Saturday Night Live

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

Seasons

52

Episodes aired

1.009

Latest aired

S51E20

Total runtime

46d 19h

Timeline when each season aired

1. Season 1 October 1975 – July 1976 24 episodes
2. Season 2 September 1976 – May 1977 22 episodes
3. Season 3 September 1977 – May 1978 20 episodes
4. Season 4 October 1978 – May 1979 20 episodes
5. Season 5 October 1979 – May 1980 20 episodes
6. Season 6 November 1980 – April 1981 13 episodes
7. Season 7 October 1981 – May 1982 20 episodes
8. Season 8 September 1982 – May 1983 20 episodes
9. Season 9 October 1983 – May 1984 19 episodes
10. Season 10 October 1984 – April 1985 17 episodes
11. Season 11 November 1985 – May 1986 18 episodes
12. Season 12 October 1986 – May 1987 20 episodes
13. Season 13 October 1987 – February 1988 13 episodes
14. Season 14 October 1988 – May 1989 20 episodes
15. Season 15 September 1989 – May 1990 20 episodes
16. Season 16 September 1990 – May 1991 20 episodes
17. Season 17 September 1991 – May 1992 20 episodes
18. Season 18 September 1992 – May 1993 20 episodes
19. Season 19 September 1993 – May 1994 20 episodes
20. Season 20 September 1994 – May 1995 20 episodes
21. Season 21 September 1995 – May 1996 20 episodes
22. Season 22 September 1996 – May 1997 20 episodes
23. Season 23 September 1997 – May 1998 20 episodes
24. Season 24 September 1998 – May 1999 19 episodes
25. Season 25 October 1999 – May 2000 20 episodes
26. Season 26 October 2000 – May 2001 20 episodes
27. Season 27 September 2001 – May 2002 20 episodes
28. Season 28 October 2002 – May 2003 20 episodes
29. Season 29 October 2003 – May 2004 20 episodes
30. Season 30 October 2004 – May 2005 20 episodes
31. Season 31 October 2005 – May 2006 19 episodes
32. Season 32 September 2006 – May 2007 20 episodes
33. Season 33 September 2007 – May 2008 12 episodes
34. Season 34 September 2008 – May 2009 22 episodes
35. Season 35 September 2009 – May 2010 22 episodes
36. Season 36 September 2010 – May 2011 22 episodes
37. Season 37 September 2011 – May 2012 22 episodes
38. Season 38 September 2012 – May 2013 21 episodes
39. Season 39 September 2013 – May 2014 21 episodes
40. Season 40 September 2014 – May 2015 21 episodes
41. Season 41 October 2015 – May 2016 21 episodes
42. Season 42 October 2016 – May 2017 21 episodes
43. Season 43 September 2017 – May 2018 21 episodes
44. Season 44 September 2018 – May 2019 21 episodes
45. Season 45 September 2019 – May 2020 18 episodes
46. Season 46 October 2020 – May 2021 20 episodes
47. Season 47 October 2021 – May 2022 21 episodes
48. Season 48 October 2022 – April 2023 18 episodes
49. Season 49 October 2023 – May 2024 20 episodes
50. Season 50 September 2024 – May 2025 21 episodes
51. Season 51 October 2025 – May 2026 20 episodes
52. Season 52 September 2026 – December 2026 9 episodes

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  S01E01 George Carlin with Billy Preston and Janis Ian

  October 11 · 66min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's... George Carlin! Sketches Include: Wolverines, New Dad Insurance, The Courtroom, Victims of Shark Bite, Jamitol, Triopenin, Jim Henson's Muppets, Bee Hospital, Academy of Better Careers, Show Us Your Guns, Trojan Horse Home Security, Triple-Trac

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  S01E02 Paul Simon with Randy Newman and Phoebe Snow

  October 18 · 66min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's... Paul Simon! Sketches Include: The Berkeley Collection, Bees, Jim Henson's Muppets, Try-Hard 1-11

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  S01E03 Rob Reiner

  October 25 · 66min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, it's... Rob Reiner! Sketches Include: National Pancreas Association, Fashion Don'ts, Golden Needles, Dangerous But Inept, Felina Cat Food, Middle American Van Lines, Musical Performance (Joe Cocker), Jim Henson's Muppets, Drooler's Anti-Defamation League, Square Dance, Mark Hampton and Denny Dillon, What Gilda Ate, Bees

