It's a mashup of performances from artists that few people would think of putting together, like R.E.M. and Morris Day, Rick James and Duran Duran, Hanson and Cher. Filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson's experience as a DJ taught him enough about beats per minute and musical keys to meld things seamlessly.

Timothée Chalamet wants that Oscar, as proven by his double duty performance on 'Saturday Night Live.' Read our highlights here.

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert is executive produced by SNL producer Lorne Michaels and music producer Mark Ronson. The single night event will kick off the show’s celebratory weekend. On Sunday, Feb. 16, SNL 50: The Anniversary Special will air live at 8 p.m.

This is one of many big specials NBC and Peacock has released leading up to the “Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary. The streamer has already released the four-episode docuseries “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” from Morgan Neville as well as NBC’s documentary “Ladies and Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music” from Questlove.

Live is planning a rocking celebration ahead of its 50th anniversary. Peacock will air SNL50: The Homecoming Concert live on February 14 – two days ahead of the 50th anniversary show. It will be hosted by former SNL star Jimmy Fallon and will feature a phalanx of pop stars and rock stars including

Live’s new documentary separates fact from fiction about a rumoured in-studio riot during a 1981 musical performance by the punk rock band Fear

The show was in a bad place,” Carvey recalls. “I was told if we don't hit the ground running, they'll pull the plug at Christmas.”

Director of '50 Years of SNL Music' reveals inside story of performances by Kanye West, Ashlee Simpson, and more

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“SNL” executive producer Lorne Michaels pitched Questlove on a documentary about the show's music in early 2021, shortly after Questlove won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance for his documentary “Summer of Soul” (which also would nab an Oscar that year).

Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Seth Meyers, Molly Shannon, Kenan Thompson and Bowen Yang sit down with PEOPLE to talk about how they got to Studio 8H, their biggest laughs on the show and how hard it wa