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"Saturday Night Special" (1996)
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Rival to Saturday Night Live
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(Series Cast [8]) | Jennifer Coolidge | ... | Various (2 episodes, 1996) |
 | Kathy Griffin | ... | Various (2 episodes, 1996) |
 | Warren Hutcherson | ... | Various (2 episodes, 1996) |
| Heath Hyche | ... | Various (2 episodes, 1996) |
 | Laura Kightlinger | ... | Various (2 episodes, 1996) |
| Carl LaBove | ... | Various (2 episodes, 1996) |
 | Roseanne | ... | Herself - Host (2 episodes, 1996) |
| Bob Rubin | ... | Various (2 episodes, 1996) |
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USA:60 min
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Edited into Tupac: Resurrection (2003)
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This was an after-prime time show produced by Rosanne Barr-Arnold in the mid-90s. Similar but inferior to SNL, it premiered on FOX at the time slot a half hour earlier than SNL, hoping to steal away some of their fans. SNS was a lesson in overkill. Each hour-long ep featured two guest hosts, two musical guests, fly girl-type dancers, Lollapalooza act Jim Rose and his human oddities, and on top of all that would be their version of SNL's "prime-time" players (actresses like Jennifer Coolidge and Kathy Griffin were featured players). The skits were barely equal to SNL's worst. There were a few good ones and the best were usually dominated by the guest stars like Ben Stiller and Ice T and Tupac Shakur. Rosanne would make a few insignificant appearances each episdode. On the positive side, the musical performances were top shelf. D'Angelo, Coolio, Alice in Chains, Patti Smith, Radiohead, Tupac all performed on the show live and kicking better than a lot of SNL's safe top 40 acts. The show would only last about six or more eps before it went was cancelled, joining the graveyard of dozens of other late night comedy/variety shows that have taken on the emperor SNL and lost.