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Saturday Night Live

★ 6.9 1975-10-11

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.

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Seasons

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Season 1

24 episodes · 1975-10-11

The first season of Saturday Night Live, the weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show on NBC, aired during the 1975–1976 television season. Saturday Night Li...

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Season 2

22 episodes · 1976-09-18

Saturday Night Live aired its second season during the 1976–1977 television season on NBC. The second season started on September 18, 1976, and ended on May 21, 1977. This season ...

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Season 3

20 episodes · 1977-09-24

Saturday Night Live aired its third season during the 1977–1978 television season on NBC. The season began on September 24, 1977 and ended on May 20, 1978. The DVD for the entire s...

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Season 4

20 episodes · 1978-10-07

Saturday Night Live aired its fourth season during the 1978–1979 television season on NBC. The fourth season started on October 7, 1978 and ended on May 26, 1979. The season four D...

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Season 5

20 episodes · 1979-10-13

Saturday Night Live aired its fifth season during the 1979–1980 television season on NBC, and also the final season with the original cast. This fifth season started on October 13,...

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Season 6

13 episodes · 1980-11-15

Saturday Night Live aired its sixth season during the 1980–1981 television season on NBC. Season six started on November 15, 1980 and ended on April 11, 1981, with only 13 episodes...

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Season 7

20 episodes · 1981-10-03

Saturday Night Live aired its seventh season during the 1981–1982 television season on NBC. The seventh season started on October 3, 1981 and ended on May 22, 1982. A total of 20 e...

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Season 8

20 episodes · 1982-09-25

Saturday Night Live aired its eighth season during the 1982–1983 season on NBC. The 8th season started on September 25, 1982 and ended on May 14, 1983. This was the third season to...

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Season 9

19 episodes · 1983-10-08

Saturday Night Live aired its ninth season during the 1983–1984 television season on NBC. The ninth season started on October 8, 1983 and ended on May 12, 1984. Before the start o...

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Season 10

17 episodes · 1984-10-06

Saturday Night Live aired its tenth season during the 1984-1985 television season on NBC. The season contained 18 episodes and was cut short due to a writer's strike and budget con...

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Season 11

18 episodes · 1985-11-09

Saturday Night Live aired its 11th season during the 1985-1986 television season on NBC. The season started on November 9, 1985 and ended on May 24, 1986, 18 episodes were produced...

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Season 12

20 episodes · 1986-10-11

Saturday Night Live aired its twelfth season during the 1986-1987 television season on NBC. The 12th season started on October 11, 1986, the 11th anniversary of the show's first ep...

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Season 13

13 episodes · 1987-10-17

Saturday Night Live aired its thirteenth season during the 1987–1988 television season on NBC. Season 13 started on October 17, 1987 and ended on February 27, 1988. Before the sta...

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Season 14

20 episodes · 1988-10-08

Saturday Night Live aired its fourteenth season during the 1988 - 1989 television season on NBC. The season began on October 8, 1988, and ended on May 20, 1989. 20 episodes were pr...

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Season 15

20 episodes · 1989-09-30

Saturday Night Live aired its fifteenth season during the 1989 - 1990 television season on NBC. The fifteenth season started off with a 15th anniversary special on September 24, 19...

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Season 16

20 episodes · 1990-09-29

Saturday Night Live aired its sixteenth season during the 1990-1991 television season on NBC. 20 episodes were produced. The sixteenth season began on September 29, 1990, and ended...

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Season 17

20 episodes · 1991-09-28

Saturday Night Live aired its seventeenth season during the 1991-1992 television season on NBC. The seventeenth season started on September 28, 1991, and ended on May 16, 1992. Twe...

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Season 18

20 episodes · 1992-09-28

Saturday Night Live aired its eighteenth season during the 1992-1993 television season on NBC. The eighteenth season began on September 26, 1992, and ended on May 15, 1993. Many c...

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Season 19

20 episodes · 1993-09-25

Saturday Night Live aired its nineteenth season during the 1993-1994 television season on NBC. The season began on September 25, 1993 and ended on May 14, 1994. Many changes happe...

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Season 20

20 episodes · 1994-09-24

Saturday Night Live aired its twentieth season during the 1994–95 television season on NBC. The twentieth season began on September 24, 1994 and ended on May 13, 1995. Much like se...

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Season 21

20 episodes · 1995-09-30

The twenty-first season began September 30, 1995 and ended on May 18, 1996. 20 episodes were produced. SNL once again dodged cancellation from season twenty's low ratings and scath...

