WWE is bringing back Saturday Night’s Main Event and will air on Peacock. The first episode will air on Dec. 14 from Long Island, NY. The very same place the first one aired in 1985.
Saturday Night’s Main Event first aired in 1985 and lasted until 1992. In then was revived shortly in 2006, but after only five episodes over the course of two years, it ended in 2008.
Per WWE:
September 17, 2024 – WWE and NBC announce the return of the iconic Saturday Night’s Main Event, which will air live on Saturday, December 14 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and simulcast on Peacock. The special will be held at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island, N.Y., the site of the first-ever Saturday Night’s Main Event.
This marks the first primetime special, which will air quarterly on NBC and Peacock, as part of WWE’s new, five-year domestic media rights partnership with NBCUniversal, which officially kicked off last Friday with SmackDown on USA Network.
Additionally, official Saturday Night’s Main Event Priority Passes are available now through exclusive partner On Location, offering fans premium seating, hospitality events with Superstar appearances, exclusive photo opportunities, and more. To buy now or learn more about Saturday Night’s Main Event Priority Passes, please visit https://onlocationexp.com/mainevent.
Saturday Night’s Main Event originally premiered on NBC in May of 1985.
Peacock is the live streaming home of WWE in the U.S., with upcoming premium live events such as Bad Blood, NXT Halloween Havoc and Crown Jewel, in addition to WWE shows like Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal, American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes and WWE Evil.
