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| Saturday Night Live Korea | |
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| Also known as | SNL Korea |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Lorne Michaels |
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| Creative directors | Song Chang-ui (Season 4) Jang Jin (Season 1,2,3) |
| Presented by | Shin Dong-yup (de facto) |
| Starring | (see cast) |
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| Opening theme | SNL theme song by Common Ground |
| Ending theme | SNL theme song by Common Ground |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 15(9 Seasons on TVN, 6 Seasons on Coupang Play) |
| No. of episodes | 210 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Kim Sung-han |
| Production locations | Multi-studio of CJ E&M Broadcasting Center, Digital Media City, Seoul, South Korea |
| Running time | 90 minutes, including adverts Saturdays at 20:00 (KST) |
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| Original release | |
| Network | tvN |
| Release | 3 December 2011 – 18 November 2017 |
| Network | Coupang Play |
| Release | 4 September 2021 – present |
| Related | |
| Saturday Night Live | |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 새터데이 나이트 라이브 코리아 |
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| Revised Romanization | Saeteodei Naiteu Raibeu Koria |
| McCune–Reischauer | Saet'ŏdei Nait'ŭ Raibŭ K'oria |
Saturday Night Live Korea (Korean: 새터데이 나이트 라이브 코리아; abbreviated as SNL Korea (Korean: SNL코리아) or simply as SNLK) is a South Korean late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show. It is adapted from the long-running American TV show Saturday Night Live by NBC, and the show's executive producers are Lorne Michaels and Jennifer Danielson from SNL Studios and Broadway Video, which licenses the format. Originally broadcast by generalist cable network tvN, the weekly program ran from 3 December 2011 to 18 November 2017, and aired on Saturdays at 22:50 KST.[2] In 2021, the format was revived by Coupang Play, and the show premiered on the streaming platform on September 4, 2021, at 22:00 KST.
- ^ "'Saturday Night Live' Returns to Korea (EXCLUSIVE)". 17 February 2021.
- ^ "김주혁, [SNL KOREA] 코믹 화보 폭소 작렬 '이런 모습 처음이야'". JK Star News (in Korean). 28 November 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-23.