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Saturday Night Live

  • TV-14
  • 1975–
  • 52 seasons
  • Comedy, News
  • 6.9

Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

Episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its sixteenth season during the 1990-1991 television season on NBC. 20 episodes were produced. The sixteenth season began on September 29, 1990, and ended on May 18, 1991. The 16th season of SNL was a transitional one: Several longtime cast members left, and a large number of additions were made to the roster. To ensure that he was not short on talent, Michaels chose to retain most of the late 1980s cast while in the process of hiring the people that would make up the early 1990s cast. At one point during the season, sixteen people were listed as cast members or featured players.

20 episodes
  1. 1Kyle MacLachlan/Sinead O'Connor

    67 minSep 29, 1990

    Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Sprockets,"" ""Twin Peaks,"" ""Luther Campbell,"" ""All Things Scottish,"" and ""Frank Sinatra and George Michael"".

  2. 2Susan Lucci/Hothouse Flowers

    67 minOct 6, 1990

    Sketches include ""Victor Kiam's Classic Bitch and Lezbo Shavers,"" ""All My Luggage,"" ""Great Love Stories,"" ""Game Breakers,"" and ""Her First Period"".

  3. 3George Steinbrenner/The Time

    67 minOct 20, 1990

    Sketches include ""Kevin Nealon, Victoria Jackson, and George Steinbrenner,"" ""Middle-Aged Man,"" ""Ultra Slim Fast Commercial Parody,"" ""Winston-McCauley Funeral Homes,"" ""Carl's Quick Stop,"" ""What Was I Thinking?""

  4. 4Patrick Swayze/Mariah Carey

    67 minOct 27, 1990

    Sketches include ""Dirty Square Dancing,"" ""Pumping Up With Hanz and Franz,"" ""Ghost 2,"" ""Super Feud,"" ""Chippendales Auditions,"" ""The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,"" ""White Trash Bed and Breakfast,"" and ""Mouse Trap Seminar"".

  5. 5Jimmy Smits/World Party

    67 minNov 10, 1990

    Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Chia Head,"" ""Game Challengers,"" ""NBC News Employees,"" ""Simon,"" ""Date With a Ditz,"" ""The Dark Side With Nat X,"" ""Two-Faced Doormen,"" ""Mobile Home,"" and ""Verbal Reversals"".

  6. 6Dennis Hopper/Paul Simon

    67 minNov 17, 1990

    Sketches include ""Live With Regis and Kathie Lee,"" ""Nikey Turkey,"" ""Toonces,"" ""Inflatable Dolls,"" ""Liason Mocking,"" ""The Civil War,"" ""What Animal Were You Raised By?"", ""Schillervision,"" and ""Gambling to Win"".

  7. 7John Goodman/Faith No More

    67 minDec 1, 1990

    Sketches include ""Church Chat,"" ""The McLaughlin Group,"" ""Mick Jagger's Wedding,"" ""Wayne's World,"" ""It's Pat,"" ""Davy Crockett""

  8. 8Tom Hanks/Edie Brickell and New Bohemians

    67 minDec 8, 1990

    Live From New York, it's...Kevin Nealon (and hosting for the fifth time, it's Tom Hanks!) Sketches include: Mr. Subliminal's Editorial Reply, Tom Hanks Joins The Five-Timers Club, The Gross-Out Family, Game Beaters, The Global Warming Christmas Special, P. Whipped, Sabra Shopping Network, Double-Takes, and The Christmas Tree Story Edie Brickell and New Bohemians perform: ""Woyaho"" and ""He Said""

  9. 9Dennis Quaid/Neville Brothers

    67 minDec 15, 1990

    Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Dysfunctional Family Christmas,"" ""Sally Jessy Raphael,"" ""Family Loves Ex-Boyfriend,"" ""Massage Students,"" ""Renegade,"" ""Sprockets,"" ""Schillervision Theatre,"" and ""The Specialty Songs Of Cal McLane, Jr.""

  10. 10Joe Mantegna/Vanilla Ice

    67 minJan 12, 1991

    Sketches include ""Godfather Bush,"" ""New York Radio,"" ""Nightline,"" ""Officer Miller,"" ""I'm Chillin',"" ""Complaint Letter,"" ""Superfans,"" ""Insane Inventors,"" and ""Eddie O'Hanlon Funeral"".

