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Saturday Night Live 1

1975-10-11 | Comedy,News | 24 episodes
Overview
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 Live premiered on October 11, 1975 and consisted of a total of 24 episodes, the last of which aired on July 31, 1976. In 1974, NBC Tonight Show host Johnny Carson requested that the weekend broadcasts of "Best of Carson" come to an end, 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 either Saturdays or Sundays. Given Carson's undisputed status as the dean of late-night television, NBC heard his request as an ultimatum, fearing he might use the issue as grounds to defect to either ABC or CBS. To fill the gap, the network drew up some ideas and brought in Dick Ebersol – a protégé of legendary ABC Sports president Roone Arledge – to develop a 90-minute late-night variety show. Ebersol's first order of business was hiring a young Canadian producer named Lorne Michaels to be the show-runner.

50 Seasons

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Episode

George Carlin with Janis Ian and Billy Preston (1975)

Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include: "Wolverines", "George Carlin's Monologue", "New Dad Insurance", "The Courtroom", "Andy Kaufman", "George Carlin Stand-Up I", "Victims Of Shark Bite", "Jamitol", "Triopenin", "Triopenin", "Triple-Trac", "George Carlin Stand-Up II", "The Impossible Truth", "Bee Hospital", "Academy of Better Careers", "Show Us Your Guns", George Carlin Stand-Up III, "Trojan Horse Home Security"

George Carlin with Janis Ian and Billy Preston poster

Directed By

Dave Wilson

Paul Simon with Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow, and Art Garfunkel (1975)

Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include: "The Berkeley Collection of Grafitti Wallpaper," "Paul Simon vs.Connie Hawkins," The Bees Have Been Cut, and "The Mighty Favog," and "Try-Hard 1-11."

Paul Simon with Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow, and Art Garfunkel poster

Directed By

Dave Wilson

Rob Reiner (1975)

Live from New York, it's.. Sketeches Include: Wheelchair Bound, A Trip to the Doctor, Fashion Show, Surgery Free Healing, Dangerous But Inept, National Pancreas Association PSA, At The Blaine Hotel, What Gilda Ate, Square Dancing, Smoking Craters, and Operation. John Belushi (as Joe Cocker) performed "A Little Help From My Friends."

Rob Reiner poster

Directed By

Dave Wilson

Candice Bergen with Esther Phillips (1975)

Live from New York, It's... Sketches include: Gerald Ford adressess the nation, Ambassador Training Institute spot, "Jaws II", Garrett Morris confronts unorganized CIA, Catherine Deneuve, Black Perspective, "Midnight Probe", Andy Kaufman as Foreign Man, Crank Call to Airline Stewardess, Obnoxious journalist interviews world ruler.

Candice Bergen with Esther Phillips poster

Directed By

Dave Wilson

Robert Klein with ABBA and Loudon Wainwright III (1975)

Live from New York, It's... Sketches include: Pagent winner Sherry refuses crown, Minute Mystery, Bee-Cenntinial Minute, Greg Allman dodges question about his love-life, The Eternal Crawl: Roaches Through History, Sam Peckinpah, Female fireman tips, Looks at Books.

Robert Klein with ABBA and Loudon Wainwright III poster

Directed By

Dave Wilson

Cast

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profile image of John Belushi
John Belushi Self - Various Characters
profile image of Laraine Newman
Laraine Newman Self - Various Characters
profile image of Gilda Radner
Gilda Radner Self - Various Characters
profile image of Jane Curtin
Jane Curtin Self - Various Characters
profile image of Dan Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd Self - Various Characters
profile image of Garrett Morris
Garrett Morris Self - Various Characters
profile image of Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase Self - Various Characters

Featured Crew

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Lorne Michaels Executive Producer

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