Watch Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (S40 EP0) online or the read episode recap on NBC.com. Directed by Don Roy King. With Fred Armisen, Dan Aykroyd, Alec Baldwin, Vanessa Bayer. Former members of Saturday Night Live come together to remember the past 40. HitFixs Alan Sepinwall reviews the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special, featuring Bill Murray, Jimmy Fallon, Eddie Murphy, Justin Timberlake, Steve Martin. Here are 10 of the best musical moments from Saturday Night Live's 40th anniversary special. Saturdays at 11:30/10:30c on NBC. The Emmy Award-winning comedy show Saturday Night Live returns with new episodes on October 3, 2015 for its 41st season. 'Saturday Night Live' will mark its 40th Anniversary on the air with an epic special in 2015 - but will it be a clips special or something more? Here's the full list of who showed up on the SNL 40th anniversary special NBC took Saturday Night Live out of Saturday late-night into Sunday primetime to mark its 40th anniversary. Actually, the veteran sketch show is not turning 40 for. That would make sense if they were announcing it now for broadcast in Oct 2015, but it is for next February, which is not the show’s 40th anniversary. Synopsis. The special followed the format of a typical Saturday Night Live episode, extended to 3½ hours instead of the usual 1½, and included a cold open, a.