http://adage.com/article/media/snl-air-fewer-commercials-season/303697/

That will leave each Saturday Night Live episode with two fewer ad breaks. "As the decades have gone by, commercial time has grown," Lorne Michaels said in a statement. "This will give time back to the show and make it easier to watch the show live.” SNL is also offering advertisers a chance to create original branded content, but these “native pods” will only occur six times a season.

i wonder if the NHL owuld follow suit by lets say having two commercials at each break instead of four. that might speed games up.

quality over quantity I say - focus on making better sketches instead of more of them.

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/saturday-night-live-tv-advertising-lorne-michaels-1201760941/

Or will the SNL crew have to do more set-changes with two fewer ad breaks.