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In March 2017, the web site The Last Line Of Defense published a fake news article reporting that long-running NBC comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live was in the midst of its lowest-rated season and would be cancelled at the end of the year: There was no truth to this story. The Last Line Of Defense is a well-known purveyor of fake news and carries a disclaimer labeling its content as fiction: In addition to the satirical origins of this story, the claim that Saturday Night Live has sunk to its lowest ratings in history during its 42 season is demonstrably false. Although Vulture noted that directly comparing the current season's ratings for SNL to those of years past is problematic due to the fact that Nielsen's rating mechanisms have changed since the show first aired in 1975, the comedy show has seen a viewer surge during the 2016-17 season, due in large part to the popularity of the program's political skewerings of President Trump and his administration:
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