Members jcar03 Posted December 20, 2020 Members Share Posted December 20, 2020 I think a lot of cast members stuck around that would have left if we were not in a pandemic. McKinnon, Strong, Bryant, Mooney, Bennett are all over 8 seasons now. Even Davidson is at 7 seasons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted December 22, 2020 Members Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) Agreed. The article posted certainly highlighted on the newer (i.e. those who've been around for 3-4 years) folks needing to step up their game. On nights when Cecily Strong is off, Aidy is MIA, and McKinnon only does the opening sketch, there are some weak sauce players and the skits don't gel. They've got a great team of players overall, but I agree some of the sideline players need to sieze the moment and become the next big breakouts. That said, newbies Bowen Yang kills it in everything he does, and Chloe Fineman is definitely picking up the pace. And Ego excels - they need to build on her. Edited December 22, 2020 by Gray Bunny 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted December 25, 2020 Members Share Posted December 25, 2020 Frankly, I think Ego is the strongest performer to come along on SNL in ages. It's way past time for a woman of color to break out on this show. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted January 22, 2021 Members Share Posted January 22, 2021 Looking forward to Regina King... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted April 23, 2021 Members Share Posted April 23, 2021 Melissa Villaseñor did impressions of John Mulaney, Sarah Silverman, and Kate McKinnon as host of the Independent Spirit Awards. Not sure why SNL doesn’t build skits around her impressions: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted April 24, 2021 Members Share Posted April 24, 2021 Elon Musk will host May 8: https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/elon-musk-saturday-night-live-host-tesla-spacex-1234959658/amp/?__twitter_impression=true 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted April 30, 2021 Members Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) @DRW50 Edited April 30, 2021 by Vee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted May 1, 2021 Members Share Posted May 1, 2021 @Vee Thanks. That's interesting. It's also likely a smokescreen, of course (cast members who have a lot of power or make Lorne a lot of money can probably take a powder [like Mike Myers did when Nancy Kerrigan hosted...others, not likely], but I guess it can be seen as a sign of progress compared to the days when the show wished death on Nora Dunn for boycotting the Andrew Dice Clay episode. Lorne undercuts his very talented cast (and mostly talented writing team) with these ratings-chasing, shock value hosts, but if we got a trainwreck episode it might be fascinating to document, if nothing else. Unfortunately we will probably get a very safe, "cute," stilted episode that will be forgotten in a week, at least until the first cast member to leave the show shares weird Elon stories on 500 different podcasts. Hopefully someone more compelling and less heinous will host the last two episodes of the season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Faulkner Posted May 3, 2021 Members Share Posted May 3, 2021 Keegan-Michael Key should be great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Planet Soap Posted May 3, 2021 Members Share Posted May 3, 2021 (edited) Not sure how you all feel about this, but I always found Mad Tv (and In Living Color) to be edgier and funnier than SNL. It think Mad's 1 hour run time was a plus too. Both shows also boasted a more diverse cast. Mad Tv especially could swing from frat boy to urban and everyman's humor. Mad and Living were strong at music video parodies as well. Because SNL has to fill a 90 minute slot, it's makes half the skits feel like moderate to barely funny filler. The only advantage SNL has is comedy star generating power and the iconic backdrop of New York and Rockefeller Center to add to it's prestige. Edited May 3, 2021 by ironlion 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted June 4, 2021 Members Share Posted June 4, 2021 SNL was the No. 1 entertainment series (meaning excluding sports) in the 18-49 demo across all of ad-supported TV this past season, beating even The Masked Singer and This Is Us. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/snl-ratings-no-1-2020-21-season-1234963138/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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