it was still funnier than MadTV, and that's saying a LOT because I used to love Mad-Tv, but all their people that were actually funny are gone..will Sasso, Aries Spears, Nicole Sullivan, Alex Borstein. Well, at least you still hear them on Family Guy occasionally.

I think the reason for the spike was Michael Phelps himself and I too watched most of the awfully unfunny show waiting for Obama, not knowing that he had cancelled because of the hurricane.

After the opening, the show headed south.
I am glad to know I was not alone in thinking that.

There were reports that Obama was going to appear on the show (later reports revealed that he did not appear due to the hurricane), which was actually the reason I made sure to watch. I think Obama's possible appearance may have had something to do with the spike in ratings...

I still like the show, no matter how many articles and posts I've read about its impending demise or the even more bland 'this era sucks compared to that era' discussion. I'll keep watching 'till the bitter end, because it is a comedy show. I like comedy. I like the cast. The show isn't perfect, but it is one of the last vanguards of live comedy on tv. So give me a break and at least give some balanced coverage of the show.

You are left with a T-Mobile commercial. A really funny one but you have to ask yourself whether you are really tuning in to see commercials interrupted by fake commercials. Or vice versa. Really sad if you ask me.

I agree: the opener was top rate.

But the rest of the show stunk.

It was funny. It seemed H. Clinton got poked fun of the most but that's only because we have known her forever. The rest of the show was a snoozer.

Do celebrities really get a lot of publicity for their other projects, publicity that can be measured monetarily, for being on SNL? They can hardly be doing it for the material since it's 99% utter rubbish.