List of Saturday Night Live episodes (season 31–present)

Saturday Night Live has been a mainstay of the NBC late-night schedule for over thirty years.

Four people have hosted the show at least ten times:

• Steve Martin (14)
• Alec Baldwin (13)
• John Goodman (12)
• Buck Henry (10)

Season: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Specials

Season 1

See History of Saturday Night Live (1975-1980) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
1	October 11, 1975	George Carlin	Billy Preston Janis Ian	During the opening credits, announcer Don Pardo flubbed the first-ever mention of the regular cast as "the Not For Ready Prime Time Players". According to the cast list shown on screen, the Players include George Coe and Michael O'Donoghue. Future cast member Billy Crystal was scheduled to appear, but his stand-up segment was cut when the dress rehearsal ran long. Andy Kaufman's segment, which consisted of him playing the Mighty Mouse theme on a record player, survived.
2	October 18, 1975	Paul Simon	Randy Newman Phoebe Snow Art Garfunkel Jesse Dixon Singers	This episode contains an all-time record 11 musical performances. Among the comedy pieces, only Weekend Update and a sketch in which Paul Simon tells the Bees their piece has been cut involve the Not Ready for Prime Time Players. Most of the sketches were cut in order to extend Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel's musical set. They performed "The Boxer", "Scarborough Fair" and their then-new single "My Little Town".
3	October 25, 1975	Rob Reiner	John Belushi as Joe Cocker	Rob Reiner is the first host to appear in full sketches with the regular cast. Denny Dillon appears as a "special guest" with Mark Hampton in a sketch as nuns running a parish talent show. Dillon would later become a cast member during the show's infamous sixth season. Rob Reiner's then-wife Penny Marshall makes cameo appearances in this episode.
4	November 8, 1975	Candice Bergen	Esther Phillips
5	November 15, 1975	Robert Klein	ABBA Loudon Wainwright III	ABBA makes two appearances, set on board the sinking Titanic, and lip-synch their second number. Captions informed the audience that "It's not their fault. The tapes didn't arrive from Sweden".
6	November 22, 1975	Lily Tomlin	Tomlin with Howard Shore & the All Nurse Band	Lily Tomlin is the first host to interact with the Muppets.
7	December 13, 1975	Richard Pryor	Gil Scott-Heron	This episode had the first seven-second delay for SNL. This episode had the first black celebrity to host SNL. The West Coast airing of this episode bleeped out Richard Pryor saying "ass" during one of his stand-up routines. It has since been shown intact.
8	December 20, 1975	Candice Bergen	Martha Reeves The Stylistics	Candice Bergen is the first person to host the show a second time.
9	January 10, 1976	Elliott Gould	Anne Murray
10	January 17, 1976	Buck Henry	Bill Withers Toni Basil
11	January 24, 1976	Peter Cook Dudley Moore	Neil Sedaka	Don Pardo reads the names of the regular cast members during the opening credits for the first time.
12	January 31, 1976	Dick Cavett	Jimmy Cliff
13	February 14, 1976	Peter Boyle	Al Jarreau
14	February 21, 1976	Desi Arnaz	Desi Arnaz & Desi Arnaz Jr.
15	February 28, 1976	Jill Clayburgh	Leon Redbone The Singing Idlers
16	March 13, 1976	Anthony Perkins	Betty Carter	This is the first episode to feature pictures of the cast in the opening credits.
17	April 17, 1976	Ron Nessen	Patti Smith	Ron Nessen, press secretary for President Gerald Ford, is the first political figure to host the show. Ford himself appears in a filmed segment during the cold opening where he opens the show with "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"
18	April 24, 1976	Raquel Welch	Phoebe Snow John Sebastian	Lorne Michaels performs on air, famously offering the Beatles $3,000 to perform three songs.
19	May 8, 1976	Madeline Kahn	Carly Simon
20	May 15, 1976	Dyan Cannon	Leon and Mary Russell
21	May 22, 1976	Buck Henry	Gordon Lightfoot	Lorne Michaels appears again, offering the Beatles $3,200 and free hotel accommodations to perform three songs.
22	May 29, 1976	Elliott Gould	Leon Redbone Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson
23	July 24, 1976	Louise Lasser	Preservation Hall Jazz Band	Lasser was the first SNL host to be banned from ever hosting again. The episode was not shown in syndication until 2002.
24	July 31, 1976	Kris Kristofferson	Rita Coolidge

Season 2

See History of Saturday Night Live (1975-1980) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
25	September 18, 1976	Lily Tomlin	James Taylor
26	September 25, 1976	Norman Lear	Boz Scaggs
27	October 2, 1976	Eric Idle	Joe Cocker
28	October 16, 1976	Karen Black	John Prine
29	October 23, 1976	Steve Martin	Kinky Friedman
30	October 30, 1976	Buck Henry	The Band
31	November 13, 1976	Dick Cavett	Ry Cooder
32	November 20, 1976	Paul Simon	Paul Simon & George Harrison	Featured a rare duet performance by Paul Simon and George Harrison. They performed "Here Comes the Sun" and "Homeward Bound". George Harrison appeared on the show to promote his then-new album "Thirty Three & 1/3". Promo videos for the songs "Crackerbox Palace" and "This Song" were broadcasted during the show. This episode also featured Paul Simon's infamous sketch, in which he sang "Still Crazy After All These Years" in a turkey costume.
33	November 27, 1976	Jodie Foster	Brian Wilson	Jodie Foster would be the youngest person to host SNL at age 14 until Drew Barrymore hosted in 1982 at age 7. The last episode featuring Chevy Chase as a cast member.
34	December 11, 1976	Candice Bergen	Frank Zappa with Don Pardo as "The Slime"
35	January 15, 1977	Ralph Nader	George Benson
36	January 22, 1977	Ruth Gordon	Chuck Berry
37	January 29, 1977	Fran Tarkenton	Leo Sayer Donny Harper
38	February 26, 1977	Steve Martin	The Kinks
39	March 12, 1977	Sissy Spacek	Richard Baskin
40	March 19, 1977	Broderick Crawford	Levon Helm Dr. John The Meters
41	March 26, 1977	Jack Burns	Santana	The first episode to carry the title Saturday Night Live, after gaining the rights to the name of Howard Cosell's failed show.
42	April 9, 1977	Julian Bond	Tom Waits Brick
43	April 16, 1977	Elliott Gould	McGarrigle Sisters Roslyn Kind
44	April 23, 1977	Eric Idle	Alan Price Neil Innes
45	May 14, 1977	Shelley Duvall	Joan Armatrading
46	May 21, 1977	Buck Henry	Jennifer Warnes Kenny Vance

Season 3

See History of Saturday Night Live (1975-1980) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
47	September 24, 1977	Steve Martin	Jackson Browne
48	October 8, 1977	Madeline Kahn	Taj Mahal
49	October 15, 1977	Hugh Hefner	Libby Titus
50	October 29, 1977	Charles Grodin	Paul Simon	Charles Grodin had missed all of his rehearsals during the week and, as a result, stumbled and ad-libbed his way through the episode. He was never asked to host again. One of the more notable moments in this episode was the sketch in which Paul Simon and Charles Grodin attempted to sing "The Sounds of Silence" (with Grodin wearing an Art Garfunkel wig). After several aborted starts (with Grodin singing off-key and forgetting the lyrics), Simon walked off the stage. Grodin then proceeded to sing a verse of "Bridge Over Troubled Water", after which Art Garfunkel (himself) walked on the stage and asked Grodin to take off the wig.
51	November 12, 1977	Ray Charles
52	November 19, 1977	Buck Henry	Leon Redbone
53	December 10, 1977	Mary Kay Place	Willie Nelson
54	December 17, 1977	Miskel Spillman	Elvis Costello	Miskel Spillman was the winner of the first and only "Anyone Can Host" contest. Elvis Costello halted his band the Attractions seven seconds into the song "Less Than Zero", launching into "Radio Radio", an as-yet unreleased song critical of mainstream broadcasting. He did not appear on the show again until 1989.
55	January 21, 1978	Steve Martin	Randy Newman The Dirt Band
56	January 28, 1978	Robert Klein	Bonnie Raitt
57	February 18, 1978	Chevy Chase	Billy Joel
58	February 25, 1978	O.J. Simpson	Ashford and Simpson
59	March 11, 1978	Art Garfunkel	Stephen Bishop
60	March 18, 1978	Jill Clayburgh	Eddie Money
61	March 25, 1978	Christopher Lee	Meat Loaf
62	April 8, 1978	Michael Palin	Eugene Record
63	April 15, 1978	Michael Sarrazin	Keith Jarrett
64	April 22, 1978	Steve Martin	The Blues Brothers
65	May 13, 1978	Richard Dreyfuss	Jimmy Buffett
66	May 20, 1978	Buck Henry	Sun Ra

Season 4

See History of Saturday Night Live (1975-1980) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
67	October 7, 1978	The Rolling Stones
68	October 14, 1978	Fred Willard	Devo	Devo performed "Jocko Homo," complete with an introductory video on "Devolution"
69	October 21, 1978	Frank Zappa
70	November 4, 1978	Steve Martin	Van Morrison
71	November 11, 1978	Buck Henry	Grateful Dead
72	November 18, 1978	Carrie Fisher	The Blues Brothers
73	December 2, 1978	Walter Matthau	Garrett Morris
74	December 9, 1978	Eric Idle	Kate Bush	Not shown in syndication.
75	December 16, 1978	Elliott Gould	Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger
76	January 27, 1979	Michael Palin	The Doobie Brothers
77	February 10, 1979	Cicely Tyson	Talking Heads
78	February 17, 1979	Rick Nelson	Judy Collins
79	February 24, 1979	Kate Jackson	Delbert McClinton
80	March 10, 1979	Gary Busey	Eubie Blake & Gregory Hines Gary Busey with Rick Danko & Paul Butterfield
81	March 17, 1979	Margot Kidder	The Chieftains
82	April 7, 1979	Richard Benjamin	Rickie Lee Jones	Rodney Dangerfield makes a cameo appearance in the epic Three Mile Island parody "The Pepsi Syndrome".
83	April 14, 1979	Milton Berle	Ornette Coleman	Not shown in syndication.
84	May 12, 1979	Michael Palin	James Taylor
85	May 19, 1979	Maureen Stapleton	Linda Ronstadt Phoebe Snow
86	May 26, 1979	Buck Henry	Bette Midler	The last appearances of Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as cast members.

