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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. Jean Doumanian, who had been an associate producer for the first five seasons of SNL, was given executive producer responsibilities after Lorne Michaels left the show, along with all the cast and almost all the writing staff.
Saturday Night Live cast members [a] Performer Time on SNL No. of seasons Repertory player Featured player Middle group "Weekend Update" anchor Hosted Best of... Writer; Fred Armisen: 2002–2013: 11 Aristotle Athari: 2021–2022: 1 Dan Aykroyd: 1975–1979: 4 Peter Aykroyd † 1980: 1 Morwenna Banks: 1995: 1 Vanessa Bayer: 2010–2017: 7 Jim ...
The long-running American late-night sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) first premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, and its fiftieth and most recent season premiered on September 28, 2024. Created by Lorne Michaels , who is the original and current showrunner, its history has been shaped by its large and constantly-changing cast of ...
Joe Piscopo was the other cast member to survive the 1980-1981 season, alongside Eddie Murphy. ... Paul Brittain joined the "Saturday Night Live" cast in 2010. During his time on the "SNL" stage ...
Band leader Paul Shaffer also joined the cast, becoming the first person from the SNL band to become a cast member. Harry Shearer joined the show as a featured cast member and was promoted to repertory status during the season. This season was the first to have two members of the same family as cast members (Bill Murray and Brian Doyle-Murray).
Jane Curtin. The so-called “Queen of Deadpan” was a main cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1980, memorably manning the Weekend Update desk as anchor and regularly serving as the ...
When the 1986-1987 season began, only Lovitz, Nora Dunn, Dennis Miller, and featured player A. Whitney Brown returned as cast members. Michaels went back to his original tactic of assembling a strong ensemble of relative unknowns, led by Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Victoria Jackson, and Kevin Nealon. [1]
Following the big exodus of many of the show’s original cast members in 1980, actor-comedian Charles Rocket joined the SNL cast for one season from 1980 until 1981. However, he was dismissed ...