SNL Suffers Sarah Palin Fatigue?

Fri., Oct. 24, 2008 1:43 PM PDT by

Tina Fey, Sarah Palin Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, NBC Photo: Dana Edelson

So, are people tiring of Sarah Palin, or Tina Fey's Sarah Palin?

Last night's Saturday Night Live special, featuring Fey's latest appearance as the Republican veep candidate (and maybe Will Ferrell's final cameo as the outgoing President Bush), was watched by the short-run show's smallest audience.

The episode, the third of three prime-time specials—not counting the 90-minute Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash 2008 scheduled for Nov. 3—was still big for NBC, averaging an estimated 8.5 million, and helping ease the pain of Kath & Kim (5 million). But it was no match for even last weekend's SNL, which drew some 14 million for the much-anticipated Palin-Fey summit.

If Palin fatigue is setting in, then Fey, at least, has an exit strategy. Starting next week, she'll be back to being Liz Lemon on the returning 30 Rock.

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