I am still upset the local TV station knocked my SI-FI movies(FANTASTIC THEATER,Tulsa channel 2) off the air to replace it with SNL back around 1975 or early 1976.
Had my Popcorn, soda pop and sat down to watch my usual horror or SI-FI movie, cheapos at that, and on comes..”LIVE FROM NEW YORK! IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT!”
I asked...”Where’s my movie?” I even sat through it hoping the SI-FI movie would be on afterward. It wasn’t. Bummer.
I hear you. I got lucky. In my town the really bad sci fi movie came on after SNL and on a different channel.