{"id":15295,"date":"2020-12-03T18:52:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T23:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=15295"},"modified":"2020-12-03T18:52:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T23:52:08","slug":"a-saturday-night-live-christmas-special-wednesday-december-16-9pm-encore-tuesday-december-22-9pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/03\/a-saturday-night-live-christmas-special-wednesday-december-16-9pm-encore-tuesday-december-22-9pm\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special&#8221;: Wednesday, December 16 @ 9PM; Encore: Tuesday, December 22 @ 9PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15296\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/snl-christmas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/snl-christmas.jpg 595w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/snl-christmas-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/snl-christmas-560x367.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/snl-christmas-260x170.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/snl-christmas-160x105.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong><em>Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/strong>,\u201d NBC\u2019s Emmy Award-winning late-night comedy showcase, enters its 46th season for another year of laughs, surprises, and great performances.<\/p>\n<p>Since its inception in 1975, \u201c<em><strong>SNL<\/strong><\/em>\u201d has launched the careers of many of the brightest comedy performers of their generation and, as The New York Times noted on the occasion of the show\u2019s Emmy-winning 25th anniversary special in 1999: \u201cIn defiance of both time and show business convention, \u2018<strong><em>SNL<\/em><\/strong>\u2019 is still the most pervasive influence on the art of comedy in contemporary culture.\u201d At the close of the century, \u201c<em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>\u201d placed seventh on Entertainment Weekly\u2019s list of the Top 100 Entertainers of the past 50 years.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3097567178\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Not including specials and digital series, the program has won 78 Emmy Awards, the most for any show in television history. \u201c<em>SNL<\/em>\u201d also holds the title for the most nominated television show in Emmy history with 285 nominations, not including specials and digital series. \u201c<em>SNL<\/em>\u201d has been honored twice, in 1990 and 2009, with the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and cited as \u201ctruly a national institution.\u201d \u201c<em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>\u201d was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame by the National Association of Broadcasters and the show continues to garner the highest ratings of any late-night television program, entertaining millions each week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>SNL<\/em>\u201d is making headlines and influencing the political dialogue while skewering it at the same time. 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