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Sans-Sarah, initial ratings for ‘SNL’ fall short this election

Sep. 21, 2012 3:09pm Eddie Scarry

NBC aired a special edition of Saturday Night Live on Thursday, the first prime time episode of the general election season. The ratings for the kick off were much lower than they were in the 2008 election, according to the New York Times:

The “S.N.L.” special managed just a 1.6 rating in the 18-49 age group that determines much of prime-time ad sales. That audience was vastly down from the first prime-time edition four years ago, which scored what now looks like an astronomical 5.1 rating. The 2008 show was fueled by intense interest in Tina Fey’s portrayal of Sarah Palin. This year, there is no comparable character driving interest.

The world is a little duller without Palin.

[New York Times]

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CROCK-HANDLER
Posted on September 23, 2012 at 9:28pm
If they would rip Democrats like they do Republicans the ratings would skyrocket, But that will never happen. So long SNL

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piper60
Posted on September 23, 2012 at 4:18pm
SNL hasn’t been relevant for a long, long time.

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Verceofreason
Posted on September 22, 2012 at 7:39pm
Tina Fey has had her own show for 4 years.
They have been sans Sarah for 4 years.
YOu need a new media outlet

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aaron11
Posted on September 22, 2012 at 7:01pm
“Obama Loves…my acid reflux”.

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truthseekerusa
Posted on September 22, 2012 at 5:01pm
Are advertisers actually still wasting money on programs like SNL? Haven’t they heard that most of the college idiots that watched them can’t find jobs and are living off their parents now?

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TheePolitinator
Posted on September 22, 2012 at 12:01pm
SNL can go f itself and die.

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GETLIFE
Posted on September 22, 2012 at 10:13am
Biden, Pelosi, Reid, Moochelle, Teleprompter Man, the Clinton couple….

Gee, I see what you mean, NYT, there’s a total lack of material here.
Oh well, not to worry SNL staff! Surely you can get you some o dat QE3!

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- thespin
  Posted on September 22, 2012 at 4:14pm
  Excellent point. The leftstream media would rather lose money [like they did on Couric News] than go for the gold with some TRUTH!
  
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Cosmos102
Posted on September 22, 2012 at 1:32am
Factor in at least 1 mil of the 2008 audience was comprised of employees of the MSM doing “research” for the next day’s broadcasts, or co-eds working for their school newspapers. That’s after they watched the “Daily Show”, of course.

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grayling646
Posted on September 22, 2012 at 12:22am
Yeah but she’s still living in a lot of loser’s heads rent free

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Exidor
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 5:09pm
SNL hasn’t been funny since Hartman and Farley left. Now they audition only Second City or Groundlings people and say “hey, he can smirk, let’s hire him.”

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- mike_trivisonno
  Posted on September 22, 2012 at 8:42am
  Phil Hartman. One of the funniest people to come around in a long time.
  
  “Your world frightens and confuses me.” – Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
  
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