Tina Fey Offers Advice to Writers of Saturday Night Live UK

Tina Fey Reveals 'A Dirty Secret' Of 'Saturday Night Live'

The former "SNL" star made the disclosure to help the U.K.'s new version of the sketch comedy show.

Tina Fey spills ‘dirty secret’ SNL UK can learn from NBC version

Fey joined ‘SNL’ as a writer in 1997 before becoming a cast member

Tina Fey offers advice to writers of Saturday Night Live UK

It was announced in April that SNL creator Lorne Michaels would bring a British version of the long-running sketch comedy show to Sky.

Tina Fey On The “Dirty Secret” Britain’s Version Of ‘Saturday Night Live’ Can Learn From NBC

Tina Fey has passed on some advice to the Sky team behind Saturday Night Live UK. The 30 Rock star said the “dirty secret” of the NBC version of the show is that its infamous all-night writing marathons are not always necessary. SNL writers traditionally pen sketches late into the night on a Tuesday before table reads on a Wednesday with the cast and guest presenter. “Here’s a dirty secret: you don’t have to do it that way,” Fey told the E…

SNL UK "Has to Be a Very British Thing": Sky Exec Offers Update

Sky's Phil Edgar-Jones offered an update on how things were looking with SNL UK (w/t) and announced James Longman as the showrunner.

Sky Says ‘Saturday Night Live’ UK Will Bring “Chaos” To Screen As Series Showrunner Is Confirmed

Sky has revealed more about its plans to bring Saturday Night Live to the UK. Phil Edgar-Jones, Sky’s executive director of unscripted originals, said he wanted the remake of NBC’s iconic sketch show to bring “chaos” and “noise” to the screen. “It’s exciting, a little bit scary as well,” Edgar-Jones told the Edinburgh TV Festival,…