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Topic	who is SNL made for
ParanoidObsessive 05/09/21 6:33:33 PM #23:	PunishedOni posted... who is the audience for this The audience for SNL is the same audience for late-night talk shows. Namely, "Middle America". The "Fly-Over States". The same people who still watch "The Simpsons" 20+ years after it should have been cancelled. At a certain point, people stop watching shows because they're good, and just keep watching them out of a sort of social inertia. "This is what I've always watched, so I will continue to watch" is a comfortable, stabilizing feeling for people in a world that can seem incredibly chaotic at times. Also stoners. Stoners will watch pretty much anything late at night (Adult Swim has repeatedly proven this for years). Mead posted... 13-14 year olds this has always been the case This has never really been the case. Zangulus posted... People don't seem to realize SNL has ALWAYS been hit or miss. Yeah, but the trick is, SNL tends to cycle between periods where it's mostly hit/occasionally miss, where it's mostly miss/occasionally hit, and when it's a LOT of hits/very few misses. Or times like now, when it's almost entirely miss and where the hell are the hits? There's a reason why people praise certain seasons (and casts) more than others, and why the show was almost cancelled in 1980. There's also a reason why so many movies have been spun off SNL in the past, but it's hard to imagine anyone making a movie about any of the current cast or their characters. We're not talking about a show that has always churned out a lot of shit and a few memorable skits that sort of justify the rest. There were times when nearly every sketch was at least good (if not great), and there have been multiple times when people start asking "Why is this still on the air?" Usually, the success rate of the show shifts over the years as they change cast (with new, unexpected breakout cast members) and get new writers in, but SNL has sort of been in a slump for a long time now, and it seems less and less likely every year that we're ever going to get a new resurgent year where it's suddenly much better again. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:953734863] in who is SNL... [t:79450385]...</cite> <quote><cite>PunishedOni posted...</cite> <quote>who is the audience for this </quote> The audience for SNL is the same audience for late-night talk shows. Namely, "Middle America". The "Fly-Over States". The same people who still watch "The Simpsons" 20+ years after it should have been cancelled. At a certain point, people stop watching shows because they're good, and just keep watching them out of a sort of social inertia. "This is what I've always watched, so I will continue to watch" is a comfortable, stabilizing feeling for people in a world that can seem incredibly chaotic at times. Also stoners. Stoners will watch pretty much anything late at night (Adult Swim has repeatedly proven this for years). <cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote>13-14 year olds this has always been the case</quote> This has never really been the case. <cite>Zangulus posted...</cite> <quote>People don't seem to realize SNL has ALWAYS been hit or miss.</quote> Yeah, but the trick is, SNL tends to cycle between periods where it's mostly hit/occasionally miss, where it's mostly miss/occasionally hit, and when it's a LOT of hits/very few misses. Or times like now, when it's almost entirely miss and where the hell are the hits? There's a reason why people praise certain seasons (and casts) more than others, and why the show was almost cancelled in 1980. There's also a reason why so many movies have been spun off SNL in the past, but it's hard to imagine anyone making a movie about any of the current cast or their characters. We're not talking about a show that has always churned out a lot of shit and a few memorable skits that sort of justify the rest. There were times when nearly every sketch was at least good (if not great), and there have been multiple times when people start asking "Why is this still on the air?" Usually, the success rate of the show shifts over the years as they change cast (with new, unexpected breakout cast members) and get new writers in, but SNL has sort of been in a slump for a long time now, and it seems less and less likely every year that we're ever going to get a new resurgent year where it's suddenly much better again. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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