Prince steals the show with 8-minute 'Saturday Night Live' performance

Missy and the Doctor finally meet before major, possibly life-altering plans are drawn in the Nethersphere on “Doctor Who” (BBC America at 9 p.m.). Chris Rock hosts “Saturday Night Live” (NBC at 11:30), with musical guest the purpleness himself, Prince.

But when Prince was announced as musical guest for the Nov. 1 episode of SNL with Chris Rock as host, it was billed as a unique performance: for the first time, an artist would perform once for an extended period of time, without commercial interruption.

One of her favourite revelations is the mischievous story of the time when Prince William spent a fortnight working and living incognito at the mansion in October 2005. She says: “He spent a week working around the estate and made sausage rolls and

Chris Rock may be hosting Saturday Night Live this week but the star SNL alum makes it clear in his promos that Saturday's show is all about musical guest Prince. As one might expect with the shy Purple One, Prince himself 

Prince stole the show on "Saturday Night Live" with an energy-filled 8-minute medley performance, breaking from the show's convention of having musical guests perform two one-song numbers. Video: Prince broke “Saturday Night Live” convention,