Season 5

See History of Saturday Night Live (1975-1980) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
87	October 13, 1979	Steve Martin	Blondie	Blondie performed "Dreaming"
88	October 20, 1979	Eric Idle	Bob Dylan	Eric Idle performed with a fever (which explains why he was in a stretcher during the monologue). Buck Henry was brought in just in case Idle was too sick to perform.
89	November 3, 1979	Bill Russell	Chicago
90	November 10, 1979	Buck Henry	Tom Petty
91	November 17, 1979	Bea Arthur	The Roches
92	December 8, 1979	Howard Hesseman	Randy Newman
93	December 15, 1979	Martin Sheen	David Bowie	Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias made appearances; they sang backup for Bowie.
94	December 22, 1979	Ted Knight	Desmond Child & Rouge
95	January 26, 1980	Teri Garr	The B-52's
96	February 9, 1980	Chevy Chase	Marianne Faithfull
97	February 16, 1980	Elliott Gould	Gary Numan
98	February 23, 1980	Kirk Douglas	Sam & Dave
99	March 8, 1980	Rodney Dangerfield	The J. Geils Band
100	March 15, 1980		James Taylor Paul Simon David Sanborn	The show went hostless to celebrate their 100th episode. John Belushi and Michael O'Donoghue made return appearances in the cold opening. Bill Murray turned the monologue into a musical tribute to New York City. During the sketch "The Minstrels of Newcastle", Paul Shaffer inadvertently said "fuckin'" on the air. Paul Simon and James Taylor performed a duet version of "Take Me to the Mardi Gras".
101	April 5, 1980	Richard Benjamin Paula Prentiss	The Grateful Dead
102	April 12, 1980	Burt Reynolds	Anne Murray
103	April 19, 1980	Strother Martin	The Specials	Martin died the following August, causing a repeat to have aired August 9, 1980 to be pulled.
104	May 10, 1980	Bob Newhart	Amazing Rhythm Aces with Bill Murray Bruce Cockburn
105	May 17, 1980	Steve Martin	3-D Paul McCartney Linda McCartney
106	May 24, 1980	Buck Henry	Andrew Gold Andrae Crouch Voices of Unity	This is the final program with the remaining original cast and Lorne Michaels.

Season 6

See History of Saturday Night Live (1980-1985) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
107	November 15, 1980	Elliott Gould	Kid Creole & the Coconuts
108	November 22, 1980	Malcolm McDowell	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
109	December 6, 1980	Ellen Burstyn	Aretha Franklin Keith Sykes	This episode almost didn't make it to air because of Jean Doumanian's insistence on airing three controversial sketches: one about a heroin addict (played by Charles Rocket) who is taken in by a clean-cut family, one featuring Gail Matthius's Valley Girl Vicki character annoying a receptionist at an abortion clinic, and a filmed piece about NBC talent scouts looking for a virgin female to be an SNL castmember (this caused controversy because of its sequence where the NBC talent scouts go to a convent and find out that one of the nuns there isn't a virgin). The "Virgin Search" short film ended up being cut from this episode, but would air on the episode hosted by David Carradine.
110	December 13, 1980	Jamie Lee Curtis	James Brown Ellen Shipley
111	December 20, 1980	David Carradine	Linda Ronstadt The Cast of The Pirates of Penzance
112	January 10, 1981	Ray Sharkey	Jack Bruce & Friends
113	January 17, 1981	Karen Black	Cheap Trick Stanley Clarke Trio
114	January 24, 1981	Robert Hays	Joe "King" Carrasco & the Crowns 14 Karat Soul
115	February 7, 1981	Sally Kellerman	Jimmy Cliff
116	February 14, 1981	Deborah Harry	Funky Four Plus One
117	February 21, 1981	Charlene Tilton	Todd Rundgren Prince	The word "fuck" was said twice in this episode: once by Prince during his song "Partyup" (though nothing was made of it since no one knew if Prince actually said it) and (more infamously) during the goodnights when Charles Rocket (in a wheelchair after getting shot during the last sketch) grumbles, "I'd like to know who the fuck did it" in response to Tilton's query on how Rocket felt after being gunned down. Larry Hagman, also from "Dallas", was originally asked to host. He declined.
118	March 7, 1981	Bill Murray	Delbert McClinton	This is the last episode for producer Jean Doumanian, castmembers Ann Risley, Gilbert Gottfried, and Charles Rocket, and feature players Patrick Weathers, and Matthew Laurance. Denny Dillon and Gail Matthius would appear in the next episode, but be fired after that, while Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo would continue as cast members. Yvonne Hudson makes only a few uncredited cameos in the next season.
119	April 11, 1981		Jr. Walker & the All-Stars	Dick Ebersol begins producing the show. A show scheduled to be hosted by Al Franken and Tom Davis was set to air after this one, but cancelled due to a writers' strike. This episode has no host (though Chevy Chase, Christopher Reeve, and Robin Williams made appearances on this episode, and Chevy Chase returned to Weekend Update). It is the second episode of the show to be hostless. As of this episode both Denny Dillon and Brian Doyle-Murray become the first two people to appear on screen during all three of the Doumanian, Ebersol, and Michaels eras. Bill Murray and Yvonne Hudson, the only others to do it, would complete the feat the following season.

• This season was considered so disastrous that NBC has barred episodes from being put into syndication. However, there have been rare times when these episodes would show up: Comedy Central (in America) has aired a few episodes from this season up until the mid-1990s, particularly the Bill Murray/Delbert McClinton episode (albeit a scaled-down 60-minute version instead of the full 90-minute version) during a marathon featuring films and SNL episodes starring Eddie Murphy. The Comedy Channel in Canada has aired the entire season uncut, and even left Charles Rocket's "fuck" incident uncensored. The most recent sighting of a Jean Doumanian-era episode in the USA happened in 2005 when NBC aired a full 90-minute rerun of the episode hosted by Jamie Lee Curtis.
• The March 7 episode announced a planned show for March 14, with guest host Robert Guillaume and musical guest Ian Dury. The show ended up getting cancelled due to Jean Doumanian's termination and the show being put on hiatus for retooling.

Season 7

See History of Saturday Night Live (1980-1985) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
120	October 3, 1981	(none)	Rod Stewart	James Caan was originally scheduled to host, but he backed out at the last minute because his sister had fallen ill.
121	October 10, 1981	Susan Saint James	The Kinks
122	October 17, 1981	George Kennedy	Miles Davis
123	October 31, 1981	Donald Pleasence	Fear	John Belushi appears in the cold opening. Three sketches from this episode were cut after dress rehearsal: "Grand Guingol White House" where Ronald and Nancy Reagan cannibalize Jane Fonda, a sketch where an old man (played by Pleasence) drains the blood of his date and uses it as wine, and a sketch where Nazis discuss "good" reasons why they kill Jewish people. Fear's performance, which only happened on the insistence of John Belushi, took place in front of a group of east coast punks. One of them, Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat, grabs a live mic and screams, "NEW YORK SUCKS!!" several times between songs. The performance is cut short during the song "Let's Have a War".
124	November 7, 1981	Lauren Hutton	Rick James & the Stone City Band	Beat-generation writer William S. Burroughs appeared to perform spoken word.
125	November 14, 1981	Bernadette Peters	The Go-Go's Billy Joel
126	December 5, 1981	Tim Curry	Meat Loaf
127	December 12, 1981	Bill Murray	The Spinners Yale Whiffenpoofs	The sketch, "At Home With The Psychos", was modified because a prop was deemed to resemble too much like a vagina [1].
128	January 23, 1982	Robert Conrad	The Allman Brothers Band
129	January 30, 1982	John Madden	Jennifer Holliday	Andy Kaufman made a special guest appearance as Elvis Presley.
130	February 6, 1982	James Coburn	Lindsey Buckingham
131	February 20, 1982	Bruce Dern	Luther Vandross
132	February 27, 1982	Elizabeth Ashley	Hall & Oates
133	March 20, 1982	Robert Urich	Mink DeVille	John Belushi died 2 weeks before this show aired; he was the first castmember to die. The original airing has a tribute to him at the end of the show.
134	March 27, 1982	Blythe Danner	Rickie Lee Jones
135	April 10, 1982	Daniel J. Travanti	John Cougar Mellencamp
136	April 17, 1982	Johnny Cash	Elton John
137	April 24, 1982	Robert Culp	The Charlie Daniels Band
138	May 15, 1982	Danny DeVito	Sparks
139	May 22, 1982	Olivia Newton-John

