candidate and hillary is a real candidate. it ll go back and forth. donald trump is going to host. these same rules could help gop candidates. lessig isn t trying to get on snl but he s trying to get his ads on nbc stations. he might succeed because clinton was on. in other words, if donald trump is going to host snl, why not jeb bush? ben carson can t stay awake until 12:30. the letters go to the affiliates that air the show. there s about 200 nbc affiliates. in states where trump is campaigning, like iowa and new hampshire, the main ones, they could say, i want to be on. in 2003, al sharpton was running for president in the race and had to put leiebermalieberman s halls on. only in jurisdictions where they re really a candidate. this law is barely ever applied. for lessig, it could be a big