query: Who portrayed "Rosanne Rosanna-Dana" on the television show "Saturday Night Live"?

title: Saturday Night Live

text: including Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Michael O'Donoghue, Gilda Radner, and George Coe. The show was originally called "NBC's Saturday Night", because "Saturday Night Live" was in use by "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell" on the rival network ABC. After the cancellation of the Cosell show, NBC purchased the rights to the name in 1976 and officially adopted the new title on March 26, 1977. Debuting on October 11, 1975, the show quickly developed a cult following, eventually becoming a mainstream hit and spawning (in 1978) "Best of "Saturday Night Live"" compilations

title: Saturday Night Live (season 31)

text: Saturday Night Live (season 31) The thirty-first season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 1, 2005, and May 20, 2006. 19 episodes were produced (rather than the usual 20) due to the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. This season is notable for the people who hosted the show. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, an "SNL" cast member from 1982 to 1985 under Dick Ebersol, became the first former female cast member to come back and host the show (and also the third cast member from "Seinfeld" to host). Gilda Radner was

title: Saturday Night Live (season 14)

text: Saturday Night Live (season 14) The fourteenth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 8, 1988, and May 20, 1989. This is the final season to show the NBC "In Stereo (Where Available)" on-screen announcement during the opening montage. A new circular logo was used starting with this season; it was used until the end of the show's 20th season in 1995. This season notably saw the death of a second original cast member, Gilda Radner, who died on the day of the season finale from ovarian

title: Sprockets (Saturday Night Live)

text: Sprockets (Saturday Night Live) Sprockets was a recurring comedy sketch created by comedian Mike Myers, portraying a fictional West German television talk show. The sketch, starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, was created for the Second City Theatre, and became more widely known when Myers brought it to Saturday Night Live. The show parodied German art culture in the 1980s. The sketch parodied German stereotypes, especially those pertaining to German seriousness, efficiency, and precision. Myers later ported the character to television for the Canadian sketch comedy show "It's Only Rock & Roll" and the American sketch comedy show "Saturday Night

title: Saturday Night Live

text: Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live television variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title NBC's Saturday Night. 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 the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast as with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold

title: Sprockets (Saturday Night Live)

text: the trust of others and causing serious damage to those with whom he deals through selfish, egomaniacal and irresponsible conduct." The Imagine lawsuit sought more than $30 million in actual damages plus punitive damages. Myers subsequently countersued both parties, and eventually both lawsuits were later settled out of court. Sprockets (Saturday Night Live) Sprockets was a recurring comedy sketch created by comedian Mike Myers, portraying a fictional West German television talk show. The sketch, starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, was created for the Second City Theatre, and became more widely known when Myers brought it to Saturday Night Live.

title: Saturday Night Live Korea

text: Saturday Night Live Korea Saturday Night Live Korea (; abbreviated as SNL Korea or SNLK ()) is a South Korean late-night live television sketch comedy and variety television program broadcast on general service cable channel tvN. It is adapted from the long-running American TV show "Saturday Night Live" on NBC, and the show's executive producers are Lorne Michaels and Jennifer Danielson from SNL Studios and Broadway Video, which licences the format. The weekly program premiered on December 3, 2011, and aired on Saturdays at 22:50. Written and directed by filmmaker and playwright Jang Jin, the show was officially announced on

title: Saturday Night Live Korea

text: severity of the condition and issued an apology to Um. Season 8 of the SNL Korea ended on 24 December 2016 with singer Hwang Chi-yeul as the last host. tvN issued a statement saying that the show will return for another season but with a new image. Saturday Night Live Korea Saturday Night Live Korea (; abbreviated as SNL Korea or SNLK ()) is a South Korean late-night live television sketch comedy and variety television program broadcast on general service cable channel tvN. It is adapted from the long-running American TV show "Saturday Night Live" on NBC, and the show's

title: Le Saturday Night Live

text: included Jamel Debbouze, Malik Benthala, Gérard Darmon, Ahmed Silla and Marc-Antoine Le Bret. Reviewing the first episode, "Le Monde" called it a "perfectible success", generating more laughter than any other French comedy show despite performances of varying quality. "Le Point", on the other hand, criticized the show as "badly written and not always well acted (...) sometimes pleasing, often annoying", noting that it lacked the professional team working full-time on the American show. Le Saturday Night Live Le Saturday Night Live is a French late-night live television comedy show, an adaptation of the American show "Saturday Night Live". It is

title: Saturday Night Live bil Arabi

text: Saturday Night Live bil Arabi Saturday Night Live bil Arabi () also known as Saturday Night Live - In Arabic is an Egyptian late-night sketch comedy and variety television program broadcast on OSN Yahala HD. It is adapted from long-running American TV show Saturday Night Live on NBC. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast as with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, ""from Cairo, it's Saturday Night Live

title: Le Saturday Night Live

text: Le Saturday Night Live Le Saturday Night Live is a French late-night live television comedy show, an adaptation of the American show "Saturday Night Live". It is produced by the channel M6 and broadcast since 5 January 2017. The format mirrors that of "Saturday Night Live", featuring an opening monologue, live and recorded sketches, and musical performances. Unlike its American counterpart, "Le Saturday Night Live" is not broadcast weekly, but is to be limited to three to four shows per year. The pilot episode attracted 3.8 million viewers and was hosted by the comedian and actor Gad Elmaleh; other performers

title: The Saturday Night Show

text: never-ending game of moving the same dreary old furniture around the same dreary old room." "The Saturday Night Show" is broadcast live from Studio 4 in the RTÉ Television Centre at Donnybrook, Dublin 4. That studio is also home to the show's Friday night rival "The Late Late Show". As RTÉ's biggest studio, it holds 200 audience members. The first two programmes in the first series (broadcast on 30 January and 6 February 2010) were pre-recorded at 7:30 p.m. on the same dates that both shows were aired. All subsequent programmes have been broadcast live. The Saturday Night Show The

title: The Dana Carvey Show

text: The Dana Carvey Show The Dana Carvey Show is an American sketch comedy television show that aired on ABC during the spring of 1996. Dana Carvey was the host and principal player on the show while Louis C.K. served as head writer. The show's cast consists heavily of "Saturday Night Live" and Second City alumni including Carvey, Steve Carell, Bill Chott, Stephen Colbert, Elon Gold, Chris McKinney, Heather Morgan, Peggy Shay, Robert Smigel, and James Stephens III. The writing team also included Louis C.K, Charlie Kaufman, Jon Glaser, Dino Stamatopoulos, Spike Feresten, and Robert Carlock. In addition, Carvey and Smigel's

