Since its inception in 1975, “Saturday Night Live” has been broadcast live from Studio 8H in 30 Rockefeller Plaza. But if the rise of covid-19 has taught us anything, it’s that even our most hallowed institutions can adapt both quickly and deftly to our new reality.
And so, in the footsteps of the weekday late night shows, “SNL” returned in a new self-quarantining, video-streamed-straight-from-their-homes-to-ours format that paradoxically felt both entirely alien and as comfortable as a worn-in pair of jeans.Of all the shows forced to reformat, “SNL” arguably faced the biggest challenge.
It derives its magic from the fact that it’s collaborative, live and in front of a studio audience. Going into Saturday, nobody knew what to expect.
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