2026-03-23
9 分钟This is The Indicator from Planet Money.
I'm Waylon Wong, and here with me today is British journalist Tala Vistrom.
Hey, Waylon.
Great to be here.
Great to have you.
Now, if you've been anywhere near a TV set in the past 50 years, you've certainly heard this familiar catchphrase.
What you've never heard is this.
Live from London, it's Saturday Night.
Wow, yes, plot twist.
That is, until this past weekend when America's iconic late-night sketch show,
Saturday Night Live, made its British debut.
And like British humour itself, I couldn't help but be cynical about the prospect.
I mean, how do you copy an institution as American as apple pie and measure up to a behemoth that's racked up 93 Emmys?
The answer to that is more cowbell.
Today on the show, the multi-million dollar gamble that is SNL UK.
In HBO's industry, finance gets the dramatic treatment.
Maybe too dramatic.
All of these people would have gotten fired from the bank six times over.
The things they get away with.
In a new bonus episode, Planet Money talks industry.