title: Saturday Night Live (season 18)

text: largely panned by critics. Saturday Night Live (season 18) The eighteenth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26, 1992, and May 15, 1993. Long-term cast member Dana Carvey would leave mid-season. This would also be the final season for Chris Rock and Robert Smigel. After three years with the show, Rock decided to quit the show at the end of the season. Rock had become frustrated with never quite finding a voice on the show and wanted to instead focus on his stand-up career. Writer and

title: Saturday Night Live (season 18)

text: Saturday Night Live (season 18) The eighteenth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26, 1992, and May 15, 1993. Long-term cast member Dana Carvey would leave mid-season. This would also be the final season for Chris Rock and Robert Smigel. After three years with the show, Rock decided to quit the show at the end of the season. Rock had become frustrated with never quite finding a voice on the show and wanted to instead focus on his stand-up career. Writer and featured player Smigel left

title: Saturday Night Live bil Arabi

text: in Arabic"" (), properly beginning the show. The weekly program premiered on February 16, 2016 on OSN and aired on 11:30 pm EET. On October 7, 2017 at the beginning of season 4 the show started airing on ONtv. The show was suspended by the Supreme Media Council in February 2018 for containing "sexual implications". Saturday Night Live bil Arabi Saturday Night Live bil Arabi () also known as Saturday Night Live - In Arabic is an Egyptian late-night sketch comedy and variety television program broadcast on OSN Yahala HD. It is adapted from long-running American TV show Saturday Night

title: Saturday Night Live (Spain)

text: Saturday Night Live (Spain) Saturday Night Live was the Spanish localisation of the popular US-comedy television series "Saturday Night Live" which was shown on Cuatro and produced by Globomedia. Each episode follow the same structure, first the host of the episode participates a in sketch that ends with the phrase "¡estamos en directo y esto es Saturday Night Live!" (We are live and this is Saturday Night Live!). Then, it is followed by the program header followed by the host's monologue. Several sketches are then performed afterward and finally the show ends with the segment "Las noticias del SNL" (The

title: Saturday Night Live parodies of Bill Clinton

text: as President Clinton. That week's host, Cameron Diaz played a woman named Julie who Phelps asked her to portray Monica Lewinsky. Saturday Night Live parodies of Bill Clinton The 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton has been parodied on "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL") since 1992. He has been portrayed on the show over a hundred times, most often by Darrell Hammond. "Saturday Night Live" has parodied U.S. presidents and other politicians since the show started in 1975. The numerous sketches on Clinton are often inspired by aspects of his presidency, the Lewinsky scandal, and his relationship with his

title: Saturday Night Live in the 2000s

text: Found" (2005), and "Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation" (2007). These highlighted past cast members and skits from the show. Saturday Night Live in the 2000s Saturday Night Live in the 2000s is a two-hour documentary television special that showcases the years of "Saturday Night Live" from 2000–2009. It features interviews with the cast and crew from those years, and aired on NBC on April 15, 2010. Topics discussed include Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey as the new Weekend Update anchors after the departure of Colin Quinn, how "SNL" became popular for its spoofs on the 2000

title: Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1990–1991

text: Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1990–1991 The following is a list of recurring "Saturday Night Live" characters and sketches introduced between September 29, 1990, and May 18, 1991, the sixteenth season of "SNL". A Dana Carvey sketch. Debuted September 29, 1990. Simon is a sketch about a young British boy, played by Mike Myers, who likes to draw, and has his own BBC television program, "Simon". The sketches always begin by showing the BBC logo with a faux British announcer back-announcing some ridiculously insipid sounding programming on right before it. The show borrows its theme song from

title: The Saturday Night Show

text: The Saturday Night Show The Saturday Night Show is a talk show hosted by Brendan O'Connor broadcast on RTÉ One between 2010 and 2015. The show features guest interviews, audience participation and live music. "The Saturday Night Show" is broadcast every Saturday night during the autumn-spring season directly after "", the main evening news bulletin. Following Pat Kenny's stepping down as host of "The Late Late Show" in 2009, RTÉ announced that Ryan Tubridy, host of his own Saturday night chat show, would be Kenny's replacement. "Tubridy Tonight" had aired since 2004 and had regularly drawn an audience of up

text: Saturday Night Live parodies of Bill Clinton The 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton has been parodied on "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL") since 1992. He has been portrayed on the show over a hundred times, most often by Darrell Hammond. "Saturday Night Live" has parodied U.S. presidents and other politicians since the show started in 1975. The numerous sketches on Clinton are often inspired by aspects of his presidency, the Lewinsky scandal, and his relationship with his wife, herself a frequent subject in "SNL's" political sketches. Phil Hartman was the first cast member to portray Bill Clinton and

title: Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1989–1990

text: Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1989–1990 The following is a list of recurring "Saturday Night Live" characters and sketches introduced between September 24, 1989, and May 19, 1990, the fifteenth season of "SNL". Mike Myers played Lank Thompson in three different sketches. Thompson was a very handsome man who marketed a line of videos to help men look and act more handsomely. Debuted October 21, 1989. A parody of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", with Dana Carvey impersonating Johnny Carson and Phil Hartman impersonating Ed McMahon. An effeminate character played by Dana Carvey who needs to

title: Saturday Night Live Band

text: are also among those band members who appeared in sketches during their tenures. Mariah Carey utilized the horn section of the Saturday Night Live Band (Lew Delgatto, Lenny Pickett, George Young, Earl Gardner, and Steve Turre) for her performance of "If It's Over" during her 1992 MTV Unplugged special. Katy Perry used the Saturday Night Live horn section on her 2013 song "Birthday" (a song she says was inspired by Mariah Carey). Saturday Night Live Band The Saturday Night Live Band (referred to in the closing credits as The Live Band) is the house band of the NBC television program

title: Celebrity Jeopardy! (Saturday Night Live)

text: "Jeopardy!" parodies; a recurring such parody introduced in season 39 is "Black Jeopardy!", which reimagines the show as one targeted toward African-Americans. The same "Jeopardy!" set is used. Celebrity Jeopardy! (Saturday Night Live) Celebrity Jeopardy! is a series of sketches that aired regularly on the television comedy/variety show "Saturday Night Live" between 1996 and 2002, the years when Will Ferrell was a cast member. It parodies the same-named special event on the television quiz show "Jeopardy!" that features competition between notable individuals with all winnings going towards charitable organizations, and significant reductions to the game's level of difficulty. Fifteen sketches

