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peacock[edit]

Saturday night live is available on peacock that should be mentioned Encyclopediafanatic (talk) 18:47, 22 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My fuck the SJWs are back at it[edit]

Might as well change the name of the controversial section to liberals freaking out over the shows history section 2600:8801:1187:7F00:6920:B685:DFD1:A372 (talk) 09:05, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

To add to article[edit]

Basic information to add to this article: whether there will be a Season 49. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 02:19, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

First sentence of lead[edit]

The first sentence of the lead currently reads as follows: Saturday Night Live (often abbreviated to SNL) is an American late-night live television political satirical sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and streams on Peacock. However, I think there are too many descriptions in the sentence (do we really have to clarify every single genre?) thus I am starting this discussion.

Here are a few options, though I am open to more variations:

Option 1: ... is an American late-night live sketch comedy show... My personal choice, as the show is characterized by being live and sketch comedy.
Option 2: ... is an American late-night live sketch comedy variety show... An editor on WP:DISCORD suggested that variety be included.
Option 3: ... is an American late-night live political comedy (or political satire) show... Another suggestion from an editor on Discord.

Spinixster (chat!) 14:45, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Option 1 is the clearest definition. While the show is sometimes political and satirical, it's often just silly. A "political satire" show sounds like the entire show is political satire, which is definitely not the case. Toughpigs (talk) 16:31, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Sure, the show's sketches can be political, but that's a result of them writing to current events to keep the show topical. It's not specifically political in purpose. The inclusion of "live" is fundamentally defining (it's in the name). "Variety" is logical, because although the show does primary consist of live and pre-filmed sketches, it also includes "Weekend Update", a satirical newscast parody (which isn't really a sketch as the term is strictly defined) and musical performances by guest acts. So to that end I would say Option 2 is the best descriptor. oknazevad (talk) 17:37, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Option 2 is probably best, because the monologue and musical performances (and arguably Weekend Update) fall under the broader "variety" umbrella. Option 1 is also fine. Option 3 is bad, as the focus of the show is not politics. If more words need to be cut, "sketch comedy" is not particularly necessary because the rest of the first paragraph explains the format of the show. RunningTiger123 (talk) 00:39, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The second option seems to be the most popular, but I'll be waiting for a few more days to see if there's any more votes. Spinixster (chat!) 01:32, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's been 7 days, and no more votes. I will be using option 2 as the new lead. Thanks again! Spinixster (chat!) 02:15, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]