Saturday Night Live

Creato da: Dick Ebersol | Lorne Michaels |
Genere: Commedia | News |
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/
Numero di stagioni: 50
Numero di episodi: 990
Data prima messa in onda: 1975-10-11
Data ultima messa in onda: 2025-05-17

Approfondimenti

The balcony level studio audience seats in Studio 8H are actually on-loan from Yankees Stadium. [...]	D
Bruce McCulloch and Mark McKinney, from the comedy troupe "The Kids In the Hall," wrote and per [...]	D
In all 15 "Celebrity Jeopardy!" sketches, no contestant has ever rung in with a correct respons [...]	D
In an interview on Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast, former writer Alan Zweibel rev [...]	D
John Belushi originally did not want to be involved with the show, because he hated television. [...]	D
Featured cast member James Downey (1979-1980) is the uncle of cast member Robert Downey Jr.(198 [...]	D
When Kenan Thompson, born in 1978, was hired for the 29th season (2003-2004), he became the fir [...]	D
James Downey is the longest serving writer in the show's history, other than Lorne Michaels. Do [...]	D
Roseanne Barr and Dwayne Johnson are the only hosts to appear under different names: Roseanne a [...]	D
In Utah, the show aired on KUTV, a CBS affiliate, until 1995, then KUCW, a CW affiliate, until [...]	D
Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler, David Spade, Rob Schneider, A. Whitney Brown, Billy Crystal, Denny [...]	D
Thomas Middleditch auditioned for the show.	D
John Goodman hosted the show 12 years in a row.	D
All of the main cast members of Friends (1994), except Matt LeBlanc, hosted the show.	D
In 1976, the NBC News election unit used Studio 8H for election coverage. The episodes for Octo [...]	D
Tina Fey is the first female head writer in the show's history.	D
Darrell Hammond holds the records for the number of seasons as a cast member (14, 1995-2009), u [...]	D
Louis C.K. auditioned for the 1993-1994 season. He was not cast, but James Downey recommended C [...]	D
According to Jim Breuer in his memoir, Lorne Michaels did not want to hire him, but NBC executi [...]	D
Seventeen-year-old Anthony Michael Hall was the youngest cast member.	D
According to Chris Rock, during his time on the show, he wished that he was on In Living Color [...]	D
Alec Baldwin is the first non-cast member to play Donald Trump in a sketch.	D
Christopher Reeve appeared as himself as an audience member in a skit, a few weeks before he ho [...]	D
Alec Baldwin is the first performer in the show's history to win an Emmy as Best Supporting Act [...]	D
The show gave the Jackass (2000) crew an opportunity to perform their stunts on a weekly basis [...]	D
Abby Elliott, daughter of Chris Elliott, was the first cast member to be the child of a former [...]	D
Executive Producer Dick Ebersol left the show in 1985 to be a stay-at-home father to his childr [...]	D
Six presidential candidates have hosted the show. Ralph Nader hosted in 1977, 19 years before b [...]	D
Catherine O'Hara was going to join the cast for the 1981-1982 season, but she backed out after [...]	D
Andy Kaufman was banned from the show after viewers voted him off by calling a pay-per-call 1-9 [...]	D
Despite the show's core theme of live comedy, stand-up segments of 3 episodes (Il Saturday Nigh [...]	D
The following performers are alumni of Second City Theater in Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Dan Ayk [...]	D
Mike Myers' English character Simon was a spoof of the UK television children's series Simone e [...]	D
The show has only had four directors in its history: Dave Wilson, Paul Miller, Beth McCarthy-Mi [...]	D
Every member of Monty Python has appeared on the show, except Terry Gilliam.	D
In October 2017, it was announced that the entire original cast would be inducted into the Amer [...]	D
During the initial 1975-76 season, the series was titled "NBC's Saturday Night" because Saturda [...]	D
The following performers are alumni of Second City Theater in Chicago, Illinois: John Belushi, [...]	D
Jack McBrayer and Paul Scheer auditioned to join the cast.	D
Kali Hawk turned down the opportunity to join the cast.	D
John Goodman, a frequent guest host, auditioned for the show in 1980, when he was starting out [...]	D
According to Bill Hader, he was recommended to Lorne Michaels by Megan Mullally, who saw him pe [...]	D
Gilda Radner was the first cast member hired.	D
For the first season of SNL there was a regular segment featuring Jim Henson's Muppets. The ske [...]	D
One of Kenan Thompson's most common impressions is of Bill Cosby, whom he also often portrayed [...]	D
The Folksmen, a folk music group seen in A Mighty Wind (2003), formed in the mid-1980s when Mic [...]	D
Amy Poehler's 2008 Emmy-nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series made he [...]	D
Tim Meadows and Chris Parnell are the only cast members to be fired and then rehired the follow [...]	D
Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman, Mike Myers and Tina Fey all [...]	D
Prior to the 1983-1984 season, Eddie Murphy agreed to appear in ten live broadcasts, and via a [...]	D
