The season premiere of SNL.
WHAT THE ****?! SNL has always gone through good and bad phases but this is even worse than the show as in the late 90s. I know, last season was supposed to be a 'rebuilding' phase where they were trying to recover from their mass exodus of their biggest cast members. But the writing was still just fine. It was still funny.
They run a sketch about a veterinarian where all the pets die. A comedy sketch about an animal hospital constantly telling people that their beloved pets are dead. A comedy sketch. This was meant to make people laugh. And they stuck it in the first half hour.
And Weekend Update. Last year, Cecily Strong was awesome, and Colin Jost sucked. So naturally they paired Colin Jost with a new guy. And Michael Che, considering it's his first episode he did well. I like him, I think he'll do well on the show, and he's the first black weekend update host which is also a good thing. But why not Michael Che and Cecily Strong? Holy crap. And Cecily Strong shows up as 'The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started A Conversation With At A Party'. Only instead of something that reminded you of an annoying person, it felt like a mad lib of random crap.
And why is Ariana Grande wearing cat ears? Is that her thing? It reminds me of 13 year olds at anime conventions.
I thought the worst Saturday Night Live ever got was the few years after Norm McDonald was fired. No, this is much, much worse.
Edit: And the episode actually had some decent sketches, but all in the last half hour, when they expect the majority of viewers to already be tuned out.