▲ 8 ▼ ‘Saturday Night Live’ Sets U.K. Edition, Launching on Sky in 2026 (variety.com) submitted 1 year ago by Skavau@lemm.ee [M] to c/Television@lemm.ee 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] dditty@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] athairmor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Every franchise dilutes the value of the brand. There’s rarely a good reason for this beyond “make more money.” Sometimes, it works. The Office is a good example but it was a situation comedy re-contextualized for a different audience that wasn’t aware of the original. A sketch comedy show can’t be treated the same way. You can’t transliterate the characters and jokes. So, it’s just going to be a format carbon copy with the name slapped on for no reason other than it’s recognizable. And, that means the name is expected to do some heavy lifting which doesn’t bode well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Which I'm absolutely sure it will for at least 90% of it. I mean even US Weekend Update will make jokes about other countries' news sometimes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Every franchise dilutes the value of the brand. There’s rarely a good reason for this beyond “make more money.” Sometimes, it works. The Office is a good example but it was a situation comedy re-contextualized for a different audience that wasn’t aware of the original. A sketch comedy show can’t be treated the same way. You can’t transliterate the characters and jokes. So, it’s just going to be a format carbon copy with the name slapped on for no reason other than it’s recognizable. And, that means the name is expected to do some heavy lifting which doesn’t bode well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Which I'm absolutely sure it will for at least 90% of it. I mean even US Weekend Update will make jokes about other countries' news sometimes. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Which I'm absolutely sure it will for at least 90% of it. I mean even US Weekend Update will make jokes about other countries' news sometimes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Which I'm absolutely sure it will for at least 90% of it. I mean even US Weekend Update will make jokes about other countries' news sometimes. permalink fedilink source parent