Mike Myers based the character "Dieter" on a student he met in art school. The real Dieter woul [...]	D
Gilda Radner was seriously being considered by producer Gary Marshall and ABC for one of the ch [...]	D
Conan O'Brien appeared uncredited in many sketches from 1988 to 1991, while he was a writer for [...]	D
Cast members that became famous after their tenures on the show include Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Be [...]	D
Jon Lovitz quit the show after 1989-1990 in order to work on Mom and Dad Save the World (1992). [...]	D
Billy Crystal did blackface in the "Kate and Allie" skit.	D
Norm MacDonald was removed from Weekend Update in the middle of the 1997-1998 season at the ins [...]	D
During the 2016 Presidential election, candidate Donald Trump said he would love for Alec Baldw [...]	D
Street performer Charlie Barnett was cast for the 1980-1981 season. Eddie Murphy replaced him a [...]	D
In 2001, NBC aired two live 30-minute special episodes in prime time slots, to fill airtime. Je [...]	D
In order to make Bill Hader laugh, and break character during the "Stefon" sketches, John Mulan [...]	D
According to Kevin Nealon, his character of Mr. Subliminal was based on his friend, actor Ed Pe [...]	D
G.E. Smith was the guitarist for Daryl Hall and John Oates before he joined the Saturday Night [...]	D
Jim Henson created new adult Muppets who appeared in every episode of the first season. The Mup [...]	D
Comedians Lenny Bruce and Buddy Hackett billed themselves as the Not Ready for Prime Time Playe [...]	D
Playwright Garrett Morris was originally hired as a writer. His sketches that were deemed too l [...]	D
Eight regulars have received Oscar nominations. Joan Cusack, Dan Aykroyd, Robert Downey Jr., Bi [...]	D
Jeffrey Ross offered the chance to audition to replace Colin Quinn as Weekend Update anchor. Ju [...]	D
Chris Farley was absent from some episodes of the 92-93 season. Presumably because he was in an [...]	D
In Season 43, Kenan Thompson surpassed Darrell Hammond as the longest-tenured cast member, with [...]	D
Second City TV (1976) once did a parody called "Thursday Night Live"	D
A very loose representation of the show, called "Saturday Night Tonight", appears in the Castle [...]	D
Fred Savage was the first person born after the series debuted on October 11, 1975 to host an e [...]	D
Lorne Michaels wanted Laura Kightlinger to co-anchor with Norm MacDonald on Weekend Update, but [...]	D
Eddie Murphy didn't return to the show for several years because of a "Hollywood Minute" sketch [...]	D
During the 2007-2008 season, Wyatt Cenac, Jordan Carlos, Donald Glover, and Jordan Peele auditi [...]	D
The first "Weekend Update" anchor, Chevy Chase, has said that he modeled his catchphrase "Good [...]	D
The show is rigidly scripted. Many of the cast members, including John Belushi, Jim Belushi, Ch [...]	D
Kel Mitchell auditioned for a spot in the cast. He was beaten out by his former Kenan & Kel (19 [...]	D
Rob Huebel auditioned twice to join the cast.	D
Steve Martin and Tina Fey are the only people to host a season premiere, a season finale, and a [...]	D
The episodes hosted by Louise Lasser and Milton Berle have never been rerun, at Lorne Michaels' [...]	D
Although Kristen Wiig did improvisation at The Groundlings in Los Angeles prior to joining the [...]	D
Paul Shaffer is the only band member to host an episode.	D
Largely since the series was in its prime during its first five seasons (1975-1980) and is cons [...]	D
Whenever a celebrity dies SNL often will rebroadcast an episode in which that celebrity hosted [...]	D
Musical Director Lenny Pickett has been the tenor sax soloist on the opening theme since the be [...]	D
Guest performances were common in the show's first years, mostly by Andy Kaufman, Al Franken, a [...]	D
In 1995, Steve Carell auditioned for the show, along with his wife, Nancy Carell. She was cast, [...]	D
Donald Trump is the only President to be on this show before he was even running; or even in po [...]	D
Writer Kevin Brennan was considered to take over for Colin Quinn as Weekend Update anchor. Afte [...]	D
Lorne Michaels and the remaining cast members left the show after the fifth season. For the 198 [...]	D
According to Norm MacDonald, he copied the premise for "Celebrity Jeopardy" from the SCTV Netwo [...]	D
In November 2013, Kenan Thompson stated in a TV Guide interview that the lack of black women in [...]	D
Michael McKean and Dan Aykroyd are the only people to appear as cast members, hosts, and musica [...]	D
Al Franken wanted to replace Kevin Nealon as Weekend Update anchor when Nealon left in 1995. Wh [...]	D
Liz Cackowski and Maribeth Monroe are among the women who auditioned for the 2005-2006 season, [...]	D
When Harry Shearer left the show during the 1984-1985 season, he cited "creative differences". [...]	D
In November 2007, the cast, except for Maya Rudolph, gave a live unaired performance of Saturda [...]	D
In 2001, Will Ferrell became the highest-paid cast member in the show's history. He was paid $3 [...]	D
Prior to joining the cast, Dennis Miller won a Gabriel Award for his work as the host of "Punch [...]	D
