but then there was also this weird wave of energy coming in like, you re in a genre that s passe, we re done with this, we don t want to see this anymore. and the emmy goes to jim parsons, the big bang theory. with multicam, you hear the other people laughing. it ignites something that s innate in all of us, that s primal in us, the desire to gather in a group and hear a story. lauren, look. live from new york, it s saturday night! so every generation has their favorite saturday night live, right, and it s usually the one that was on when they were in high school. so the people that were in high school during the 2000s won the jackpot. because over the course of that decade, you see some of the most
jim parsons, the big bang theory. obviously we didn t go away, and i believe very strongly that the multi-kamm, the way they re shot in front of the studio audience, you hear the other people laughing. i think it ignites something that s in all of us that s very primal almost, which is that desire to gather as a group and hear a story. hey, lauren, look. live from new york, it s saturday night! so, every generation has their favorite saturday night live, right? and it s usually the one that was on when they were in high school. so, the people that were in high school during the 2000s won the jackpot. what are you saying? because over the course of that decade you see some of the most extraordinary people come through that show. we should mention that although the waters above appear
at trump tour in june of 2016 is now under scrutiny. it s all just part of why federal prosecutors are zeroing in on the day donald trump officially became the 45th president of the united states. randi kaye, cnn, new york. randi, thank you. gilda radner was a comedy superstar whose reach extended far beyond the world of entertainment. her iconic saturday night live characters made us laugh, and her thought provoking writing broke boundaries for women. now the new cnn original film love gilda offers special access to gilda s diaries and home videos to share her story. brooke baldwin has this preview. live from new york it s saturday night! reporter: legendary comic gilda radner broke down traditional gender roles when she entered our living rooms in 1975. this is baba wawa speaking to
saturday night! reporter: legendary comic gilda radner broke down traditional gender roles when she entered our living rooms in 1975. hello, paulo, baby. this is barbara wawa speaking to you live. reporter: she was the first cast member hired on nbc s iconic saturday night live. she was incredibly comfortable on the stage. she was fearless. nothing was too feminine or too masculine for her to do. i found that my comfort in live television was laughter, that i can do almost anything if people are laughing. reporter: radner would rotate through a cast of characters, alongside male comics, geniuses in their own right. boom, va-va-voom. reporter: every saturday she with a would break down traditional norms for women at that time. that was terrific. how was it for you? okay. what is it just okay, or was it really okay? well, it was really just
that s very primal in us, the desire to gather in a group and hear a story. lauren, look. live from new york, it s saturday night! so every generation has their favorite saturday night live, and it s unusually the one that was on when they were in high school. so the people that were in high school during the 2000s won the jackpot. because over the course of that decade, you see some of the most extraordinary people come through that show. we should mention that although the waters above appear calm, below the surface there is a frenzy of activity. one of the hallmarks of snl is you need somebody to play the president. and will s dubya was stellar. will ferrell s george w. was sort of a loveable dummy.