Yahoo! strikes exclusive deal to host Saturday Night Live content

Yahoo! has struck an exclusive deal with Broadway Media to feature Saturday Night Live content across its sites.

In an official blog post, CEO Marissa Mayer confirmed that the partnership gives Yahoo! users exclusive access to the entire 38-year archive of SNL content as well as clips from the current season.

That means that fans of one of the most renowned comedy sketch shows in TV history will be able to see the likes of the Blues Brothers, the Coneheads, Church Chat, Wayne’s World, Coffee Talk, Pat and the Hanukkah Song by visiting a Yahoo! site.

Mayer did not provide any specific dates for when the content will become available, but promised that the company would make an announcement.

Saturday Night Live premiered on NBC on 11 October 1975, under the original title NBC’s Saturday Night. The show’s comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!“, beginning the show proper.