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from February 8, 2014, to March 21, 2015. Until the series return with one final revival airing on January 6, 2018."SNL Québec victime des compressions à Télé-Québec"

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, March 3, 2015. A French-language adaptation of the American sketch comedy series ''

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'', the series featured both translated recreations of sketches from the original series and original material written for the Quebec series: the show's first episode included a translation of the iconic Schweddy Balls sketch,"Here's what we thought of SNL Québec"
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'', February 10, 2014. and a sketch in the second episode recast the leaders' debate from the 2014 provincial election as an episode of ''Un dîner presque parfait'', the French-language version of '' Come Dine with Me''.

Cast

The show's core cast members were Katherine Levac, Virginie Fortin, Léane Labrèche-Dor, Pier-Luc Funk, Mathieu Quesnel, Guillaume Girard, Mickaël Gouin and Phil Roy. Quesnel served as '' Les nouvelles SNL'' anchor for the first two episodes, with Girard and Gouin taking over thereafter.

Production

Initially announced as two standalone comedy specials, several further episodes were produced in 2014 and 2015 as a once-a-month series. Ten episodes, nine originals and a "best-of" compilation of sketches from the earlier episodes, were broadcast overall. As advance publicity for the first two specials, hosts Louis-José Houde and Stéphane Rousseau each recorded segments in which they visited the

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set of the original ''Saturday Night Live'', including brief interviews with some of ''SNL's'' cast.

Episodes

Cancellation

Télé-Québec announced in early 2015 that due to cutbacks to its budget, the series would not be renewed for another season.

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subsequently announced that it had signed the show's production team and cast to produce a new series, '' Le nouveau show'', for that network. The show was revived for a one-time special hosted by Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, aired on January 6, 2018.Mathieu Valiquette
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, January 3, 2018.

References

External links

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