text: Celebrity Jeopardy! (Saturday Night Live) Celebrity Jeopardy! is a series of sketches that aired regularly on the television comedy/variety show "Saturday Night Live" between 1996 and 2002, the years when Will Ferrell was a cast member. It parodies the same-named special event on the television quiz show "Jeopardy!" that features competition between notable individuals with all winnings going towards charitable organizations, and significant reductions to the game's level of difficulty. Fifteen sketches aired between December 1996 and February 2015: two sketches per season from 1996 to 2002; and one each in 2005 and 2009, when Ferrell returned to the show

title: Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1997–1998

text: Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1997–1998 The following is a list of recurring "Saturday Night Live" characters and sketches introduced between September 27, 1997, and May 9, 1998, the twenty-third season of "SNL". Tim Meadows portrayed Leon Phelps, aka "The Ladies Man", in this popular series of sketches. Debuted October 4, 1997. Phelps (who is stuck in a 1970s mentality, is obsessed with Delta Burke, and speaks with a lisp) hosts a television show ("The Ladies Man") where he takes calls and delivers sexual advice. However, Phelps's advice is always outrageous, ridiculous, and generally inaccurate, often suggesting

title: The Dana Carvey Show

text: former "Saturday Night Live" colleague Greg Daniels contributed material for the premiere episode. "The Dana Carvey Show" aired only seven of its planned 10 episodes. While the program was short-lived and featured controversial material, it has since been considered ahead of its time. The show is also recognized for providing early exposure to Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert, two comedians who would go on to have massive success many years later. In addition, "The Dana Carvey Show" served as a launchpad for Smigel's series of "TV Funhouse" cartoons. Hot off his departure from "SNL" in 1993, the popular Carvey appeared

title: Saturday Night Live

text: open sketch that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!", properly beginning the show. In 1980, Michaels left the series to explore other opportunities. He was replaced by Jean Doumanian, who was replaced by Ebersol after a season of bad reviews. Ebersol ran the show until 1985. Since Michaels' return he has held the job of show-runner. Many of "SNL"s cast found national stardom while appearing on the show, and achieved success in film and television, both in front of and behind the camera. Others associated with the show, such as writers, have

title: Saturday Night Live (season 12)

text: Saturday Night Live (season 12) The twelfth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 11, 1986, and May 23, 1987. The first show of the 1986–87 season opened with Madonna, host of the previous season opener, reading a "statement" from NBC about season 11's mediocre writing and bad cast choices. According to the "statement", the entire 1985–86 season was "...all a dream. A horrible, horrible dream." The season included "Mastermind," a skit written by Jim Downey and Al Franken, in which Phil Hartman portrayed two sides of

title: Saturday Night Live

text: Baskin; all three worked for "SNL" at the time the book was published. The oversized illustrated paperback included the scripts for several sketches by the 1975–1980 cast. In 1986, Doug Hill and Jeff Weingrad authored "Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live", a behind-the-scenes look at the first ten seasons. "Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years", by Michael Cader, was released in 1994, and presented information about the cast, characters, and other memorable moments seen on the show from 1975 to 1994. "Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, as Told By Its

title: Saturday Night Live

text: All-"TIME"". As of 2018, the show has received 252 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, the most received by any television program. The live aspect of the show has resulted in several controversies and acts of censorship, with mistakes and intentional acts of sabotage by performers as well as guests. From 1965 until September 1975, NBC ran "The Best of Carson" reruns of "The Tonight Show", airing them on either Saturday or Sunday night at local affiliates' discretion (originally known as "The Saturday/Sunday Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"). In 1974, Johnny Carson announced that he wanted the weekend shows pulled and saved

title: The Dana Carvey Show

text: children. Smigel's "Ambiguously Gay Duo" concept carried on with further installments on "Saturday Night Live" and led to the creation of several other cartoons. Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert were later cast on Comedy Central's "Daily Show" where its co-creator, Madeleine Smithberg, was a fan of their nauseated waiters skit. The two went on to have significant comedy careers in film and television. More recently, "The Dana Carvey Show" has become available via a variety of Internet-related outlets. The series in its entirety (including an eighth episode unaired by ABC) are available on iTunes, Joost and at no charge on

title: Saturday Night Live (Spain)

text: SNL news) presented by Gorka Otxoa and Eva Hache and a performance by a guest arstist or band. Saturday Night Live (Spain) Saturday Night Live was the Spanish localisation of the popular US-comedy television series "Saturday Night Live" which was shown on Cuatro and produced by Globomedia. Each episode follow the same structure, first the host of the episode participates a in sketch that ends with the phrase "¡estamos en directo y esto es Saturday Night Live!" (We are live and this is Saturday Night Live!). Then, it is followed by the program header followed by the host's monologue. Several

title: Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell

text: Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell was an American television comedy-variety program that ran on ABC from September 1975 to January 1976, hosted by Howard Cosell and executive-produced by Roone Arledge. The series ran for 18 episodes before being cancelled. The show was later remembered by its director Don Mischer as "one of the greatest disasters in the history of television", largely because Cosell and Arledge—both veterans of sports broadcasting—were entirely unfamiliar with comedy and variety programming. Despite having highly notable celebrities both as cast members and guests, "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell"

title: Saturday Night Live (season 40)

text: NIGHT LIVE (with the "NIGHT" being oriented below "SATURDAY" and "LIVE"). Prior to the start of the season, five new writers were hired: This was the final season for Mike O'Brien, who joined the writing staff in 2009 and Claire Mulaney, who joined the staff in 2013, as well as the only season for writers Natasha Rothwell, Nick Rutherford, and Alison Rich. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Saturday Night Live (season 40) 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 Ariana Grande and came

title: Saturday Night Live (season 44)

text: Saturday Night Live (season 44) The forty-fourth season of the NBC comedy series "Saturday Night Live" premiered on September 29, 2018 during the 2018–19 television season with host Adam Driver and musical guest Kanye West. Prior to the start of the season, Luke Null (who joined the cast during the previous season) was let go from the show. Upright Citizens Brigade alum Ego Nwodim joined the cast as a featured player, with Nwodim becoming the seventh African-American female cast member in the show's history. Featured players Mikey Day, Alex Moffat, and Melissa Villaseñor were upgraded to repertory status. Aside from

