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After a hilarious episode with Connor Storrie last week, Saturday Night Live is returns for another week with Project Hail Mary-star Ryan Gosling as host. The actor is set as host for the fourth time on Saturday, Mar. 7. In addition, the sketch comedy show has musical guest Gorillaz on the books. SNL broadcasts live on NBC with a start time of 11:30 p.m. ET/PT.
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Ryan Gosling hosts SNL to promote his new movie Project Hail Mary, which is due in theaters nationwide on Friday, Mar. 20. Contrary to popular belief, this is the fourth time Gosling as hosted SNL and not his fifth (no Five-Timers Club this season). During his past appearances, he delivered memorable moments, like Close Encounters, Avatar Papyrus, Beavis and Butt-Head and others.
Meanwhile, Grammy Award-winning English art rock band Gorillaz (with Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett) perform as musical guest. The band is coming off a new album The Mountain, which was released in late February, while Gorillaz sets off on a world tour starting on Friday, Mar. 13 at Bradford Live in Bradford, England. In fact, the band is scheduled for a U.S. tour starting at Kia Center in Orlando, Florida on Thursday, Sept. 17.
Want to watch SNL online without cable and for free? Your easiest bet is to grab a free trial to DirecTV to stream an NBC live feed online without needing a subscription.
Keep reading to learn all the other streaming options to watch SNL online without cable.
How to Livestream ‘Saturday Night Live’ Online for Free
In order to watch SNL, you’ll need to have access to NBC. If you have cable, then you just need to look up what channel NBC is on, which you can find it in your channel guide through your cable provider. Don’t have cable? There are a few ways to watch Saturday Night Live online for free.
DirecTV
A subscription to DirecTV — which comes with NBC for SNL — gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels, starting at $39.99 per month for the “MyNews” package. The service even offers a five-day free trial to watch for free, if you sign up now. You can watch local networks such as CBS, ABC and FOX, while you can also watch many cable news networks, including CNN, FOX News, C-Span, MS Now and others.
Sling TV
A subscription to Sling Blue, which comes with NBC for SNL, gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels. You can watch local networks such as ABC and FOX (in select markets), while you can watch many cable networks, including Bravo, Cartoon Network, Discovery Channel, E!, Fox Sports, FX, Fox News, MSNBC, National Geographic, SYFY, TLC, USA Network, A&E, AMC, BBC America, BET, CNN, Comedy Central, Food Network, Fuse, HGTV, History Channel, IFC, Lifetime, Nick Jr., QVC, TBS, TNT, Travel Channel, Vice and many others.
Please note: Prices and channel availability depends on your local TV market. You can learn more about Sling TV here.
Peacock
Another great option is to subscribe to Peacock, which is the official NBC streamer. The Peacock Premium Plus plan ($16.99 per month) gives you access to the NBC channel, which means you can watch SNL live. There is no free trial for the streaming platform, but if you want to watch the episode on-demand, Peacock does comes with an ad-supported plan that’s only $10.99 per month month and you’ll have access to new episodes of SNL the day after it airs.
You can also expand your streaming library through Hulu + Live TV, which gives you access to the entire Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN Unlimited libraries on top of hundreds of live TV channels, like NBC.
In the meantime, watch a promo reel for tonight’s episode below:
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