Why Did NBC Cut Times Square Bomber Sketch From SNL?

Mediaite: Classic sketches like “Debbie Downer” and “Bronx Beat” ended up as web-only extras — along with a funny sketch lampooning the Times Square bomber. All funny — except the Times Square bomber sketch had been leaked to Politico’s Patrick Gavin earlier that day.





That’s unusual. Tweets from dress rehearsal, fine — but a script leak? Gavin’s item excerpted a big chunk of text, which was almost identical to that which ended up being filmed*** — and thus, pretty much gave away the joke, and the lion’s share of the punchlines. Later, when the sketch didn’t run, Gavin tweeted “Source tells me: ‘They are really upset over at NBC about that script leak.'”