Michael Phelps to host Saturday Night Live

Posted: Saturday, 30th August 2008 at 1:47pm by Paul

Michael Phelps - eight time gold medal winner at this year’s Olympic Games in Beijing - will host Saturday Night Live in it’s first new episode on the 13th September. NBC was the American broadcaster of the Olympic Games 2008 so it seems appropriate for Phelps to host Saturday Night Live on NBC. The Olympic swimmer will need to adapt to comedy for the role. He will be joined by rapper Lil Wayne.

The Telegraph says “Phelps has been besieged with showbusiness and commercial offers since he became the most decorated Olympian in history earlier this month” and “the 23-year-old will be joined by rapper Lil Wayne as co-host, after Phelps revealed that he listens to New Oreans hip hop star on his iPod before races”.

Telegraph - “Michael Phelps to host Saturday Night Live”

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  1. Are any UK channels showing Saturday Night Live this year?

    Comment by Mark — 16 September @ 10:33 am

  2. Unfortunately not.

    ITV4 used to air Saturday Night Live but don’t anymore.

    If you want to see clips, you can go to http://www.nbc.com/snl - there isn’t really any other option.

    Comment by Paul — 17 September @ 12:12 pm

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