Season 8

See History of Saturday Night Live (1980-1985) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
140	September 25, 1982	Chevy Chase	Queen	This was the first (and only) time that the host did not appear on stage. Chase was stuck in Burbank, California after missing his flight to New York. The producers improvised by using a satellite link to show Chase on a small TV monitor on stage. Queen gave their first performance on American television.
141	October 2, 1982	Louis Gossett, Jr.	George Thorogood & the Destroyers
142	October 9, 1982	Ron Howard	The Clash	Howard hosts less than three months after the release of his film Night Shift; The Clash perform "Straight to Hell" and "Should I Stay or Should I Go", two songs from their recently released album Combat Rock. Harry Anderson makes a guest appearance.
143	October 23, 1982	Howard Hesseman	Men at Work
144	October 30, 1982	Michael Keaton	The New Joe Jackson Band
145	November 13, 1982	Robert Blake	Kenny Loggins	Blake was banned from hosting after a week of giving writers a hard time, including a fight in which he crumpled up the script of a sketch written by cast member Gary Kroeger and allegedly threw it in Kroeger's face.
146	November 20, 1982	Drew Barrymore	Squeeze	During this episode, the audience at home was given the chance to vote on whether or not Andy Kaufman, a regular cameo on SNL, should be banned from the show. The vote was conducted by a 1-900 number. At the end of the night, the people had spoken, and Kaufman was banned from ever performing on SNL again. Barrymore is the youngest person ever to host Saturday Night Live, beating Jodie Foster (the former youngest celebrity to host SNL) by seven years.
147	December 4, 1982	The Smothers Brothers	Laura Branigan
148	December 11, 1982	Eddie Murphy	Lionel Richie	Eddie Murphy substituted for Nick Nolte after Nolte fell ill. Steve Martin appeared near the end to chastise Eddie Murphy for being a second choice. This was Steve Martin's only appearance on SNL which was not produced by Lorne Michaels.
149	January 22, 1983	Lily Tomlin	Tomlin as Pervis Hawkins
150	January 29, 1983	Rick Moranis Dave Thomas	The Bus Boys
151	February 5, 1983	Sid Caesar	Joe Cocker Jennifer Warnes
152	February 19, 1983	Howard Hesseman	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
153	February 26, 1983	Beau Bridges Jeff Bridges	Randy Newman
154	March 12, 1983	Bruce Dern	Leon Redbone
155	March 19, 1983	Robert Guillaume	Duran Duran
156	April 9, 1983	Joan Rivers	Musical Youth
157	April 16, 1983	Susan Saint James	Michael McDonald
158	May 7, 1983	Stevie Wonder
159	May 14, 1983	Ed Koch	Kevin Rowland Dexys Midnight Runners

Season 9

See History of Saturday Night Live (1980-1985) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
160	October 8, 1983	Brandon Tartikoff	John Cougar Mellencamp
161	October 15, 1983	Danny DeVito Rhea Perlman	Eddy Grant
162	October 22, 1983	John Candy	Men at Work
163	November 5, 1983	Betty Thomas	Stray Cats
164	November 12, 1983	Teri Garr	Mick Fleetwood's Zoo Lindsey Buckingham
165	November 19, 1983	Jerry Lewis	Loverboy
166	December 3, 1983	The Smothers Brothers	Big Country
167	December 10, 1983	Flip Wilson	Stevie Nicks
168	January 14, 1984	Don Novello	Huey Lewis & the News
169	January 21, 1984	Michael Palin	The Motels
170	January 28, 1984	Don Rickles	Billy Idol
171	February 11, 1984	Robin Williams	Adam Ant
172	February 18, 1984	Jamie Lee Curtis	The Fixx
173	February 25, 1984	Edwin Newman	Kool & the Gang	Eddie Murphy's final episode as a cast member.
174	March 17, 1984	Billy Crystal	Al Jarreau
175	April 7, 1984	Michael Douglas	Deniece Williams
176	April 14, 1984	George McGovern	Madness
177	May 5, 1984	Barry Bostwick	Spinal Tap
178	May 12, 1984	Billy Crystal Ed Koch Edwin Newman Don Novello Betty Thomas	The Cars

Season 10

See History of Saturday Night Live (1980-1985) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
179	October 6, 1984		Thompson Twins	Billy Crystal acted as the unofficial "host", even though this is (for the most part) an all-cast episode.
180	October 13, 1984	Bob Uecker	Peter Wolf
181	October 20, 1984	Jesse Jackson	Andrae Crouch Wintley Phipps
182	November 3, 1984	Michael McKean	Chaka Khan The Folksmen
183	November 10, 1984	George Carlin	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	George Carlin's introduction during the monologue was taken from the first time he hosted: SNL's very first episode.
184	November 17, 1984	Ed Asner	The Kinks
185	December 1, 1984	Ed Begley, Jr.	Billy Squier
186	December 8, 1984	Ringo Starr	Herbie Hancock
187	December 15, 1984	Eddie Murphy	Robert Plant & the Honeydrippers
188	January 12, 1985	Kathleen Turner	John Waite	This is Harry Shearer's last episode (even though he would still be mentioned in the credits until the season finale)
189	January 19, 1985	Roy Scheider	Billy Ocean
190	February 2, 1985	Alex Karras	Tina Turner
191	February 9, 1985	Harry Anderson	Bryan Adams
192	February 16, 1985	Pamela Sue Martin	Power Station
193	March 30, 1985	Mr. T Hulk Hogan	The Commodores
194	April 6, 1985	Christopher Reeve	Santana
195	April 13, 1985	Howard Cosell	Greg Kihn	This is the final program with Dick Ebersol and his cast.

Season 11

See History of Saturday Night Live (1985-1990) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
196	November 9, 1985	Madonna	Simple Minds	The episode originally had a cold opening that only aired once where Lorne Michaels and Brandon Tartikoff issue urine tests to check the new castmembers for drug use, ending with Anthony Michael Hall delivering the opening line, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!". Network executives found this to be "in bad taste" and asked for it to be cut, so all syndicated versions and reruns go straight to the opening sequence.
197	November 16, 1985	Chevy Chase	Sheila E	*This is the first of three episodes to feature a different opening than what was shown in the Madonna/Simple Minds episode. This opening (consisting of paper cut-outs of castmembers and shots of New York City) would only be used for this episode, the Pee-Wee Herman episode, and the John Lithgow episode.
198	November 23, 1985	Pee Wee Herman	Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band	Former SNL castmember Robin Duke appears in the "Pee Wee Herman Thanksgiving Special" sketch as one of the audience members during Diana Ross's (Terry Sweeney) performance. In addition, Phil Hartman (who would later be hired as a season 12 castmember) appeared as a Pilgrim in the same sketch and was credited for writing the "Pee Wee Herman Thanksgiving Special" sketch. Hartman and Herman/Reubens worked together on The Pee-wee Herman Show, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, and the first season of Pee-Wee's Playhouse.
199	December 7, 1985	John Lithgow	Mr. Mister	*This is the last episode to use the paper cut-out opening sequence.
200	December 14, 1985	Tom Hanks	Sade	This episode (up until the Anjelica Huston and Billy Martin episode) goes back to using the "limo ride through the city" opening sequence that was used on the Madonna/Simple Minds episode.
201	December 21, 1985	Teri Garr	Dream Academy The Cult
202	January 18, 1986	Harry Dean Stanton	The Replacements	The Replacements were banned from playing on the show again as some of the band members were under the influence of alcohol and the lead singer yelled the "f word" during the first song. They played Bastards of Young and Kiss Me On the Bus, both from the Tim album.
203	January 25, 1986	Dudley Moore	Al Green	The episode has a live show sketch that was only shown once about a beauty pageant for pregnant teenaged girls featuring Danitra Vance's Cabrini Green Jackson character. In reruns, the sketch is replaced with a taped sketch called Big Ball of Sports (from the previous episode hosted by Harry Dean Stanton) and a dress rehearsal sketch where Dudley Moore plays a man who dates a woman (played by Nora Dunn) who reminds him of his ex (played by Joan Cusack).
204	February 8, 1986	Ron Reagan	The Nelsons	According to the book, "Live From New York: The Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live", there was a sketch cut after dress rehearsal where a pair of homosexual men (Terry Sweeney and Ron Reagan) are hired to redecorate a woman's (Nora Dunn) house.
205	February 15, 1986	Jerry Hall	Stevie Ray Vaughan Jimmie Vaughan	Mick Jagger appears in this episode's cold opening where Tommy Flanagan (Jon Lovitz) hits on the host at a bar.
206	February 22, 1986	Jay Leno	The Neville Brothers
207	March 15, 1986	Griffin Dunne	Rosanne Cash	Damon Wayans, unhappy with the parts he had been getting, decided to play the minor police officer character he'd been assigned in one sketch as gay, though it did not fit the role. For this, Lorne Michaels fired him.
208	March 22, 1986	George Wendt Francis Ford Coppola	Philip Glass	The Philip Glass Ensemble performs "Rubric" from Glassworks and "Lightning" from Songs from Liquid Days. The show's opening theme song was replaced by "Façades," also from Glassworks. Francis Ford Coppola only appears in between sketches in a running gag throughout the episode where he, Lorne Michaels, and Terry Sweeney try to fix up SNL on the air to boost the show's sagging ratings.
209	April 12, 1986	Oprah Winfrey	Joe Jackson
210	April 19, 1986	Tony Danza	Laurie Anderson
211	May 10, 1986	Catherine Oxenberg Paul Simon	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
212	May 17, 1986	Jimmy Breslin Marvin Hagler	Level 42 E.G. Daily
213	May 24, 1986	Anjelica Huston Billy Martin	George Clinton Parliament-Funkadelic	*This is the last episode for Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Michael Hall, Randy Quaid, Terry Sweeney, Don Novello, Dan Vitale, and Danitra Vance. After having been fired from SNL, Damon Wayans returns to perform stand-up. Brandon Tartikoff, unhappy with SNL's ratings at the time, wanted this episode to be the last one, but Lorne Michaels pleaded with Tartikoff to keep the show on provided that he find a better cast.

