https://marco.org/2007/10/03/the-snl-fallacy-is-when-people-look-back-in-time
The SNL Fallacy is when people look back in time at something, just see the highlights (since the lowlights and filler inherently fade away and are forgotten), and see that time period as superior to the current one. People always claim that Saturday Night Live “used to be better.” And they’ve been saying that ever since shortly after the show started.
— Ricky Van Veen on the SNL Fallacy (thanks Scott Kidder)