Peacock breaks promise to include every season of SNL

Vulture

Last year, Vulture expressed hope that Peacock would fully realize the value of the Saturday Night Live archives, including full episodes and special playlists. Peacock even tweeted that "all 44 seasons of SNL" would be available, but that tweet has since been deleted. So far, Peacock's "selection of SNL episodes has been disappointing," explain Josef Adalian and Megh Wright. "Right now, only every episode from seasons 40 through 45 are available on the streaming service, and most episodes have been edited down to about an hour. Seasons 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, and 31 are also listed as having one or two episodes available each, but they are 'best of' specials for John Belushi, Dana Carvey, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, Christopher Walken, Jimmy Fallon, and 'TV Funhouse.' (Sandler’s 'best of' special as well as season 40 are only available to view with a premium subscription.) Aside from that, Peacock offers an 'SNL Vault' in its Channels section, in which it airs sketches 'live' from previous seasons."