As the sports world anxiously awaits the return of athletes to the field, NBC Sports Network has decided to offer up something to hold everyone over.
Beginning on Monday, May 25, NBCSN will air 20 old Saturday Night Live episodes that were hosted by legendary athletes. And the kewlest thing of all? Eli Manning’s classic episode will be among them.
Manning originally hosted the show on May 5, 2012, a mere three months after leading the New York Giants to a Super Bowl XLVI victory and walking away with the game MVP for the second time in his career.
“I think he’s both charming and radiates a certain kind of intelligence and I don’t know how to say this, but you sort of believe that he doesn’t take himself that seriously,” SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels said on a joint conference call with Manning leading up to the show. “I think he takes his work very seriously, but there’s this sort of essential modesty to him and I think that plays well with what we do. If the host is spending a lot of time protecting an image, it’s exhausting, particularly for us.”
Manning’s SNL episode will re-air on 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 26. The full schedule, provided by Giants.com, can be found below:
Monday, May 25:
- 8 p.m.: Michael Jordan (from Sept. 28, 1991)
- 9 p.m.: LeBron James (from Sept. 29, 2007)
- 10 p.m.: Charles Barkley (from Jan. 9, 2010)
Tuesday, May 26:
- 7:00 p.m.: Tom Brady (from April 16, 2005).
- 8:00 p.m.: Peyton Manning (from March 24, 2007)
- 9:00 p.m.: Eli Manning (from May 5, 2012)
- 10:00 p.m.: J.J. Watt (from Feb. 1, 2020)
Wednesday, May 27:
- 7:00 p.m.: Dwayne Johnson (from March 18, 2000)
- 8:00 p.m.: Dwayne Johnson (from April 13, 2002)
- 9:00 p.m.: Dwayne Johnson (from March 7, 2009)
- 10:00 p.m.: Andy Roddick (from Nov. 8, 2003)
Thursday, May 28:
- 7:00 p.m.: Dwayne Johnson (from March 28, 2015)
- 8:00 p.m.: John Cena (from Dec. 10, 2016)
- 9:00 p.m.: Dwayne Johnson (from May 20, 2017)
- 10:00 p.m.: Ronda Rousey (from Jan. 23, 2016)
Friday, May 29:
- 7:00 p.m.: Michael Phelps (from Sept. 13, 2008) 7 p.m.
- 8:00 p.m.: Derek Jeter (from Dec. 1, 2001) 8 p.m.
- 9:00 p.m.: Charles Barkley (from Jan. 7, 2012) 9 p.m.
- 10:00 p.m.: Charles Barkley (from March 3, 2018) 10 p.m.
- 11:00 p.m.: Michael Jordan (from Sept. 28, 1991) 11 p.m.
