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02-14-2025, 12:02 AM
https://nypost.com/2025/02/13/entertainment/inside-the-snl-50-anniversary-special-200-seats-added-sketches-and-more/
“We (will) have about 450 people in the studio, which is essentially about 200 people more than we would normally have," longtime Saturday Night Live production designer Keith Raywood says of the NBC primetime special, which will air live coast to coast. The extra seats will not only be for former cast members, hosts and musical guests, but also for their friends and family, plus other special guests. “Imagine all the people who have been on the show – those cast members and hosts," says Raywood. "It’s a lot of people (there to see them). And, those seats don’t normally exist." But they couldn't add seats to the floor. “We built down from the balcony," says Raywood. "We continued the seating all the way down to the floor…like bleachers.”
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“We (will) have about 450 people in the studio, which is essentially about 200 people more than we would normally have," longtime Saturday Night Live production designer Keith Raywood says of the NBC primetime special, which will air live coast to coast. The extra seats will not only be for former cast members, hosts and musical guests, but also for their friends and family, plus other special guests. “Imagine all the people who have been on the show – those cast members and hosts," says Raywood. "It’s a lot of people (there to see them). And, those seats don’t normally exist." But they couldn't add seats to the floor. “We built down from the balcony," says Raywood. "We continued the seating all the way down to the floor…like bleachers.”
ALSO:
Willie Geist and Leslie Jones will host SNL50: The Red Carpet on NBC, Peacock and E!, with Matt Rogers as correspondent (https://www.nbcumv.com/mediavillage/interactive/2929fed4187b40648b79a9839e70e91fproduct169208/index.html#/brand/9e1d45af-02d1-4b13-8bba-4939e0de5e79/press-releases/ac572002-08c1-4bb4-bb0b-e28cddcca51f)
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