title: Saturday Night Live parodies of Donald Trump

text: Saturday Night Live parodies of Donald Trump The sketch comedy television series "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL") has parodied Donald Trump since 1988, from his time as a real estate broker, to his popular run as host of "The Apprentice", and ultimately during his presidency. To date, Trump has been portrayed by five "SNL" performers: Phil Hartman, Darrell Hammond, Jason Sudeikis, Taran Killam, and Alec Baldwin. Darrell Hammond has portrayed him the longest, originally while in the cast in the late 1990s, and then reprising the role in a series of cameos in 2016. The other cast-members held the role briefly,

text: plays a "P.I. P.I.", an abbreviation for "Politically Incorrect Private Investigator." He is a private investigator who is always saying politically incorrect statements, or making politically incorrect conclusions. Debuted April 13, 1991. Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1990–1991 The following is a list of recurring "Saturday Night Live" characters and sketches introduced between September 29, 1990, and May 18, 1991, the sixteenth season of "SNL". A Dana Carvey sketch. Debuted September 29, 1990. Simon is a sketch about a young British boy, played by Mike Myers, who likes to draw, and has his own BBC television program,

title: Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell

text: has never been made available on home video. "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell" is consistently confused with the sketch comedy program "Saturday Night Live". In October 1975, rival network NBC began airing the late night comedy show "NBC's Saturday Night", the creation of producer Lorne Michaels. The shows did not compete for the same time slot. Cosell's "Saturday Night Live" aired at 8 p.m. ET/PT, whereas "NBC's Saturday Night" aired at 11:30 p.m. After Cosell's show was cancelled, the NBC show was renamed "Saturday Night Live". The premiere episode featured celebrity guests Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Paul Anka, Siegfried

title: Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1986–1987

text: Graves as not being able to fully understand or comprehend the show's topics. A Charlton Heston sketch. Debuted March 28, 1987. Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1986–1987 The following is a list of recurring "Saturday Night Live" characters and sketches introduced between October 11, 1986, and May 23, 1987, the twelfth season of "SNL". A Jan Hooks sketch. Debuted October 11, 1986. Dana Carvey plays a "holier-than-thou" talk show host. Debuted October 11, 1986. Played by Kevin Nealon, he was originally an advertising executive (named Phil Maloney) who used subliminal messages to influence people. His appearances on

text: Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1986–1987 The following is a list of recurring "Saturday Night Live" characters and sketches introduced between October 11, 1986, and May 23, 1987, the twelfth season of "SNL". A Jan Hooks sketch. Debuted October 11, 1986. Dana Carvey plays a "holier-than-thou" talk show host. Debuted October 11, 1986. Played by Kevin Nealon, he was originally an advertising executive (named Phil Maloney) who used subliminal messages to influence people. His appearances on "Update" utilized the subliminal technique (i.e. saying things rapidly and under his breath, in between sentences) to reveal what he is

title: Saturday Night Live Band

text: Saturday Night Live Band The Saturday Night Live Band (referred to in the closing credits as The Live Band) is the house band of the NBC television program "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL"). The band has featured many studio musicians from New York, including Paul Shaffer (1975–1980), Lou Marini (1975–1983), David Sanborn (1975), Michael Brecker, Ray Chew (1980–1983), Alan Rubin (1975–1983), Georg Wadenius (1979–1985), Steve Ferrone (1985), and Tom "Bones" Malone, who served as leader of the band from 1981 to 1985. Guitarist G. E. Smith was director from 1985 until 1995. Drummer Matt Chamberlain (1991–1992) is a former member of

title: Saturday Night Live (season 44)

text: Null, the remaining cast from the previous season returned to the show, including guest star Alec Baldwin in his role as President Donald Trump. Prior to the start of the season, the show added Alison Gates, Alan Linic, Eli Mandel and Bowen Yang to the writing staff, while co-head writer Bryan Tucker was designated a senior writer, leaving Colin Jost, Michael Che, and Kent Sublette as the show's remaining head writers. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Saturday Night Live (season 44) The forty-fourth season of the NBC comedy series "Saturday Night Live" premiered on September 29, 2018 during the 2018–19 television season with host

title: The Continental (Saturday Night Live)

text: The Continental (Saturday Night Live) "The Continental" is a recurring sketch on "Saturday Night Live" (SNL) featuring Christopher Walken. The first sketch aired on the eleventh episode of the fifteenth season, January 20, 1990. It is a parody of Renzo Cesana, who starred in a 1952–1953 CBS series, "The Continental". The series used a subjective camera, and Cesana spoke directly to women in the viewing audience. Cesana's show was subjected to many parodies, including "Mad" magazine's "The Countynental" (which was also the name used in a parody by Ernie Kovacs), Red Skelton's "The Transcontinental", and Floyd Vivino's "Ricardo Romantico." The

text: Jeff Sessions (Kate McKinnon). Vice President Mike Pence is portrayed by Beck Bennett, and Trump's sons Eric and Donald Jr by Alex Moffat and Mikey Day. Elder daughter Ivanka Trump has also been featured, as portrayed by Scarlett Johansson. Trump tweeted his displeasure with the show in November, December, and January, saying "Totally biased, not funny and the Baldwin impersonation just can't get any worse." and "NBCNews is bad but Saturday Night Live is the worst of NBC. Not funny, cast is terrible, always a complete hit job. Really bad television!". In January 2017, "SNL" writer Katie Rich was suspended

title: Saturday Night Live (season 11)

text: Saturday Night Live (season 11) The eleventh season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between November 9, 1985, and May 24, 1986. This is the first season to show the NBC "In Stereo Where Available" captioning during the opening montage. Dick Ebersol left the show after the 1984-85 season, when the network refused his request to shut the program down entirely for six months and shift much of the material onto tape, not live broadcast. Once again, NBC briefly considered cancelling the show, but programming head Brandon Tartikoff (who

title: Saturday Night Live (season 22)

text: Surround and NBC captioning during the opening montage. Robert Carlock and Stephen Colbert join the writing staff in this season. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Saturday Night Live (season 22) The twenty-second season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 28, 1996, and May 17, 1997. This season is notable for the host selection. Seven of the 20 hosts were former cast members. They included Dana Carvey, Robert Downey, Jr., Phil Hartman, Chris Rock, Martin Short, Chevy Chase and Mike Myers. This would mark Chase's final time hosting before getting banned (returning

title: Saturday Night Live (season 22)

