‘SNL’ 40th Anniversary Special [LIVE STREAM]: See Red Carpet [PHOTOS] of Legendary NBC Sketch Show Featuring Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon, Jerry Seinfeld, And More [VIDEO]

Well folks––tonight is the night! Saturday Night Live will be airing its live 40th anniversary special, beginning at 8 p.m. At 7 p.m., however, NBC will be airing the red carpet event hosted by hosts of the one and only Today Show. Afterwards, the legendary NBC sketch show will take the airwaves for an astounding 3.5 hours, featung the likes of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee host Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Fallon, Justin Timberlake, and many, many, many more. And best of all, every minute will be being live streamed via NBC.com!

In fact, NBC has begun tossing up a number of photos of the red carpet on Twitter!

Lorne Michaels, the unflappable boss behind Saturday Night Live who has made things run (kind of) smoothly for the past 40 years – okay ... maybe 35 since he was gone for five of them – has invited just about everyone who has ever appeared on the show to come back for the event. And as you can imagine, they all pretty much flocked at the chance to appear on tonight's legendary event.

Check out the teaser trailer for the SNL 40th anniversary special here:

So, who else will be stopping by? Let's take a look at just some of them:

Dan Aykroyd
Alec Baldwin
Tina Fey
Robert De Nero
Kanye West
Chevy Chase
David Spade
Eddie Murphy (yes, really!)
 Billy Crystal
Betty White
Fred Armisen

... and SO many more. Actually, here are some below! 

It's Louis C.K. on the #SNL40 red carpet! pic.twitter.com/98j2sANN9O

— Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) February 15, 2015

On the #SNL40 red carpet pic.twitter.com/JRIUG4njmW — Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) February 15, 2015

Masterful selfie stick-ing, Kenan! @TODAYshow The @NBCSNL cast on the #snl40 red carpet! pic.twitter.com/D5b28RjEJB

— Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) February 15, 2015

On the #SNL40 red carpet with @melissamccarthy pic.twitter.com/ACFT1sZgKE — Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) February 15, 2015

On the #SNL40 red carpet with #elviscostello pic.twitter.com/Ja0nPQV2zl

— Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) February 15, 2015

Be sure to check out all the action over on NBC.com.