Director of '50 Years of SNL Music' reveals inside story of performances by Kanye West, Ashlee Simpson, and more

NBC’s celebration of “Saturday Night Live’s” 50-year history will continues this week with a new 3-hour documentary titled “Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music.”

The celebration of SNL’s 50th anniversary continues with a look at their iconic music performances in a feature doc directed by Questlove.

In his documentary, Questlove puts context around the hundreds of musical performances ahead of SNL’s 50th anniversary special next month.

Questlove's newest documentary features interviews and clips from 50 years of musical performances on Saturday Night Live.

Live is going big in celebration of its 50th anniversary, and part of that effort was announced last month, when it was revealed Questlove and Oz Rodriguez co-directed a new documentary, Ladies &

Live's rich musical history gets unpacked in Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music. The 12 Biggest Revelations from Questlove’s SNL Music Documentary

I think live music on TV is important.” He’s not wrong! And Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music proves it.

It's a mashup of performances from artists that few people would think of putting together, like R.E.M. and Morris Day, Rick James and Duran Duran, Hanson and Cher. Filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson's experience as a DJ taught him enough about beats per minute and musical keys to meld things seamlessly.

The highly entertaining Ladies and Gentlemen gets into the best and most controversial musical moments from 50 years of SNL history. But what about the dregs?

Here's a one-sentence review: The new film about Saturday Night Live's five-decade history of (mostly) live musical performances kicks off with the best opening to a music-centered documentary I ...

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music premieres Monday, January 27 on NBC, streaming next-day on Peacock.