'Saturday Night Live' is not dead

[edbermac]

NEW YORK (AP) -- "Saturday Night Live," like rock 'n' roll, is perpetually dying.

Throughout the 31 seasons of the NBC sketch comedy show, on a near annual basis, critics have written off "SNL" for not being "what it once was."

When the immensely popular Chevy Chase left the show early in the second season, his replacement was derided. Three decades later, Bill Murray remains one of our most celebrated comics.

"It's been dying since the second season," says Lorne Michaels, the creator and executive producer of the long-running show. "It's always about reinvention."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/06/tv.snl.ap/index.html

Yeah Lorne, it ain't dead...and it ain't funny either...x(

[Elidor]

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[Radical Activist]

2. Exactly! I've written this on DU several times before.

People only like new SNL seasons a few years later. The original shows weren't full of non-stop laughs like the highlight videos you see now. Dissing the new season as not as good as previous ones is a tradition that happens EVERY season.