Come on

wasn’t hard to find

This week's promo is a little different

Looks like Hamm is ready to bring it.

Hmmm, I'm not sure about this one...

SNL gets UK edition in 2026

I thought other countries had their own version or something similar that fits their demographics and audiences.

I looked into this a little bit, several countries have had their own version, but most folded within 2 to 3 years, except for South Korea which apparently still have a version of SNL on the air.

I saw a Subway subs ad and it looks like Amy Poehler is voicing their ads.

I wonder if Tim Robinson has been asked to host or declined the invite?

He never did much on the show or anything that anybody remembered but found success after he left the show.

Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-basketball!

Each episode costs 4 million to produce

If someday Lorne leaves could the budget be slashed and could that put the show in danger in the future?


https://www.cracked.com/article_4558...r-episode.html

I've always marveled at how detailed some of the sets are. There is a ton of work that goes into those skits and often the background / setting isn't really necessary. At the end of the day, it'll always come back to how funny the skits are.

Conan O'Brien told a story on his podcast about writing a restaurant sketch, and Lorne wanting to know what restaurant he had in mind for the set. Conan said just a generic setting, and Lorne said that was no good because he wanted the sets to look real, not like sketch sets.

They do a really good job with that and the wigs and the hair does not look faked or some rush job they did.

If you want a makeover probably get somebody from SNL to do it.

I assume they could manage and find ways to still look good if they slash some of the budget.

I would've thought that the talent would be the biggest cost

So even imagining a maxed out situation with 20 cast members making $15K per episode, that's $300K out of a budget of $4 million per episode.

$3,000 per episode x 20 episodes for $60,000 is not a lot for an actor to live on while working on one of the most famous television shows in history. I hope they have a lot more on-the-job perks (benefits, craft services, travel vouchers, etc.) to keep things manageable while living and working in NYC. I've heard Lorne didn't let cast members do commercials, other shows, movies, etc. for a long time. It seems like that rule, unspoken or otherwise, has really loosened over the years, and I think that's a good thing.

Yeah, I was thinking "and they live in NY?" Either way I'm sure the visibility is invaluable to their careers but I'm a little surprised some of the more talented and obvious breakout stars last so long (I'm sure the side gigs help a lot)

The reward is the experience and the exposure that can lead to much bigger paydays.

Although they won't get paid as much, there are probably 3x or 4x the amount of crew/production staff than there are cast members - so that's a chunk of the budget as well.

I'd guess that the $3K is for the featured players. Most of the time, they'll only appear on the program once a week in a bit part if they're lucky. So in that context, three thousand for that little amount of work isn't a bad deal on paper, but it still won't pay the rent in NYC.

I get the part about $60K not being a big salary for being a cast member on a TV show, but there sure are lots of actors living in NYC who aren't making that much and they find a way to get by.

My niece lived in Manhattan when she was just starting out in her career. She worked minimum wage temp jobs, and sure didn't make $60K, but she survived.

One way to cut costs is to make sketch decisions earlier in the week. They build complete sets and create costumes/makeup for a lot of skits that never see air time.

Daisy Edgar Jones on Kelly & Mark said she would love to host SNL.

Cool story, bro