text: Saturday Night Live (season 22) The twenty-second season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 28, 1996, and May 17, 1997. This season is notable for the host selection. Seven of the 20 hosts were former cast members. They included Dana Carvey, Robert Downey, Jr., Phil Hartman, Chris Rock, Martin Short, Chevy Chase and Mike Myers. This would mark Chase's final time hosting before getting banned (returning much later for numerous guest appearances). Many changes happened before the start of the season. David Koechner and Nancy Walls were

title: Saturday Night Live in the 2000s

text: Saturday Night Live in the 2000s Saturday Night Live in the 2000s is a two-hour documentary television special that showcases the years of "Saturday Night Live" from 2000–2009. It features interviews with the cast and crew from those years, and aired on NBC on April 15, 2010. Topics discussed include Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey as the new Weekend Update anchors after the departure of Colin Quinn, how "SNL" became popular for its spoofs on the 2000 United States presidential election, how the show's humor survived the 9/11 attacks and the anthrax scare, Will Ferrell's departure at the end of

title: History of Saturday Night Live (2010–15)

text: History of Saturday Night Live (2010–15) This article is about the history of "Saturday Night Live" from 2010 through 2015. The 2010–11 season of "Saturday Night Live" began September 25, 2010 with host Amy Poehler and musical guest Katy Perry. Before the start of the new season, four new cast members were added to fill the gap left behind by Will Forte (who quit the show after eight years), Jenny Slate (who was fired after her first season on the show), Abby Elliott (who was promoted to repertory player), and Bobby Moynihan (who was also promoted), improv comedians Paul Brittain

title: Saturday Night Live (season 6)

text: the writing was primarily at fault. "It's just "got" to be funnier," she said. Then she put a tape of the show on her videocassette machine to begin a sketch-by-sketch critique. According to writer Billy Brown, as she did she said, "Watch this. And I hope you hate it, because you wrote it." In his book "What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History", author David Hofstede included this season as one of 25 runners-up to the list. Saturday Night Live (season 6) The sixth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired

title: The Saturday Night Show

text: assistant injured himself after falling over a studio floor lamp while working on "The Saturday Night Show". He was eventually awarded €18,500 in damages and the judge said he had worked accident free in RTÉ for 38 years, that he had been working in poorly lit conditions in a cluttered studio when he was injured by one of RTÉ's props, and that he had been in pain since sustaining his injury. On 14 March 2015, O'Connor announced without warning live on air his resignation as host of "The Saturday Night Show". The presenter and "Sunday Independent" journalist said that the

title: Saturday Night Live (season 6)

text: Saturday Night Live (season 6) The sixth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between November 15, 1980, and April 11, 1981. This season was alternatively known as Saturday Night Live '80. According to Tom Shales' book "Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live", Executive Producer Lorne Michaels cited burnout as the reason behind his desire to take a year off, and had been led to believe by NBC executives that the show would go on hiatus with him, and be ready to start fresh

title: Saturday Night Live (season 29)

text: well as the first "SNL" cast member to have gotten his start on a children's show. This was the final season for both Jeff Richards (who quit mid-season over creative differences) and Jimmy Fallon (who decided to leave the show after the final episode). Future cast member Jason Sudeikis is hired as a writer this season. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Saturday Night Live (season 29) The twenty-ninth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 4, 2003, and May 15, 2004. This season also marked the debut of a brand new

title: Saturday Night Live (season 42)

text: equal-time rule, despite the presidential race being over. His criticism continued preceding his inauguration: he dubbed it "unwatchable" on December 4, and tweeted ""Saturday Night Live" is the worst of NBC. Not funny, cast is terrible, always a complete hit job. Really bad television!" after the Felicity Jones/Sturgill Simpson episode on January 15, 2017. Saturday Night Live (season 42) The forty-second season of the NBC comedy series "Saturday Night Live" premiered on October 1, 2016 during the 2016–2017 television season, with host Margot Robbie and musical guest The Weeknd, and concluded on May 20, 2017 with host Dwayne Johnson and

title: The Saturday Night Show

text: Saturday Night Show" for an initial run of eight weeks before handing over to Craig Doyle who would present "Tonight with Craig Doyle" for a further eight weeks. Whichever chat show proved successful would be recommissioned for a further series. "The Saturday Night Show" made its debut on 30 January 2010 for an initial run of eight programmes. Peaches Geldof and Jim Corr were the first interviewees while Republic of Loose were the first musical guests. Following the completion of both "The Saturday Night Show" and "Tonight with Craig Doyle" it was decided to recommission the former for a second

title: Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!

text: Live from New York, it's Saturday Night! "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" is a famous phrase typically featured on the American sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live", which runs on the NBC broadcast network. It is generally used as a way to end a cold opening sketch and lead into the opening titles/montage and cast introductions for the program. During the show's first season, the show was known simply as "NBC's Saturday Night", due to the existence of an ABC show titled "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell". This is how the phrase received its wording. The phrase

title: Saturday Night Live

text: Video both hold the underlying rights to the show, while the copyright to every episode lies either with NBC or Universal Television. From 1990 until 2004, and again since 2015, Comedy Central and its predecessor Ha! re-aired reruns of the series, after which E! Entertainment Television signed a deal to carry reruns. Abbreviated 30- and 60-minute versions of the first five seasons aired as "The Best of Saturday Night Live" in syndication beginning in the 1980s, and later on Nick at Nite in 1988. In September 2010, reruns of most episodes made from 1998 onward began airing on VH1. Starting

title: Saturday Night Live (season 38)

text: series based on "Saturday Night Live"'s "Weekend Update" sketch, has aired in conjunction with this season. The specials focused on the United States presidential election. The show was hosted by Seth Meyers, "Update"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s then current host. Saturday Night Live (season 38) The thirty-eighth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 15, 2012 and May 18, 2013. Also airing this season were two election-themed episodes of "Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday", which aired on September 20, 2012 and September 27, 2012. Two months before the season premiere,

title: Mango (Saturday Night Live)

text: Mango (Saturday Night Live) Mango was a character performed by Chris Kattan on the American sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live". The character was co-created and developed by Kattan and SNL writer Scott Wainio along with initial creative contributions by Roy Jenkins. Mango is a male exotic dancer who performed in a strip club. He would always wear tight lamé shorts and often a spangled beret. Mango spoke with a Hispanic accent, and though his nationality was never identified, he was said to be born on "Mango Island". He appeared on 16 SNL episodes between 1997 and 2002. The concept

title: Pat (Saturday Night Live)

