Seth Meyers: Tune In To SNL For Spitzer Story

The mercurial Comedy Gods have shown favor to Lorne Michaels, the Executive Producer of the remarkably relevant SNL. In mid-November, in the thick of the WGA strike, NBC significantly cut SNL’s staff. As the 2008 election smouldered — on both sides — the writing staff must have been pulling their hair out. One wondered how a diminished SNL could possibly return after the strike with brio. And one wondered if there was going to be anything juicy left of the electoral process for the writing staff to savage.