: The Anniversary Special airs live on Sunday, Feb. 16, from 8-11 p.m. ET/5-8 p.m. PT on NBC and Peacock.

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Saturday Night

What is it? A feature film that debuted at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival before hitting theaters in October, Saturday Night is a heightened account of the 90 minutes leading up to SNL‘s first live broadcast. In it, a very green Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) must contend with ornery cast members and writers, a set that’s falling apart, meddling network execs, and threats from Hollywood icons.

Who is involved? Directed by Jason Reitman, the SNL biopic depicts the show’s original Not Ready for Primetime Players — Chevy Chase (Cory Michael Smith), John Belushi (Matt Wood), Dan Aykroyd (Dylan O’Brien), Gilda Radner (Ella Hunt), Garrett Morris (Lamorne Morris), Jane Curtin (Kim Matula), Laraine Newman (Emily Fairn), and Michael O’Donoghue (Tommy Dewey) — as well various others involved, like Jim Henson (Nicholas Braun), Andy Kaufman (also Braun), George Carlin (Matthew Rhys), Billy Crystal (Nicholas Podany), Paul Shaffer (Paul Rust), Milton Berle (J.K. Simmons), writers Rosie Shuster (Rachel Sennott) and Alan Zweibel (Josh Brener), and more.

How can you watch? Saturday Night is steaming on Netflix and available to watch on Blu-ray and Digital.

Watch the trailer below: