[E025]'Saturday Night Live' is coming to China

Online video site Sohu.com is teaming up with Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video Entertainment to bring the Saturday Night Live format[格式；版式；开本] to China and will recruit comedians across the country in coming months. China’s online viewership[电视观众的总称] is exploding, with 60 percent of the audience using smartphones and tablets to watch, and finding content to meet burgeoning[增长迅速的；生机勃勃的] demand has led to streaming sites getting into production, often by buying formats.

SNL, which combines the best elements of live music and sketch comedy[喜剧小品], will be a refreshing new option for Chinese viewers.

Chinese online video site Sohu.com

The deal is the latest in a series of deals by Sohu offering legitimate[合法的；正当的；合理的；正统的] content on the online TV and movie market in China, which is the world’s largest Internet market with 649 million users.

注：（摘自百度百科）

《周六夜现场》（Saturday Night Live，缩写：SNL），是一个每周六深夜播出、60多分钟的美国综艺节目，以纽约市为拍摄地，自1975年10月11日由NBC播出。本节目在大西洋标准时区、北美东部时区、北美中部时区均是以现场直播的方式播出，是美国电视史上最长寿的节目之一。每周都有不同的客座主持人与音乐来宾加入，与该节目的固定卡司一同演出。

SNL最大的特点是结合当下最热点话题，用恶搞的小品来针砭时事，可以视其为流行文化的一面镜子。由于SNL播出时间段较晚，所以尺度相对一般美剧会稍微大一点，恶搞的笑料从来也不缺乏话题。