Season 12

See History of Saturday Night Live (1985-1990) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
214	October 11, 1986	Sigourney Weaver	Buster Poindexter	Madonna appears in the cold opening to read a statement from NBC about the 1985-1986 season: "It was all a dream—a horrible, horrible dream" in a Dallas-esque spoof.
215	October 18, 1986	Malcolm-Jamal Warner	Run-DMC	Contrary to tradition, the host appeared in only two sketches: The Crosby Show and The Parent-Child Drinking Contract [2].
216	November 8, 1986	Rosanna Arquette	Ric Ocasek	This episode marks the first time that a first-run SNL episode did not air live on the East Coast. The episode was originally supposed to air live on October 25, but was pre-empted by the 1986 World Series until 1:00 am. Rather than air the episode live at that time, it was videotaped, and aired the week after the World Series.
217	November 15, 1986	Sam Kinison	Lou Reed	This episode, much like the Richard Pryor episode from 1975 and later the Andrew "Dice" Clay episode from 1990, was put on a seven-second delay. During Sam Kinison's guest performance, the part where he encourages the legalization of marijuana has been muted out.
218	November 22, 1986	Robin Williams	Paul Simon
219	December 6, 1986	Chevy Chase Steve Martin Martin Short	Randy Newman
220	December 13, 1986	Steve Guttenberg	The Pretenders
221	December 20, 1986	William Shatner	Lone Justice
222	January 24, 1987	Joe Montana Walter Payton	Deborah Harry
223	January 31, 1987	Paul Shaffer	Bruce Hornsby & the Range
224	February 14, 1987	Bronson Pinchot	Paul Young
225	February 21, 1987	Willie Nelson
226	February 28, 1987	Valerie Bertinelli	Robert Cray Band
227	March 21, 1987	Bill Murray	Percy Sledge	On the original version of this episode, there is a Donahue sketch where one of the guests (played by Nora Dunn) reveals that she had a bad relationship with Jean Doumanian-era/Dick Ebersol-era castmember Joe Piscopo. All reruns of this sketch are replaced with a dress rehearsal version where Nora reveals that she had a bad relationship with Gallagher.
228	March 28, 1987	Charlton Heston	Wynton Marsalis
229	April 11, 1987	John Lithgow	Anita Baker
230	April 18, 1987	John Larroquette	Timbuk 3
231	May 9, 1987	Mark Harmon	Suzanne Vega
232	May 16, 1987	Garry Shandling	Los Lobos
233	May 23, 1987	Dennis Hopper	Roy Orbison

Season 13

See History of Saturday Night Live (1985-1990) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
234	October 17, 1987	Steve Martin	Sting	This is the only episode that did not have a dress rehearsal. A fire near Studio 8H caused everyone to evacuate before rehearsal could begin. Steve Martin convinced everyone to go on with the show instead of cancelling it.
235	October 24, 1987	Sean Penn	LL Cool J Michael Penn	Michael Penn, younger brother of host Sean, performed "This and That" with his band The Pull. He would later have a hit with the song as a solo artist.
236	October 31, 1987	Dabney Coleman	The Cars
237	November 14, 1987	Robert Mitchum	Simply Red
238	November 21, 1987	Candice Bergen	Cher
239	December 5, 1987	Danny DeVito	Bryan Ferry
240	December 12, 1987	Angie Dickinson	Buster Poindexter David Gilmour	The music in the Drunk Man sketch would later be used as the intro music to "Weekend Update with Norm MacDonald". David Gilmour's appearance on SNL marked the first time a member of Pink Floyd played live on US television (Pink Floyd, without Gilmour and with his predecessor Syd Barrett, appeared 20 years earlier on American Bandstand miming to "Apples and Oranges"). He played an otherwise unreleased instrumental guitar jam with the SNL house band called "Song For My Sara" (which was mistakenly called "Aah Robinson It's You" on many Gilmour ROIOs), and he plays lead guitar using a Steinberger electric guitar instead of his famed Fender Stratocaster.
241	December 19, 1987	Paul Simon	Linda Ronstadt
242	January 23, 1988	Robin Williams	James Taylor
243	January 30, 1988	Carl Weathers	Robbie Robertson
244	February 13, 1988	Justine Bateman	Terence Trent D'Arby	D'Arby performed "Wishing Well" and "Under My Thumb."
245	February 20, 1988	Tom Hanks	Randy Travis
246	February 27, 1988	Judge Reinhold	10,000 Maniacs

• The original season finale with Gilda Radner as the host and U2 as the musical guest was never performed due to a writers' strike. U2 would be musical guests for episodes hosted by Val Kilmer (season 26) and Luke Wilson (season 30). Gilda Radner, however, would die before getting the chance to host.

Season 14

See History of Saturday Night Live (1985-1990) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
247	October 8, 1988	Tom Hanks	Keith Richards	Keith played "Take It So Hard" and "Struggle"
248	October 15, 1988	Matthew Broderick	The Sugarcubes
249	October 22, 1988	John Larroquette	Randy Newman Mark Knopfler
250	November 5, 1988	Matthew Modine	Edie Brickell and New Bohemians
251	November 12, 1988	Demi Moore	Johnny Clegg & Savuka	Future host Kirsten Dunst appears in the cold opening as one of George Bush's (Dana Carvey) grandchildren. A brief clip of this was later rebroadcast in her opening monologue when she hosted in 2002.
252	November 19, 1988	John Lithgow	Tracy Chapman
253	December 3, 1988	Danny DeVito	The Bangles
254	December 10, 1988	Kevin Kline	Bobby McFerrin
255	December 17, 1988	Melanie Griffith	Little Feat
256	January 21, 1989	John Malkovich	Anita Baker
257	January 28, 1989	Tony Danza	John Hiatt
258	February 11, 1989	Ted Danson	Luther Vandross
259	February 18, 1989	Leslie Nielsen	Cowboy Junkies
260	February 25, 1989	Glenn Close	Gipsy Kings
261	March 25, 1989	Mary Tyler Moore	Elvis Costello	Costello appears for the first time on the show since his unauthorized song switch on the Miskell Spillman episode. Mary Tyler Moore refers to the nude beach sketch from the Matthew Broderick/Sugarcubes episode, notorious for its numerous repetitions of the word "penis." After feigning discomfort, Moore announces, "Elvis Costello's penis is here." On the night of the live broadcast, Don Pardo had laryngitis, but he still announced during the opening montage, despite the deterioration in his voice. After his voice returned, his announcement was re-recorded for reruns.
262	April 1, 1989	Mel Gibson	Living Colour
263	April 15, 1989	Dolly Parton		The sketch "Planet of the Enormous Hooters" was originally written for episode number 18 hosted by Raquel Welch back in 1976.
264	April 22, 1989	Geena Davis	John Cougar Mellencamp
265	May 13, 1989	Wayne Gretzky	Fine Young Cannibals
266	May 20, 1989	Steve Martin	Tom Petty	In the opening monologue, Steve Martin held back tears as he paid tribute to Gilda Radner, who had died of cancer on the afternoon before the broadcast. Martin and Radner's "Dancing in the Dark" sketch, originally shown in episode 64 in 1978, was also offered in tribute. With this episode, Steve Martin becomes the most frequent host in SNL history, breaking the record previously held by Buck Henry.

Season 15

See History of Saturday Night Live (1985-1990) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
267	September 30, 1989	Bruce Willis	Neil Young
268	October 7, 1989	Rick Moranis	Rickie Lee Jones
269	October 21, 1989	Kathleen Turner	Billy Joel
270	October 28, 1989	James Woods	Don Henley
271	November 11, 1989	Chris Evert	Eurythmics
272	November 18, 1989	Woody Harrelson	David Byrne
273	December 2, 1989	John Goodman	K.d. lang
274	December 9, 1989	Robert Wagner	Linda Ronstadt Aaron Neville
275	December 16, 1989	Andie MacDowell	Tracy Chapman
276	January 13, 1990	Ed O'Neill	Harry Connick, Jr.	Maury Povich cameos during the monologue Ed O'Neill is the first castmember from a FOX TV show (Married...With Children) to host SNL. According to IMDb, Kirsten Dunst appeared in this episode as the girl in the Bizilady commercial. [3]
277	January 20, 1990	Christopher Walken	Bonnie Raitt
278	February 10, 1990	Quincy Jones	Tevin Campbell Kool Moe Dee Big Daddy Kane
279	February 17, 1990	Tom Hanks	Aerosmith	Aerosmith were special guest on the popular sketch Wayne's World where they perform the theme song. Tom Hanks plays their roadie.
280	February 24, 1990	Fred Savage	Technotronic	Fred Savage is the first host to have been born after SNL premiered on television.
281	March 17, 1990	Rob Lowe	The Pogues
282	March 24, 1990	Debra Winger	Eric Clapton
283	April 14, 1990	Corbin Bernsen	The Smithereens
284	April 21, 1990	Alec Baldwin	The B-52's
285	May 12, 1990	Andrew Dice Clay	Julee Cruise Spanic Boys	Sinéad O'Connor was originally scheduled as the musical guest, but pulled out in protest against the controversial guest host, Andrew Dice Clay. O'Connor subsequently appeared at the beginning of Season 16. SNL castmember Nora Dunn would also protest and did not appear in the episode due to Clay's profane jokes about women. The musical segment featuring the Spanic Boys is not shown in syndication.
286	May 19, 1990	Candice Bergen	The Notting Hillbillies	This is Nora Dunn and Jon Lovitz's last episode.