  11. 11Sting

    67 minJan 19, 1991

    Sketches include ""Wayne's World,"" ""Hedley and Wyche,"" ""Sting in an Elevator,"" ""The Sinatra Group,"" ""The Richmeister,"" ""Frankenstein,"" ""Coffee Talk with Paul Baldwin,"" ""Meeting Parents Flashback,"" ""Bleak Poetry""

  12. 12Kevin Bacon/INXS

    67 minFeb 9, 1991

    Live from New York, it's…Kevin Nealon! But is he or NBC or CNN? That's SNL's trick op their sleeve with the ""Gulf War Briefing."" Among the domestic sketches are ""Richmeister #2.""

  13. 13Roseanne Barr/Dee-Lite

    67 minFeb 16, 1991

    Sketches include ""Mr. Subliminal's War Press Conference,"" Misery II, the game show parody Comedy Killers, ""Victoria's Secrets"" and ""White Trash History Minute.""

  14. 14Alec Baldwin/Whitney Houston

    67 minFeb 23, 1991

    Live From New York, it's...Dana Carvey Sketches include: The McLaughlin Group, The Dancer, The Honest Planet, The Sinead O'Connor Awards, Lank Thompson: I'm A Handsome Actor, Pan Am, The Godfather IV, I'm Chillin', Confession Can Be Exciting For The Soul, and Cyrano De Bergerac Whitney Houston performs: ""I'm Your Baby Tonight"" and ""All The Man I Need""

  15. 15Michael J. Fox/The Black Crowes

    67 minMar 16, 1991

    Sketches include--""Another Post-Desert Storm Speech"",""America's Most Wanted"",""Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smally"" and ""Michael J. Fox Fanatics"".

  16. 16Jeremy Irons/Fishbone

    67 minMar 23, 1991

    Sketches include ""Pumping Up with Hans and Franz,"" ""Richmeister,"" ""Wayne's World,"" ""Sherlock Holmes,"" ""McIntosh Jr. Commercial: The Power To Crush Other Kids"", ""Weekend Update with Dennis Miller"", ""Football Days by Jack Handey"".

  17. 17Catherine O'Hara/R.E.M.

    67 minApr 13, 1991

    Sketches include ""Frank and Nancy Sinatra,"" ""It's Pat,"" ""The Justice League of America,"" ""Frank Gannon, P.I. P.I.,"" ""In Conclusion Theater,"" ""Daily Affirmation With Stuart Smalley,"" and ""Wedding Dress to Funeral"".

  18. 18Steven Seagal/Michael Bolton

    67 minApr 20, 1991

    Sketches include ""Pumping Up with Hans and Franz,"" ""Nico Tenelli,"" ""The Dark Side with Nat X,"" ""Musicians For Free Range Chickens,"" ""Date Intimidation""

  19. 19Delta Burke/Chris Isaak

    67 minMay 11, 1991

    Sketches include: Balz-Off, Hollywood Minute, Deep Thoughts, The Weight Watchers Meeting, Wayne's World, A Message From The President, Yelling At Your Kids, and Karaoke Hog

  20. 20George Wendt/Elvis Costello

    67 minMay 18, 1991

    Sketches include ""Dennis Miller is Nervous,"" ""Da Superfans,"" ""Mr. No Depth Perception,"" ""Pat Gets a Haircut,"" ""Doo-Wop,"" ""Deep Thoughts,"" ""Burger Barn,"" ""Li'l General Fireworks,"" and ""The Sunrise Show.""

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Series cast

Kenan ThompsonSelf - Various Characters473 episodes
Darrell HammondLou Dobbs (uncredited)295 episodes
Colin JostMusician (uncredited)267 episodes
Seth MeyersSelf264 episodes
Michael CheSelf - Various Characters252 episodes
Fred ArmisenSelf - Various Characters246 episodes
Al FrankenCrowd Member (uncredited)217 episodes
Cecily StrongSelf - Cameo (uncredited)214 episodes
Kate McKinnonSelf - Host214 episodes
Mikey DaySelf - Various Characters213 episodes
Aidy BryantSelf - Various Characters208 episodes
Tim MeadowsSelf - Various Characters201 episodes
Bobby MoynihanSelf195 episodes
Kyle MooneySelf - Various Characters186 episodes
Maya RudolphMichelle Obama (uncredited)179 episodes
Kevin NealonFranz (uncredited)176 episodes
Jason SudeikisSelf - Various Characters176 episodes
Pete DavidsonSelf / Chad169 episodes

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