text: Pat (Saturday Night Live) Pat is an androgynous fictional character created and performed by Julia Sweeney for the American sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" (SNL), and later featured in the film "It's Pat". The central humorous aspect of sketches featuring Pat is the inability of others to determine the character's gender. During a guest appearance on "CONAN" on 17 November 2016, former SNL cast member Norm MacDonald revealed that Pat's gender was female. Sweeney has said, "I'd been an accountant for like five years, and there was one person I worked with in particular who had a lot of

title: Mango (Saturday Night Live)

text: the person's head, dancing provocatively in front of a mango to "Missing" by Everything but the Girl. In June 2014, Mango was featured in a preview of Missy Elliott protégée Sharaya J's "Shut It Down" via a "T by Alexander Wang" campaign. Mango (Saturday Night Live) Mango was a character performed by Chris Kattan on the American sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live". The character was co-created and developed by Kattan and SNL writer Scott Wainio along with initial creative contributions by Roy Jenkins. Mango is a male exotic dancer who performed in a strip club. He would always wear

title: Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1987–1988

text: Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1987–1988 The following is a list of recurring "Saturday Night Live" characters and sketches introduced between October 17, 1987, and February 27, 1988, the thirteenth season of "SNL". Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon play two Austrian jocks, inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Debuted October 17, 1987. Dana Carvey impersonates the Weekend Update anchor beside him. This trio showcased three popular film characters who were probably least likely to get together and sing because they are all known for their inability to speak proper English. Tonto (played by Jon Lovitz) and Tarzan (played by

title: Saturday Night Live Samurai

text: also appears briefly in issue #54 of "The Sandman". Saturday Night Live Samurai In the early years of "Saturday Night Live", John Belushi portrayed an archetypal samurai — he had a dedicated concept of honor, spoke only (mock) Japanese, and wielded a katana. Sketches featuring the character showed him in different occupations that would not be expected for a samurai. He always performed his tasks perfectly, despite scaring his clients quite a few times. The character was modeled after Toshiro Mifune's character in Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo". Samurai Futaba would probably not have become a recurring character if not for Buck

title: Saturday Night Live Samurai

text: Saturday Night Live Samurai In the early years of "Saturday Night Live", John Belushi portrayed an archetypal samurai — he had a dedicated concept of honor, spoke only (mock) Japanese, and wielded a katana. Sketches featuring the character showed him in different occupations that would not be expected for a samurai. He always performed his tasks perfectly, despite scaring his clients quite a few times. The character was modeled after Toshiro Mifune's character in Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo". Samurai Futaba would probably not have become a recurring character if not for Buck Henry's insistence that there be a second sketch featuring

title: Saturday Night Live (season 28)

text: fill their absences were comedian/musician Fred Armisen and TV writer Will Forte (of The Groundlings), who both joined the show as featured players. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Saturday Night Live (season 28) The twenty-eighth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 5, 2002, and May 17, 2003. This would be the final season for Dean Edwards, Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan. The latter two would make cameo appearances in many episodes of the following season. Before the start of the season, Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer left the show. The

title: Saturday Night Live

text: "Saturday Night Live From Milan" aired for four seasons and used original material. On December 3, 2011, South Korea's "SNL Korea" premiered on cable channel tvN. As of July 20, 2013, it is in its fourth consecutive season, with 20 episodes. The Japanese version "Saturday Night Live JPN", which ran for six months in 2011, was created in part with Lorne Michaels's production company, Coca-Cola, and Broadway Video and broadcast on Fuji TV networks. The show followed the same format with a few minor differences, being only 45 minutes long and hosted by a permanent host. The cast was made

title: Saturday Night Live parodies of Sarah Palin

text: open. Saturday Night Live parodies of Sarah Palin The sketch comedy television show "Saturday Night Live" aired several critically acclaimed sketches parodying then Alaskan Governor and vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin in the lead-up to the 2008 United States presidential election. The sketches featured former cast member Tina Fey, who returned as a guest star to portray Palin. Fey won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her impersonation of Palin. Soon after the 2008 John McCain presidential campaign's August 29, 2008 announcement that Alaska governor Sarah Palin would be McCain's vice presidential nominee, people

text: Saturday Night Live parodies of Sarah Palin The sketch comedy television show "Saturday Night Live" aired several critically acclaimed sketches parodying then Alaskan Governor and vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin in the lead-up to the 2008 United States presidential election. The sketches featured former cast member Tina Fey, who returned as a guest star to portray Palin. Fey won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her impersonation of Palin. Soon after the 2008 John McCain presidential campaign's August 29, 2008 announcement that Alaska governor Sarah Palin would be McCain's vice presidential nominee, people noted

title: History of Saturday Night Live (1975–80)

text: in January 1977 depicts Carter as a Confederate general, using his status as president-elect to take over the nation. Political parody was relatively new to American mainstream television in 1975; comedy shows in the past had rarely dared to push the envelope. By satirizing the head of the nation, "Saturday Night Live" redefined the parameters of acceptable television content and became "the first television show to speak the nation of the time", according to NBC executive Dick Ebersol. Perhaps due to his recurring news parody sketch "Weekend Update", Chevy Chase was the first breakout star of "Saturday Night Live", appearing

title: Saturday Night Live (season 15)

text: Saturday Night Live (season 15) The fifteenth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 30, 1989, and May 19, 1990. Very few changes were made before and during the season. This is the first season to show StereoSurround where available captioning during the opening montage. This season saw the first hosting gigs of three celebrities who would go on to be frequent SNL hosts: John Goodman, who auditioned to be a cast member on "SNL" during the 1980–81 season and frequently appeared on SNL in the mid-1990s

title: Saturday Night Live (season 24)

text: Saturday Night Live (season 24) The twenty-fourth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26, 1998, and May 15, 1999. Before the start of the season, Jim Breuer left the show. After two years, "Saturday Night Live" hired three new cast members: stand-up comic Jimmy Fallon, Chris Parnell of The Groundlings in Los Angeles and Horatio Sanz of Second City in Chicago. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> "A Night at the Roxbury", a film based on the popular Roxbury Guys sketches, was released on October 2, 1998. Cast members Will Ferrell,

title: Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell

text: NBC's "Saturday Night" appropriated the name of its former (indirect) competition. In 2002, "TV Guide" ranked the series number 37 on its "50 Worst TV Shows of All Time" list. In his book "What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History", author David Hofstede ranked the series at #30 on the list. Only three episodes (video) are known to survive: All 14 original episodes telecast exist as AUDIO in the Archival Television Audio archive (www.atvaudio.com). Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell was an American television comedy-variety program that ran on ABC

title: Saturday Night Live (season 14)

