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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > TV IV > SNL49 #6! Ramy Youssef, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Gosling, Raye, Chris Stapleton
 
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Macdeo Lurjtux
Jul 5, 2011

BRRREADSTOOORRM!

mcbexx posted:

Am I imagining things or have they changed the pacing of the segments for quite a while now?

The first musical act and Weekend Update are pushed back a bit, then it's one, maybe two more sketches, musical act #2, one, maybe two more sketches and then it's goodbyes.

Cold open and monologue for this episode was a bit over 13 minutes. Sketches themselves feel like they are meandering and could easily could be cut shorter across the board.

Can someone with an archive check if the number of actual sketches has gone down noticeably?

This episode had a runtime of 67 minutes, from minute 32 (first musical act) until the end there have been only two actual sketches.

It's been a bit all over the place the last ten years or so. Like in 2014- 2016, when Weekend Update was really popular, the musical act would be on at like 11:55 and WU would come on just after midnight and run for 15 minutes.

Then they switched to sponsored sketches and less ad breaks and started front loading the first half hour and eventually pushing back the musical guest.

They probably started getting some analytics about how many people were shutting off after WU and/or how many people started just watching on YouTube where order doesn't mean anything.

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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > TV IV > SNL49 #6! Ramy Youssef, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Gosling, Raye, Chris Stapleton