 Brian Fairlee giving an episode preview was phased out and replaced with the return of the cold opening sketches (mostly music video parodies, fake commercials, mock movie trailers, and TV show promos).John Crane and Bruce Leddy -- the series showrunners, head writers, and executive producers — directed most of the episodes.The show itself was relocated to a new studio (The Henry Fonda Music Box Theater) in order to give the show the feel of a live event, due in part to FOX's extensive budget cuts and competition from "Saturday Night Live" and its growing popularity from The Lonely Island's "Digital Shorts" on that show.