Show making changes in the upcoming season.
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‘SNL’: Producer & Talent Chief Lindsay Shookus Exits After 20 Years
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Show making changes in the upcoming season.
There has been much speculation that SNL creator Lorne Michaels, who has his hands in lots of other interests and late-night programs on NBC and who's 3 months short of his 78th birthday, may step down after SNL's 50th season on the air, which would be the fall 2024 - Winter 2025 season of the show. Others have speculated that season 50 may be a good place to end the show completely.
50 years on TV is an amazing run in several respects, and SNL may simply not be the same without Lorne Michaels' leadership (it faltered badly during the few years he was away from it in the 1980s). We're also at a time where TV viewing tastes and habits are changing at a more rapid pace than at any other point in history.
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They've got enough old episodes where they could do classics for years. And some people say it's not as good now.
Your problem is likely more about current trends in popular music than SNL's choice of guest performers. SNL has always been about currently popular acts with viewers in the demo most appealing to advertisers.
but it's relevance might decline along with the rest of late night
No, they don’t.
You mean TV in general.
in 2022, no one would need to stay home on a Friday night to find out who shot JR, that attracted more viewers than voters in the 1980 election. the individual SNL sketches on youtube might attract more viewers days after their original broadcasts on SNL, and many younger viewers are fine with just watching highlights of football games rather than live games
you want cover bands doing oldies and classic rock instead?
Lorne Michaels says this season of SNL will be a "reinvention." Plus he has no plans to retire:
www.nytimes.com
Lorne Michaels Discusses the ‘Year of Reinvention’ Coming to ‘S.N.L.’ (Published 2022)
The “Saturday Night Live” creator explains how the show is handling one of its biggest cast turnovers in decades and why he has no plans to retire.
No surprise there. As of 2 days ago when Chris Redd announced he's not returning for this coming season after being with the show for the past 5, that brought the total number of cast members who aren't returning from last season to 8; some were more prominent and valuable than others.
That said, this too shall pass. Since the show's debut in the 1970s there have always been comments like "SNL hasn't been the same since the first season" or "SNL has been crap since XYZ player left" or "SNL will never survive once XYZ departs" and somehow it always has. Maybe some departed staff did certain impressions or had certain bits that no one else has been able to pull off since, but somehow the show has always survived...Though it is true that some casts and "eras" have been stronger and more memorable than others.
I posted it somewhere else and was told you have to pay.Lorne Michaels says this season of SNL will be a "reinvention." Plus he has no plans to retire:
Lorne Michaels Discusses the ‘Year of Reinvention’ Coming to ‘S.N.L.’ (Published 2022)
The “Saturday Night Live” creator explains how the show is handling one of its biggest cast turnovers in decades and why he has no plans to retire.
One thing SNL could consider is going to one hour. That should result in better-quality sketches. End with the second and final musical performance, but still have the traditional close.
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Not sure if it's entirely true, but I've heard that Lorne Michaels uses the last 1/2 hour to 1) Bury sketches that aren't as strong or that contain characters or concepts he wants to test and 2) It's where he usually puts the more adult-themed and risque bits. I guess the thinking is that both the young ones and the old cranky ones, neither of which those sketches are suited for, have moved on or are in bed by that time.
One reason I started watching in 2013 when they had the prime time reruns a week later is that I thought the show was a half hour shorter. Recording the full episode proved that was wrong, but if there's not enough good material for 90 minutes, why not?
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