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Originally Posted by troutman
I've said this before, and will argue again - SNL from the very beginning always has roughly the same hit rate. Most shows have 2-3 good skits, some years have 2-3 shows where most of the skits were good. This is the challenge of a Live show where writing occurs basically over two days.
If you watch old shows in their entirety (not just the really good episodes that get replayed) there are always plenty of misses.
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Nope, I respectfully reject this. There is another key factor missing that negates the idea that it's always the same and we just remember the good. The show also goes through growing pains where the current/new cast is trying to find chemistry, characters, inside/reoccurring jokes etc.
Right now is a bad period where they clearly don't have a strong cast with a huge lack of chemistry. A skit needs to be perfectly written right now to be a hit, the cast will rarely push anything extra of out it or create something of nothing.
Look at Hader, Wiig, Armison etc. Huge chemistry, huge skill, regularly making mediocre premises just land in hilarious ways, with the chemistry and breaking between cast turning even some bad sketches into memorable ones.