Season 1

Season 1 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 11, 1975

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 televi...Read more

Season 2

Season 2 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 18, 1976

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 ...Read more

Season 3

Season 3 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 24, 1977

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, ...Read more

Season 4

Season 4 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 7, 1978

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 M...Read more

Season 5

Season 5 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 13, 1979

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...Read more

Season 6

Season 6 of Saturday Night Live premiered on November 15, 1980

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 1...Read more

Season 7

Season 7 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 3, 1981

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...Read more

Season 8

Season 8 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 25, 1982

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...Read more

Season 9

Season 9 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 8, 1983

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...Read more

Season 10

Season 10 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 6, 1984

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 ...Read more

Season 11

Season 11 of Saturday Night Live premiered on November 9, 1985

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, 1...Read more

Season 12

Season 12 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 11, 1986

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 anni...Read more

Season 13

Season 13 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 17, 1987

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 Febr...Read more

Season 14

Season 14 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 8, 1988

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...Read more

Season 15

Season 15 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 30, 1989

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

Season 16

Season 16 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 29, 1990

Saturday Night Live aired its sixteenth season during the 1990-1991 television season on NBC. 20 episodes were produced. The sixteenth season began on...Read more

Season 17

Season 17 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 28, 1991

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

Season 18

Season 18 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 28, 1992

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

Season 19

Season 19 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 25, 1993

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...Read more

Season 20

Season 20 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 24, 1994

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...Read more

Season 21

Season 21 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 30, 1995

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 ...Read more

Season 22

Season 22 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 28, 1996

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 ...Read more

Season 23

Season 23 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 27, 1997

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 ...Read more

Season 24

Season 24 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 26, 1998

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 le...Read more

Season 25

Season 25 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 2, 1999

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 b...Read more

Season 26

Season 26 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 7, 2000

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

Season 27

Season 27 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 29, 2001

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 ...Read more

Season 28

Season 28 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 5, 2002

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 Ma...Read more

Season 29

Season 29 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 4, 2003

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 en...Read more

Season 30

Season 30 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 2, 2004

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...Read more

Season 31

Season 31 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 1, 2005

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, 2...Read more

Season 32

Season 32 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 30, 2006

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...Read more

Season 33

Season 33 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 29, 2007

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 str...Read more

Season 34

Season 34 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 13, 2008

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 Li...Read more

Season 35

Season 35 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 26, 2009

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 ...Read more

Season 36

Season 36 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 25, 2010

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 c...Read more

Season 37

Season 37 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 24, 2011

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

Season 38

Season 38 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 15, 2012

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

Season 39

Season 39 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 28, 2013

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

Season 40

Season 40 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 27, 2014

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

Season 41

Season 41 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 3, 2015

Season 42

Season 42 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 1, 2016

Season 43

Season 43 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 30, 2017

Season 44

Season 44 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 29, 2018

Season 45

Season 45 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 28, 2019

Season 46

Season 46 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 3, 2020

Season 47

Season 47 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 2, 2021

Season 48

Season 48 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 1, 2022

Season 49

Season 49 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 14, 2023

Season 50

Season 50 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 28, 2024