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The Challenges of Creating a Successful TV Show
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Dick Ebersol, former SNL producer, thought that the show would struggle to survive and paid his actors high salaries in one-year contracts. With the pressure of constantly coming up with new ideas and the limitations of technology, creativity was key to creating a hit show.
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