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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. [167] [168] A three-hour prime time special aired in September 1999 to celebrate 25 years of the show's airing. [169] Jimmy Fallon and Fey began hosting Weekend Update as a team in the 2000–2001 season. [170]
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 ...
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. [274] [275] Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, as Told By Its Stars, Writers and Guests was released
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 ...
NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ premiered on Oct. 11, 1975. See what the show’s inaugural cast has been up to since the historic debut season
"Saturday Night Live" is having a 50th anniversary, and things are happening. ... 50 Years of SNL Music," co-directed by Questlove and Oz Rodriguez, looks at the show's rich history of musical ...
Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. It premiered on the NBC Television Network on October 11, 1975, under the title NBC's Saturday Night. The show often satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics.
After a multi-week reprieve, "Saturday Night Live" returns Dec. 7 with an epic entertainer at the helm. Actor Paul Mescal will host the long-time comedy show's eighth episode of Season 50. The ...