Lists of Saturday Night Live episodes

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[[File:Saturday Night Live 2024.svg|250x250px|thumb|Current logo of ''Saturday Night Live'' since season 50]]

''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' (''SNL'') is an American [[Late night television|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 often satirizes contemporary American popular [[Culture of the United States|culture]] and politics. ''Saturday Night Live'' features a two-tiered cast: the repertory members, also known as the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players," and newer cast members, known as "Featured Players." Each week, the show features a host, often a well-known celebrity, who delivers an opening [[monologue]] and performs in sketches with the cast. A musical guest is also invited to perform several sets (usually two, occasionally more). Every so often a host or musical guest fills both roles. With the exception of [[Saturday Night Live season 7|season 7]] and several other rare cases, the show begins with a [[cold open]] that ends with someone [[breaking character]] and proclaiming "[[Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!]]"

''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' (''SNL'') is an American [[Late night television|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 often satirizes contemporary American popular [[Culture of the United States|culture]] and politics. ''Saturday Night Live'' features a two-tiered cast: the repertory members, also known as the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players", and newer cast members, known as "Featured Players". Each week, the show features a host, often a well-known celebrity, who delivers an opening [[monologue]] and performs in sketches with the cast. A musical guest is also invited to perform several sets (usually two, occasionally more). Every so often a host or musical guest fills both roles. With the exception of [[Saturday Night Live season 7|season 7]] and several other rare cases, the show begins with a [[cold open]] that ends with someone [[breaking character]] and proclaiming "[[Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!]]"

''Saturday Night Live'' is one of the [[List of longest-running United States television series|longest-running]] network programs in American television history, with more than 900 episodes broadcast over five [[Timeline of the 20th century|decade]]s. A number of the show's sketches have been developed into [[feature film]]s, including ''[[The Blues Brothers (film)|The Blues Brothers]]'', ''[[Wayne's World]]'', ''[[A Night at the Roxbury]]'', ''[[Superstar (1999 film)|Superstar]]'', ''[[Coneheads]]'', ''[[It's Pat]]'', ''[[The Ladies Man (2000 film)|The Ladies Man]]'' and ''[[MacGruber (film)|MacGruber]]''.

''Saturday Night Live'' is one of the [[List of longest-running United States television series|longest-running]] network programs in American television history, with more than 900 episodes broadcast over five [[Timeline of the 20th century|decade]]s. A number of the show's sketches have been developed into [[feature film]]s, including ''[[The Blues Brothers (film)|The Blues Brothers]]'', ''[[Wayne's World]]'', ''[[A Night at the Roxbury]]'', ''[[Superstar (1999 film)|Superstar]]'', ''[[Coneheads]]'', ''[[It's Pat]]'', ''[[The Ladies Man (2000 film)|The Ladies Man]]'' and ''[[MacGruber (film)|MacGruber]]''.