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  S01E04 Candice Bergen with Esther Phillips

  November 8 · 68min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's... Candice Bergen Sketches include: Ambassador Training Institute, CIA Department of Records, Jaws II, Long Distance, Chanel, Feminine Talk, Midnight Probe, Crank Call, Jim Henson's Muppets, Irk The Turk, Black Perspective, Pong

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  S01E05 Robert Klein with ABBA and Loudon Wainwright III

  November 15 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's... Robert Klein Sketches include: Pong, Minute Mystery, Bee Centennial Minute, Greg Allman How's Your Love Life?, Tough Director, Jamitol, Exterminators, Fireman, Jim Henson's Muppets, K-Put Price-Is-Rite Stamp Gun, Looks At Books, I Can't Stop My Leg

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  S01E06 Lily Tomlin

  November 22 · 65min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, it's... Lily Tomlin Sketches Include: Beethoven Part 1, Jaws III, Bell-Hop, Edith Ann Skates, Beethoven Part 2, Spud Beer, Patty, Jim Henson's Muppets, Beethoven Part 3, Hard Hats, Speed, Margo's Dance Palace

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  S01E07 Richard Pryor with Gil Scott-Heron

  December 13 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live From New York, it's... Richard Pryor! Sketches Include: Samurai Hotel, Looks At Books, Line-Up #1, Word Association, Pong, They're Taking Over, Line-Up #2, L-Pill, Jim Henson's Muppets, Line-Up #3, Exorcist II, Assassination

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  S01E08 Candice Bergen with Martha Reeves and The Stylistics

  December 20 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's... Candice Bergen! Sketches include-- Fireside Chat with Gerald Ford, "Mel's Char Palace", "What Gilda Ate", Billy is guilty of murder, Teddy the Elf, "The Fritzie Kringle Show", "Minute Mystery", Candice and the cast perform 'Winter Wonderland', The Bees Christmas Party, Homeward Bound.

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  S01E09 Elliott Gould with Anne Murray

  January 10 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, it's... Elliott Gould! Sketches include "The Dead String Quartet," "Interior Demolitionists," "Vito Corleone in Therapy," "The Killer Bees," "Birthright", "Gilda and Elliot," "New Shimmer," The Muppets, "Play Misty for Me" (film), "Jamitol," "Try-Hard 1-11," and "Powwow With the Press" (stand-up). Anne Murray performed "Long Distance Call" and "Boogie With You."

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  S01E10 Buck Henry with Bill Withers and Toni Basil

  January 17 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include--Suicide Prevention, "Samurai Deli", Operation Stumblebum, "Citizen Kane II", King Bee(the Blues Brothers), Auto mechanic tells bedtime story, "Presidential Foreplay", Chevy misuses a joint, The Constipated Man, The Muppets and the Japanese sex Device.

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  S01E11 Peter Cook & Dudley Moore with Neil Sedaka

  January 24 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include-- Bomb Squad, Prisoner Auditions, "Don Pardo's Holiday on A Elevator", "Table Talk", "Backstage Banter", Sonny and Cher, The Baby Jesus, Chevy talks to Angola's roommate, The Muppets.

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  S01E12 Dick Cavett with Jimmy Cliff

  January 31 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include--Voodoo on Chevy Chase, Alcohol and Firearms, Lowell Brock of H&R Brock, "Looks at Books", Dick Cavett's School of Hydroplane Operation, Dance To The Nation, "The Apple Follies", Our Town.

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  S01E13 Peter Boyle with Al Jarreau

  February 14 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include "The Valentine's Day Massacre," "Samurai Divorce Court," "Jason and Sunshine," "The Corrida." "All Pro Wrestling," "Remembering of Things Past", "Dueling Brandos," "A Home Movie" (film), and "The Orgy." Al Jarreau performs "We'll Get By."

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  S01E14 Desi Arnaz with Desi Arnaz Jr.

