Saturday Night Live bil Arabi

Saturday Night Live Arabic (Arabic: ساترداي نايت لايف بالعربي), commonly known as SNL Arabia, is an Egyptian late-night sketch comedy and variety television program broadcast on OSN Ya Hala HD.[1] It is the Arab world's edition of the long-running American TV show Saturday Night Live on NBC. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "from Cairo, it's Saturday Night Live in Arabic" (Arabic: من القاهرة، ساترداي نايت لايف بالعربي), properly beginning the show.[2]

Saturday Night Live bil Arabi
Also known asSaturday Night Live Arabic
Arabicساترداي نايت لايف بالعربي
Genre
Directed byAmr Salama
Opening themeby Eftekasat
Country of originEgypt
Original languageArabic
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes53
Production
ProducerTarek el-Ganainy
EditorAli Murad
Production companyTVision
Broadway Video
Original release
NetworkOSN (2016–2018)
ONtv (2017–2018)
ReleaseFebruary 16, 2016 (2016-02-16) –
January 6, 2018 (2018-01-06) (suspended)

The weekly program premiered on February 16, 2016, on OSN and aired on 11:30 pm EET.[3] On October 7, 2017, at the beginning of season 4 the show started airing on ONtv.[4] The show was suspended by the Supreme Media Council in February 2018 for containing "sexual implications".[5]

Cast

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  • Khalid Mansour (Weekend Update anchor)
  • Shadi Alfons (Weekend Update anchor)
  • Nour Qadrooo
  • Tony Maher
  • Mahmoud Ellisy
  • Islam Ibrahim
  • Mirna Gamil
  • Ahmed Sultan
  • Allawi al-Husseini
  • Nancy Salah
  • Yara Fahmi
  • Hazim Ehab
  • Amro Wahba (Joined 2017)

Cast timeline

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Series overview

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Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 13 February 16, 2016 (2016-02-16) 2016
2 13 September 17, 2016 (2016-09-17) December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)
3 13 February 18, 2017 (2017-02-18) June 13, 2017 (2017-06-13)
4 14 October 7, 2017 (2017-10-07) January 6, 2018 (2018-01-06)

Episodes

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Season 1 (2016)

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No.
overall
No. in
season
HostMusical guest(s)Original air date
11Donia Samir GhanemBoy BandFebruary 16, 2016 (2016-02-16)
22Mona ZakiBosy2016 (2016)
33Hend SabryAhmed Saad2016 (2016)
44Ahmed FahmiDina al-Wadidy2016 (2016)
55RubyMahmoud el-Esseily2016 (2016)
66Hassan El RaddadMai Selim2016 (2016)
77Dorra ZarroukMustafa Hajaj2016 (2016)
88Amr YoussefAhmed Adaweyah2016 (2016)
99Emy Samir GhanemYuri Mraqqadi2016 (2016)
1010Kinda AlloushMuhammad Rashad2016 (2016)
1111Mohamed BarakatCarmen Soliman2016 (2016)
1212Ayten AmerAhmad Gamal2016 (2016)
1313Amr SaadSalalem Band2016 (2016)

Season 2 (2016)

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No.
overall
No. in
season
HostMusical guest(s)Original air date
141Asser YassinNesma MahgoubSeptember 17, 2016 (2016-09-17)
152Dina El SherbinyNasser Abu LafySeptember 24, 2016 (2016-09-24)
163Nelly KarimMassar EgbariOctober 1, 2016 (2016-10-01)
174Haya al-ShuaibiBlack TheamaOctober 8, 2016 (2016-10-08)
185Dhafer L'AbidineWust El-BaladOctober 15, 2016 (2016-10-15)
196Rania YoussefAbd el-Fattah el-GriniOctober 22, 2016 (2016-10-22)
207Maya DiabMaya DiabOctober 29, 2016 (2016-10-29)
218Hana ShihaBasata BandNovember 5, 2016 (2016-11-05)
229Hamada HelalHamada HelalNovember 12, 2016 (2016-11-12)
2310Yasmin RaeisSharmoofers BandNovember 19, 2016 (2016-11-19)
2411WamaWamaNovember 26, 2016 (2016-11-26)
2512Nicole SabaNicole SabaDecember 3, 2016 (2016-12-03)
2613Hany RamzyTakh BandDecember 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)

Season 3 (2017)

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No.
overall
No. in
season
HostMusical guest(s)Original air date
271YousraRamy AyachFebruary 18, 2017 (2017-02-18)
282Fifi AbdouAminaFebruary 25, 2017 (2017-02-25)
293ZeinaMahmoud EllisyMarch 4, 2017 (2017-03-04)
304Samir GhanemJadaLMarch 11, 2017 (2017-03-11)
315Ahmed El-FishawyQusay & SphynxMarch 18, 2017 (2017-03-18)
326Akram HosnyHossam HabibMarch 25, 2017 (2017-03-25)
337Nahed El SebaiMohamed el-RifiApril 1, 2017 (2017-04-01)
348Amina KhalilHossam HosnyApril 8, 2017 (2017-04-08)
359Hisham Abbas & Hamid Al-ShairiHisham Abbas & Hamid Al-ShairiApril 15, 2017 (2017-04-15)
3610Saba MubarakMedhat SalehApril 22, 2017 (2017-04-22)
3711Hasan al-BallamAbdel Basset HamoudaApril 29, 2017 (2017-04-29)
3812Eyad NassarTarabbandMay 6, 2017 (2017-05-06)
3913Myriam FaresMyriam FaresJune 13, 2017 (2017-06-13)

Season 4 (2017–18)

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No.
overall
No. in
season
HostMusical guest(s)Original air date
401Haifa WehbeHaifa WehbeOctober 7, 2017 (2017-10-07)
412Ahmed DawoodTarek el-SheikhOctober 14, 2017 (2017-10-14)
423Shereen RedaAhmed ShebaOctober 21, 2017 (2017-10-21)
434Bayoumi FouadAboOctober 28, 2017 (2017-10-28)
445Somaya El KhashabRamy SabryNovember 4, 2017 (2017-11-04)
456Khaled El NabawyDiabNovember 11, 2017 (2017-11-11)
467Menna ShalabyEmad KamalNovember 18, 2017 (2017-11-18)
478Ghada Abdel RazekTahra HamimichNovember 25, 2017 (2017-11-25)
489Maged el-MasryJannatDecember 2, 2017 (2017-12-02)
4910MidoHamdi BetchanDecember 2, 2017 (2017-12-02)
5011Ahmed El SakkaMTMDecember 16, 2017 (2017-12-16)
5112ShamsShamsDecember 23, 2017 (2017-12-23)
5213Arwa GoudaFabrikaDecember 30, 2017 (2017-12-30)
5314Mohamed RamadanMohamed RamadanJanuary 6, 2018 (2018-01-06)

Specials

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TitleOriginal air date
"Best of Season 3"June 20, 2017 (2017-06-20)

References

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  1. ^ Saturday Night Live Arabia, Hazem Ehab, Mahmoud Ellisy, Noor Kadri, retrieved 2018-01-14{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ Ian Lee. "Live, from Cairo – it's Saturday Night!". CNN. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  3. ^ "Everything You Need To Know About SNL Arabia". The Glocal. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  4. ^ "صفحة snl بالعربى تعلن عن موعد عرض البرنامج على on باسكتش كوميدى – اليوم السابع". اليوم السابع (in Arabic). 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  5. ^ "Egypt's Media Council suspends SNL Arabia over 'sexual implications'". Arab News. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
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