Saturday Night Live (1975- )

Information

Status: Continuing

Airdate: 1975-10-11

Runtime: 1 hour and 7 minutes

Rating(s): 8.1

Genre(s): Comedy, News

Language(s): English

Description

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.

Social
Episode Title Rating Airdate Skipped Watched
Normal Episodes 894
Season 1 24
S01E01
George Carlin with Janis Ian and Billy Preston
S01E02
Paul Simon with Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow, and Art Garfunkel
6.5
S01E03
Rob Reiner
6.9
S01E04
Candice Bergen with Esther Phillips
7.2
S01E05
Robert Klein with ABBA and Loudon Wainwright III
6.5
S01E06
Lily Tomlin
7.1
S01E07
Richard Pryor with Gil Scott-Heron
8.6
S01E08
Candice Bergen with Martha Reeves and The Stylistics
7
S01E09
Elliott Gould with Anne Murray
7.1
S01E10
Buck Henry with Bill Withers and Toni Basil
7.6
S01E11
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore with Neil Sedaka
7.3
S01E12
Dick Cavett with Jimmy Cliff
S01E13
Peter Boyle with Al Jarreau
S01E14
Desi Arnaz with Desi Arnaz Jr.
7.5
S01E15
Jill Clayburgh with Leon Redbone
7.3
S01E16
Anthony Perkins with Betty Carter
S01E17
Ron Nessen with the Patti Smith Group
S01E18
Raquel Welch with Phoebe Snow and John Sebastian
6.8
S01E19
Madeline Kahn with Carly Simon
8
S01E20
Dyan Cannon with Leon & Mary Russell
S01E21
Buck Henry with Gordon Lightfoot
S01E22
Elliott Gould with Leon Redbone and Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson
S01E23
Louise Lasser with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
S01E24
Kris Kristofferson with Rita Coolidge
Season 2 22
S02E01
Lily Tomlin/James Taylor
7.2
S02E02
Norman Lear/Boz Scaggs
7.4
S02E03
Eric Idle/Joe Cocker and Stuff
7.4
S02E04
Karen Black/John Prine
S02E05
Steve Martin/Kinky Friedman
7.6
S02E06
Buck Henry/The Band
S02E07
Dick Cavett/Ry Cooder
S02E08
Paul Simon/Paul Simon, George Harrison
S02E09
Jodie Foster/Brian Wilson
6.8
S02E10
Candice Bergen/Frank Zappa
7.7
S02E11
Ralph Nader/George Benson
6.9
S02E12
Ruth Gordon/Chuck Berry
S02E13
Fran Tarkenton/Leo Sayer
6.7
S02E14
Steve Martin/The Kinks
S02E15
Sissy Spacek/Richard Baskin
7.7
S02E16
Broderick Crawford/Dr. John, The Meters
6.9
S02E17
Jack Burns/Santana
S02E18
Julian Bond/Brick
S02E19
Elliott Gould/McGarrigle Sisters
6.7
S02E20
Eric Idle/Neil Innes
S02E21
Shelley Duvall/Joan Armatrading
7.3
S02E22
Buck Henry/Kenny Vance, Jennifer Warnes
7.1
Season 3 20
S03E01
Steve Martin/Jackson Browne
7.1
S03E02
Madeline Kahn/Taj Mahal
6.8
S03E03
Hugh Hefner/Libby Titus
6.3
S03E04
Charles Grodin/Paul Simon and The Persuaders
6.7
S03E05
Ray Charles and the Raylettes
7.6
S03E06
Buck Henry/Leon Redbone
6.8
S03E07
Mary Kay Place/Willie Nelson
7.3
S03E08
Mrs. Miskel Spillman/Elvis Costello and the Attractions
S03E09
Steve Martin/The Nitty Gritty Dirty Band
S03E10
Robert Klein/Bonnie Raitt
7.5
S03E11
Chevy Chase/Billy Joel
S03E12
O.J. Simpson/Ashford and Simpson
