On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > I say this as someone who frequently comments on the sharp, continuing > decline in SNL quality: Is Seth Meyers a "get"? I mean, is he likely > to draw in viewers or keep the Regis fans? All I know of him is his > snarky Update persona -- is there more to the guy than that?
If you put him in the host chair and it works out it doesn't matter what else he has done in the past. If anything it means ABC isn't trying to choose by name value and force him on to the show. > > Last question/point is that SNL first rose to fame as a > counter-culture show, not exactly cutting edge, but not milquetoast > either. Doesn't it speak volumes about the state of SNL that one of > its signature players is seen as a logical choice for a bland morning > show? If you spend an evening watching '70s shows on MeTV and then watch SNL it looks fresh and counterculture. If you watch today's programming and then watch SNL, SNL pales. Over the decades SNL has provided writers and performers who now set the mainstream culture which makes it impossible for them to be counterculture. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