Season 16

See History of Saturday Night Live (1990-1995) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
287	September 29, 1990	Kyle MacLachlan	Sinéad O'Connor
288	October 6, 1990	Susan Lucci	Hothouse Flowers	Gene Rayburn makes a cameo, trying to woo Lucci's character away from marrying another game show host, played by Phil Hartman.
289	October 20, 1990	George Steinbrenner	Morris Day & The Time	During Morris Day's second performance, he screams, "Where the fuck did this chicken come from? I thought I ordered ribs!" This section has been replaced with a dress rehearsal performance in all reruns and syndicated episodes.
290	October 27, 1990	Patrick Swayze	Mariah Carey
291	November 10, 1990	Jimmy Smits	World Party
292	November 17, 1990	Dennis Hopper	Paul Simon
293	December 1, 1990	John Goodman	Faith No More	During the break of Faith No More's performance of "Epic", lead singer Mike Patton climbed up into the background sets ventilation fan; only climbing back out in time to continue the song on cue. The audience really didn't know how to react.
294	December 8, 1990	Tom Hanks	Edie Brickell & New Bohemians	Paul Simon, Steve Martin, and Elliott Gould make cameo appearances as members of the "Five Timer's Club"; Ralph Nader appears as a onetime former host trying to get into the club.
295	December 15, 1990	Dennis Quaid	The Neville Brothers
296	January 12, 1991	Joe Mantegna	Vanilla Ice
297	January 19, 1991	Sting
298	February 9, 1991	Kevin Bacon	INXS
299	February 16, 1991	Roseanne Barr	Deee-Lite
300	February 23, 1991	Alec Baldwin	Whitney Houston
301	March 16, 1991	Michael J. Fox	The Black Crowes	Songs played were "Thick-N-Thin" and "She Talks To Angels"
302	March 23, 1991	Jeremy Irons	Fishbone
303	April 13, 1991	Catherine O'Hara	R.E.M.	Kate Pierson of B-52's performed with R.E.M. on the second song Shiny Happy People.
304	April 20, 1991	Steven Seagal	Michael Bolton
305	May 11, 1991	Delta Burke	Chris Isaak
306	May 18, 1991	George Wendt	Elvis Costello	This is Dennis Miller and Jan Hooks' last episode. In the cold opening, Dennis Miller tells Lorne that one of his final wishes before leaving the show is to open the show by shouting "Live From New York, it's Saturday Night!" In reality, Dennis Miller did say the famous line in a cold opening on the season 11 episode hosted by Harry Dean Stanton (Most fans purposefully forget this since season eleven is considered one of SNL's worst seasons).

Season 17

See History of Saturday Night Live (1990-1995) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
307	September 28, 1991	Michael Jordan	Public Enemy
308	October 5, 1991	Jeff Daniels	Color Me Badd
309	October 12, 1991	Kirstie Alley	Tom Petty	Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer, Woody Harrelson and George Wendt make appearances as themselves in the opening monologue.
310	October 26, 1991	Christian Slater	Bonnie Raitt	John McLaughlin makes an appearance as himself in the cold opening.
311	November 2, 1991	Kiefer Sutherland	Skid Row
312	November 16, 1991	Linda Hamilton	Mariah Carey	Edward Furlong appears as his Terminator 2 character John Conner in a Terminator parody. Martin Scorsese appears as himself in The Chris Farley Show.
313	November 23, 1991	Macaulay Culkin	Tin Machine	Kieran Culkin appears as Froggy in a Richmeister sketch. George Wendt reprises his role as Bob Swerski in Bill Swerski's Super Fans.
314	December 7, 1991	Hammer
315	December 14, 1991	Steve Martin	James Taylor
316	January 11, 1992	Rob Morrow	Nirvana	During the live closing credits, the members of Nirvana pretended to "make out" with each other, an event referenced in the original liner notes to their album Incesticide. As a result, NBC replaced the closing credits with those from the rehearsal taping for all subsequent re-runs. Rob Morrow shows a clip from the "Substitute Judge" sketch on the season five episode hosted by Rodney Dangerfield during the monologue, pointing out that Morrow played one of the jurors.
317	January 18, 1992	Chevy Chase	Robbie Robertson Bruce Hornsby & the Range
318	February 8, 1992	Susan Dey	C&C Music Factory
319	February 15, 1992	Jason Priestley	Teenage Fanclub
320	February 22, 1992	Roseanne Barr(As Roseanne Arnold) Tom Arnold	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Madonna appears in a Coffee Talk sketch as a panelist. In the end of the Coffee Talk sketch, Barbra Streisand makes an appearance as herself (Madonna, Myers and Roseanne were not told in advance that Streisand would be making an appearance, so their reaction in the sketch is their actual reaction to her surprise appearance).[4] During the Red Hot Chili Peppers' performance of "Stone Cold Bush", singer Anthony Kiedis hits guitarist John Frusciante with his microphone. This upset the already unhappy Frusciante, who then proceeded to play "Under the Bridge" off key and scream nonsense during the chorus.
321	March 14, 1992	John Goodman	Garth Brooks
322	March 21, 1992	Mary Stuart Masterson	En Vogue
323	April 11, 1992	Sharon Stone	Pearl Jam
324	April 18, 1992	Jerry Seinfeld	Annie Lennox
325	May 9, 1992	Tom Hanks	Bruce Springsteen	Joe Pesci was originally supposed to host this episode, but had to back out due to a prior engagement. Tom Hanks spoofed Pesci's role in GoodFellas after his monologue in a sketch with Phil Hartman.
326	May 16, 1992	Woody Harrelson	Vanessa Williams	This is Victoria Jackson's last episode.

Season 18

See History of Saturday Night Live (1990-1995) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
327	September 26, 1992	Nicolas Cage	Bobby Brown
328	October 3, 1992	Tim Robbins	Sinéad O'Connor	At the end of her second song, "War", Sinéad O'Connor held up a picture of Pope John Paul II, exclaimed, "Fight the real enemy", and tore the picture to pieces. Subsequent airings have included the rehearsal taping of the song where Sinéad pulls out a picture of a starving African child before leaving the stage.
329	October 10, 1992	Joe Pesci	The Spin Doctors	During his monologue, Pesci displays the photo of Pope John Paul II that Sinead O'Connor had infamously destroyed during the previous week's episode, now taped back together.
330	October 24, 1992	Christopher Walken	Arrested Development	Jan Hooks cameos as Sinead O'Connor in two sketches.
331	October 31, 1992	Catherine O'Hara	10,000 Maniacs
332	November 14, 1992	Michael Keaton	Morrissey	Morrissey performed "Glamorous Glue" and "Suedehead."
333	November 21, 1992	Sinbad	Sade
334	December 5, 1992	Tom Arnold	Neil Young
335	December 12, 1992	Glenn Close	The Black Crowes	Jon Lovitz cameos during Weekend Update. The Black Crowes played "Sometimes Salvation" and "Non-Fiction"
336	January 9, 1993	Danny DeVito	Bon Jovi
337	January 16, 1993	Harvey Keitel	Madonna	During Madonna's second performance, she imitates Sinead O'Connor's actions from early in the season by ripping a photo and yelling "Fight the real enemy". The photo Madonna used, however, was of Joey Buttafuoco.
338	February 6, 1993	Luke Perry	Mick Jagger	This is Dana Carvey's last episode.
339	February 13, 1993	Alec Baldwin	Paul McCartney
340	February 20, 1993	Bill Murray	Sting
341	March 13, 1993	John Goodman	Mary J. Blige
342	March 20, 1993	Miranda Richardson	Soul Asylum
343	April 10, 1993	Jason Alexander	Peter Gabriel
344	April 17, 1993	Kirstie Alley	Lenny Kravitz
345	May 8, 1993	Christina Applegate	Midnight Oil	This episode is notable for featuring the first ever Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker sketch.
346	May 15, 1993	Kevin Kline	Willie Nelson Paul Simon	David Letterman was originally booked to host this episode, but pulled out due to his much-publicised problems with NBC. This is Chris Rock's last episode.

Season 19

See History of Saturday Night Live (1990-1995) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
347	September 25, 1993	Charles Barkley	Nirvana
348	October 2, 1993	Shannen Doherty	Cypress Hill	During Cypress Hill's performance on stage, the band members were smoking marijuana on air, and their instruments were destroyed during their second single. Cypress Hill has been banned from SNL.
349	October 9, 1993	Jeff Goldblum	Aerosmith
350	October 23, 1993	John Malkovich	Billy Joel
351	October 30, 1993	Christian Slater	The Smashing Pumpkins
352	November 13, 1993	Rosie O'Donnell	James Taylor
353	November 20, 1993	Nicole Kidman	Stone Temple Pilots
354	December 4, 1993	Charlton Heston	Paul Westerberg	The opening montage has the castmembers made over to look like apes to coincide with a running gag from the cold opening parodying "Planet of the Apes".
355	December 11, 1993	Sally Field	Tony! Toni! Toné!
356	January 8, 1994	Jason Patric	Blind Melon
357	January 15, 1994	Sara Gilbert	Counting Crows
358	February 5, 1994	Patrick Stewart	Salt-N-Pepa
359	February 12, 1994	Alec Baldwin Kim Basinger	UB40	The 60-minute rerun of the episode has been edited to remove the infamous sketch where Adam Sandler's Canteen Boy is molested by his scoutmaster (played by Alec Baldwin). This is not cut in reruns of the 90-minute version and is included in the DVD versions of the SNL "Best Of" specials for Adam Sandler and Alec Baldwin (and is included in the DVD special: "SNL's Bad Boys").
360	February 19, 1994	Martin Lawrence	Crash Test Dummies	The monologue in the syndication reruns is edited to remove Lawrence's comments about the decline in feminine hygiene, and is replaced with a graphic explaining the comments and how it almost cost everyone at SNL their jobs. Martin Lawrence was consequently banned from appearing on the show again.
361	March 12, 1994	Nancy Kerrigan	Aretha Franklin	Originally, the episode was supposed to be hosted by Michael Richards (the actor who played Kramer on Seinfeld and was a castmember on ABC's short-lived sketch show "Fridays"). To date, Richards is the only member of Seinfeld's main cast who has not appeared on the show; Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander have both hosted, while Julia Louis-Dreyfus was a cast member on SNL in the 1980s and became the first female castmember from SNL to host SNL in May 2006.
362	March 19, 1994	Helen Hunt	Snoop Doggy Dogg
363	April 9, 1994	Kelsey Grammer	Dwight Yoakam
364	April 16, 1994	Emilio Estevez	Pearl Jam	Former castmember Dana Carvey was originally planned to host this episode. Pearl Jam performed an emotional version of 'Daughter' only 8 days after the discovery of the body of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Nirvana had performed on SNL earlier in the season.
365	May 7, 1994	John Goodman	The Pretenders
366	May 14, 1994	Heather Locklear	Janet Jackson	This is Phil Hartman, Julia Sweeney, Rob Schnieder, and Melanie Hutsell's last episode.

