NBC Exec Says Outrage Over Trump’s ‘SNL’ Appearance Worth The Ratings

*See, this was the deal all along. In fact, it couldn’t have worked out better for NBC and SNL. First they got publicity over the Trump hosting, amplified by the Latino community’s protests. Now they get publicity for meeting with Latino leaders, and next they’ll get publicity for making changes to the cast and writers.  It’s interesting to read how members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are said to have pressured NBC and Comcast to come to the meeting table with Latino leaders by reminding them that they had voted in favor of  the Comcast merger. This really isn’t about diversity for SNL. VL


huffpo mediaBy Gabriel Arana, Huffington Post Media

NBC has no shame.

At a panel hosted by the Television Critics Association Wednesday, NBC Entertainment Chief Bob Greenblatt said he had no regrets about allowing Donald Trump to host “Saturday Night Live” last year.

As The Wrap’s Daniel Halloway first reported, Greenblatt was asked whether the episode’s high ratings were worth the controversy Trump’s appearance generated.

“I think it was,” he said. “At the end of the day, he was on the show for 11 minutes, and as I like to say, the Earth didn’t fall off its axis.”

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