I’m not a comedy writer so I can’t speak to that and I do think it’s a novel idea that would put money into hands of writers so I’m always for that but I don’t know how practical that is. I have seen hosts talk about late night production and I know that’s a very specific and streamlined process, probably more so as an almost nightly show, but television is a very high pressure industry. I also can’t imagine producers would be willing to let go of their decades of trial and error insights for a wet noodle approach, not all comedy translates well to TV or to the audience SNL is serving.
I’m not a comedy writer so I can’t speak to that and I do think it’s a novel idea that would put money into hands of writers so I’m always for that but I don’t know how practical that is. I have seen hosts talk about late night production and I know that’s a very specific and streamlined process, probably more so as an almost nightly show, but television is a very high pressure industry. I also can’t imagine producers would be willing to let go of their decades of trial and error insights for a wet noodle approach, not all comedy translates well to TV or to the audience SNL is serving.