{"id":9162,"date":"2020-04-09T17:14:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T22:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=9162"},"modified":"2020-04-09T17:14:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T22:14:25","slug":"saturday-night-live-to-air-remotely-produced-new-content-on-saturday-april-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/09\/saturday-night-live-to-air-remotely-produced-new-content-on-saturday-april-11\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; to Air Remotely Produced New Content on Saturday, April 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9163\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/nbc_snl_2019_show.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/nbc_snl_2019_show.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/nbc_snl_2019_show-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/nbc_snl_2019_show-260x162.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/nbc_snl_2019_show-160x100.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9164\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9164 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NUP_189248_0046.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NUP_189248_0046.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NUP_189248_0046-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NUP_189248_0046-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (Photo by: Will Heath\/NBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;<em><strong>Saturday Night Live<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; will air original content on Saturday, April 11 at 11:30PM ET\/PT on NBC.<\/p>\n<p>The material will be produced remotely as &#8220;<em>SNL<\/em>&#8221; practices social distancing.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1112462283\" 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>Show elements will include &#8220;<em>Weekend Update<\/em>&#8221; and other original content from &#8220;<em>SNL<\/em>&#8221; cast members.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>&#8221; is produced in association with Broadway Video. 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