Lorne Michaels expects SNL to continue airing live across the country following ratings boost

Entertainment Weekly

“I think so. Yeah, I think it is,”  Michaels said while interviewed on The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, adding: “There was an interesting statistic or fact which was that when we were doing those four shows live, we were either the No. 1 or No. 2 show on television, on all of television.”