Voted #10 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.	D
John Belushi's brother Jim, and Bill Murray's brother Brian Doyle Murray made appearances on th [...]	D
Tim Kazurinsky was offered the chance to replace Brad Hall as Weekend Update anchor in the 1983 [...]	D
In 2015, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked all 141 cast members up to that time , with John Belushi [...]	D
Dwayne Johnson was scheduled to host on November 10, 2007, with Amy Winehouse as musical guest. [...]	D
In October 1980, Lorne Michaels and most of the original cast members, who had since left the s [...]	D
As of 2012, the only female former cast members to return to the show as hosts have been Julia [...]	D
Don Pardo announced his retirement twice, in 2004 and in 2009. Both times, he was convinced to [...]	D
The original title of this show was actually "NBC's Saturday Night", not "Saturday Night Live". [...]	D
According to Larry David, he stormed into executive producer Dick Ebersol's office and angrily [...]	D
Jane Lynch called Kirstin Wiig "Little Orphan asshole" during one of the Gilli skits. This is j [...]	D
According to Cecily Strong, the voice for her character in the "Former Porn Stars" sketches, is [...]	D
Season 40 (2014-2015) was the first in which all of the repertory players were born after the s [...]	D
The characters "The Coneheads" were ranked #15 in TV Guide's list of the "25 Greatest Sci-Fi Le [...]	D
When the show first debuted, it didn't air every weekend. The news magazine show Weekend (1974) [...]	D
Janeane Garofalo was a cast member during the 1994-1995 season. She left before the end of the [...]	D
Jane Curtain said in an Emmy TV Legends Interview she did not like doing this show a lot of the [...]	D
While most of the musical performances on the show are live, a few were lip-synced, and several [...]	D
As of 2013, five cast members have been born outside of North America: Tony Rosato (Italy), Pam [...]	D
The series was originally commissioned to have just six episodes.	D
The following performers are all alumni of the famed Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles, Califo [...]	D
As they were transitioning from Chevy Chase to Bill Murray, Chase (per Lorne Michaels' instruct [...]	D
Ray Romano was originally scheduled to host the show for the second time in April 2002, but had [...]	D
Some celebrities who were almost cast members include: Jim Carrey (1980), John Goodman (1980), [...]	D
Beginning in 1995, the Saturday Night Live logo used the abbreviation SNL, which became how the [...]	D
Chris Farley accidentally cut himself with glass between his first and second seasons. A scar i [...]	D
The show's 50th Emmy win was Kate McKinnon's, in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy [...]	D
The following people are members of the Five-Timers Club: Alec Baldwin (17 times), Steve Martin [...]	D
From 1975 to 1980, the map of the world on Weekend Update showed Vietnam split into the pre-197 [...]	D
Candice Bergen was the first female host, the first person to host the show for a second time, [...]	D
Contrary to popular belief, Steve Martin was never a cast member. He has hosted the show 15 tim [...]	D
In 2011, Darrell Hammond revealed that he initially opposed the idea of impersonating John McCa [...]	D
As of 2013, nine cast members have been born in Canada: Dan Aykroyd, Peter Aykroyd, Paul Shaffe [...]	D
Gilda Radner was originally set to be the first female original cast member to host in the 13 s [...]	D
Studio 8H, where this show is broadcast, is not connected to the GE Building (NBC Studios) at R [...]	D
Ana Gasteyer and Chris Parnell auditioned to co-anchor Weekend Update in 2000. But Tina Fey and [...]	D
According to Marc Maron, he met with Lorne Michaels in 1996 about replacing Norm MacDonald as W [...]	D
Eddie Murphy said he did not go to any of the casts' infamous drug parties after the show wrapp [...]	D
When Eric Idle hosted on October 20, 1979, a clip was shown from Idle's project Rutland Weekend [...]	D
Don Pardo's announcing booth was located in the exact same spot on which Arturo Toscanini's pod [...]	D
The word "fuck" has been said several times live on the air. In 1980, Paul Shaffer said "fuckin [...]	D
47-year-old Leslie Jones holds the record for the oldest cast member to join the show. Michael [...]	D
T.J. Miller auditioned to be a cast member, but Bobby Moynihan was cast instead.	D
Jason Sudeikis auditioned to anchor Weekend Update while he was still a writer on the show in 2 [...]	D
Jennifer Tilly auditioned to join the 1985-1986 cast.	D
This was one of composer Howard Shore's first professional gigs. He was hired as the show's fir [...]	D
Contrary to popular belief, Chevy Chase is not banned from ever hosting the show again. In the [...]	D
John Candy was offered a chance to join the cast for the 1981-1982 season. He turned it down to [...]	D
According to Jane Curtin, John Belushi did not believe that women were funny. He would sabotage [...]	D
Three sets of brothers have been cast members: John Belushi and Jim Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and Peter A [...]	D