S03E13
Art Garfunkel/Stephen Bishop
S03E14
Jill Clayburgh/Eddie Money
S03E15
Christopher Lee/Meat Loaf
7.4
S03E16
Michael Palin/Eugene Record
7.4
S03E17
Michael Sarrazin/Keith Jarrett
7
S03E18
Steve Martin/The Blues Brothers
8.3
S03E19
Richard Dreyfuss/Jimmy Buffett
S03E20
Buck Henry/Sun Ra
Season 4 20
S04E01
The Rolling Stones
7.3
S04E02
Fred Willard/Devo
S04E03
Frank Zappa
6.7
S04E04
Steve Martin/Van Morrison
S04E05
Buck Henry/The Grateful Dead
S04E06
Carrie Fisher/The Blues Brothers
S04E07
Walter Matthau/Garrett Morris
S04E08
Eric Idle/Kate Bush
S04E09
Elliott Gould/Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger
6
S04E10
Michael Palin/The Doobie Brothers
S04E11
Cicely Tyson/Talking Heads
7.2
S04E12
Rick Nelson/Judy Collins
S04E13
Kate Jackson/Delbert McClinton
6.5
S04E14
Gary Busey/Gary Busey with Rick Danko and Paul Butterfield, Eubie Blake
S04E15
Margot Kidder/The Chieftains
6.8
S04E16
Richard Benjamin/Rickie Lee Jones
7.1
S04E17
Milton Berle/Ornette Coleman
6.3
S04E18
Michael Palin/James Taylor
S04E19
Maureen Stapleton/Linda Ronstadt, Phoebe Snow
7.1
S04E20
Buck Henry/Bette Midler
Season 5 21
S05E01
Steve Martin/Blondie
7.5
S05E02
Eric Idle/Bob Dylan
S05E03
Bill Russell/Chicago
S05E04
Buck Henry/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
6.5
S05E05
Bea Arthur/The Roches
S05E06
Howard Hesseman/Randy Newman
S05E07
Martin Sheen/David Bowie
S05E08
Ted Knight/Desmond Child and Rouge
S05E09
Teri Garr/The B-52's
6.1
S05E10
Chevy Chase/Marianne Faithfull
S05E11
Elliott Gould/Gary Numan
S05E12
Kirk Douglas/Sam and Dave
S05E13
Rodney Dangerfield/J. Geils Band
6.9
S05E14
Paul Simon/James Taylor
6.4
S05E15
Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss/The Grateful Dead
S05E16
Burt Reynolds/Anne Murray
S05E17
Strother Martin/The Specials
S05E18
Bob Newhart/The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Bruce Cockburn
S05E19
Steve Martin/Paul and Linda McCartney
S05E20
Buck Henry/Andrew Gold
7.8
S05E21
Election Update
Season 6 13
S06E01
Elliott Gould/Kid Creole and the Coconuts
6.8
S06E02
Malcolm McDowell/Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
S06E03
Ellen Burstyn/Aretha Franklin
6.7
S06E04
Jamie Lee Curtis/James Brown
6.2
S06E05
David Carradine/Linda Ronstadt with Rex Smith, George Rose
5.7
S06E06
Ray Sharkey/Jack Bruce and Friends
5.5
S06E07
Karen Black/Cheap Trick, Stanley Clarke Trio
6.1
S06E08
Robert Hays/14 Karat Soul, Joe 'King' Carrasco & The Crowns
6
S06E09
Sally Kellerman/Jimmy Cliff
6.2
S06E10
Deborah Harry/Funky 4 + 1 More
6.5
S06E11
Charlene Tilton/Todd Rundgren, Prince
5.4
S06E12
Bill Murray/Delbert McClinton
7.7
S06E13
Chevy Chase/Jr. Walker and the All Stars
7.9
Season 7 20
S07E01
(no host)/Rod Stewart, Tina Turner
6.4
S07E02
Susan St. James/The Kinks
5.7
S07E03
George Kennedy/Miles Davis
7
S07E04
Donald Pleasence/Fear
6.8
S07E05
Lauren Hutton/Rick James
