Peacock streaming service will include every SNL season since its 1975 debut

Vulture

As Vulture points out, NBC Universal's new streaming service could be the first to fully exploit the potential of the Saturday Night Live library. That includes the docuseries Who Wrote That?, profiling some of SNL’s “most important writers" and the possible curation of hundreds of SNL episodes like the way FX has done with Simpsons World. "For those who have been hoping for the full archive to return in some form, this news is a huge relief, since vintage SNL episodes have bounced around a lot over the last decade," explain Vulture's Josef Adalian and Megh Wright. "In late 2010, both Hulu and Netflix struck nonexclusive deals with NBC to include every episode of SNL — including new ones after they aired — on their streaming services, but by the end of 2013, most of the seasons had been pulled from both. That same year, Yahoo also struck a one-year deal to stream a vast archive of SNL sketches, musical performances, and behind-the-scenes clips, then in 2016 — the same year Yahoo Screen shut down — the SNL episodes made the move to NBC’s comedy streaming platform, Seeso. Unfortunately, Seeso shut down the following year, so there’s been nowhere to watch the full archive of vintage SNL episodes since 2017. Hulu, however, still has about 20 seasons available, including the first five, as well as next-day episodes from current seasons, including the upcoming 45th season."