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"Weekend Update" to become a primetime show during the Summer
Posted on 3/14/17 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 3/14/17 at 2:47 pm
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Awesome, now bring back Norm and Jim Downey for the summer run, and this could be great!
Damn. Nevermind any excitement then.
Awesome, now bring back Norm and Jim Downey for the summer run, and this could be great!
quote:
It’s official — NBC has picked up a primetime version of “Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update,” which will have a four-week summer run, beginning Thursday, Aug. 10, at 9 PM
The half-hour telecast will feature “Weekend Update” anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che. Additional “Saturday Night Live” cast members will also make appearances.
“‘SNL’ is having its best season in a quarter of a century — how many shows can say that?! — so we didn’t want them to take the summer off,” said Robert Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment. “We’re thrilled to have Colin Jost and Michael Che continuing their unique brand of news with fresh ‘Weekend Update’ shows in primetime this August.”
So far this season, “Saturday Night Live” originals are averaging a 3.57 rating in adults 18-49 and 11.022 million viewers overall in “live plus seven day” averages from Nielsen Media Research. This makes it the show’s top-rated season at this point in eight years in 18-49 (since 2008-09) and most-watched season in 24 years (since 1992-93).
Versus year-ago averages, “SNL” is up +21% in adult 18-49 rating (3.57 vs. 2.94) and up 2.2 million persons or +26% in total viewers with 11.022 million.
Damn. Nevermind any excitement then.
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Posted on 3/14/17 at 2:49 pm to OMLandshark
Jost/Che? Great, more Trump bashing.
Seriously, it's not even comedy....half the time they are just ranting about him instead of making jokes.
Seriously, it's not even comedy....half the time they are just ranting about him instead of making jokes.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 2:49 pm to OMLandshark
This will not be good. Those guys just aren't good at weekend update. Or comedy really.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 2:56 pm to OMLandshark
I haven't watched SNL in years
Posted on 3/14/17 at 2:57 pm to OMLandshark
another Daily Show copycat
Posted on 3/14/17 at 2:58 pm to OMLandshark
This will be awful. It won't work over 30 minutes.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 2:59 pm to OMLandshark
They're going for the ratings while the iron is hot.
Fallon is losing audience because he can't do the political stuff as well as the others. SNL is on a ratings rise because politics is their bread and butter.
As Michael Corleone would say, "It's the smart move."
Fallon is losing audience because he can't do the political stuff as well as the others. SNL is on a ratings rise because politics is their bread and butter.
As Michael Corleone would say, "It's the smart move."
Posted on 3/14/17 at 3:02 pm to OMLandshark
I'm honestly surprised that it's taken this long to happen. It would seem like with the success of The Daily Show and Colbert Report that they would have been attempted years ago.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 3:04 pm to OMLandshark
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Colin Jost and Michael Che
No thanks, I'm good.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 3:14 pm to OMLandshark
A good indication of mental illness is anyone who has watched SNL regularly in the last decade.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 3:24 pm to OMLandshark
It's a summer series. So I don't think they are looking for a ratings giant.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 3:53 pm to OMLandshark
quote:
The half-hour telecast will feature “Weekend Update” anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che
Hard pass.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 7:59 pm to OMLandshark
What is the consensus on the cause of the rise in ratings? Is it as simple as an election year combined with the Massive amount of material Trump gives them??
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