Apparently it barely still is. It seems to have finally dawned on them that catering to the 'humor' tastes of only a small minority of the nation is not sound fiscal policy for their little humor empire.
ALL IT TOOK WAS A MASSIVE TRUMP WIN FOR LEFTIST CONTROLLED SNL TO WAKE THE HELL UP AND START BEING MILDLY AMUSING AGAIN. ROUGHLY 15 YEARS AGO PEOPLE NOTICED THAT MEDIA WONK CHRIS HAYES -- AT THE TIME -- LOOKED LIKE RACHEL MADDOW'S YOUNGER SISTER. YESTERDAY SNL 'DISCOVERED' THIS RESEMBLANCE AND USED IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH A 'JOY REID' JOKE TO SKEWER ALL THREE LEFTIST MEDIA PERSONALITIES.