SNL UK premiered tonight...and since SNL US won't have a new show till next month, here are 4 clips from the UK

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[Wild blueberry]

1. Thank you for posting these

[2naSalit]

2. Thanks...

Those are funny!

[VMA131Marine]

3. I'm surprised! It's actually pretty good

They obviously have British writers and they can do some things that the US SNL could never get away with. I could watch more of it.

[msongs]

4. graham norton yes! there's hundreds of better david attenboroughs on BGT

one can get a great insight to brit comedy watching that show (Britain's Got Talent)

as for SNL UK they will get there over time

[JohnnyRingo]

5. Awesome! I didn't know they were starting a version there.

How were they allowed to swear? Is it streamed or was that a kind of untelevised rehearsal?

You got one of America's best export there and all we get in return is The Great British Baking Show.
There's that trade deficit again!

[Emrys]

6. UK broadcast network television is quite relaxed about most swear words and "adult" content

There's a regulatory watershed of 9 p.m., before which things are supposed to be more straitlaced, but after that things can get quite raunchy compared to the main US channels.

That watershed's a bit old-fashioned nowadays, as many youngsters have TVs in their bedrooms along with access to the internet and all its wonders 24/7, so it's more of a token gesture in practice.