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Errori

...almost everything. Live television is largely exempt from the usual rules of goofs.

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Stagioni

N		Titolo	Soggetto	Data della prima messa in onda	Numero di episodi
0		Speciali		1977	220	D
1		Stagione 1		1975	24	D
2		Stagione 2		1976	22	D
3		Stagione 3		1977	20	D
4		Stagione 4		1978	20	D
5		Stagione 5		1979	20	D
6		Stagione 6		1980	13	D
7		Stagione 7		1981	20	D
8		Stagione 8		1982	20	D
9		Stagione 9		1983	19	D
10		Stagione 10		1984	17	D
11		Stagione 11		1985	18	D
12		Stagione 12		1986	20	D
13		Stagione 13		1987	13	D
14		Stagione 14		1988	20	D
15		Stagione 15		1989	20	D
16		Stagione 16		1990	20	D
17		Stagione 17		1991	20	D
18		Stagione 18		1992	20	D
19		Stagione 19		1993	20	D
20		Stagione 20		1994	20	D
21		Stagione 21		1995	20	D
22		Stagione 22		1996	20	D
23		Stagione 23		1997	20	D
24		Stagione 24		1998	19	D
25		Stagione 25		1999	20	D
26		Stagione 26		2000	20	D
27		Stagione 27		2001	20	D
28		Stagione 28		2002	20	D
29		Stagione 29		2003	20	D
30		Stagione 30		2004	20	D
31		Stagione 31		2005	19	D
32		Stagione 32		2006	20	D
33		Stagione 33		2007	12	D
34		Stagione 34		2008	22	D
35		Stagione 35		2009	22	D
36		Stagione 36		2010	22	D
37		Stagione 37		2011	22	D
38		Stagione 38		2012	21	D
39		Stagione 39		2013	21	D
40		Stagione 40		2014	21	D
41		Stagione 41		2015	21	D
42		Stagione 42		2016	21	D
43		Stagione 43		2017	21	D
44		Stagione 44		2018	21	D
45		Stagione 45		2019	18	D
46		Stagione 46		2020	20	D
47		Stagione 47		2021	21	D
48		Stagione 48		2022	18	D
49		Stagione 49		2023	20	D
50		Stagione 50		2024	21	D

Cast

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