Amid Hollywood Writers’ Strike, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Has The Opportunity To Be Funny Again

NEW YORK CITY – The board of directors for the Writers Guild of America voted unanimously to call for a walkout today after failed negotiations between the guild and representation from Hollywood studios.

WGA members are seeking pay increases and structural changes to the business model to accommodate the rise of streaming platforms that have threatened writers’ ability to make living wages.

Late-night TV shows are expected to go dark this week and for the first time in over a decade, NBCUniversal’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ has the opportunity to live up to its reputation and actually make people laugh again.

Newsweek conducted a study that found that 1 in 5 people who watch SNL actually find it funny. The other four participants complained that the sketch show has become “too political” and have grown tired of hearing about the 2020 election, so much so that they wish the actors would say it was rigged just for a change of pace.

“We have almost an entirely new cast this season and with the writers’ strike, we hope that the thousands of people who watch our show and say they could’ve come up with something better are ready to come up to bat,” said Lorne Michaels.