Putting together an episode of Saturday Night Live is a gruelling and intense process, beginning at 9am on Monday and finishing at 1am Saturday night with the live show.

New York Times bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld joins us on Love Lives this week to discuss her latest novel, Romantic Comedy, her lifelong love of SNL, and how a typical episode of the iconic show comes together.

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