For over 50 years and counting, the weekly sketch comedy series – broadcast from NBC and produced out of 30 Rockefeller Plaza ...

The film, out Oct. 11th, aims to capture the behind-the-scenes chaos of the lead-up to the first-ever episode of Saturday Night Live ... thrilled to play Billy Preston, who was SNL’s first ...

On Oct. 11, 1975, “Saturday Night Live” kicked off its 50-season reign ... George Carlin as the show’s first host and Billy Preston as the first musical guest. Andy Kaufman performed his ...

There is no new episode of "Saturday Night ... singers and songwriters Billy Preston and Janis Ian preformed as musical guests. Also appearing on the show that night was comedian Andy Kaufman ...

Billy Preston, portrayed by Jon Batiste ... As the clock ticks down to the first-ever broadcast of "Saturday Night Live" on October 11, 1975, a group of young comedians and writers hustle behind ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: The first episode of Saturday Night Live aired on October 11, 1975, with famed comedian George Carlin serving as the host and Billy Preston and Janis Ian as musical ...

As Saturday Night Live marks a landmark season ... The lineup included George Carlin, Janis Ian, Billy Preston, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, John ...

“Saturday Night Live” is set to set off its 50th ... There were two musical guests — Billy Preston and Janis Ian — playing two songs apiece, the norm in the early days.

By Paul Grein When host Jean Smart and musical guest Jelly Roll take the stage at Studio 8H in New York for Saturday Night ... two musical guests that night — Billy Preston and Janis Ian ...

Preston's life and his contributions to the ... He was also the first musical guest on Saturday Night Live when the now-iconic late-night show premiered in 1975. He sang his 1974 No. 1 hit ...

For 50 years, “Saturday ... live from New York’s Radio City Music Hall on Peacock. —There were not one but two musical guests when “SNL” debuted on Oct. 11, 1975: funk-soul legend Billy ...