It is now safe to watch SNL on KSL in Salt Lake City, Utah

Mormon church-owned Utah NBC affiliate to air SNL

By BRADY McCOMBS | Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon church-owned NBC television station in Utah plans to begin airing first-run Saturday Night Live episodes this fall after years of refusing to air the popular comedy show.

KSL-TV's Tami Ostmark says the move is part of a plan to make the station's lineup stronger and improve its relationship with NBC.

KSL-TV is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has not aired certain shows over the years due to violent or inappropriate content. But Ostmark says content was never the issue with SNL. She says the station didn't want to bump a popular sports show that aired at the same time.

First-run episodes of Saturday Night Live have previously aired on Utah's CW30 affiliate, KUCW.
KSL-TV announced the decision Wednesday on its Facebook page.

SNL Hosts and Musical Guests for May, 2013

Taken from SNL's Tumblr page:

May 4 – Zach Galifianakis / Of Monsters and Men
May 11 – Kristen Wiig / Vampire Weekend
May 18 – Ben Affleck / Kanye West

Sarah Silverman Returns to NBC

But, not to re-join SNL, folks. Because her own sitcom was picked up by the peacock network.

Welcome to Must-See TV, Sarah. Hope you survive the experience. :P

SNL On Hiatus until Feb. 27th

Because of the forthcoming Winter Olympics coverage on NBC, SNL will be pre-empted until Feb. 27 when Jennifer Lopez will do double duty as host and musical guest that night.

Until then, read my previous post about what to do when SNL's pre-empted during the Olympics, both Summer and Winter.

BTW, do you think Lorne Michaels should get Shaun White to host in March?

Surely you jest, Dick

NBC Exec Calls Conan "Chicken-Hearted" and an "Astounding Failure"

Dick Ebersol get caught in the middle of the Neo-Late Night Wars

Team Leno?
Team Conan?

I'm for neither. Hey, NBC! FIRE JEFF ZUCKER!!!!

Did SNL make fun of NBC on purpose?

One thing John Kramer forgot to mention was that Seth Meyers, at the end of Weekend Update, informed the viewers to either call 1-800-RED-CROSS and/or go to http://www.redcross.org to help the survivors of the recent Haitian earthquake.

Saturday Night Live to Get its Own Video Website

Slowly but surely, the entertainment industry is grasping the fact that the Internet is the most important promotional tool they’ll ever have. Shows like South Park and Jackass already have websites on which fans can see full episodes for free; now, something similar is planned for Saturday Night Live.

According to Broadcasting & Cable, SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels and NBC are planning to develop an on-demand Web site that will feature clips from the popular show. Nothing is certain at this early stage, but it seems that they’re planning to offer clips taken from the show instead of full episodes, as well as previously unaired bloopers and rehearsal clips.

What prompted NBC to try this approach was the immense (surprise, surprise) success of SNL episodes on Hulu. However, B&C reports that monetizing this project is one of the biggest obstacles for NBC. I’d say that controlling the content yourself instead of having people share it somewhere else on their own is a good enough reward.