And people still watch it live.” With the 50th anniversary season just around the corner, expect to hear more about SNL, not less. NBC is never going to cancel the show, argues late-night TV expert Bill Carter, because “it still gets tremendous buzz. The Kids in the Hall are having a moment - the New York Times credits the new show for not simply revisiting their greatest hits but for “ how much it tries to evolve the Kids’ comedy and take it in new directions.” Years of seasoning have transformed the aging comics into “gentlemanly comic assassins.”Īmazon Prime Video Exhuming sketch comedy: Our new national pasttime.Įven uncool Saturday Night Live seems to be going stronger than ever. 1 Classic sketch shows are having a renaissance.
