i'm 50 and watch madtv regularly. snl is pretty lame and i find that the performers(?) seem to think they are much funnier than they actually are. they seem smug and have that 'all knowing inside joke' type laugh going on all the time. i really find that to be boring. madtv is much fresher. and i usually don't care for the music part of snl, and i can't even pretend to, like the host who announces them.

I'm in my late 20s and I mostly watch SNL rather than MadTV. MadTV is a bit over the top which is why I don't watch it regularly. However, I do flip over a couple of times each Saturday and some of the skits are hilarious. I guess I just can't take too much of it at one time...

I do agree about the actors on MadTV selling the skit/their characters more than on SNL. The people on SNL just read cue cards and that's annoying. Even if you are reading from the cue cards, at least try to hide it - some of the actors (either the SNL cast or the host) never tear their eyes away from the cards.

Ryan, If you like Amy Poehler, than you'll love the MadTv chick Arden Myrin. She's wayyyyyy hotter than Poehler and funnier too. Also, the only thing that SNL beats MadTv in are the digital shorts.

I've tried to watch MadTV reruns, and I just don't find it funny. As someone already said, it's too over-the-top. I guess that's just not my kind of comedy.

I tune into MadTV from time to time and I seem to enjoy it more than SNL. It's too over the top but there have been some good parodies over the years (Survivor, Studio 60, Heroes, House, and the recent Scrubs one).

I'm 21 and I prefer SNL over madTV (though I do watch the re-runs on comedy central sometimes, and it's alright).

However, my parents prefer MadTV to SNL, lol.

Cool, i always enjoy wakin up to a freshly recorded episode of mad tv, sometimes i tape SNL when there's a good host or a hot host. Still dissapointed about Scarlett Johanson...

Madtv is very very funny but u know there are always some stale sketches but overall it gives me a lot of LOL moments. good that it's coming back.

and yes i'm 21 so thats' why i enjoy it so much

I am a teenager, and prefer SNL over MadTV. I think MadTV is just blah, it doesnt have what SNL has. Maybe its because I have a crush on Amy Poehler.

One thing that sets MadTV apart from SNL is that the performers actually perform....that is, they really sell the parts they are playing in each skit. As compared with SNL, where the players make no effort not to just stand there and read the que cards. It's like they can't wait for the show to be over so they can get to the after party.