List of Saturday Night Live Episodes

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Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. It premiered on NBC, a terrestrial television network, on October 11, 1975 under the title NBC's Saturday Night. The show often satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics. Saturday Night Live features a two-tiered cast: the repertory members, also known as the "Not Ready for Prime-Time Players," and newer cast members, known as "Featured Players." Each week, the show features a host, often a well-known celebrity, who delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast. A musical guest is also invited to perform several sets (usually two, and occasionally more). Every so often a host or musical guest will fill both roles, such as was the case with Britney Spears in 2000 and 2002, Jennifer Lopez in 2001 and 2010, Justin Timberlake in 2003, 2006 and 2013, Taylor Swift in 2009, Bruno Mars in 2012, Lady Gaga in 2013, Justin Bieber in 2013, Miley Cyrus in 2013 and 2015, Drake in 2014 and 2016, Blake Shelton in 2015, Ariana Grande in 2016 and Donald Glover in 2018. With the exception of Season 7 and several other rare cases, the show has begun with a cold open that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"

Saturday Night Live is one of the longest running network programs in American television history, with over 800 episodes broadcast over the span of 42 seasons. A number of the show's sketches have been developed into feature films, including The Blues Brothers, Wayne's World, A Night at the Roxbury, Superstar, Coneheads, and MacGruber.

Seasons 1 through 5 are available on DVD in Region 1. Various Saturday Night Live sketches are available in several new media formats, including streaming on Hulu and Netflix. Selected sketches and segments are also available for purchase at the iTunes Store to download and playback on home computers and certain iPod and iPhone models.

Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 · Specials · References

[edit] Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	24	October 11, 1975	July 31, 1976
	2	22	September 18, 1976	May 21, 1977
	3	20	September 24, 1977	May 20, 1978
	4	20	October 7, 1978	May 26, 1979
	5	20	October 13, 1979	May 24, 1980
	6	13	November 15, 1980	April 11, 1981
	7	20	October 3, 1981	May 22, 1982
	8	20	September 25, 1982	May 14, 1983
	9	19	October 8, 1983	May 12, 1984
	10	17	October 6, 1984	April 13, 1985
	11	18	November 9, 1985	May 24, 1986
	12	20	October 11, 1986	May 23, 1987
	13	13	October 17, 1987	February 27, 1988
	14	20	October 8, 1988	May 20, 1989
	15	20	September 30, 1989	May 19, 1990
	16	20	September 29, 1990	May 18, 1991
	17	20	September 28, 1991	May 16, 1992
	18	20	September 26, 1992	May 15, 1993
	19	20	September 25, 1993	May 14, 1994
	20	20	September 24, 1994	May 13, 1995
	21	20	September 30, 1995	May 18, 1996
	22	20	September 28, 1996	May 17, 1997
	23	20	September 27, 1997	May 9, 1998
	24	19	September 26, 1998	May 15, 1999
	25	20	October 2, 1999	May 20, 2000
	26	20	October 7, 2000	May 19, 2001
	27	20	September 29, 2001	May 18, 2002
	28	20	October 5, 2002	May 17, 2003
	29	20	October 4, 2003	May 15, 2004
	30	20	October 2, 2004	May 21, 2005
	31	19	October 1, 2005	May 20, 2006
	32	20	September 30, 2006	May 19, 2007
	33	12	September 29, 2007	May 17, 2008
	34	22	September 13, 2008	May 16, 2009
	35	22	September 26, 2009	May 15, 2010
	36	22	September 25, 2010	May 21, 2011
	37	22	September 24, 2011	May 19, 2012
	38	21	September 15, 2012	May 18, 2013
	39	21	September 28, 2013	May 17, 2014
	40	21	September 27, 2014	May 16, 2015
	41	21	October 3, 2015	May 21, 2016
	42	21	October 1, 2016	May 20, 2017
	43	21	September 30, 2017	May 19, 2018

[edit] Episodes

See also: Saturday Night Live hosts and List of Saturday Night Live cast members who have hosted

Seasons 1–15
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Seasons 16–30
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[edit] Season 31 (2005–06)

Main article Saturday Night Live (season 31)

[edit] Season 32 (2006–07)

Main article Saturday Night Live (season 32)

[edit] Season 33 (2007–08)

Main article Saturday Night Live (season 33)

[edit] Season 34 (2008–09)

Main article Saturday Night Live (season 34)

[edit] Season 35 (2009–10)

Main article Saturday Night Live (season 35)

[edit] Season 36 (2010–11)

Main article Saturday Night Live (season 36)

[edit] Season 37 (2011–12)

Main article Saturday Night Live (season 37)

[edit] Season 38 (2012–13)

Main article Saturday Night Live (season 38)

[edit] Season 39 (2013–14)

Main article Saturday Night Live (season 39)

[edit] Season 40 (2014–15)

Main article Saturday Night Live (season 40)

[edit] Season 41 (2015–16)

Main article Saturday Night Live (season 41)

[edit] Season 42 (2016–17)

Main article Saturday Night Live (season 42)

[edit] Season 43 (2017–18)

Main article Saturday Night Live (season 43)

[edit] Specials

Title	Original air date	Ratings/ Share

[edit] Notes

[edit] References