Alex Trebek vs. All-Star S40 “Celebrity Jeopardy!” Setup

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SNL 50/50 Season 40: Alex Trebek (Will Ferrell) Vs. an all-star Celebrity Jeopardy! lineup – including nemesis Sean Connery (Darrell Hammond).

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NBCs Saturday Night Live is back with its next edition of “SNL: 50 Seasons in 50 Days,” focusing on one season and one sketch each day until the big 50th anniversary event in February (more on that below). For this go-around, we’re looking at Season 40 (February 15, 2015) and NBC’s Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special. The sketch? “Notoriety Jeopardy!” with Alex Trebek (Will Ferrell) taking on a lineup that included his gameshow nemesis, Sean Connery (Darrell Hammond), Justin Bieber (Kate McKinnon), Tony Bennett (Alec Baldwin), Burt Reynolds (Norm Macdonald), Matthew McConaughey (Jim Carrey), and Christoph Waltz (Taran Killam) – with a harrowing appearance by Bill Cosby (Kenan Thompson).

You can check out the social media post announcing the line-up of Season 40 sketches below (with the full YouTube look at the sketch waiting for you above), followed by a rundown of what’s to come regarding SNL’s big 50th anniversary celebration :

SNL 50 Previews: “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” and more!

Before we get to the big party on February 16 and NBC’s documentary event, Ladies and gentlemen… 50 years of SNL music on January 27, Peacock and Academy and Emmy Award winner Morgan Neville will offer us an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at what makes NBC’s Saturday Night Live the enduring and influential institution that it has been for 50 seasons. With more than 60 contributors, including alumni, and covering decades of history, it is four episodes SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night reveals new insights into the show’s history and pulls back the curtain on everything from the writers’ room to the famous audition process. With all four episodes set to hit the Peacock on January 16, here’s a look at what you need to know:

Peacock’s SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night is a four-part docu-series honoring the legacy of SNL, with over 60 contributors, including SNL alumni, covering decades of SNL history. Each episode spotlights some of the show’s most iconic elements and delves into SNL’s rich history, pulling back the curtain on the audition process, the writers’ room, the fan-favorite “More Cowbell” sketch and the pivotal season 11.

Episode 101, “Five Minutes” – A showcase of the audition process, featuring never-before-seen audition footage and first-hand accounts from some of the show’s most iconic names as they reflect on their preparation and journey to the SNL stage.

Contributors: Ayala Cohen, Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, Beck Bennett, Bill Hader, Bobby Moynihan, Bowen Yang, Cheri Oteri, David Spade, Ego Nwodim, Fred Armisen, Heidi Gardner, Jason Sudeikis, Jay Pharaoh, Jeff Blake, Joe Piscopo, Julia Louis -Dreyfus, Kenan Thompson, Kyle Mooney, Lindsay Shookus, Marci Klein, Mike Shoemaker, Molly Shannon, Nasim Pedrad, Pete Davidson, Stephen Colbert, and Tracy Morgan.

Episode 102, “Written By: A Week Inside The SNL Writers Room” – A behind-the-scenes look at the writing process from script to screen, capturing the creativity and chaos of a week inside the writers’ room.

Contributors: Alan Zweibel, Alex English, Al Franken, Andrew Dismukes, Asha Ward, Ben Marshall, Bob Odenkirk, Bryan Tucker, Ceara O’Sullivan, Celeste Yim, Emily Spivey, Harper Steele, Jim Downey, Jimmy Fowlie, John Higgins, John Mulaney, Larry David, Louie Zakarian, Marilyn Miller, Martin Herlihy, Paula Pell, Robert Smigel, Sarah Silverman, Seth Meyers, Simon Rich, Steve Higgins, Streeter Seidell, Tina Feyand Will Stephen.

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Episode 103, “More Cowbell” – A deep dive into the making of SNL’s iconic “More Cowbell” sketch, exploring how a simple idea became a cultural phenomenon and offering a tribute to the enduring impact of sketch comedy.

Contributors: Akira Yoshimura, Albert Bouchard, Beth McCarthy-Miller, Bruce Dickinson, Buck Dharma, Cara Hannah, Chris Kattan, Chris Parnell, Dana Carvey, Dave Grohl, Dave Itzkoff, Darrell Hammond, Eamon Cunningham, Eric Bloom, Fred Armisen, Jimmy Fallon, Jodi Mancuso, John Karpi, Josh Homme, Keith Raywood, Larry Demler, Louie Zakarian, Murray Krugman, Rachel Dratch, Tom Broecker, Will Ferrelland David Lucas.

Episode 104, “Season 11: The Weird Year” – An exploration of SNL’s 11th season, examining the pivotal year that reset the show’s direction and cemented its enduring DNA with Lorne Michaels at the helm.

Contributors: A. Whitney Brown, Al Franken, Andy Breckman, Anthony Michael Hall, Billy Crystal, Carol Leifer, Damon Wayans, George Meyer, George Wendt, Griffin Dunne, James Andrew Miller, Jim Downey, John Lithgow, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Nealon, Laila Nabulsi, Mark McKinney, Nora Dunn, Penn & Teller, Robert Smigel, Terry Sweeney, and Tom Hanks.

Additional archival interviews include Bernie Brillstein, Lorne Michaels, Robert Downey Jr.and Tom Davis.

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Executive produced by Neville, Caitlin Rogersand Showrunner Joaquin Cambron, Peacock‘s SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night is produced by Jonathan Formica (Ep 101, “Five Minutes” & Ep 104, “Season 11: The Weird Year”) and Allison Klein (Ep 102, “Written By: A Week Inside the SNL Writers Room” & Ep 103, “More Cowbell”). The episodes were directed by Robert Alexander (Ep 101, “Five Minutes”), Marshall Curry (Ep 102, “Written By: A Week Inside the SNL Writers Room”), Neil Berkeley (Ep 103, “More Cowbell”), and Jason Zeldes (Ep 104, “Season 11: The Weird Year”).

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