An `SNL' to make you wish you lived in Iowa

Chicago Tribune (registration required?) ^ | December 8, 2003 | Steve Johnson

[FormerlyAnotherLurker]

It's sad when the right thing happens for the wrong reason.

Over the weekend, half a dozen or so NBC stations refused to show "Saturday Night Live" because Al Sharpton, a presidential candidate, was hosting.

They objected either because of the equal time rules or out of fear the 90-minute program would embarrass them by amounting to more political coverage than most TV stations offer in six months.

[FormerlyAnotherLurker]

No way I was going to watch him.

Some other threads about the show pre/post: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?s=SNL&ok=Search&q=quick&m=any&o=time&SX=3fd4f82ad9ab6a6243466baee954ba91bb5fb50d

[FormerlyAnotherLurker]

For some reason I can't get the search back.
I had a bunch of hits with "SNL" as the search term, now...

[FormerlyAnotherLurker]

Other threads:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1035480/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1035468/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1035057/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1034718/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1034709/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1034499/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1014010/posts

[SC DOC]

I may be a humorless Scrooge, but I thought the little bit of Saturday Night Live Christmas 2003 that I watched last night sucked.

[dwilli]

This latest edition was a little better than most this season. The show needs writers, the only decent character
this years is Bryan Fellows.

[dagnabbit]

Tawana Brawley's mentor's little James Brown deal to open the show wasn't bad. After than nothing. The show was the usual SNL waste of time.