6.1
S07E06
Bernadette Peters/Billy Joel, The Go-Go's
6.6
S07E07
Tim Curry/Meat Loaf and the Neverland Express
6.6
S07E08
Bill Murray/The Spinners, Yale Whiffenpoofs
6.3
S07E09
Robert Conrad/Allman Brothers Band
6.2
S07E10
John Madden/Jennifer Holliday
6.4
S07E11
James Coburn/Mick Fleetwood, Lindsay Buckingham
6.1
S07E12
Bruce Dern/Luther Vandross
5.4
S07E13
Elizabeth Ashley/Hall and Oates
7.7
S07E14
Robert Urich/Mink De Ville
S07E15
Blythe Danner/Rickie Lee Jones
5.7
S07E16
Daniel J. Travanti/John Cougar
6.1
S07E17
Johnny Cash/Elton John
7.6
S07E18
Robert Culp/Charlie Daniels Band
6.2
S07E19
Danny DeVito/Sparks
6.7
S07E20
Olivia Newton-John
7.8
Season 8 20
S08E01
Chevy Chase/Queen
S08E02
Louis Gossett Jr./George Thorogood and the Destroyers
S08E03
Ron Howard/The Clash
S08E04
Howard Hesseman/Men at Work
S08E05
Michael Keaton/The New Joe Jackson Band
6.9
S08E06
Robert Blake/Kenny Loggins
S08E07
Drew Barrymore/Squeeze
S08E08
The Smothers Brothers/Laura Branigan
S08E09
Eddie Murphy/Lionel Richie
S08E10
Lily Tomlin
6.5
S08E11
Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas/The Bus Boys
S08E12
Sid Caesar/Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
S08E13
Howard Hesseman/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
S08E14
Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges/Randy Newman
S08E15
Bruce Dern/Leon Redbone
S08E16
Robert Guillaume/Duran Duran
S08E17
Joan Rivers/Musical Youth
S08E18
Susan St. James/Michael McDonald
S08E19
Stevie Wonder
S08E20
Ed Koch/Dexys Midnight Runners
Season 9 19
S09E01
Brandon Tartikoff/John Cougar
S09E02
Danny DeVito & Rhea Perlman/Eddy Grant
S09E03
John Candy/Men at Work
6
S09E04
Betty Thomas/Stray Cats
S09E05
Teri Garr/Mick Fleetwood's Zoo
S09E06
Jerry Lewis/Loverboy
S09E07
Smothers Brothers/Big Country
S09E08
Flip Wilson/Stevie Nicks
S09E09
Don Novello/Huey Lewis and the News
S09E10
Michael Palin, Mary Palin/The Motels
S09E11
Don Rickles/Billy Idol
6.8
S09E12
Robin Williams/Adam Ant
5.9
S09E13
Jamie Lee Curtis/The Fixx
S09E14
Edwin Newman/Kool & the Gang
S09E15
Billy Crystal/Al Jarreau
S09E16
Michael Douglas/Deniece Williams
S09E17
George McGovern/Madness
S09E18
Barry Bostwick/Spinal Tap
7.4
S09E19
Billy Crystal, Ed Koch, Edwin Newman, Father Guido Sarducci, Betty Thomas/The Cars
Season 10 17
S10E01
(no host)/Thompson Twins
S10E02
Bob Uecker/Peter Wolf
S10E03
Jesse Jackson/Andrae Crouch, Wintley Phipps
S10E04
Michael McKean/Chaka Khan, The Folksmen
S10E05
George Carlin/Frankie Goes to Hollywood
S10E06
Ed Asner/The Kinks
S10E07
Ed Begley, Jr./Billy Squier
S10E08
Ringo Starr/Herbie Hancock
S10E09
Eddie Murphy/The Honeydrippers
S10E10
Kathleen Turner/John Waite
S10E11
Roy Scheider/Billy Ocean
S10E12
Alex Karras/Tina Turner
6.5
S10E13
Harry Anderson/Bryan Adams
S10E14
Pamela Sue Martin/Power Station
S10E15
Mr. T & Hulk Hogan/The Commodores
7.2
S10E16
Christopher Reeve/Santana
