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‘SNL’: Producer & Talent Chief Lindsay Shookus Exits After 20 Years
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But then the show will be weak!
They have plenty of cast to make up for it.
It's interesting - Each time one mentions SNL, you often hear comments like "It's not been the same since XZY cast, or XYZ year, or XYZ performer". In reality, the show has been around for nearly 50 years. While there have been some cast members and skits and other things that were more memorable and "better" than others, the fact is that the show keeps reinventing itself with new cast members, different talent, changes in writing staff, etc.
Yeah, but now they've lost Aidy, Pete, Kate and now Cecily. Fred, Hader and Vanessa have been gone a while.
I will admit when Seth left I didn't think "Weekend Update" would be as good but when I watch the classic episodes in prime time that I didn't see until they started doing that, Colin and Che are the best they've ever had.
Well, I liked him, so that's what counts.
Indeed. For those who complain about the musical talent on SNL, one must realize most of their favorites are either long retired or dead.
You liking him doesn't matter to the show. Sure he is great for page 6 but SNL is doing just fine without him.
But that's double the writing, double the skits, double the rehearsals, and at least one third more expense. Do you think it will equate to double the ratings? How about double the revenue?
And lose the ad revenue because perhaps you don’t care for the later skits? If NBC was finding enough business justification for that, that’s one thing. For now, if the business is working for them, and they are monetizing all the content across platforms, there isn’t a need to change.
I record each show, and more often than not will watch skits after “Weekend Update”. “The Tonight Show” is just one example of a shortened show.
And what you do means exactly what to NBC and its advertisers? More "I am the world" thinking unsupported by any evidence that a critical mass of SNL viewers is doing the same thing you are. I don't like X, therefore nobody likes X. One of the simplest logical fallacies to expose, even if you add "and none of my friends like X" to the original claim.
They shorted the Tonight Show and then created a new show to replace some of that time.
Wow. “I am the world thinking…” I could not care less what anyone else likes or does. Obviously, if the formula works, why change it-I get it. I just made mention that “The Tonight Show” cut 30 minutes. I also realize that a lot of skit ideas get pitched, but don’t get approval. Perhaps my saying “better-quality” was off-putting. No offense was meant.
But you didn't say why it happened. It happened because the host (Carson) demanded it. So given the choice between losing the host or giving those 30 minutes to someone else, they chose plan B. That's not the situation with SNL. There is no one person, other than Lorne, who really matters. Lorne's company is a revenue partner in the show, so losing the 30 minutes costs him money.
I didn’t say why, because I did not know. Thanks for clearing that up!
I seem to recall that Carson actually got part ownership in the 12:30 show. So he didn't have to work the extra time, and he still made money from it. Genius.
It's been years since I've watched the show "live". One of the news aggregators I use normally posts a handful of reviews of SNL the day after it airs, and at least a few of those list out each sketch with a brief critique of each or list the best and the duds. Most of the sketches are then available to watch individually on Youtube and/or the NBC website. Normally if they pull off 3 or 4 solid, creative and/or funny sketches per show outside of Weekend Update they're doing well. At one time at least, Lorne used to hold sketches that were more "adult-themed" until after 12:30 so there can be some funny content in that final 1/2 hour.
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