Comments on: Saturday Night Live Still Really Misses Sarah Palin / Tina Fey

By: Doc Michaels

Doc Michaels — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:32:59 +0000

For those of you who thought either episode of SNL was funny — well at least I know who this show appeals to. Seriously.

This cast is atrocious, the writing is lazy — it’s beyond awful. And while it’s been on a decline for years, this year it has totally bottomed out. Pitiful.

By: Riff Rafferty

Riff Rafferty — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:31:35 +0000

I’d like to give my opinions on the quality (or lack thereof) of “SNL” this season, but, alas, I can’t. Lorne Michaels ditched Michaela Watkins for no apparent reason. So I ditched the show in return. The ‘fourth hour of “The Today Show”‘ skits were the only thing I looked forward to last season, so no reason to even bother now that they’re over. I’m sure as hell not going to tune in just to see that comedy vacuum, Andy Samberg, do horrible impersonations of rappers, inane rap digital shorts, and oh-so-timely parodies of TV shows from the 1980s.

Even with me not watching anymore, I admit the show still makes me laugh. Well, at least I laughed when I heard that one of Watkins’ replacements accidentally said the “F” word — on her very first show. That’s what you get.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:05:52 +0000

@ So awful, it’s ALMOST…

You obviously didn’t watch last week’s SNL. They did a pretty good job of shredding Obama in the intro.

By: daniel l

daniel l — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:19:47 +0000

this week was WAY better than last week
they had a new song, the sketches were all funny, Ryan Reynolds was way better than whats her name and lady gaga’s second performance was really good

By: tdot

tdot — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:08:25 +0000

what were the demos?

By: miki

miki — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:27:00 +0000

Much more ironic humor in ego-centric Obama than the tired “McCain’s old” jokes we keep hearing.

I understand SNL has a couple of hot new writers fresh from Chicago’s 2nd City. Just wait till they get settled in.

By: So awful, it's ALMOST funny

So awful, it's ALMOST funny — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:40:18 +0000

Cody, you can actually find plenty to laugh at with Obama. A round trip flight to Denmark to get the Olympics being rewarded with a FAIL. The massive carbon footprint left in the wake of said flight by someone pushing for cap & trade. Maybe they could do a sketch where Oprah introduces him to Skype?

Unfortunately, the SNL crew is more interested in worshipping their sacred cow rather than lampooning the utter ridiculousness of his inept and hypocritical behavior. Oh well, it wouldn’t be SNL if it didn’t suck.

By: Cody

Cody — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:33:12 +0000

Yeah I bet the cast of SNL voted for John McCain to keep their show funny.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:20:05 +0000

Samantha, since these are still just the preliminary household ratings its hard to read a lot into the numbers vs. two years ago until the demo ratings are available. But vs. last season the differences are so dramatic that it’s certain the demo group ratings are way down too.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:14:49 +0000

The real question is how it’s doing compared to 2 years ago.

By: JayS

JayS — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:46:45 +0000

Lady Gaga’s second performance was the best performance I’ve seen all year. If I had known she was on the show I would have watched live. I ended up only watching her performances, her two skits and Ryan Reynolds monologue on Hulu

By: Alejandro Sacasa

Alejandro Sacasa — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:56:26 +0000

I agree with Mark. Basically 2008 was a blip with Palin and SNL seems to be doing well this year. This past Saturday’s show was pretty great. Lady Gaga participated in skits plus Madonna, Scarlett Johansson and Elijah Wood.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:51:15 +0000

The ratings aren’t too bad, but the first two shows of this season have been awful. They really need a new cast member who can do a good Obama. That alone would push their ratings through the roof.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:43:40 +0000

These ratings are actually pretty impressive. There’s no point comparing the numbers to last year, since the numbers were obviously boosted by the election. Compared to 2 years ago, SNL is up, and that’s a rare accomplishment in today’s television landscape.

By: forg

forg — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:38:29 +0000

Good ratings still for a Saturday show