Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hey everyone, in today's video I discuss Norm Macdonald's sitcom "The Norm Show" and how ABC totally dropped the ball. Following Norm's firing from Saturday Night Live as well as his blazing performance while hosting the 6th annual ESPY awards and comedy movie 'Dirty Work' Bruce Helfort would collaborate with Norm Macdonald to create "The Norm Show". The show was initially very well-received with it's dry and sardonic style of humor similar to what Norm was well-known for on SNL's Weekend Update, but ABC would start to shuffle around the time slots on Wednesday Night, andduring Season 3 they even shifted the show to Friday night completely unnanounced and continued to shuffle around the time slot. This as well as the show decreasing in quality overall in Season 3 led to the ratings crashing and the show eventually being cancelled by ABC. Anyway, If you enjoyed this comedy deep dive video enough please like the video, subscribe to the channel, turn on post notifications, and share this with someone you think would enjoy it. Thanks for watching, I love you guys.
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0:00 - Just subscribe dude
1:22 - What was 'The Norm Show' about?
2:52 - Season 1 ratings and time slot
4:15 - ABC starts shuffling the show's time slot
5:24 - Season 2 ratings
6:00 - How season 3 was the death of the Norm Show
7:47 - Critical reception for the Norm Show
8:45 - Closing remarks
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Music Credits:
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Original Music created by my boy Sunfish, check out his YouTube & Instagram:
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Hey everyone, in today's video I discuss Norm Macdonald's sitcom "The Norm Show" and how ABC totally dropped the ball. Following Norm's firing from Saturday Night Live as well as his blazing performance while hosting the 6th annual ESPY awards and comedy movie 'Dirty Work' Bruce Helfort would collaborate with Norm Macdonald to create "The Norm Show". The show was initially very well-received with it's dry and sardonic style of humor similar to what Norm was well-known for on SNL's Weekend Update, but ABC would start to shuffle around the time slots on Wednesday Night, andduring Season 3 they even shifted the show to Friday night completely unnanounced and continued to shuffle around the time slot. This as well as the show decreasing in quality overall in Season 3 led to the ratings crashing and the show eventually being cancelled by ABC. Anyway, If you enjoyed this comedy deep dive video enough please like the video, subscribe to the channel, turn on post notifications, and share this with someone you think would enjoy it. Thanks for watching, I love you guys.
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Become a Channel Member Today: youtube.com/channel/UCEE4vSqPb4caRP-BaB7y4jQ/join
.
Check Out My LAST VIDEO: youtu.be/-_oUl8jipwM
.
Wanna See A Funny Norm Macdonald Compilation? Click here: youtu.be/tm-uISr3OWw
.
Wanna see some Comedy Lore? Here's a fun playlist you can watch: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBiPUs2Kp6XczQU5QSi9FPehF7AkdsM4h
.
Subscribe to My Second Channel: @NateRoscoeRLP
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0:00 - Just subscribe dude
1:22 - What was 'The Norm Show' about?
2:52 - Season 1 ratings and time slot
4:15 - ABC starts shuffling the show's time slot
5:24 - Season 2 ratings
6:00 - How season 3 was the death of the Norm Show
7:47 - Critical reception for the Norm Show
8:45 - Closing remarks
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Ignore the tags: #comedy #roast #comedian #standupcomedy #comedyhistory #comedians #comedypodcast #podcast #minidocumentary #comedyspecial #normmacdonald #tv #sitcom
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(Other Stuff)
Patreon: patreon.com/nateroscoe
Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/nate_roscoe
Follow me on Tik Tok: tiktok.com/@nate_roscoe
Follow me on Twitter (I'm not calling it X): twitter.com/Nate_Roscoe0526
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Music Credits:
🔻
Original Music created by my boy Sunfish, check out his YouTube & Instagram:
youtube.com/@svnfishmusic?si=LLMXuHI6uGAp8OgZ
instagram.com/sunfish_music?igsh=MXUwMndvd3RmMHk5dQ==
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