Lorne Michaels, NBC Plotting SNL On-Demand Video Website

NBC and Saturday Night Live executive producer Lorne Michaels are in talks to develop a new on-demand video Website that would feature an array of comedy clips built around the late-night franchise, according to sources.

While the project is still in the early developmental stage, it is believed the site would include a mix of sketches culled from the vast SNL library, as well as dress rehearsal skits that have never aired. It would also feature additional original comedy similar to The Line, a Web series created earlier this year by SNL writers and performers. The Line can now be seen on YouTube and Sony's Crackle.com.

Insiders say the new SNL online stop would be similar to Comedy Central's site for The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.

SNL head writer Seth Meyers confirmed that a new site was in the works on ESPN columnist Bill Simmons' podcast The BS Report, late last week.

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Comments

[Realist]

Cutting edge stuff. I'll look forward to seeing how they use the site to revise history. A good channel would be for viewers to take the skits whicvh are not funny, and resubmit funny ones.

[G8R4Obama]

Has anyone heard why SNL did not do a live show this weekend? I was really disappointed to see the re-run of the Micheal Phelps episode and wondered what happened.

[Amsterdam83]

SNL does three weeks of new shows and takes a week off. That's always how they've done things, the only exception being last season when they came back from the writer's strike. They did, however, have a special Thursday edition of Weekend Update during primetime this past week.

[NoSillyName]

Cancel Palin's proposed appearance on the 25th!!!

Email Michaels at [e-mail]

[GiggidyGeshmoygen]

this will be heaven-on-a-stick ---

all the church lady there is to be had... on demand ...

[Texas4Blue]

Bingo; have been trying to think of who(or what..) Palin reminds me of; everytime I hear her speak, and her philosophy of life in general, there was always a faint memory there, just couldn't remember what; THE CHURCH LADY, how perfect for her!, Sorry Dana, but it is so her! "Isn't that special"!!!!lol

[totalliberal]

Can you imagine the Church Lady finding out that her unmarried daughter has been impregnated by......... "SATAN".