when does snl air

Saturday Night Live (SNL) airs live every Saturday night at 11:30 pm Eastern Time (ET), 10:30 pm Central Time (CT), and 8:30 pm Pacific Time (PT) on NBC. The show is broadcast live across the contiguous United States so viewers in different time zones watch it in real time. New episodes also stream the following day on Peacock. This schedule has been in place for the current 2025-2026 season (Season 51) which premiered on October 4, 2025.