> On Apr 26, 2020, at 12:40 PM, Brad Beam <b.b...@suddenlink.net> wrote: > > > Adam, you may not be familiar, but SNL debuted in 1975 as “NBC’s Saturday > Night”, since ABC debuted a comedy/variety show at 8:00 called “Saturday > Night Live with Howard Cosell” several weeks prior (which lasted until > January 1976). The “L” was added to NBC’s SN in 1977.
And it's specifically live because that fact was originally used as an incentive to get all of NBC's affiliates to air it at the same time. What it replaced on the schedule was a rerun of "The Tonight Show," which a number of affiliates either delayed until later Saturday night, or carried on Sunday night. That's also why it's 90 minutes in length -- that's how long "The Tonight Show" was in 1975. -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/60DDE4DE-8241-434E-9C6C-62AC312650E0%40ellwanger.tv.
