Lorne addressed this a decade or more ago. The record companies pay a fee to NBC to offset the costs of airing the musical acts. It's all legal. So NBC gives preference to those who have the money to pay to promote the act. Ariana Grande might have been good.
On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 1:19 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > While I wouldn't go as far as the author, I'm sympathetic to his > perspective. Only a couple of acts over the last two years have stuck with > me - 1) Childish Gambino and 2) the surviving members of A Tribe Called > Quest. > > On Thursday, October 11, 2018, 11:38:55 AM EDT, Melissa P < > takingupspace...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > http://www.realclearlife.com/music/open-letter-snl-live-music-just-sucks/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR%27s%20Today%20in%20Entertainment_now_2018-10-11%2007%3A20%3A12_wrobinson&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_tie > > > Sent from my iPad > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