  February 21 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include-- Gerald Ford gives a word association, Literary Recital, Very White(Chevy Chase)sings unsoulful songs, "The Failed Pilots of I Love Lucy", Cuban accupunture, Lucille Ball talks about Desi's book, Bisexual Minute.

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  S01E15 Jill Clayburgh with Leon Redbone

  February 28 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include-- No More Falls, "Great Moments in Herstory", White Guilt Relief Fund, Inquisitive Girlfriend, Grable and Lombard, Car Yummies, Paying the Milkman, Jill Carson Guidance Counselor!, Andy Kaufman sings "Old Macdonald", "The Mr. Bill Show".

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  S01E16 Anthony Perkins with Betty Carter

  March 13 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include--'SNL is not ad-libbed' says Chevy Chase, A President's View on Marijuana, Dominatrix Cleaning Tips, "Norman Bates School of Hotel Management", Low-budget Movie Trailers, Sherry protest her B(ee), Policemen Dance Party, "Hello Dolly".

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  S01E17 Ron Nessen with the Patti Smith Group

  April 17 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's...Gerald Ford Sketches include-- "The Dead String Quartet", Super Bass-O-Matic 76, An Oval Office, David Eisenhower is Anti-Nixon, Thomas Jefferson denies slavery, The New Stoner Volunteer Army, Catherine the Great, Disgusting Jam, Autumm Fizz--The Carbonated Douche, "Tomorrow With Tom Snyder".

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  S01E18 Raquel Welch with Phoebe Snow and John Sebastian

  April 24 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include-- "Get to the fall Chevy!", Purina Rat Chow, Joseph Franklin's 10-letter Metric Alphabet, "The Claudine Longet Ski Invitational", "One Flew Over The Hornest Nest", Chevy tries to convince Raquel to take off her shirt, Baba Wawa, Bisexual Moment, The Muppets are finished on SNL.

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  S01E19 Madeline Kahn with Carly Simon

  May 8 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, it's Chevy Chase! Sketches are "Ronald Reagan's Jam Session," Not for Ladies Only, Wilderness Comedian, "Slumber Party," Bride of Frankenstein, "Fondue Pots for Namibia," "The Muppets Can Reunite the Beatles," New York's My Home (film), "Super Absordent Dry Hose," and "The Final Days." Carly Simon performs You're So Vain.

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  S01E20 Dyan Cannon with Leon & Mary Russell

  May 15 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include--Chevy has to do the fall again, "Hearing Test," "The Adulterer," "Vacationland Adventure", "Minister with Hiccups," "Dyan Cannon's Dream," "Orange Juice," "The Bathwater of The Stars", "Johnny Angel", "Cresk Toothpaste,"" and "The Hubcap Thief" (film). Leon Russell and Joe Cocker (Belushi) perform "Daylight".

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  S01E21 Buck Henry with Gordon Lightfoot

  May 22 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include--Emmy winner Chevy tries to get Laraine todo the fall, Samurai Tailor, "Talk Back!", "Dell Stator's Toad Ranch Resturaunt", "Looks at Books", The Crowd Audition, Peter Lemon Moodring, "Not For Ladies Only", Lorne Micheals offer to the Beatles.

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  S01E22 Elliott Gould with Leon Redbone and Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson

  May 29 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Sketches include "Wax Museum," "Phone Operator Academy," "European Poker Player," "Babs's Uvula," "The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise," "The Bee Honeymooners," "Shirley Temple Black," "Vibramatic," "Uncle Charlie's School," and "Show Us Your Guns." Leon Redbone performed "Shine On Harvest Moon."

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  S01E23 Louise Lasser with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band

  July 24 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include--Belushi thinks Chevy has a big head, Louise Lasser locks herself dressing room, General "V.D" Amin, Sven and Inger, John Belushi tries to sell his clothes, Ode to Television, Louise apologizes to her dog, Jimmy Carter talks about the campagin.

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  S01E24 Kris Kristofferson with Rita Coolidge

  July 31 · 67min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include--Kristofferson signs "Help Me Make it Through The Night", new SNL employer Sherry, Samurai General Practitioner, the Great White Athelete, Gerald Ford dosent want to talk about local issues, "Talk Country", My Blind Date is My Gynocologist, Andrew Young is a Suckup, Police State, "Waiting For Don Pardo".