text: on the show before; his film made it onto the show in the episode hosted by Charlton Heston in 1987. This was the only season of the show for Stiller. After being on the show for five episodes, Stiller left due to creative differences with Michaels. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Saturday Night Live (season 14) The fourteenth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 8, 1988, and May 20, 1989. This is the final season to show the NBC "In Stereo (Where Available)" on-screen announcement during the opening montage. A

title: Saturday Night Live (season 40)

text: Saturday Night Live (season 40) 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 Ariana Grande and came to a conclusion on May 16, 2015 with host Louis C.K. and musical guest Rihanna. Former cast member Darrell Hammond succeeded Don Pardo, who had died in August, as the show's new announcer. The premiere included an interstitial photograph of Pardo – "SNL"s announcer since it premiered in 1975 (with the exception of season 7 and episode 14 of season 21 – where

title: Live Show

text: reverts to a pre-recorded segment and Jack says, "That's more like it." The episode ends with a live goodnight from the "TGS" stage by the cast of the episode, a la "Saturday Night Live". "Live Show" was co-written by series creator, executive producer, and lead actress Fey and co-showrunner and executive producer Robert Carlock. It was directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller, a long-time television director who worked with Fey on the sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live". On July 30, 2010, the NBC network announced that an episode of "30 Rock"s fifth season would be filmed and broadcast live on two

title: The Dana Carvey Show

text: first appeared on the show, "The Ambiguously Gay Duo", featuring the voices of Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell, became well known on "SNL" after Carvey's show was canceled. Additionally, a sketch used in the unaired eighth episode about Tom Brokaw prerecording the announcement of Gerald Ford's death was used verbatim when Carvey hosted "Saturday Night Live" on October 26, 1996. When "The Dana Carvey Show" first appeared, it was greeted with above average reviews and a lukewarm response from the audience. Despite the fact that ABC only aired seven episodes of the series, it has maintained a small but loyal

title: Saturday Night Live (season 1)

text: at the same time titled "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell". After ABC cancelled the Cosell program in 1976, the NBC program changed its name to "Saturday Night Live" on March 26, 1977 (and subsequently picked up Bill Murray from Cosell's show in 1977, as well). Every night, Don Pardo introduced the cast, a job he'd hold for 39 years until his death in 2014. The original concept was for a comedy-variety show featuring young comedians, live musical performances, short films by Albert Brooks, and segments by Jim Henson featuring atypically adult and abstract characters from the Muppets world. Rather

title: Saturday Night Live (season 20)

text: Saturday Night Live (season 20) The twentieth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 24, 1994, and May 13, 1995. Much like the 1980–1981 season and the 1985–1986 season, NBC worried over "SNL"'s decline in quality (and in the ratings) and initially decided that now would be the best time to pull the plug on the show once and for all. According to the prime time special "Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation", Lorne Michaels credits this season as the closest he's ever been

title: Saturday Night Live cast members

text: for an Emmy for their work while in the cast. 34 former "SNL" cast members have come back to host the show. The first former cast member to come back and host the show was Chevy Chase in February 1978, and the most recent former cast member to join the list was Seth Meyers, who joined in October 2018. Although "SNL" is best known as the launchpad for many successful careers, nine former cast members have died before the age of 60. This has given rise to a superstition known as the ""Saturday Night Live" Curse". Saturday Night Live cast

text: every writer and cast member on the show, including Lorne Michaels, left the show after this episode. Brian Doyle-Murray was the only writer from this season to stay on for the 1980–81 season. History of Saturday Night Live (1975–80) "Saturday Night Live" is an American sketch comedy series created and produced by Lorne Michaels for most of the show's run. The show has aired on NBC since 1975. "Saturday Night Live" was not an immediate hit, but the show soon developed its own identity with help from the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players". After an unstable first season, more

title: The Saturday Night Show

text: light entertainment show would finish for good at the end of that series on 30 May 2015. RTÉ announced that Ray D'Arcy, who left the independent radio station Today FM, to return home to RTÉ would be replacing O'Connor with a new entertainment show in RTÉ One's Saturday night slot, coming autumn 2015. O'Connor also announced he was not leaving RTÉ and would be hosting a new prime-time show for the broadcaster beginning in 2016. Ryan Tubridy knew this. Critics were unimpressed with the decision to axe "The Saturday Night Show" calling it "just the latest round in the apparently

title: Saturday Night Live (season 2)

text: Downey joined the writing staff. This season was the last to feature The Muppets. Steve Martin, Eric Idle, and Buck Henry each hosted two episodes. Following the cancellation of ABC's "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell", NBC changed the name of the show from "NBC's Saturday Night" to its current title, "Saturday Night Live" in the episode hosted by Jack Burns in 1977. The shows on October 16, October 23, and October 30 1976 were live from NBC's studio complex in Brooklyn, NY. NBC News used Studio 8-H for Presidential election coverage. This season was the last to feature The

title: Saturday Night Live (season 24)

text: Chris Kattan, Mark McKinney, Colin Quinn and Molly Shannon all appear in the film. The film did modestly well at the box office but was panned by critics. Saturday Night Live (season 24) The twenty-fourth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26, 1998, and May 15, 1999. Before the start of the season, Jim Breuer left the show. After two years, "Saturday Night Live" hired three new cast members: stand-up comic Jimmy Fallon, Chris Parnell of The Groundlings in Los Angeles and Horatio Sanz of Second

title: Saturday Night Live (season 23)

text: Saturday Night Live (season 23) The twenty-third season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 27, 1997, and May 9, 1998. During the season, a controversy arose in which Weekend Update anchor Norm Macdonald was removed from the Update segment after angering NBC executive Don Ohlmeyer with his O. J. Simpson jokes. The weekly inclusion of O.J. jokes upset Ohlmeyer, who was good friends with Simpson. Ohlmeyer arranged to have Macdonald fired from the segment, but not from the show. Macdonald's final episode as Update anchor was on

title: Saturday Night Live (season 1)

text: Saturday Night Live (season 1) The first season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC from October 11, 1975 to July 31, 1976. In 1974, NBC "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson requested that the weekend broadcasts of "Best of Carson" (officially known as "The Weekend Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson") come to an end (back then, "The Tonight Show" was a 90-minute program), so that Carson could take two weeknights off and NBC would thus air those repeats on those nights rather than feed them to affiliates for broadcast on

title: Saturday Night Live (season 16)

