“ SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night ” will be available for Peacock users as long as they have a subscription to the service. Without a subscription, there is currently no other way to watch the event. At this time, “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” is only available on Peacock.

What “SNL50” adds to the overstuffed canon of 30 Rock lore is a direct result of all this eager participation. “Five Minutes” is structured around performer after performer watching and reacting to their own audition tapes,

Peacock’s new docuseries has the massive task of defining a show that has defined culture for decades, as it peers into cast auditions, the writers room, the iconic cowbell sketch and the 1985-1986 season that almost canceled the show.