'Saturday Night Live' Suffers Worst-Rated Episode in Its History After Hiring Avowed Socialist

“Saturday Night Live,” a show which could have been canceled and not missed two decades ago, suffered the biggest ratings skid in the its 47-year history last weekend for the season opener.

The Wrap, citing analytics from Nielsen, reported the opening episode of the show’s new season was the least watched episode in total viewers since the show launched in 1975 on NBC.

“This past Saturday’s episode, which was hosted by Owen Wilson, drew a 0.92 rating in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and 4.9 million total viewers. Those Nielsen numbers were down 50 percent in the demo and 41 percent overall from the show’s Season 46 premiere, which was hosted by Chris Rock,” Tony Maglio with The Wrap reported.

It’s hard to believe that hiring an avowed socialist didn’t help the formerly great but now “woke” sketch comedy show attract new viewers. As The Wrap reported, new additions to the show this year include Aristotle Athari, James Austin Johnson and Sarah Sherman.

Sherman is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, and she’s tweeted messages such as this one:

DEFUND THE POLICE @MayorOfLA !! put your money where your snout is pic.twitter.com/jCrUEgD2aV

— SARAH SQUIRM (@SarahSquirm) June 4, 2020

How did the show’s writers think this poorly written and executed segment, starring Sherman and cast member Andrew Dismukes, would resonate with audiences who could easily find more laughs on TikTok?

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“SNL” hasn’t been funny for some time. People argue about when the show quit being about laughs and became more about pushing bathroom humor and the left’s cultural and political agenda. Some say it was done by 1980, while others were still hanging on during the last decade.

Will Ferrell arguably carried the show from the late 1990s into the 21st Century, while Tina Fey was sometimes fun to watch. But those two were no match comedically for their predecessors — people like Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin.