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'SNL' paid audience members $150 each to adhere to NYC COVID guidelines
The Hill ^ | 10 07 2020 | Joe Concha

Posted on 10/07/2020 9:20:39 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

"Saturday Night Live" paid audience members $150 each to attend its season premiere on Saturday in an effort to comply with New York City coronavirus guidelines, according to The New York Times.

The program, which was broadcast live before an indoor studio audience at Rockefeller Center in New York City despite Broadway being shuttered and the city's movie theaters being closed, was hosted by comedian Chris Rock and featured Jim Carrey's first performance as Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

New York COVID-19 guidelines say media productions can only host an audience if comprised of paid individuals for the production company. By paying the audience, NBC was able to count them essentially as employees.

"SNL has confirmed that they followed the reopening guidance, including selecting audience members through a third-party screening and casting process and compensating them for their time as paid audience members," New York City Health Department spokesman Jonah Bruno said in a statement.

The guidelines also say the show can only have an audience at 25 percent capacity while never exceeding 100 people.

Audience members, who consisted of first responders, were administered temperature checks, wore masks and took a rapid test before entering Studio 8-H for the show's 46th season launch.

SNIP

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: covid; nbc; paidaudience; saturdaynightlive; saturdaynightvile; snl

1 posted on 10/07/2020 9:20:39 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

That’s cab fare in NYC..................


2 posted on 10/07/2020 9:23:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: yesthatjallen

Yes, SNL has gotten so bad that they have to pay the audience to attend.


3 posted on 10/07/2020 9:23:05 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Where do you find the word "except" in the 2nd Amendment?)
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To: yesthatjallen

I watch SNL even less than the NBA


4 posted on 10/07/2020 9:23:37 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: yesthatjallen

Dying gasps


5 posted on 10/07/2020 9:23:54 AM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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6 posted on 10/07/2020 9:29:55 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: yesthatjallen

It’s funny because i wouldn’t take $150 dollars to watch it in my living room...


7 posted on 10/07/2020 9:32:55 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: yesthatjallen

How much did they pay them to laugh?


8 posted on 10/07/2020 9:35:36 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: yesthatjallen
"including selecting audience members through a third-party screening and casting process"

The screening questionnaire:

_____ I am a radical Trump hating Marxist.
(Must be checked in order to qualify.)

9 posted on 10/07/2020 9:41:38 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: pepsi_junkie
How much did they pay them to laugh?

Now you're talking REAL money.

10 posted on 10/07/2020 9:48:00 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (Orange Man GOOD!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

And this kind of fecal matter is why I haven’t watched S aturday N ight L iberals in years !


11 posted on 10/07/2020 9:55:10 AM PDT by OldWhammerJammer
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To: yesthatjallen

Is SNL still on the air?


12 posted on 10/07/2020 10:00:04 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: yesthatjallen

I might tune in to watch their cold opening on the first Saturday in November.


13 posted on 10/07/2020 10:00:38 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts.)
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an inexpensive Biden campaign ad. Brilliant!
14 posted on 10/07/2020 10:05:57 AM PDT by llevrok (Vote while it is still legal! And often.)
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To: Red Badger

It would buy a marginal two-star-plus hotel room for the night. I think the last time I was in NY City....for the wife and I to have a ‘good’ dinner, I ended up with a $200k (tip included). I wouldn’t even say it was terrific or excellent...just good.


15 posted on 10/07/2020 10:18:03 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: yesthatjallen

Will they pay me for a thousand miles (and at least one channel on TV) of social distancing?


16 posted on 10/07/2020 10:28:15 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (In 2016 Obama ended America's 220 year tradition of peaceful transfer of power after an election.)
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... a marginal two-star-plus hotel room...

Clean sheets extra........................

17 posted on 10/07/2020 10:35:23 AM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: yesthatjallen

Look for both the state and city to come after each and every one of the audience members for taxes on that $150. Its bound to happen.


18 posted on 10/07/2020 2:00:40 PM PDT by hughesm1 (The left is at war with natural law.)
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