Season 20

See History of Saturday Night Live (1990-1995) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
367	October 1, 1994	Steve Martin	Eric Clapton	Martin Short was originally planned to host, but backed out.
368	October 8, 1994	Marisa Tomei	Bonnie Raitt	In one sketch, Tomei reprised her role as Mona Lisa Vito, a character from My Cousin Vinny, for which she won an Academy Award.
369	October 15, 1994	John Travolta	Seal	The Comedy Central version of this episode cuts out the cold opening where Travolta walks the halls of Studio 8H while The Bee-Gees' "Staying Alive" plays, parodying his role in the movie Saturday Night Fever. The E! version leaves the scene intact. Quentin Tarantino (who would host in season 21) directs this episode.
370	October 22, 1994	Dana Carvey	Edie Brickell Paul Simon	George H. W. Bush made an appearance in the cold opening and monologue, critiquing Dana Carvey's impersonation of him.
371	November 12, 1994	Sarah Jessica Parker	R.E.M.	Bill Murray appears near the end of the episode to announce the death of former SNL writer, Michael O'Donoghue, and to replay one of his famous sketches, "The Soiled Kimono". R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe sings, "Don't fuck with me" in the song "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" The line was not caught by the censors and remains in all rebroadcasts.
372	November 19, 1994	John Turturro	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (w/ Dave Grohl on drums)	Joey Buttafuoco cameos during the monologue.
373	December 3, 1994	Roseanne Barr	Green Day	Green Day's use of the word "shit" in second song "Geek Stink Breath" was not caught by the censors and remains in syndicated versions of the broadcast.
374	December 10, 1994	Alec Baldwin	Beastie Boys	Gary Sinise was originally scheduled to host. Alec Baldwin mentions the infamous "Canteen Boy Goes Camping" sketch and the resulting complaints in the monologue (and performs a more politically correct version of the sketch with Adam Sandler as Canteen Boy).
375	December 17, 1994	George Foreman	Hole
376	January 14, 1995	Jeff Daniels	Luscious Jackson	The names of former NBA stars Bob McAdoo, Kevin McHale, and Kurt Rambis are used for characters in the "Mystery Dinner Theater" sketch. This was the first episode for Mark McKinney.
377	January 21, 1995	David Hyde Pierce	Live	This was the last episode for Mike Myers.
378	February 11, 1995	Bob Newhart	Des'ree	The end of the episode has a part where Bob Newhart wakes up next to Suzanne Pleshette (as he did on the last episode of "Newhart") and tells him about his nightmare hosting SNL. Pleshette's remark, "Saturday Night Live? Is that show still on?" is a jab at the show's longevity and (at the time) perceived decline in quality.
379	February 18, 1995	Deion Sanders	Bon Jovi Deion Sanders	In the "Juggernaut Force" sketch, when Chris Farley runs up the stairs of the spaceship, his pants fall down, revealing his bare buttocks. All reruns on NBC and in the TV special "SNL Remembers Chris Farley" (during the montage of Farley's many pratfalls, culminating in the famous blooper where he flies over the Weekend Update desk and gets stuck in the stagelights) digitally blur out Farley's rear end. The 60-minute syndicated version doesn't air the "Juggernaut" force sketch at all.
380	February 25, 1995	George Clooney	The Cranberries	This is Janeane Garofalo's last episode, as well as Molly Shannon's first as a featured performer.
381	March 18, 1995	Paul Reiser	Annie Lennox
382	March 25, 1995	John Goodman	The Tragically Hip	Dan Aykroyd made an appearance reprising two of his recurring characters in this episode: dangerous toy manufacturer Irwin Mainway from "Consumer Probe" and Elwood Blues from the Blues Brothers.
383	April 8, 1995	Damon Wayans	Dionne Farris	Damon Wayans brought some of his famous characters from In Living Color over to this episode, including homeless wino Anton Jackson and flamboyant Men on Film film critic Blaine Edwards. During the sketch featuring the latter character, David Alan Grier reprised his role as Antoine Merriweather, Blaine's co-host.
384	April 15, 1995	Courteney Cox	Dave Matthews Band	During Cox's monologue, Adam Sandler appeared on stage as Bruce Springsteen. Cox appeared in Springsteen's video, "Dancing in the Dark."
385	May 6, 1995	Bob Saget	TLC
386	May 13, 1995	David Duchovny	Rod Stewart	This is the last episode to feature Kevin Nealon, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Ellen Cleghorne, Michael McKean and Chris Elliott. Of that group, only Nealon and Cleghorne left on their own terms; the rest were fired.

Season 21

See History of Saturday Night Live (1995-2000) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
387	September 30, 1995	Mariel Hemingway	Blues Traveler	Prince (back when he was known as "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince") was originally booked for this episode as the musical guest.
388	October 7, 1995	Chevy Chase	Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories	Chevy Chase's monologue (where he reminisces about being in the original cast of SNL while singing "When You Wish Upon A Star") is edited from the 60-minute syndicated rerun.
389	October 21, 1995	David Schwimmer	Natalie Merchant	David's Friends co-stars Lisa Kudrow and Jennifer Aniston (The latter whom appears in a Spade in America sketch) appear in his opening monologue, along with Jimmie Walker, Gary Coleman and Barry Williams. In the live show version of the "Rita Delvecchio" sketch, Cheri Oteri gets her housecoat stuck on a hockey net and mutters, "Look at this shit!" Nothing was made of the on-air cursing, except that Oteri had to put a dollar in a swear jar and all reruns of this episode (NBC, Comedy Central, and E!) muted out the word.
390	October 28, 1995	Gabriel Byrne	Alanis Morissette
391	November 11, 1995	Quentin Tarantino	The Smashing Pumpkins
392	November 18, 1995	Laura Leighton	Rancid
393	December 2, 1995	Anthony Edwards	Foo Fighters
394	December 9, 1995	David Alan Grier	Silverchair
395	December 16, 1995	Madeline Kahn	Bush
396	January 13, 1996	Christopher Walken	Joan Osborne	The 60-minute syndicated version adds three commercial parodies: Old Glory Insurance (from the Laura Leighton/Rancid episode, the Madeline Kahn/Bush episode, and the Teri Hatcher/Dave Matthews Band episode), Gangsta Bitch Barbie (from the Chevy Chase/Lisa Loeb episode and the Madeline Kahn/Bush episode), and John-John Mackey's Storm-Tracker AccuCast (from the Madeline Kahn/Bush episode) to fill up time lost by cutting all of Weekend Update, the Connie Stintson talk show sketch, and the monologue. For the original broadcast, Osborne rehearsed a second song, "Right Hand Man", but it was cut. However, the rehearsal taping of the song was included on the "Best of 1995-1996" episode.
397	January 20, 1996	Alec Baldwin	Tori Amos	Tori Amos performs "Caught A Lite Sneeze" and "Hey Jupiter".
398	February 10, 1996	Danny Aiello	Coolio
399	February 17, 1996	Tom Arnold	Tupac Shakur
400	February 24, 1996	Elle MacPherson	Sting
401	March 16, 1996	John Goodman	Everclear	Everclear rehearsed a second song, "Heartspark Dollarsign", but it was cut from the original broadcast.
402	March 23, 1996	Phil Hartman	Gin Blossoms	This episode marked the first appearance of Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan's "Roxbury Guys" characters; however, their appearance differs greatly (notably lacking their "theme music" (Haddaway's What is Love? dance hit)) from all subsequent episodes and the film A Night at the Roxbury.
403	April 13, 1996	Steve Forbes	Rage Against the Machine	Rage Against the Machine wanted to protest to having presidential candidate Steve Forbes as guest host on the program that night. To make that statement, RATM hung two upside-down American flags from their amps. Seconds before they took the stage to perform "Bulls on Parade", SNL and NBC sent stagehands in to pull the flags down. The inverted flags, says guitarist Tom Morello, represented "our contention that American democracy is inverted when what passes for democracy is an electoral choice between two representatives of the privileged class. America's freedom of expression is inverted when you're free to say anything you want to say until it upsets a corporate sponsor. Finally, this was our way of expressing our opinion of the show's host, Steve Forbes. They said the sponsors would be upset, and that because Steve Forbes was on, they had to run a 'tighter' show." SNL also told the band it would mute objectionable lyrics in "Bullet In The Head" (which was supposed to be RATM's second song). SNL even insisted that the song be bleeped in the studio because Forbes had friends and family there.
404	April 20, 1996	Teri Hatcher	Dave Matthews Band
405	May 11, 1996	Christine Baranski	The Cure
406	May 18, 1996	Jim Carrey	Soundgarden	Carrey was asked to host when the original host backed out at the last minute. Carrey performs an impersonation of Jimmy Stewart during The Joe Pesci Show sketch. Stewart was one of Carrey's better-known (and first-ever) impersonations he did at comedy clubs during his early days in stand-up comedy. Chris Kattan has stated in an interview that Carrey was the best "third Roxbury Guy" character he and Ferrell had ever performed with. Last episode for stage manager Joe Dicso (who had been in his position since the show's 1975 inception) and cast members David Spade, Nancy Walls and David Koechner.

