"Saturday Night Live" (1975) TV series 1975-????

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Creator:

Lorne Michaels

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

Release Date:

11 October 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Tagline:

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

Plot:

The classic late night live sketch comedy show.

Plot Keywords:

Actor Playing Multiple Roles | Satire | Actress Playing Multiple Roles | Saturday Night Live | Spoof

Awards:

Won 23 Primetime Emmys. Another 16 wins & 118 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 18

11:29 PM

NBC

Cast

Don Pardo	...	Himself - Announcer / ... (603 episodes, 1975-2008)
Lenny Pickett	...	Himself - Bandleader / ... (415 episodes, 1985-2006)
Darrell Hammond	...	Various / ... (272 episodes, 1995-2009)

Also Known As:

"NBC's Saturday Night" (USA) (complete title)
"SNL 25" (USA) (alternative title)
"SNL" (USA) (informal title)
"Saturday Night Live '80" (USA) (sixth season title)
"Saturday Night Live 15" (USA) (fifteenth season title)
"Saturday Night Live 20" (USA) (twentieth season title)
"Saturday Night Live 25" (USA) (twentiefifth season title)
"Saturday Night" (USA) (first season title)
"The Albert Brooks Show" (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:TV-14 (Some episodes) | USA:TV-PG (Some episodes)

Filming Locations:

JC Studios, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

NBC Studios

Trivia:

When Eric Idle hosted on 20 October 1979, a clip was shown from Idle's project "Rutland Weekend Television" (1975) of his Beatles parody The Rutles. The success of the clip led to Lorne Michaels co-producing the movie version, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV), which includes appearances by numerous SNL alums and regulars.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: ...almost everything. Live television is largely exempt from the usual rules of goofs.

Quotes:

Norm Macdonald: The Rolling Stones reunited for a twenty-fifth anniversary tour last week. Keith Richards said that he's happy to continue to do what he's been doing for the past twenty-five years: cheating death.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Life of Python (1990) (TV)

A love/hate relationship with a classic

An earlier reviewer said this show sucks and that the "new cast" is terrible. What is interesting about SNL is how whenever there is a changeover of cast, it has become almost a tradition to hate the newcomers. In truth, however, many of the episodes that have aired in recent years -- even since the 1998 review I refer to -- have now come to be considered classics. And the cast members so many of us hated at first are now often seen in a favorable light alongside the "classic" cast of the late 1970s. And what cannot be denied is no TV program in history has been such a fertile breeding ground for future stars. Just look at the cast list and be amazed.