Saturday Night Live

Specials

Feb 20, 1977 · 220 episodes

Season 1

Oct 11, 1975 · 24 episodes

The first season of Saturday Night Live, the weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show on NBC, aired during the 1975–1976 television...

Season 2

Sep 18, 1976 · 22 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its second season during the 1976–1977 television season on NBC. The second season started on September 18, 1976, and ended on May...

Season 3

Sep 24, 1977 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its third season during the 1977–1978 television season on NBC. The season began on September 24, 1977 and ended on May 20, 1978....

Season 4

Oct 7, 1978 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its fourth season during the 1978–1979 television season on NBC. The fourth season started on October 7, 1978 and ended on May 26,...

Season 5

Oct 13, 1979 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its fifth season during the 1979–1980 television season on NBC, and also the final season with the original cast. This fifth...

Season 6

Nov 15, 1980 · 13 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its sixth season during the 1980–1981 television season on NBC. Season six started on November 15, 1980 and ended on April 11,...

Season 7

Oct 3, 1981 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its seventh season during the 1981–1982 television season on NBC. The seventh season started on October 3, 1981 and ended on May...

Season 8

Sep 25, 1982 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its eighth season during the 1982–1983 season on NBC. The 8th season started on September 25, 1982 and ended on May 14, 1983. This...

Season 9

Oct 8, 1983 · 19 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its ninth season during the 1983–1984 television season on NBC. The ninth season started on October 8, 1983 and ended on May 12,...

Season 10

Oct 6, 1984 · 17 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its tenth season during the 1984-1985 television season on NBC. The season contained 18 episodes and was cut short due to a...

Season 11

Nov 9, 1985 · 18 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its 11th season during the 1985-1986 television season on NBC. The season started on November 9, 1985 and ended on May 24, 1986,...

Season 12

Oct 11, 1986 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its twelfth season during the 1986-1987 television season on NBC. The 12th season started on October 11, 1986, the 11th...

Season 13

Oct 17, 1987 · 13 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its thirteenth season during the 1987–1988 television season on NBC. Season 13 started on October 17, 1987 and ended on February...

Season 14

Oct 8, 1988 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its fourteenth season during the 1988 - 1989 television season on NBC. The season began on October 8, 1988, and ended on May 20,...

Season 15

Sep 30, 1989 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its fifteenth season during the 1989 - 1990 television season on NBC. The fifteenth season started off with a 15th anniversary...

Season 16

Sep 29, 1990 · 20 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...

Season 17

Sep 28, 1991 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its seventeenth season during the 1991-1992 television season on NBC. The seventeenth season started on September 28, 1991, and...

Season 18

Sep 28, 1992 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its eighteenth season during the 1992-1993 television season on NBC. The eighteenth season began on September 26, 1992, and ended...

Season 19

Sep 25, 1993 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its nineteenth season during the 1993-1994 television season on NBC. The season began on September 25, 1993 and ended on May 14,...

Season 20

Sep 24, 1994 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its twentieth season during the 1994–95 television season on NBC. The twentieth season began on September 24, 1994 and ended on...

Season 21

Sep 30, 1995 · 20 episodes

The twenty-first season began September 30, 1995 and ended on May 18, 1996. 20 episodes were produced. SNL once again dodged cancellation from season...

Season 22

Sep 28, 1996 · 20 episodes

The twenty-second season began on September 28, 1996 and ended on May 17, 1997 with 20 episodes in all. Many changes happened before the start of the...

Season 23

Sep 27, 1997 · 20 episodes

The twenty-third season started September 27, 1997 and ended on May 9, 1998, with 20 episodes being produced. A few changes happened before the start of the...

Season 24

Sep 26, 1998 · 19 episodes

The twenty-fourth season started on September 26, 1998 and ended on May 15, 1999 with 19 episodes in all. Before the start of the season Jim Breuer left the...

Season 25

Oct 2, 1999 · 20 episodes

The 25th season started on September 25, 1999 and ended on May 20, 2000 with 20 regular episodes plus a 25th Anniversary Special. The special looked back at...

Season 26

Oct 7, 2000 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-sixth season during the 2000–2001 television season on NBC. 20 episodes were produced. The season began on October 7,...

Season 27

Sep 29, 2001 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-seventh season during the 2001-2002 television season on NBC. The season started on September 29, 2001 and ended on May...

Season 28

Oct 5, 2002 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-eighth season during the 2002-2003 television season on NBC. Season 28 started on October 5, 2002 and ended on May 17,...

Season 29

Oct 4, 2003 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-ninth season during the 2003–04 television season on NBC. The twenty-ninth season began on October 4, 2003 and ended on...

Season 30

Oct 2, 2004 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live had its thirtieth season on the 2004-2005 television season on NBC. The thirtieth season began on October 2, 2004 and ended on May 21,...

Season 31

Oct 1, 2005 · 19 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-first season in the 2005-06 television season on NBC. The season began on October 1, 2005, and ended on May 20, 2006,...

Season 32

Sep 30, 2006 · 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-second season during the 2006-2007 television season. This season began on September 30, 2006 and ended on May 19, 2007...

Season 33

Sep 29, 2007 · 12 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-third season, during the 2007–2008 television season on NBC. Because of the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike,...

Season 34

Sep 13, 2008 · 22 episodes

The thirty-fourth season of the variety series Saturday Night Live began airing in 2008 and concluded in 2009 on NBC. This season of Saturday Night Live...

Season 35

Sep 26, 2009 · 22 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-fifth season during the 2009–2010 television season on NBC. This season began on September 26, 2009 and ended on May...

Season 36

Sep 25, 2010 · 22 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-sixth season during the 2010–2011 television season on NBC. This season began on September 25, 2010 with former cast...

Season 37

Sep 24, 2011 · 22 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-seventh season during the 2011–2012 television season on NBC. The season officially began on September 24, 2011 with...

Season 38

Sep 15, 2012 · 21 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-eighth season during the 2012–2013 television season on NBC. The season officially began on September 15, 2012, with...

Season 39

Sep 28, 2013 · 21 episodes

Saturday Night Live premiered its thirty-ninth season during the 2013–14 television season on NBC. The season officially began on September 28, 2013, with...

Season 40

Sep 27, 2014 · 21 episodes

Saturday Night Live premiered its fortieth season during the 2014–15 television season on NBC. The season premiered on September 27, 2014, with host Chris...

Season 41

Oct 3, 2015 · 21 episodes

Season 42

Oct 1, 2016 · 21 episodes

Season 43

Sep 30, 2017 · 21 episodes

Season 44

Sep 29, 2018 · 21 episodes

Season 45

Sep 28, 2019 · 18 episodes

Season 46

Oct 3, 2020 · 20 episodes

Season 47

Oct 2, 2021 · 21 episodes

Season 48

Oct 1, 2022 · 18 episodes

Season 49

Oct 14, 2023 · 20 episodes

Season 50

Sep 28, 2024 · 21 episodes

Season 51

Oct 4, 2025 · 20 episodes

Season 52

Sep 26, 2026 · 9 episodes