‘Saturday Night Live’: Where to Watch the Sketch Comedy Show Online for Free

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Saturday Night Live is new this week with Michael-actor Colman Domingo as host. The actor is set as host for the fifth time on Saturday, Apr. 11. In addition, Anitta is in the books as musical guest. SNL broadcasts live on NBC, and livestream on Peacock Premium Plus with a start time of 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT.

The easiest bet to watch SNL online for free is to grab a free trial to DirecTV to stream an NBC live feed online without needing a cable 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.

A subscription to DirecTV — which comes with NBC for SNL — gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels, starting at $59.99 for the first month of service ($94.99 per month afterwards) for the “Choice” 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.

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.

Please note: Prices and channel availability depends on your local TV market. You can learn more about Sling TV here.

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.

Although Peacock doesn’t have a free trial anymore, you can sign up for a Walmart+ 30-day free trial to watch Colman Domingo and Anitta on Saturday Night Live for free. Learn more about Walmart+ here.

You can also expand your streaming library through Hulu + Live TV, which starts at $89.99 per month and gives you access to the entire Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN Unlimited libraries on top of hundreds of live TV channels, like NBC.

Colman Domingo is set to co-star in the musical biopic Michael about the life of Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. Domingo plays Michael’s father, Joe Jackson in the movie. He’s also co-starring in Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, which is due in theaters on Friday, June 12.

Meanwhile, Anitta is promoting the release of her seventh studio album Equilibrium, which comes out on Thursday, April 16. The Brazilian singer heads out on tour in Mexico and Brazil starting at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City, Mexico on Monday, April 20.

In the meantime, watch a promo reel for tonight’s episode below:

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