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Season 22

20 episodes · 1996-09-28

The twenty-second season began on September 28, 1996 and ended on May 17, 1997 with 20 episodes in all. Many changes happened before the start of the season. David Koechner and Nan...

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Season 23

20 episodes · 1997-09-27

The twenty-third season started September 27, 1997 and ended on May 9, 1998, with 20 episodes being produced. A few changes happened before the start of the season; Colin Quinn was...

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Season 24

19 episodes · 1998-09-26

The twenty-fourth season started on September 26, 1998 and ended on May 15, 1999 with 19 episodes in all. Before the start of the season Jim Breuer left the show. Norm Macdonald le...

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Season 25

20 episodes · 1999-10-02

The 25th season started on September 25, 1999 and ended on May 20, 2000 with 20 regular episodes plus a 25th Anniversary Special. The special looked back at the series' highlights ...

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Season 26

20 episodes · 2000-10-07

Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-sixth season during the 2000–2001 television season on NBC. 20 episodes were produced. The season began on October 7, 2000 and ended on May 19,...

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Season 27

20 episodes · 2001-09-29

Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-seventh season during the 2001-2002 television season on NBC. The season started on September 29, 2001 and ended on May 18, 2002, 20 episodes w...

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Season 28

20 episodes · 2002-10-05

Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-eighth season during the 2002-2003 television season on NBC. Season 28 started on October 5, 2002 and ended on May 17, 2003 having 20 episodes ...

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Season 29

20 episodes · 2003-10-04

Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-ninth season during the 2003–04 television season on NBC. The twenty-ninth season began on October 4, 2003 and ended on May 15, 2004 with 20 ep...

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Season 30

20 episodes · 2004-10-02

Saturday Night Live had its thirtieth season on the 2004-2005 television season on NBC. The thirtieth season began on October 2, 2004 and ended on May 21, 2005 with 20 episodes in ...

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Season 31

19 episodes · 2005-10-01

Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-first season in the 2005-06 television season on NBC. The season began on October 1, 2005, and ended on May 20, 2006, with 19 episodes in all. ...

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Season 32

20 episodes · 2006-09-30

Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-second season during the 2006-2007 television season. This season began on September 30, 2006 and ended on May 19, 2007 with 20 episodes produc...

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Season 33

12 episodes · 2007-09-29

Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-third season, during the 2007–2008 television season on NBC. Because of the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, there were only 12 episod...

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Season 34

22 episodes · 2008-09-13

The thirty-fourth season of the variety series Saturday Night Live began airing in 2008 and concluded in 2009 on NBC. This season of Saturday Night Live consisted of 22 episodes, i...

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Season 35

22 episodes · 2009-09-26

Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-fifth season during the 2009–2010 television season on NBC. This season began on September 26, 2009 and ended on May 15, 2010. A total of 22 e...

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Season 36

22 episodes · 2010-09-25

Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-sixth season during the 2010–2011 television season on NBC. This season began on September 25, 2010 with former cast member Amy Poehler serving...

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Season 37

22 episodes · 2011-09-24

Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-seventh season during the 2011–2012 television season on NBC. The season officially began on September 24, 2011 with host Alec Baldwin, who ret...

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Season 38

21 episodes · 2012-09-15

Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-eighth season during the 2012–2013 television season on NBC. The season officially began on September 15, 2012, with host Seth MacFarlane and m...

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Season 39

21 episodes · 2013-09-28

Saturday Night Live premiered its thirty-ninth season during the 2013–14 television season on NBC. The season officially began on September 28, 2013, with host Tina Fey and musical...

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Season 40

21 episodes · 2014-09-27

Saturday Night Live premiered its fortieth season during the 2014–15 television season on NBC. The season premiered on September 27, 2014, with host Chris Pratt and musical guest A...

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Season 41

21 episodes · 2015-10-03

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Season 42

21 episodes · 2016-10-01

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Season 43

21 episodes · 2017-09-30

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Season 44

21 episodes · 2018-09-29

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Season 45

18 episodes · 2019-09-28

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Season 46

20 episodes · 2020-10-03

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Season 47

21 episodes · 2021-10-02

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Season 48

18 episodes · 2022-10-01

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Season 49

20 episodes · 2023-10-14

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Season 50

21 episodes · 2024-09-28

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Season 51

20 episodes · 2025-10-04

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Season 52

20 episodes · 2026-09-26