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Saturday Night Live

Season 4

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, 1979. The season four DVD was released on December 2, 2008. The entire cast from the previous season returned. This would be the final season for Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. Aykroyd and Belushi left to work on The Blues Brothers film.

Air dateOct 7, 1978
Episodes20

Episodes

  1. 1. The Rolling Stones Oct 7, 1978 · 67 min · ★ 7.0
  2. 2. Fred Willard/Devo Oct 14, 1978 · 67 min · ★ 6.0
  3. 3. Frank Zappa Oct 21, 1978 · 67 min · ★ 4.0
  4. 4. Steve Martin/Van Morrison Nov 4, 1978 · 67 min · ★ 7.0
  5. 5. Buck Henry/The Grateful Dead Nov 11, 1978 · 67 min · ★ 7.0
  6. 6. Carrie Fisher/The Blues Brothers Nov 18, 1978 · 67 min · ★ 7.8
  7. 7. Walter Matthau/Garrett Morris Dec 2, 1978 · 67 min · ★ 7.0
  8. 8. Eric Idle/Kate Bush Dec 9, 1978 · 67 min · ★ 8.0
  9. 9. Elliott Gould/Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger Dec 16, 1978 · 67 min · ★ 7.0
  10. 10. Michael Palin/The Doobie Brothers Jan 27, 1979 · 67 min · ★ 7.5
  11. 11. Cicely Tyson/Talking Heads Feb 10, 1979 · 67 min · ★ 6.5
  12. 12. Rick Nelson/Judy Collins Feb 17, 1979 · 67 min · ★ 7.5
  13. 13. Kate Jackson/Delbert McClinton Feb 24, 1979 · 67 min · ★ 6.0
  14. 14. Gary Busey/Gary Busey with Rick Danko and Paul Butterfield, Eubie Blake Mar 10, 1979 · 67 min · ★ 5.0
  15. 15. Margot Kidder/The Chieftains Mar 17, 1979 · 67 min · ★ 7.0
  16. 16. Richard Benjamin/Rickie Lee Jones Apr 7, 1979 · 67 min · ★ 7.0
  17. 17. Milton Berle/Ornette Coleman Apr 14, 1979 · 67 min · ★ 4.0
  18. 18. Michael Palin/James Taylor May 12, 1979 · 67 min · ★ 7.0
  19. 19. Maureen Stapleton/Linda Ronstadt, Phoebe Snow May 19, 1979 · 67 min · ★ 6.0
  20. 20. Buck Henry/Bette Midler May 26, 1979 · 67 min