Saturday Night Live
One Direction Role Musical guest Episode "Sofia Vergara/One Direction" Information Format Live sketch comedy Created by Lorne Michaels Country United States Episodes 719 Production Producers Lorne Michaels (1975–1980, 1985–present) Jean Doumanian (1980–1981) Dick Ebersol (1981–1985) Running time 90 minutes (with commercials) Broadcast Channel NBC Run October 11, 1975 – present

Saturday Night Live (abbreviated as SNL) is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show that airs on NBC. One Direction has appeared on the show once as a musical guest and was featred in a few sketches.

Premise

The show revolves around a series of skits parodying American culture and politics, performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. It was created and produced by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.

2012

It was announced during the "Jonah Hill/The Shins" episode on 10 March 2012 that One Direction would be the musical guest on 7 April 2012 with Sofia Vergara as host.

One Direction performed "What Makes You Beautiful" and "One Thing" during their time on the show.

They also appeared in the Fred Armisen led sketch of a Dominican talk show, 'The Manuel Ortiz Show'. They portrayed Sofia Vergara's children, Carlito (Harry), Pepito (Louis), Martito (Liam), Miguelito (Zayn) and Dick (Niall).

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