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NBC Veers From ‘Vintage’ Repeats of ‘SNL’
NBC has, at least for the moment, stopped showing vintage repeats of 'SNL' during Saturday primetime, sticking largely to episodes from this season
On some weeks, it almost seems as if a single executive with a broad knowledge of “SNL” and its history has chosen the episode that gets broadcast, mindful of the influence the program has cultivated across its nearly half-century on the air. Thanks to a new deal NBCUniversal struck with the Big Ten Conference, the network now has college football games to show on many autumn Saturdays. NBC last year launched a “SNL” FAST channel for Amazon’s Prime Video, and viewers who watch can follow a random selection of sketches that shuffle across the program’s different eras.
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