NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that it will broadcast SNL on STERN, a five-part original series hosted by Howard Stern that offers an uncensored, backstage history of Saturday Night Live as told by the show's cast, guest hosts and writers from three decades of memorable appearances on The Howard Stern Show.

(Logo: https://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101014/NY82093LOGO )

SNL on STERN premieres on December 19 and airs through December 23 beginning at 6:00 am ET daily on Howard 100 and 6:00 am PT on Howard 101. SNL on STERN will air in five original installments, with encore performances all day and throughout the weekend on Howard 100.

A lifelong fan, Howard's entertaining and in-depth interviews with the cast, writers and guest hosts of Saturday Night Live have provided some of the most entertaining radio in the show's history since his first with Gilda Radner in 1983.

SNL on STERN features interviews with nearly fifty former and current SNL stars including Chris Rock, Bill Murray, David Spade, Chevy Chase, Tina Fey, Jimmy Fallon, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi, Jim Breuer, Dana Carvey, Billy Crystal, Robert Downey Jr., Julia Louis Dreyfus, Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Al Franken, Gilbert Gottfried, Darrell Hammond, Phil Hartman, Victoria Jackson, Chris Kattan, Colin Quinn, Fred Armisen, Jon Lovitz, Ben Stiller, Norm MacDonald and Lorne Michaels, SNL's creator and executive producer.

Highlights from SNL on STERN include:

• Chevy Chase opens up about his backstage brawl with Bill Murray
• Classic Stern Show interviews with the late Phil Hartman
• Gilda Radner's disastrous 1983 interview with Howard
• Darrell Hammond shares his experience meeting former President Bill Clinton
• Norm MacDonald recalls his bizarre firing from the "Weekend Update" desk
• Jim Breuer gives the behind-the-scenes scoop on Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro's famous cameos
• Audition horror stories from Jimmy Fallon, Kevin Nealon and Gilbert Gottfried
• Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller and Sarah Silverman discuss their short stints as cast members
• Stern's commentary on Ashlee Simpson lip synching and other infamous moments in show history

SNL on STERN is produced by The Howard Stern Production Company. Visit www.siriusxm.com/howard100 for daily show highlights, exclusive audio clips, a comprehensive cast guide plus the official SNL on STERN poster.

About Sirius XM Radio

Sirius XM Radio is America's satellite radio company.  SiriusXM broadcasts more than 135 satellite radio channels of commercial-free music, and premier sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic, weather, and data services to over 21 million subscribers. SiriusXM offers an array of content from many of the biggest names in entertainment, as well as from professional sports leagues, major colleges, and national news and talk providers.

SiriusXM programming is available on more than 800 devices, including pre-installed and after-market radios in cars, trucks, boats and aircraft, smartphones and mobile devices, and consumer electronics products for homes and offices. SiriusXM programming is also available at siriusxm.com, and on Apple, BlackBerry and Android-powered mobile devices.

SiriusXM has arrangements with every major automaker and its radio products are available for sale at shop.siriusxm.com as well as retail locations nationwide. 

This communication contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about future financial and operating results, our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions with respect to future operations, products and services; and other statements identified by words such as "will likely result," "are expected to," "will continue," "is anticipated," "estimated," "intend," "plan,"  "projection," "outlook" or words of similar meaning.  Such forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of our management and are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond our control.  Actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements. 

The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the forward-looking statement:  our competitive position versus other forms of audio and video entertainment; our ability to retain subscribers and maintain our average monthly revenue per subscriber; our dependence upon automakers and other third parties; potential economic recessionary trends and uncertain economic outlook; our substantial indebtedness; and the useful life of our satellites, which, in most cases, are not insured.  Additional factors that could cause our results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, which is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and available at the SEC's Internet site (http://www.sec.gov). The information set forth herein speaks only as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any intention or obligation to update any forward looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this communication.

Follow SiriusXM on Twitter or like the SiriusXM page on Facebook.

P-SIRI

Contact for SiriusXM:
Hillary Schupf
212.901.6739
hillary.schupf@siriusxm.com

 

SOURCE Sirius XM Radio