"Saturday Night Live" (SNL) NBC's Emmy Award winning late night comedy show. Since 1975, SNL has launched the careers of many of the brightest comedy performers of a generation and as "The New York Times" noted on the occasion of the show's Emmy winning 25th Anniversary special in 1999: "In defiance of both time and show business convention, SNL is still the most pervasive influence on the art of comedy in contemporary culture." At the close of the century, SNL placed seventh on Entertainment Weekly's list of the Top 100 Entertainers of the past fifty years.
Thus far, the program has won over 20 Emmy Awards and been nominated for more than 80. SNL has been honored with the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and cited as "truly a national institution". Most recently, SNL was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame by the National Association of Broadcasters. The show continues to garner the highest ratings of any late-night television program, entertaining millions each week.
SNL is broadcast live from NBC's famed Studio 8H in New York City's Rockefeller Center. The program is a production of Broadway Video in association with SNL Studios. Lorne Michaels is the executive producer.
Main Cast:
Fred Armisen
Kenan Thompson
Bill Hader
Jason Sudeikis
Seth Meyers
Kate McKinnon
Nasim Pedrad
Vanessa Bayer
Tim Robinson
Bobby Moynihan
Taran Killam
Jay Pharoah
Cecily Strong
Aidy Bryant
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General Information
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Status: Break - Between Seasons
Premiere: October 11, 1975
Classification: Variety
Genre: Comedy | Music | Sketch/Improv
Network: NBC (USA)
Airs: Saturdays at 11:30 pm
Runtime: 90 Minutes
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Season 39 -- ?? Episodes
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When NBC announced their schedule for the 2013-14 season, they quietly renewed Saturday Night Live for a 39th season. Next season will be an interesting one for executive producer Lorne Michaels. Once Jimmy Fallon takes over The Tonight Show from Jay Leno in spring of 2014, Michaels will be executive producing 11.5 hours of late night programming on NBC each week - Saturday Night Live (1.5 hours), The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (10 hours), and Late Night with Seth Meyers (10 hours).
Exact return date and number of episodes Unknown/TBA
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Season 38 -- 21 Episodes (+specials)
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38x01 -- Sep 15, 2012 -- Seth MacFarlane / Frank Ocean
38x02 -- Sep 22, 2012 -- Joseph Gordon-Levitt / Mumford & Sons
38x03 -- Oct 06, 2012 -- Daniel Craig / Muse
38x04 -- Oct 13, 2012 -- Christina Applegate / Passion Pit
38x05 -- Oct 20, 2012 -- Bruno Mars / Bruno Mars
38x06 -- Nov 03, 2012 -- Louis C.K. / Fun.
38x07 -- Nov 10, 2012 -- Anne Hathaway / Rihanna
38x08 -- Nov 17, 2012 -- Jeremy Renner / Maroon 5
38x09 -- Dec 08, 2012 -- Jamie Foxx / Ne-Yo
38x10 -- Dec 15, 2012 -- Martin Short / Paul McCartney
38x11 -- Jan 19, 2013 -- Jennifer Lawrence / The Lumineers
38x12 -- Jan 26, 2013 -- Adam Levine / Kendrick Lamar
38x13 -- Feb 09, 2013 -- Justin Bieber / Justin Bieber
38x14 -- Feb 16, 2013 -- Christoph Waltz / Alabama Shakes
38x15 -- Mar 02, 2013 -- Kevin Hart / Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
38x16 -- Mar 09, 2013 -- Justin Timberlake / Justin Timberlake
38x17 -- Apr 06, 2013 -- Melissa McCartrhy / Phoenix
38x18 -- Apr 13, 2013 -- Vince Vaughn / Miguel
38x19 -- May 04, 2013 -- Zach Galifianakis / Of Monsters and Men
38x20 -- May 11, 2013 -- Kristen Wiig / Vampire Weekend
38x21 -- May 18, 2013 -- Ben Affleck / Kanye West
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Season 38 Specials
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Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday:
Thursday Sep 20, 2012 -- Primetime Election Special #1
Thursday Sep 27, 2012 -- Primetime Election Special #2
http://eztv.it/ep/37976/snl-weekend-update-thursday-2012-e01-hdtv-x264-bajskorv/
http://eztv.it/ep/38135/snl-weekend-update-thursday-2012-e02-hdtv-x264-bajskorv/
Saturday Night Live Christmas 2012:
Wednesday Nov 28, 2012 -- A two-hour compilation of popular holiday sketches
http://eztv.it/ep/40031/snl-christmas-2012-hdtv-x264-bajskorv/
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Date of last review or update: May 19, 2013
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38x21 -- May 18, 2013 -- Ben Affleck / Kanye West -- http://re.zoink.it/51987f51
