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Critic Reviews
Screen RantAug 28, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Considering the show had a lot more time to fill than a normal episode, it makes sense some bits wouldn't live up to the others, though admittedly, I found myself surprised by some of the ones that didn't work for me. .... However, the special's sketches were far more hits than misses.
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Sep 4, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Overall, “SNL50” was a messy, excessive, self-satisfied special, but it was the perfect way to mark the milestone. It was nostalgic, but too irreverent to be mawkish. It hit the notes it needed to hit. And most of all, it made the case for the show’s legacy as well as its continued importance.
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Feb 18, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Ultimately SNL50 was a good microcosm of Saturday Night Live as a whole. The special was in love with itself but selective about its history, and still aware enough to frequently mock its own conventions and weird institutional baggage. It also was a special dominated by one man who was rarely mentioned on camera and only seen for a brief moment at the very end.
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Feb 18, 2025
Season 1 Review:
It was a tonnage of effort and personality smushed onto the Studio 8H stage, and it all added up to something that was, well, fine? You could call it serviceable, checking nostalgia boxes while trying desperately to remain relevant to the youth of today, with more screen time for Sabrina Carpenter than Bill Murray.
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The TelegraphFeb 18, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Those with the staying power to make it through all three hours will meanwhile have had their reward with a memorable turn by Paul McCartney, who bashed out the bittersweet Beatles hit Carry That Weight on piano. You can’t beat a bit of Macca, and his arrival offered a welcome respite from the deluge of non-gags that had rained down like confetti at a Coldplay concert.
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