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Original cast (left to right): Laraine Newman, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, Garrett Morris, and Chevy Chase. As of September 2024, the late-night live variety series Saturday Night Live (SNL) has featured 167 cast members.
Following the cancellation of ABC's Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell, NBC changed the name of the show from NBC's Saturday Night to its current title, Saturday Night Live, for the 17th episode of this second season – the episode hosted by Jack Burns on March 26, 1977. [1] The name change was not made permanent until season 3.
The first cast member hired was Gilda Radner. [5] The rest of the cast included fellow Second City alumni Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, as well as National Lampoon "Lemmings" alumnus Chevy Chase (whose trademark became his usual falls and opening spiel that cued the show's opening) who was chosen as anchor for Weekend Update, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, and Groundlings alumna Laraine Newman.
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 has featured a wide array of hosts and musical guests.George Carlin served as the show's first host in October 1975; [4] three episodes later, Candice Bergen became the first female host [5] and the first to host more than once. [6]
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 ...
LaBelle, left, as Michaels in the film "Saturday Night" and the real Michaels, right, during an episode of "Saturday Night Live" in 1976. Hopper Stone/Sony Pictures Entertainment; NBCU Photo Bank ...
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 ...