text: shows. Odenkirk would go on to write for future cast member Chris Elliott's "Get a Life" and "The Dennis Miller Show" as well as "The Ben Stiller Show", for which he was also a cast member. In 1995, he would co-create and co-star on HBO's "Mr. Show with Bob and David". <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Saturday Night Live (season 16) The sixteenth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 29, 1990, and May 18, 1991. The 16th season of "SNL" was a transitional one: Several longtime cast members left, and

title: Saturday Night Live (season 37)

text: 73 due to liver cancer; Lyon wrote for the show during its seventh season. Mark O'Donnell, who also wrote during the show's seventh season, died of a heart attack at the age of 58 outside his apartment in New York. Most notably, Tom Davis died after a three-year battle with throat and neck cancer; Davis was one of the original "SNL" writers and appeared in multiple sketches over the years. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Saturday Night Live (season 37) The thirty-seventh season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 24, 2011,

title: Saturday Night Live (season 10)

text: Saturday Night Live (season 10) The tenth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 6, 1984, and April 13, 1985. Only 17 episodes were produced due to a writer's strike and budget constraints. This season also featured a new opening sequence produced by Charlex (who also created The Cars' "You Might Think" video earlier in 1984), depicting the "SNL" cast as giants in and around New York City landmarks. At the end of the season, Ebersol requested to completely revamp the show to include mostly prerecorded segments.

title: History of Saturday Night Live (2005–10)

text: History of Saturday Night Live (2005–10) "Saturday Night Live" is an American sketch comedy series created and produced by Lorne Michaels for most of the show's run. The show has aired on NBC since 1975. "Saturday Night Live" promised changes for the 2005–06 season, one of which was broadcasting in high-definition. Lorne Michaels added four new featured players: Andy Samberg, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig (partway through the season), and Jason Sudeikis, who was added for the last three episodes of the previous season. Hader quickly became popular for his impersonations, such as Vincent Price, Lindsey Buckingham, Al Pacino, Alan Alda,

text: History of Saturday Night Live (1975–80) "Saturday Night Live" is an American sketch comedy series created and produced by Lorne Michaels for most of the show's run. The show has aired on NBC since 1975. "Saturday Night Live" was not an immediate hit, but the show soon developed its own identity with help from the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players". After an unstable first season, more and more sketch comedy got on the air, and "SNL" became something of a New York institution. The first four seasons of the show were a hit both commercially and critically, catapulting the

title: Saturday Night Live parodies of Hillary Clinton

text: in episode 10 of season 42, Kate McKinnon played Hillary Clinton urging an elector not to vote for Donald Trump, parodying a scene from "Love Actually". Saturday Night Live parodies of Hillary Clinton The sketch comedy television show "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL") has for almost three decades aired a number of sketches parodying Hillary Clinton, from her time as First Lady, and during both her presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2016. A total of nine different performers have played Hillary Clinton on "SNL". The array of "SNL" cast members portraying Clinton has included Jan Hooks, Janeane Garofalo, Vanessa Bayer, Ana

text: Saturday Night Live parodies of Hillary Clinton The sketch comedy television show "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL") has for almost three decades aired a number of sketches parodying Hillary Clinton, from her time as First Lady, and during both her presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2016. A total of nine different performers have played Hillary Clinton on "SNL". The array of "SNL" cast members portraying Clinton has included Jan Hooks, Janeane Garofalo, Vanessa Bayer, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, and Kate McKinnon. Guest stars playing Clinton have included Drew Barrymore and Rachel Dratch. One sketch even featured Miley Cyrus in a guest

title: Saturday Night Live

text: in 2003 and continues to garner high ratings. "SNL" also airs in the Middle East and North Africa, OSN First HD every Saturday night, one week after it airs in the U.S. In India and Sri Lanka, "Saturday Night Live!" airs on Comedy Central, in an hour long version, one week after the U.S. broadcast. Spain's version of the show was short-lived, lasting a few episodes which aired on Thursdays and not Saturdays as the title suggested. This version copied heavily from the American version, as they did their own versions of sketches already done on the original series. Italy's

title: The Saturday Night Show

text: Brendan to discuss their whirlwind love affair on 5 November 2011, announcing that it was their first interview as a couple despite having been involved with each other for 18 years. "The Saturday Night Show" continued its gay theme by having Chris Burch, the stroke survivor who woke up to discover he was gay, as a guest, with Alex James also talking about how he makes cheese. Johnny Robinson was a guest on "The Saturday Night Show" on 3 December 2011. During a November 2011 performance by The Overtones, Brendan O'Connor had to hold up a curtain after a "terrible

title: Saturday Night Live (season 19)

text: Saturday Night Live (season 19) The nineteenth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 25, 1993, and May 14, 1994. Many changes happened before the start of the season. This is the final season to show StereoSurround captioning during the opening montage. This would also be the final season for Phil Hartman, Melanie Hutsell, Rob Schneider, Sarah Silverman and Julia Sweeney. A major blow for the show was the loss of Hartman. Before his final show the entire cast and crew presented him with a bronzed stick

text: Presidential and Vice Presidential hopefuls have also announced the phrase on their appearances on the show, beginning with Bob Dole on November 16, 1996 (coming after the 1996 election). It was announced by Barack Obama on November 3, 2007, by Hillary Clinton on March 1, 2008, by Sarah Palin on October 18, 2008, and by John McCain on November 1, 2008. Live from New York, it's Saturday Night! "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" is a famous phrase typically featured on the American sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live", which runs on the NBC broadcast network. It is generally

text: much more exposure and recognition on "Saturday Night Live". The 1975–76 season began on October 11, 1975, with host George Carlin. The show was originally called "NBC's Saturday Night", and would not be called "Saturday Night Live" until near the end of the 1976–77 season. The show was also intended to have just six episodes, and to be hosted by a permanent guest host instead of a rotating celebrity host (Albert Brooks was apparently picked as a permanent host). The show was originally much more of a typical variety show than it would later become, with the first episode featuring

title: Friday Night, Saturday Morning

text: Friday Night, Saturday Morning Friday Night, Saturday Morning was a television chat show with a revolving guest host. It ran on BBC2 from 28 September 1979 to 2 April 1982, broadcast live from the Greenwood Theatre, a part of Guy's Hospital. It was most notable for being the only television show to be hosted by a former British Prime Minister (Harold Wilson) and for an argument about the blasphemy claims surrounding the movie "Monty Python's Life of Brian". The programme was the idea of Iain Johnstone and Will Wyatt, who insisted on a changing presenter every fortnight. Another innovation was