Comments on: McCain to Appear on Saturday Night Live, Draw Millions Fewer than Sarah Palin

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:20:44 +0000

The Hamm episode was slightly below the season average, but only because that average is greatly inflated by the Palin episode. Tomorrow night’s episode will probably be the second highest rated of the season, partly because of McCain, but also because it’s the last episode before the election.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:05:44 +0000

damn, i had every intention of slipping the Fresh link in and it slipped through the cracks. added.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:57:01 +0000

Outlander, Indeed, and Palin is very Fresh. She’ll be back.

By: Outlander

Outlander — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:52:05 +0000

John McCain is not very interesting. This election has never been about McCain — just as it isn’t about Joe Biden.

In very important ways, this election is almost becoming about Obama vs. Palin. The VP debate beat the first Presidential debate in the ratings (if memory serves). Palin attracts significantly larger numbers of people to her rallies than McCain. And I think you’re right that McCain’s SNL appearance won’t have nearly the ratings Palin’s did. The bride’s maid (Palin) has really outshone the bride (McCain) this year — and that really says more about McCain than it does anyone else.

By: tom

tom — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:27:15 +0000

oh robert… don’t take me so seriously… the tone to me when i read it sounds fuddy duddyish… just a bit. was just having fun. no biggie. i’m probably wrong.

By: Jonathan B.

Jonathan B. — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:24:43 +0000

It appears Jon Hamm’s appearance was actually below the season average for the show, so I think tomorrow night’s episode should definitely beat it. It’ll probably be closer to the range of the season premiere (7.5 HH rating), maybe a little higher.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:55:23 +0000

Tom? I’m just prognosticating. I don’t care either way. What part of that (or anything else) sounded like I’m rooting against SNL?

BTW, I have a few more years in the key age demo NBC headlines its press releases with, but I think SNL, despite the press releases is more targeted to under 35, and I am definitely out of that. But I have absolutely nothing against the show.

What I do find interesting, but only from the point of view of “a mild curiosity”, is that the vice presidential nominee has more (for purposes of TV ratings) star power than the presidential nominee.

By: tom

tom — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:49:34 +0000

robert… what’s with all the poopiness on snl? you sound like a bitter old man screaming at kids to get off his lawn. it also sounds like you can’t wait for ratings to go down. i know you are out of the age demo for snl but let them kids have their fun.

of course mccain won’t do the same numbers as palin. that was a perfect storm of the fey/palin thing. this is just an old man who probably also likes to scream at kids to get off his many lawns.