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SNL Summaries Declined Most of the Time

Most SNL episodes have summaries listing the sketches with the cast members in each sketch listed in parentheses.For example, "Sketches include Sketch1 (FullName1, FullName2), Sketch2 (FullName2, FullName3)." All the summaries I've come across so far are for the edited-for-rerun versions.

 

I've been going through and adding new summaries that include cut sketches (usually the musical numbers and any sketch with any music-rights issues), as well as name ID links for the first time a cast member is mentioned, shortening subsequent mentions to just the last name, and adding cameos and VO credits for the main cast members. For example, "Full sketch list as originally aired: Sketch1 (FullName1Link, FullNamet2Link), Sketch2 (FullName3Link VO, LastName2, FullName4Link, UncreditedLink cameo)."

 

Sometimes the submission goes through just fine, but most of the time it's declined for bad formatting. I can't figure out what I need to change to the formatting (Remove the name links? Use the full name for repeated names? Remove cameos or links for cameos? Something else?), so I've come here for some help on the subject. To give a real example, here's my declined submission for S33E1:

Full sketch list as originally aired: The All-But-Certain-to-Be Next President ([link=nm0358669], [link=nm0688132]), Host’s Monologue ([link=nm1429908]), Angry Dog ([link=nm1325419], [link=nm0287182], [link=nm0035488], [link=nm0352778]), Children's Hope Auction ([link=nm0748973], Armisen, Poehler, Wiig, Hader, James), High School Musical 3: Return of the Seniors (Hader VO, [link=nm1676221], James, Armisen, Forte, [link=nm0860380], [link=nm0837177], Rudolph), An SNL Digital Short: Iran So Far (Samberg, Armisen, [link=nm1747013] cameo, [link=nm0350453] cameo), Read to Achieve (Hader, James, Sudeikis), The Lyle Kane Show (Rudolph VO, Forte, Hader, James), [link=nm1577190] (as Kayne West) performs "Stronger" and “Good Life”, Weekend Update ([link=nm1024878], Poehler, Thompson, Armisen, Rudolph), Best of Solid Gold (Thompson, Rudolph, Wiig, Poehler, James, Forte), The Ambiguously Gay Duo: First Served, First Come (Hader, [link=nm0170306] cameo, [link=nm0136797] cameo), 106 and Park Top Ten Live (Rudolph, Ye, Thompson, Poehler, Forte, Sudeikis, Hader, [link=nm0584427] cameo, James), Ye performs “Champion” and “Everything I Am”, Great Moments in Guidance Counseling (James, Sudeikis, Forte).

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Hello catharineemmahershey,

Can you help us posting the 18-digit submission reference numbers? in order to take a look for you at the rejections.

You can find the submission number on your Contribution History page.

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The one from the post's example:

230823-202353-121000

Others that were declined:

230822-235745-771000

230822-221346-759000

230819-003036-449000

230817-230213-917000

230815-183317-757000

230814-215210-842000

In case it helps for comparison or as a control, ones that were approved:

230818-003040-135000

230815-002823-079000

230812-223440-756000

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I have resubmitted the rejected submissions and approved them on your behalf, the changes will be live on the site shortly!

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Cool! Thanks! Is there any I should do differently for future submissions, maybe particular wording in the explanation or something?

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So far the submissions seem ok, I would only recommend to keep an eye if there is any 1st person written part in the plot summaries since the system will not allow it, however the plots are good, they will be live on the site shortly!