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Saturday Night Live 

TV-14 | | Comedy, Music | TV Series (1975– )
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891 episodes
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A famous guest host stars in parodies and sketches created by the cast of this witty show.

Creator:

Lorne Michaels

Stars:

Don Pardo, Lenny Pickett, Darrell Hammond | See full cast & crew »
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2020   2019   2018   2017   2016   2015   … See all »
Won 72 Primetime Emmys. Another 90 wins & 451 nominations. See more awards »

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Cast

Series cast summary:
Don Pardo ...  Self - Announcer / ... 727 episodes, 1975-2014
Lenny Pickett Lenny Pickett ...  Self - Bandleader / ... 416 episodes, 1985-2018
Darrell Hammond ...  Various / ... 401 episodes, 1995-2020
Kenan Thompson ...  Various / ... 344 episodes, 2003-2020
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Storyline

A late-night comedy show featuring several short skits, parodies of television commercials, a live guest band, and a pop-cultural guest host each week. Many of the SNL players have spun off successful independent comedy and/or movie careers from here. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>

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And now, from New York, the most dangerous city in America, it's Saturday Night Live. (seventh season) See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Music

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TV-14 | See all certifications »

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Comedians Lenny Bruce and Buddy Hackett billed themselves as the Not Ready for Prime Time Players on the "Patrice Munsel Show" in 1957, twenty years before the original cast of SNL adopted the name in 1975. See more »

Goofs

...almost everything. Live television is largely exempt from the usual rules of goofs. See more »

Quotes

Tina Fey: In other news, Courtney Love took out a restraining order against an alleged stalker this week. Courtney, please, I know we can work it out if you'll give me a chance, please.
[blows a kiss]
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Alternate Versions

To avoid paying royalties, some syndicated versions remove the musical performances and the mention of the musical guests in the opening credits is also removed. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Conan: Annie, Get Your Glock (2012) See more »

Soundtracks

(closing theme song)
Composed by Howard Shore
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User Reviews

 
I loved the old ones
17 June 2019 | by computergeek-84547 – See all my reviews

Matt Foley was absolutely amazing. I'm only 15 years old but my parents have shown me old movies from the 80s and 90s. Nowadays SNL is not funny. If you hear people laughing at the skits that are not funny in my opinion, then that means they get offended from jokes and their idea of comedy is not the comedy people had back then.
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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 October 1975 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

SNL 25 See more »

Filming Locations:

JC Studios, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA See more »

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NBC Studios, NBC Universal Television, Broadway Video See more »
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4:3
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