Posted on 10/07/2021 5:38:48 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
The ratings for the premiere of the newest season of Saturday Night Live suffered a massive implosion from those from last year.
According to a Nielsen Ratings report, SNL garnered only 4.9 million viewers for the beginning of its 47th season, a massive drop from the 8.2 million viewers the show had for its premiere in 2020.
SNL saw similar drops when the ratings were broken down by demographic. Among viewers between the ages of 25 and 54, the show saw a 47% drop from the year previous, while viewership dropped by 50% among viewers between the ages of 18 and 49.
The premiere show was hosted by popular actor Owen Wilson and featured Grammy-winning country star Kacey Musgraves as the musical guest. The cold open to the show mocked the political in-fighting between Democratic politicians trying to pass two massive spending bills, and even jabbed at the hypocrisy of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) who partied with rich celebrities at the Met Gala while criticizing the rich.
The show, which is decidedly left-leaning, has been criticized over the years for some of its political jokes. Cast member Michael Che was accused of being "trans-phobic" for a joke he told during the "Weekend Update" news segment of the show in February. The show was also forced to fire cast member Shane Gillis in 2019 after some online outrage over insensitive comments he made while a guest on podcast years earlier.
SNL might see a ratings bump next weekend when Kim Kardashian West hosts and Halsey performs as the musical guest.
Still
No
Laughter
They say that every year, and it gets renewed for another season.
snl is way, way, way past its best if used by date,
Congratulations, kids, and and great grandkids, and great-grandkids, and so on, you got debt to your eyeballs for the rest of your lives (and your livelihoods).
After the Not Ready for Prime Time players - meh.
The only thing worse than an unfunny SNL is an enemedia that will brook no genuine competition to it.
The entire Media in the country is lost at sea!!! The American people, the overwhelming majority, hate Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and just about the entire Democrat Party!!! Until TV programs like SNL get real...they will go nowhere but down the drain of the nearest kitchen sink!!! End of story...Case Closed!!!
Their core audience can’t stay up as late as they used to. Oh, and the show hasn’t been funny in a long time.
Hasn’t been funny since the late 1970’s
Any wonder...
The entire television industrial complex is out to sea.
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They could get a belly laugh from me if they get cancelled.
Search Kyle Dunnigan on YouTube for a spot on imitation of Biden. He even does him as commander of the Enterprise.
In Living Color was a pretty funny competitor while it was on. Mad TV was pretty good too.
I haven’t watched it in years. It came on after the news last week so I decided to give it a try. One hour later, I never even cracked a smile.
Is it still on?
Most “In Living Color” material could never get made today.
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