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Live From ScreenCrush, It’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ Facts
Live From ScreenCrush, It’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ Facts
Live From ScreenCrush, It’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ Facts
You know Saturday Night Live as a staple of late-night TV for decades. But did you know the show had a different title when it first debuted in the fall of 1975? SNL was originally called NBC’s Saturday Night, because at the time a different show was using the title Saturday Night Live. That show, hosted by Howard Cosell, lasted 18 episodes on ABC before it was cancelled. Soon after, SNL adopted the Saturday Night Live name, which is how it’s been known ever since. That’s just one of the facts packed into the latest episode of the ScreenCrush series You Think You Know TV?
FOX's Lonely Island 'Party Over Here' Won't Compete With SNL
FOX's Lonely Island 'Party Over Here' Won't Compete With SNL
FOX's Lonely Island 'Party Over Here' Won't Compete With SNL
Many have tried to compete with SNL in the realm of Saturday sketch comedy, though few ever shared as much DNA as FOX’s upcoming Lonely Island-produced Party Over Here. It took us aback to see Andy Samberg going against his former boss, but the Brooklyn Nine-Nine star reveals that the group made sure their series wouldn’t compete in the SNL timeslot, or move forward without Lorne Michaels’ approval.

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