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Saturday Night Live In The '80s: Lost And Found
SPECIAL: NBC, Sunday 11/13 at 9:00p (120 minutes)

8.7 based on 8 reviews read critic reviews how did we calculate this? based on 4 votes read user comments rate this tv show

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Director Kenneth Bowser follows his look at the long-running NBC sketch comedy series' first five years with this similar examination of the next ten, mixing clips of the show with interviews with the likes of Al Franken, Conan O'Brien, Billy Crystal, Martin Short, Dana Carvey and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

GENRE(S):	Comedy, Documentary
FIRST AIR DATE:	November 13, 2005

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100

USA Today Robert Bianco

Once again, Bowser has created a TV rarity: a salute that is as smart, funny and, at times, caustic as the show it honors.

90

Variety Brian Lowry

Bowser has deftly pulled back the curtain to provide a tantalizing glimpse behind those smiling cast members laughing and swaying as the closing theme plays, revealing the back-biting and insecurities characteristic of any good Hollywood tale.

88

New York Daily News David Hinckley

One of the more intelligent, objective and entertaining TV documentaries around.

80

Washington Post Tom Shales

An entertaining talkumentary.

75

New York Post Linda Stasi

Quite good.

60

Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond

[It's] packed with all of the requisite clips and insight from those who were there but focuses far too heavily on the tenuous existence of the franchise itself.

60

Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd

Though it charts the twists and turns, the comings and goings, pays respects to the major moments, characters and catch phrases, it never really communicates what made the show, the process or the product special.

40

Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker

This Saturday Night Live special is nowhere near as entertaining as a February look at the show in the 1970s.

The average user rating for this tv show is 8.7 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

tanya m gave it a9:
if this is re the snl show 80's, i am 36(almost 37) and have been watching snl since '81 or '82 (i'm not sure). the show for someone like me was brilliant except that, when the producers or writers or actors or musical guests were on, under their names, if their names were shown, the one thing that was missing was the date stamp under their names. that would have made the show absolutely perfect because i used to watch the show when i was a child mostly for the music and was trying to figure out exactly what year i started watching. i am an snl head and know all of the cast members, remember the producers -- everything. i know it was eddie murphy who drew me to the show. but it said he came on in '80. i know i didn't start watching then. but probably it was '81. if you had just had the time stamps under everyone who spoke or when the musical guests were shown, i could have figured it out. my guess is 12. like i said, i am now almost 37. I AM A FAN. my one dream is to attend the snl taping some day. thanks

Caveman Lawyer Esquire gave it a9:
C'mon reviewers...the SNL 80's was by far the best period of the show with some of the best casts. I get so sick of people loving the silly 70's version which was good at times, but not as insightful or as intelligent as the 80's and the early 90s were.

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