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Though Mad TV never posed a serious ratings threat to SNL, it did at times beat the NBC show in some younger demographics. [166] [167] A three-hour prime time special aired in September 1999 to celebrate 25 years of the show's airing. [168] Jimmy Fallon and Fey began hosting Weekend Update as a team in the 2000–2001 season. [169]
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. [275] [276] Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, as Told By Its Stars, Writers and Guests was released
In 1974, NBC Tonight Show host Johnny Carson asked that the weekend broadcasts of "Best of Carson" (officially known as The Weekend Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson) come to an end (The Tonight Show was a 90-minute program at the time), so he could take two weeknights off; NBC would thus air those repeats on those nights rather than feed them to affiliates for broadcast on either Saturdays ...
David Letterman's longtime bandleader, Paul Shaffer, got his start on TV as a member of SNL's house band, playing keyboards from the show's start until 1980. Shaffer regularly popped up in ...
In his first year as host, Fallon's Tonight Show improved on ratings delivered by his predecessor Jay Leno. [105] The series' post-Super Bowl episode in 2015 averaged 9.8 million viewers, and the following week's shows from Los Angeles maintained their highest ratings since their premiere. [112]
Now, 50 years later, the sketch comedy show has gone on to become the most Emmy-decorated television show in history, receiving countless nominations, awards and accolades. And in 2017, those ...
The 50th season of "SNL" premiered last month. Since the first show in 1975, 165 comedians and actors have been a part of "SNL.". Three new comedians joined for season 50. "Saturday Night Live" is ...
George Carlin, the first person to host Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. It premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the title NBC's Saturday Night. The show usually satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics, and it has featured a wide ...