5.8
S10E17
Howard Cosell/Greg Kihn
Season 11 18
S11E01
Madonna/Simple Minds
S11E02
Chevy Chase/Sheila E.
S11E03
Pee Wee Herman/Queen Ida & The Bon Temps Zydeco Band
S11E04
John Lithgow/Mr. Mister
S11E05
Tom Hanks/Sade
S11E06
Teri Garr/Dream Academy, The Cult
S11E07
Harry Dean Stanton/The Replacements
S11E08
Dudley Moore/Al Green
S11E09
Ron Reagan/The Nelsons
S11E10
Jerry Hall/Stevie Ray & Jimmie Vaughn
S11E11
Jay Leno/The Neville Brothers
S11E12
Griffin Dunne/Rosanne Cash
6.4
S11E13
George Wendt/Philip Glass
6.5
S11E14
Oprah Winfrey/Joe Jackson
5.4
S11E15
Tony Danza/Laurie Anderson
5.1
S11E16
Catherine Oxenberg & Paul Simon/Ladysmith Black Mambazo
7
S11E17
Jimmy Breslin & Marvin Hagler/Level 42, E.G. Daily
5.6
S11E18
Anjelica Huston & Billy Martin/George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic
7.2
Season 12 20
S12E01
Sigourney Weaver/Buster Poindexter
S12E02
Malcolm-Jamal Warner/Run DMC
S12E03
Rosanna Arquette/Ric Ocasek
S12E04
Sam Kinison/Lou Reed
S12E05
Robin Williams/Paul Simon
7.8
S12E06
Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, & Martin Short/Randy Newman
S12E07
Steve Guttenberg/The Pretenders & Buster Poindexter
6.9
S12E08
William Shatner/Lone Justice & Buster Poindexter
S12E09
Walter Payton, Joe Montana/Debbie Harry
S12E10
Paul Shaffer/Bruce Hornsby & the Range
5.9
S12E11
Bronson Pinchot/Paul Young & Buster Poindexter
6
S12E12
Willie Nelson
7.1
S12E13
Valerie Bertinelli/Eddie Van Halen, Robert Cray
6.8
S12E14
Bill Murray/Percy Sledge
S12E15
Charlton Heston/Wynton Marsalis
S12E16
John Lithgow/Anita Baker
S12E17
John Larroquette/Timbuk 3
6.4
S12E18
Mark Harmon/Suzanne Vega
S12E19
Garry Shandling/Los Lobos
S12E20
Dennis Hopper/Roy Orbison
Season 13 13
S13E01
Steve Martin/Sting
S13E02
Sean Penn/L.L. Cool J., Michael Penn & the Pull
S13E03
Dabney Coleman/The Cars
S13E04
Robert Mitchum/Simply Red
5.9
S13E05
Candice Bergen/Cher
S13E06
Danny DeVito/Bryan Ferry
5.5
S13E07
Angie Dickinson/Buster Poindexter & David Gilmour
S13E08
Paul Simon/Linda Ronstadt & the Mariachi Vargas
S13E09
Robin Williams/James Taylor
6.8
S13E10
Carl Weathers/Robbie Robertson
S13E11
Justine Bateman/Terrance Trent D'Arby
S13E12
Tom Hanks/Randy Travis
S13E13
Judge Reinhold/10,000 Maniacs
Season 14 20
S14E01
Tom Hanks/Keith Richards
7
S14E02
Matthew Broderick/The Sugarcubes
5.6
S14E03
John Larroquette/Randy Newman & Mark Knopfler
S14E04
Matthew Modine/Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
S14E05
Demi Moore/Johnny Clegg & Savuka
6.4
S14E06
John Lithgow/Tracy Chapman
S14E07
Danny DeVito/The Bangles
S14E08
Kevin Kline/Bobby McFerrin
S14E09
Melanie Griffith/Little Feat
S14E10
John Malkovich/Anita Baker
S14E11
Tony Danza/John Hiatt
S14E12
Ted Danson/Luther Vandross
S14E13
Leslie Nielsen/Cowboy Junkies
S14E14
Glenn Close/Gipsy Kings
S14E15
Mary Tyler Moore/Elvis Costello
S14E16
Mel Gibson/Living Color
S14E17
Dolly Parton
S14E18
