No escaping reality

Talent show plan for SNL

Dress rehearsals for long-running US comedy show Saturday Night Live could be turned into a reality TV show.

Producer Lorne Michaels said that the NBC network is considering airing work-in-progress sketches performed in rehearsal, with the audience voting which would wind up on the actual show.

Network executive have also suggested a talent contest to choose a cast member from the public, he added, but he vetoed that idea.

‘We're not American Idol,’ he told the Edmonton Sun. ‘Not everything has to be opened up to the public.

‘It's not a bad idea. But it's a little bit what we make fun of, so it's hard to then go out and do the straight version of it.’

Published: 20 Jul 2007

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