周六夜现场第四十季

Saturday Night Live简称SNL，中文译名《周六夜现场》是NBC电视台一档已经播到第37季的综艺节目。很多著名的喜剧演员都是演SNL出身，诸如Chris Rock，Will Ferrel，Julia Louis-Dreyfus，Eddie Murphy，Mike Myers，Adam Sandler这些赫赫有名的喜剧演员都曾经是SNL的卡司成员，而近年来非常走红的Tina Fey和Amy Poehler也是由SNL起步，有了自己的剧集。Tina Fey甚至是SNL 30多年历史上的首位女性主笔。她一手打造的30 Rock正是以SNL为背景的。

SNL最大的特点是结合当下最热点话题，用恶搞的小品来针砭时事，可以视其为流行文化的一面镜子。由于SNL播出时间段较晚，所以尺度相对一般美剧会稍微大一点，恶搞的笑料从来也不缺乏话题。
每集SNL都会有一位表演嘉宾和一位音乐嘉宾。表演嘉宾会参与到小品的表演中，往往能让人看到该嘉宾不同的一面，并且这样的喜剧表演也是其演技的试金石。而音乐嘉宾通常是当下当红的歌星，会进行现场表演。

Saturday Night Live premiered its fortieth season during the 2014–15 television season on NBC. The season premiered on September 27, 2014, with host Chris Pratt and musical guest Ariana Grande, and former cast member Darrell Hammond as the show's new announcer, replacing Don Pardo, who had died in August. The premiere included an interstitial photograph of Pardo. Pardo had been the announcer for SNL since it premiered in 1975, with the exception of season seven and season 21, episode 14, where Hammond took his place. This season also saw the death of former cast member Jan Hooks, who died from cancer two weeks into the season.