Geena Davis/John Mellencamp
6
S14E19
Wayne Gretzky/Fine Young Cannibals
S14E20
Steve Martin/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Season 15 20
S15E01
Bruce Willis/Neil Young
S15E02
Rick Moranis/Rickie Lee Jones
S15E03
Kathleen Turner/Billy Joel
S15E04
James Woods/Don Henley
S15E05
Chris Evert/Eurythmics
S15E06
Woody Harrelson/David Byrne
S15E07
John Goodman/k.d. lang & The Reclines
S15E08
Robert Wagner/Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville
S15E09
Andie MacDowell/Tracy Chapman
S15E10
Ed O'Neill/Harry Connick, Jr.
S15E11
Christopher Walken/Bonnie Raitt
S15E12
Quincy Jones
S15E13
Tom Hanks/Aerosmith
S15E14
Fred Savage/Technotronic
S15E15
Rob Lowe/The Pogues
6.1
S15E16
Debra Winger/Eric Clapton
S15E17
Corbin Bernsen/Smithereens
S15E18
Alec Baldwin/The B-52's
6.6
S15E19
Andrew Dice Clay/Spanic Boys & Julee Cruise
S15E20
Candice Bergen/Notting Hillbillies
Season 16 20
S16E01
Kyle MacLachlan/Sinead O'Connor
7.4
S16E02
Susan Lucci/Hothouse Flowers
S16E03
George Steinbrenner/The Time
6.8
S16E04
Patrick Swayze/Mariah Carey
8
S16E05
Jimmy Smits/World Party
S16E06
Dennis Hopper/Paul Simon
S16E07
John Goodman/Faith No More
7
S16E08
Tom Hanks/Edie Brickell and New Bohemians
S16E09
Dennis Quaid/Neville Brothers
S16E10
Joe Mantegna/Vanilla Ice
6.7
S16E11
Sting
6.3
S16E12
Kevin Bacon/INXS
S16E13
Roseanne Barr/Dee-Lite
S16E14
Alec Baldwin/Whitney Houston
S16E15
Michael J. Fox/The Black Crowes
S16E16
Jeremy Irons/Fishbone
S16E17
Catherine O'Hara/R.E.M.
7
S16E18
Steven Seagal/Michael Bolton
6.3
S16E19
Delta Burke/Chris Isaak
S16E20
George Wendt/Elvis Costello
6
Season 17 20
S17E01
Michael Jordan/Public Enemy
S17E02
Jeff Daniels/Color Me Badd
S17E03
Kirstie Alley/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
S17E04
Christian Slater/Bonnie Raitt
S17E05
Kiefer Sutherland/Skid Row
S17E06
Linda Hamilton/Mariah Carey
S17E07
Macaulay Culkin/Tin Machine
S17E08
Hammer
S17E09
Steve Martin/James Taylor
S17E10
Rob Morrow/Nirvana
7.5
S17E11
Chevy Chase/Robbie Robertson & Bruce Hornsby
S17E12
Susan Dey/C+C Music Factory
S17E13
Jason Priestley/Teenage Fan Club
8
S17E14
Roseanne Arnold & Tom Arnold/Red Hot Chili Peppers
S17E15
John Goodman/Garth Brooks
S17E16
Mary Stuart Masterson/En Vogue
S17E17
Sharon Stone/Pearl Jam
S17E18
Jerry Seinfeld/Annie Lennox
7.1
S17E19
Tom Hanks/Bruce Springsteen
S17E20
Woody Harrelson/Vanessa Williams
Season 18 20
S18E01
Nicolas Cage/Bobby Brown
S18E02
Tim Robbins/Sinead O'Connor
S18E03
Joe Pesci/Spin Doctors
S18E04
Christopher Walken/Arrested Development
7.7
S18E05
Catherine O'Hara/10,000 Maniacs
S18E06
Michael Keaton/Morrissey
7.3
S18E07
Sinbad/Sade
S18E08
Tom Arnold/Neil Young
S18E09
Glenn Close/Black Crowes
S18E10
Danny DeVito/Bon Jovi
S18E11
Harvey Keitel/Madonna
S18E12
Luke Perry/Mick Jagger
S18E13
Alec Baldwin/Paul McCartney
S18E14
Bill Murray/Sting
S18E15
John Goodman/Mary J. Blige
6.7