Season 22

See History of Saturday Night Live (1995-2000) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
407	September 28, 1996	Tom Hanks	Tom Petty	Olympic athlete Kerri Strug made a cameo appearance on Weekend Update alonsgide Chris Kattan, who would often imitate her on the show.
408	October 5, 1996	Lisa Kudrow	Sheryl Crow
409	October 19, 1996	Bill Pullman	New Edition
410	October 26, 1996	Dana Carvey	Dr. Dre
411	November 2, 1996	Chris Rock	The Wallflowers	Dana Carvey makes a cameo appearance, most notably as George H. W. Bush, who tells Norm MacDonald's Bob Dole to give up hope on the 1996 election. Abe Vigoda makes a cameo appearance, saying only the line: "Clinton's a shmuck."
412	November 16, 1996	Robert Downey, Jr.	Fiona Apple	Bob Dole made an appearance in the cold opening in which he and his wife, Elizabeth, ask Norm MacDonald to stop impersonating him after the 1996 elections were over, and Dole lost.
413	November 23, 1996	Phil Hartman	Bush
414	December 7, 1996	Martin Short	No Doubt	Chevy Chase makes a cameo appearance (to massive applause) during a sketch featuring Short's Ed Grimley character. This marked the fifth straight episode in which a former cast member hosts.
415	December 14, 1996	Rosie O'Donnell	Whitney Houston	O'Donnell's co-star in Kmart TV commercials, director/actress Penny Marshall, makes an appearance during the monologue and in a Mary Katherine Gallagher sketch.
416	January 11, 1997	Kevin Spacey	Beck	Monty Python cast members Michael Palin and John Cleese have cameos, appearing in the cold opening as well as in select sketches (at one point, Palin announces that he is "the star of TV's Home Improvement, Tim Allen"). The highlight of the show came when Cleese and Palin took over the show for one segment to perform their classic Dead Parrot sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus.
417	January 18, 1997	David Alan Grier	Snoop Doggy Dogg
418	February 8, 1997	Neve Campbell	David Bowie	David Spade makes an appearance during the monologue, and he also does The Hollywood Minute during Weekend Update.
419	February 15, 1997	Chevy Chase	Live	As an SNL host (as opposed to cast member), Chase had long had a reputation for being difficult and insulting to the cast and crew, as described in the book, "Live From New York: The Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live". During the week of his 1997 appearance he offended the staff with lewd comments, and embarrassed Lorne Michaels so badly that he was subsequently banned for life from hosting SNL (although he would later cameo in several episodes, including the Chris Farley/Mighty Mighty Bosstones episode from season 23, the Bill Murray/Lucinda Williams episode from season 24, and the Seann William Scott/Sum-41 episode from season 27).
420	February 22, 1997	Alec Baldwin	Tina Turner
421	March 15, 1997	Sting	Veruca Salt
422	March 22, 1997	Mike Myers	Aerosmith
423	April 12, 1997	Rob Lowe	The Spice Girls	Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro make cameo appearances during a "Joe Pesci Show" sketch. Colin Quinn portrays DeNiro (alongside Jim Breuer's Pesci) after Alec Baldwin had to back out of the guest role. It is said that audience members laughing at the Spice Girls' musical numbers is clearly audible. Norm MacDonald slips and says "What the fuck was that?" to himself after choking on his words in the middle of a Weekend Update joke. The audience applauds the error, prompting MacDonald to reply "My farewell performance" and "Maybe I'll see you next week, folks." NBC received only three complaints about the goof and all reruns on NBC and syndication mute out the obscenity.
424	April 19, 1997	Pamela Anderson	Rollins Band	Anderson's then-husband, rocker Tommy Lee, makes an appearance as himself in two sketches.
425	May 10, 1997	John Goodman	Jewel	Mike Myers makes a cameo appearance to promote Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.
426	May 17, 1997	Jeff Goldblum	En Vogue	Robert Smigel's "Fun With Real Audio" cartoon (about a talk show made from animal excrement, bodily fluid, and trash) was almost cut from this episode because it depicted animals defecating, but it aired anyway. This is Mark McKinney's last episode.

Season 23

See History of Saturday Night Live (1995-2000) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
427	September 27, 1997	Sylvester Stallone	Jamiroquai	The initial 1996 Olympics bombing suspect Richard Jewell makes a guest appearance, where, in a highly publicized sketch, he punches Janet Reno (played by Will Ferrell) in the gut, with Reno responding, "Same time next week?". Jewell also appeared alongside Norm MacDonald on Weekend Update.
428	October 4, 1997	Matthew Perry	Oasis
429	October 18, 1997	Brendan Fraser	Björk	This episode marked the first appearance of Mango. [5] A Roxbury Guys sketch was cut after dress rehearsal(footage from the week's rehearsal was shown on Access Hollywood)
430	October 25, 1997	Chris Farley	The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	Chevy Chase and Chris Rock have cameo appearances in the cold opening and monologue. Chicago NewsAnchor and Reporter Bill Kurtis along with George Wendt and Mike Ditka appear in a pre-recorded Where Are They Now?-type sketch featuring "Bill Swerski's Super fans." This would turn out to be Farley's last-ever appearance on the show. The 60-minute syndicated version edits out the cold opening where Lorne Michaels doesn't want Chris Farley to host, but Tim Meadows and Chevy Chase convince him. Also cut is the monologue where Chris Rock and Tim Meadows stall for time when Farley fails to show up. The cast and crew were unsure if Farley would be able to perform on Saturday. Chris Rock hung around all week and had prepared a monologue and a few sketches in case Farley was unable to go on.
431	November 8, 1997	Jon Lovitz	Jane's Addiction
432	November 15, 1997	Claire Danes	Mariah Carey
433	November 22, 1997	Rudolph Giuliani	Sarah McLachlan	The 60-minute rerun version of this episode only shows a minute of the "Freakin' Giuliani" sketch where a cab driver (played by Rudolph Giuliani) complains about the changes in New York thanks to the mayor at the time (Giuliani). The sketch fades to black after the cab driver says, "Freakin' Giuliani!"
434	December 6, 1997	Nathan Lane	Metallica	Lane's The Lion King co-star, Ernie Sabella, makes a cameo appearance during the monologue, in which both sing a few bars of Hakuna Matata. In the 60-minute rerun of this episode, the monologue where Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, and Ana Gasteyer go around Studio 8H singing, Hakuna Matata, cuts off after Ernie Sabella's surprise appearance.
435	December 13, 1997	Helen Hunt	Hanson	Hunt's As Good As It Gets co-star Jack Nicholson makes a cameo appearance during the monologue and in a "Roxbury Guys" sketch. Todd Hundley, Scott Rolen, Mark Wohlers, Marty Cordova, Jeff Fassero, Gregg Jefferies, Mark Grudzielanek, Rondell White, Todd Zeile, Russ Davis, Cliff Floyd, David Howard, Mike Sweeney and Gerald Williams make an appearance in one sketch. This episode features Norm Macdonald's last appearance as Weekend Update anchor.
436	January 10, 1998	Samuel L. Jackson	Ben Folds Five	Colin Quinn takes over as Weekend Update anchor in this episode.
437	January 17, 1998	Sarah Michelle Gellar	Portishead	The Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Seinfeld sketch is not shown in the 60-minute rerun versions. Portishead performs what is often considered their best live version of "Only You" to an audience that seems to think they are from another planet. After the final notes of the performance, a stagehand begins to applaud, sparking a delayed response from the audience.
438	February 7, 1998	John Goodman	Paula Cole	Dan Aykroyd cameos in this episode, reprising two of his popular recurring characters, Elwood Blues from The Blues Brothers (during the monologue) and Irwin Mainway from "Consumer Probe" (in the Judge Judy sketch), and impersonating Bob Dole in the cold opening.
439	February 14, 1998	Roma Downey	Missy Misdemeanor Elliott	While not appearing in any sketches, soon-to-be-ousted cast member Norm MacDonald surprised Downey and others by rushing onstage to join the cast during the show's goodnights. Newt Gingrich was scheduled to host this episode.
440	February 28, 1998	Garth Brooks		Robert Duvall made a guest appearance in two sketches, one of which is the game show parody "Who's More Grizzled?" where he tells the game show host (played by Norm MacDonald) that he doesn't like him. In a bit of an in-joke, Norm replies, "Yeah, I get that a lot".
441	March 7, 1998	Scott Wolf	Natalie Imbruglia	This is Norm MacDonald's last episode as a castmember.
442	March 14, 1998	Julianne Moore	Backstreet Boys	All reruns on NBC, Comedy Central, and E! edit out the "Conspiracy Theory Rock" TV Funhouse cartoon.
443	April 4, 1998	Steve Buscemi	Third Eye Blind
444	April 11, 1998	Greg Kinnear	All Saints
445	May 2, 1998	Matthew Broderick	Natalie Merchant	Tenacious D appear as a special guest.
446	May 9, 1998	David Duchovny	Puff Daddy Jimmy Page	This is the last episode for Jim Breuer.

