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It’s funny how such an unfunny show works to promote and train a steady flow of talent. I wonder what will become the next mainstream comedy breeding ground aft
by itisit 3y ago
It’s funny how such an unfunny show works to promote and train a steady flow of talent. I wonder what will become the next mainstream comedy breeding ground after Lorne calls it quits. Given the show’s ratings (and relevance) decline since the 90s, I imagine we’ll see SNL wrap it up within the decade. I’m not sure it will be missed.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoI literally could of have posted your exact same comment in any year of the past 40 (replacing the "decline since the xxs" with some previous decade), and it would have looked like a million similar comments of that time, and would gotten lots of "yeah, SNL was way funnier back in my day" responses. Yet obviously some people find it funny, or it wouldn't have been around for nearly 50 years.
- itisit 3y agoIt's not nostalgia for anything, as the show's never been to my taste. What I'm saying is the show's ratings are quite literally the worst they've ever been. Part of that is the general decline of linear tv and part is also the quality of the show itself. Were it not for its largely unchallenged time slot, it would have been off the air long ago.