Everyone watches TV. Whether it's sports, news or cartoons, everyone watches TV. Television is part of the American lifestyle. One of the most popular late-night television programs is Saturday Night Live, or SNL, on NBC. Saturday Night Live takes place every Saturday at 11:30 p.m. The program began in 1975. With 39 seasons, it is still running today. The show is "one of the longest-running programs on television" ("Saturday Night Live (SNL)"). Even today, the show still begins with its familiar tagline: "Live from New York, it's Saturday night!" » The program is 93 minutes long and includes sketches, musical performances from well-known and rising stars, and humorous yet informative updates. Saturday Night Live revolutionized American television because of the success of actors/actresses and comedians after their time on the show, how the show changed viewers' perception of television as uninteresting, how the show struggled but continued to persevere to become a success. , and due to the slight changes the series made to become a success, but it remained close to the original idea of ​​the program. Kristen Wiig, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell and Robert Downy Jr. all have one thing in common besides the fact that they're huge super stars. All began their careers on Saturday Night Live on NBC. The careers of Saturday Night Live actors and comedians generally change considerably between the start and end of the series. A specific Saturday Night Live show shows some of the great actors all together,” Seth Meyers told Fred Armisen. Kenan Thomsan did lines… Rachel Dratch adjusted her Debbie Downer wig; Kristen Wiig ... middle of paper ... that's why it greatly impacted America and revolutionized television. Saturday Night Live went through a lot of struggles in the beginning and still does today, but it never gave up. It continued to strive to be the hit show it is today. It also changed who watched TV because before this show, not everyone did. It wasn't common to stay home on a Saturday night and watch television. Saturday Night Live made this popular and acceptable. Finally, the actors and comedians from the series are unlike any other and always achieve great success once their time in the series is over. For these reasons, Saturday Night Live changed America and television for the better. Saturday Night Live is the type of show that could be watched by a grandmother and her daughter and both would thoroughly enjoy it. This is what makes the program special.