SNL to offer more time for sketches next season by slashing ads by 30% - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 04-25-2016, 04:29 PM

http://adage.com/article/media/snl-a...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.

danderson400 · 04-25-2016, 06:46 PM

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.

robyrob · 04-25-2016, 08:47 PM

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

TMC · 04-27-2016, 01:12 AM

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/satu...ls-1201760941/

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

04-25-2016, 04:29 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,612	SNL to offer more time for sketches next season by slashing ads by 30% http://adage.com/article/media/snl-a...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.

04-25-2016, 08:47 PM	#3
robyrob certified wackball#3 Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Aug 03, 2003 Location: hiding under the third booth at Arnold's Posts: 58,200	quality over quantity I say - focus on making better sketches instead of more of them.
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04-27-2016, 01:12 AM	#4
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,612	With fewer ads, will SNL have to rely on more pretaped bits? http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/satu...ls-1201760941/ Or will the SNL crew have to do more set-changes with two fewer ad breaks.

04-25-2016, 06:46 PM	#2
danderson400 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 24, 2015 Location: danderson400 Posts: 652	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.