As someone who works in TV, I can tell you beyond the message is the production. SNL is timed to the second because it’s live and it has a set time slot. Each segment is timed out such that you get all of your content in while allowing for all of the sold commercial space. If you rehearse a song and it’s 2:20 long, but your act changes it up and runs 2:52 instead, you run into trouble with the broadcast and subsequently can throw off the rest of the night.
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