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* [[Dawson Casting]]: Many sketches in which the cast members play teens or even children. Obviously unavoidable, but it has become prevalent in more recent seasons where most of the cast members currently hired were born after ''SNL'' premiered in 1975 (starting with Kenan Thompson).
** One of Amy Poehler's recurring characters was Kaitlin, who is supposed to be ten years old ([[Not Allowed to Grow Up|and remained that age for several years]]).
* [[Dueling Shows]]: ABC's ''Fridays'', ''[[SCTV]] Network 90'', ''[[In Living Color]]'', ''House of Buggin'', ''[[The WB|WB]]'s Hype'', FOX's ''Saturday Night Special'', and FOX's ''[[Mad TV]]'', to name a few — all of whom were canned for one reason or another
** ''Fridays'', despite being panned by critics for being the ''Cracked'' magazine to ''SNL'''s ''MAD'', did manage to find some success with audiences when ''SNL'' was struggling with its 1980-81 cast. Unfortunately, ''Fridays'' ended up suffering from a timeslot change and a failed attempt at trying to beat ''[[Dallas]]'' in the ratings as a primetime sketch show and was cancelled after its second season.
** ''SCTV Network 90'' ended due to cast exhaustion.
** ''In Living Color'' was [[Screwed by the Network]] from [[Executive Meddling]] over censorship and eventually died of seasonal rot when the Wayans siblings left and [[Jim Carrey]] pursued a movie career.
** ''House of Buggin'', ''Saturday Night Special'', and ''Hype'' weren't received warmly by critics and ended up being canceled as quickly as they premiered.
** ''[[Mad TV]]'' — serving 14 years as ''SNL'''s worthiest late-night sketch show rival — was canned in 2009 due to seasonal rot and low ratings. There was word of ''[[Mad TV]]'' coming back as a cable show, but apparently, the show is gone for good, unless one were to count the Cartoon Network sketch show ''MAD''.
** ''[[Almost Live]]'' lasted 15 years and kickstarted [[Bill Nye]]'s television career, but got cancelled as ratings dropped heavily in later years.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]] / [[Retroactive Recognition]]: Did you know that [[Gilbert Gottfried]] was a cast member? How about Anthony Michael Hall (''SNL'''s youngest cast member at 17 years old), [[The Simpsons|Harry Shearer]], Randy Quaid, Robert Downey Jr., Joan Cusack, [[Sarah Silverman]], [[Janeane Garofalo]], Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Damon Wayans?
** ''[[Mad TV]]'' fans might be surprised to discover that Jeff Richards and Taran Killam (two feature players who only spent one year on ''MADtv'' before leaving) were/are on this show. Jeff Richards was on ''[[Mad TV]]'' from 2000-01 before crossing over to ''SNL'', where he stayed from 2001 to the early half of 2004. Taran Killam also appeared on ''MADtv'' in 2001 (becoming the youngest cast member on that show at age 19) and was let go a year later. Nine years after appearing on ''MADtv'', he became one of four new feature players for ''SNL''.
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