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Originally Posted by jayswin
It's been so bad. It's almost weird the way we're wired to enjoy SNL differently than other shows and wait for the good skits, maybe the live aspect makes you route for them to deliver more than pre-recorded shows?
Either way, if other comedies failed to make people laugh at the same percentage rate as SNL they'd be cancelled so ****ing fast.
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The live TV aspect definitely gives them grace, and also keeps people tuning in because it's different than any other type of TV. But if you listen to people like Hader, Meyers, Mulaney etc... they fully admit that if you're at 15-20% funny vs not, its a good day. And a lot of times, what the staff thinks is hilarious actually tanks, while stuff they thought was awful ends up exploding (IE David S Pumpkins). It's a live show that's written in like 2 days. Expectations are adjusted for that for sure.
The real saviors are the on-screen talent who can take nothing premises and make them hilarious with just the right delivery, or by adding their own improv. They've lost a lot of talented people in the last few years. It'll rebound again once people find their footing/are replaced.