Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter opened the 50th anniversary special celebrating “Saturday Night Live” with a duet of his song “Homeward Bound.” The 83-year-old Simon has been a constant on “SNL” since its earliest episodes in 1975,

The 50th anniversary special for "Saturday Night Live" began with music generations colliding, with Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter singing "Homeward Bound." Simon told the audience it was a song he first sang with former Beatle George Harrison in 1976.

The Grammy winners performed a touching duet of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound,” which he sang on the show decades earlier in 1976.

Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Paul McCartney, Eddie Murphy and Alec Baldwin were just some of the stars at "SNL50: The Anniversary Celebration" which aired live from New York, of course.

It’s hard to believe that Saturday Night Live is almost old enough to qualify for AARP benefits. Yet the groundbreaking sketch comedy series is indeed celebrating five decades on the air, commemorated with a 50th Anniversary Special on Sunday night.

Sunday night’s 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live got started on the right note. Stone-cold legend Paul Simon, a regular SNL musical guest and close friend of showrunner Lorne Michaels ...

Live celebrated its 50th anniversary with spectacular performances by several superstars, including a Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter duet.

What happened during SNL50? Three hours of slapdash sketch comedy and celebrity cameos, such as Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Paul Simon and Meryl Streep.

The cold open to SNL50: The Anniversary Special featured Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter gracefully duetting on Homeward Bound, the wistful Simon and Garfunkel hit from 1966. The performance took place on “home base,” the iconic comedy show’s name for the familiar set where hosts have traditionally given the opening monologue for five decades.

A star-studded cast have taken part in a three-hour special to celebrate the 50th anniversary of legendary US comedy show Saturday Night Live. The SNL50 show took place on Sunday (not Saturday) - but it was live, as always, from Studio 8H in New York City's Rockefeller Centre.

The 50th anniversary celebration of “Saturday Night Live” is so big, it’s not even on Saturday. Airing Sunday and spanning three hours, the live “SNL50: The Anniversary Celebration” will assemble a dream team of stars who have helped the show become an enduring pop culture force.

The star-studded, three-hour primetime special on Sunday also featured musical performances by Miley Cyrus, Brittany Howard, Paul McCartney and Lil Wayne