I know the new issue is making its way to newsstands, but I caught last week’s issue at work last night and couldn’t help but be taken aback by the cover story:
‘Saturday Night Live’ Rocks the Vote
Who says Americans want change? Once again, viewers are voting with their remotes and choosing ”SNL” as their primary source of political and pop culture satire.
Seriously?
Ernie: So when...
Their political humor has been getting tons of buzz lately. I say EW’s actually on-target here.
I’m stuck somewhere between both sides. I think they’ve definitely come into the spotlight with some fresher stuff since the Writer’s Strike (which was likely a factor in this) but I think it might be a bit bold to say people are choosing it as their primary political and pop satire. More people are still probably turning to The Daily Show and The Soup for those two, respectively.