Season 24

See History of Saturday Night Live (1995-2000) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
447	September 26, 1998	Cameron Diaz	Smashing Pumpkins	Jonathan Richman and Tommy Larkins, who performed musical interludes in Diaz' film There's Something About Mary, make a cameo appearance after a sketch. Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd have cameos, reprising their roles as The Fenstruk Bros. (a.k.a "The Wild and Crazy Guys") Donald Trump was originally scheduled to host. He would eventually host five seasons later. John Goodman makes a cameo appearance as Linda Tripp during the cold opening.
448	October 3, 1998	Kelsey Grammer	Sheryl Crow	Grammer appears less than a month after Frasier had won five Emmys. Shaquille O'Neal was the producers first choice to host, but he declined and said he just wanted to appear in a couple sketches. He appeared in two sketches: "Big Bernard" about an overgrown man who comes home late and receives a spanking by his father (played by Tracy Morgan) and "Morning Latte" as himself.
449	October 17, 1998	Lucy Lawless	Elliott Smith	Chucky (the possessed doll from Bride of Chucky and related films) makes a guest appearance on "Weekend Update." Judge Judy appears as herself in a sketch in which she's being mocked by Cheri Oteri.
450	October 24, 1998	Ben Stiller	Alanis Morissette	Yankee players David Cone, Felix Heredia and David Wells appear in the opening monologue.
451	November 7, 1998	David Spade	Eagle-Eye Cherry	Brad Pitt appears in the cold opening where David Spade visits his therapist (played by Pitt) about his overwhelming fame. Former castmember Chris Rock cameos in a Mango sketch as an admirer of a new dancer named Kiwi (played by David Spade)
452	November 14, 1998	Joan Allen	Jewel	In the Jensen Mint fake commercial, the NBC version and all reruns at the time it first came on actually show the middle finger on all of the currency (the coin given to the bum played by Horatio Sanz and the dollar given to the bum played by Tim Meadows). The 60-minute syndicated version digitally blurs out the obscene gesture. The NBC Late Night rerun of this episode cuts out the fake commercial altogether.
453	November 21, 1998	Jennifer Love Hewitt	Beastie Boys	Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz makes a cameo appearance during the Spartan Cheerleaders sketch.
454	December 5, 1998	Vince Vaughn	Lauryn Hill
455	December 12, 1998	Alec Baldwin	Luciano Pavarotti Vanessa Williams	The musical segment featuring Vanessa Williams and Luciano Pavarotti is not shown in syndication. The monologue where Alec Baldwin's mediocre monologue is mocked in a future episode of SNL is also cut from syndication. John Goodman has a cameo appearance during Baldwin's monologue and in the "Bill Brasky" sketch featuring Goodman, Will Ferrell, and Alec Baldwin as the drunken businessmen.
456	January 9, 1999	Bill Paxton	Beck	Titanic director James Cameron has a pre-recorded cameo in a sketch parodying his film. Debbie Matenopoulos appears as herself in a parody of The View (After she was fired from the show).
457	January 16, 1999	James Van Der Beek	Everlast	Darrell Hammond replaces an absent Don Pardo as announcer, particularly in a two-part running gag where Don Pardo (Darrell Hammond) tries to seduce Van Der Beek.
458	February 6, 1999	Gwyneth Paltrow	Barenaked Ladies	This episode was submitted for Emmy consideration for 1998-1999. Ben Affleck cameos in Gwenyth's opening monologue; she would later cameo in his opening monologue when he hosted in season 25.
459	February 13, 1999	Brendan Fraser	Busta Rhymes The Roots	Former SNL writer/featured player Tom Davis appears in the monologue. The monologue where Brendan Fraser and Lorne Michaels find Tom Davis in the SNL bomb shelter is cut in the 60-minute rerun versions. Other cameos include: George Plimpton (after the "Shut Up and Enjoy the Ozzy" sketch) and John Goodman (as Linda Tripp during the cold opening).
460	February 20, 1999	Bill Murray	Lucinda Williams	Former castmember (and co-star of Caddyshack) Chevy Chase appears in the "Quotable Caddyshack" sketch to re-enact his one scene with Bill Murray. Stephanie Seymour cameos in the cold opening.
461	March 13, 1999	Ray Romano	The Corrs	Romano's Everybody Loves Raymond co-stars Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts make cameo appearances during the monologue, in which Boyle discusses his time as host in the 1970s and Roberts discusses her role in My Giant.
462	March 20, 1999	Drew Barrymore	Garbage	Edward Norton cameos in a VH1 commercial parody as Daryl Dragon (with Drew Barrymore as Toni Tennille)
463	April 10, 1999	John Goodman	Tom Petty
464	May 8, 1999	Cuba Gooding, Jr.	Ricky Martin	Monica Lewinsky made a special appearance in the cold opening where Bill Clinton (played by Darrell Hammond) imagines life after his Presidency, and in a sketch with Tim Meadows's Ladies Man character. The cold opening is replaced in reruns with a dress rehearsal because the dog Darrell Hammond was petting ran away in the live show version.
465	May 15, 1999	Sarah Michelle Gellar	Backstreet Boys	David Boreanaz, Howie Dorough from the Backstreet Boys, and Seth Green cameo in the recurring sketch, "Tiger Beat's Ultra Super Duper Dreamy Love Show"

Season 25

See History of Saturday Night Live (1995-2000) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
466	October 2, 1999	Jerry Seinfeld	David Bowie	This episode features an Oz parody in which Dean Winters, Harold Perrineau, J.K. Simmons and Lee Tergesen appear as their TV characters.
467	October 16, 1999	Heather Graham	Marc Anthony	A parody of Vh1's Where Are They Now? was featured with Hans and Franz, in which Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon appear as said characters. This sketch was originally supposed to air on SNL's 25th anniversary special, but was cut.
468	October 23, 1999	Norm MacDonald	Dr. Dre Snoop Dogg Eminem	This episode was delayed 14 minutes due to the World Series. All reruns of this episode mute out Norm MacDonald's use of the word "goddamn" (he says it once in the monologue when he asked, "How did I get so goddamned funny?" and three times during the Inside the Actor's Studio sketch). The 60-minute rerun of this episode only airs the performance of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, even though Eminem's name is mentioned in the opening credits.
469	November 6, 1999	Dylan McDermott	Foo Fighters
470	November 13, 1999	Garth Brooks	Garth Brooks (as Chris Gaines)	In a callback to Brooks' appearance on show #440, Brooks does a skit with Mango as Chris Gaines, then unmasks him.
471	November 20, 1999	Jennifer Aniston	Sting	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire winner John Carpenter appeared in the cold opening, where he got the honor of announcing "Live from New York, It's Saturday Night!"
472	December 4, 1999	Christina Ricci	Beck
473	December 11, 1999	Danny DeVito	R.E.M.	Jim Carrey (who at the time was in the film, Man on the Moon) was originally scheduled to host, but backed out due to scheduling conflicts. R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe makes an appearance in a "Mango" sketch with Chris Kattan. The Rockettes guest star in a sketch featuring Molly Shannon's character Sally O'Malley. Almost all of the sketches in this episode either feature recurring characters or are recurring sketches. The only non-recurring sketch is the "Press Conference Playset" fake commercial.
474	January 8, 2000	Jamie Foxx	Blink-182
475	January 15, 2000	Freddie Prinze, Jr.	Macy Gray
476	February 5, 2000	Alan Cumming	Jennifer Lopez	Jon Stewart was originally asked to host, but backed out. He would host the show two seasons later.
477	February 12, 2000	Julianna Margulies	DMX
478	February 19, 2000	Ben Affleck	Fiona Apple	Gwenyth Paltrow makes an appearance in Affleck's monologue (Affleck made an appearance in Paltrow's monologue when she hosted in 1998).
479	March 11, 2000	Joshua Jackson	*NSYNC	NSYNC makes appearances in two sketches.
480	March 18, 2000	The Rock	AC/DC	Professional wrestlers Mick Foley (Mankind, Cactus Jack, and Dude Love), Triple H and The Big Show appear in the cold opening (alongside Vince McMahon), monologue, and the Nicotrel sketch where they (and The Rock) beat up Chris Parnell.
481	April 8, 2000	Christopher Walken	Christina Aguilera	Former castmember Dana Carvey returns in this episode as George H.W. Bush during the cold opening. The sketch Behind the Music: Blue Oyster Cult was an award winner for Christopher Walken, and the slogan - "More Cowbell!" - would be featured on various memorabilia. Tina Fey (back when she was a writer for the show) appears in the "Viagra" fake commercial as one of the unhappy wives. A sketch that got cut after dress rehearsal, about a dying hospital patient (Ana Gasteyer) who meets a strange angel (Christopher Walken) and doesn't believe that he's here to save her, can be seen as an extra in the DVD version of the SNL special, "The Best of Christopher Walken".
482	April 15, 2000	Tobey Maguire	Sisqó	Eve was originally asked to be the musical guest. Shortly before the end of the musical number, the Thong Song, one of the dancer's transparent skirts can be seen falling off, and is quickly pulled back up by the wearer. An embarrassed look on her face can be seen after the song ends during the applause. It is still shown in reruns of the episode. Reruns on NBC and E! have a dress rehearsal version of Sisqo's musical performance because in the live show, his microphone went dead and he had to wait for a stage hand to give him another one.
483	May 6, 2000	John Goodman	Neil Young
484	May 13, 2000	Britney Spears		At 18, Britney Spears broke the record for being the youngest person in SNL history to host and musical guest the same episode. Cheri Oteri's mother and Sarah Michelle Gellar appear in this episode to introduce Britney Spears's two performances,
485	May 20, 2000	Jackie Chan	Kid Rock	Cameos by Sarah Michelle Gellar, Gina Gershon, Florence Henderson (from "The Brady Bunch"), and former SNL band leader, G.E. Smith. Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio joined Kid Rock on guitar for his second song Only God Knows Why. The NBC rerun of this episode edits out the "Zimmermans At The Golf Course" sketch and replaces it with a short film called, "The Procedure" starring Andy Richter and Willem Dafoe. This is the last episode for Tim Meadows, Cheri Oteri and Colin Quinn.

Season 26

See History of Saturday Night Live (2000-2005) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
486	October 7, 2000	Rob Lowe	Eminem	Consumer advocate, former SNL host, and 2000 Presidential nominee Ralph Nader has a cameo appearance during the monologue. As of this episode, Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey are the new anchors of Weekend Update.
487	October 14, 2000	Kate Hudson	Radiohead	Kevin Spacey was producers first choice to host this episode, but filming for his movie K-Pax prevented him from doing so. Nomar Garciaparra appears as himself during a Sully and Denise sketch. Radiohead performed The National Anthem with an accompaning horn section live for only the second time ever.
488	October 21, 2000	Dana Carvey	The Wallflowers	Robert DeNiro appears as himself during Weekend Update to discuss Jimmy Fallon's negative review of Meet the Parents, which was discussed on the previous episode.
489	November 4, 2000	Charlize Theron	Paul Simon
490	November 11, 2000	Calista Flockhart	Ricky Martin	Chris Kattan impersonates Ricky Martin right before the real Ricky Martin performs "Loaded."
491	November 18, 2000	Tom Green	David Gray	Drew Barrymore was in the audience, and mentioned in the monologue by Tom Green, who said he would like to marry her during the show. Barrymore declined. According to the book "Live From New York, The Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live", Tom Green brought in his own writers for this episode, which didn't please the cast. The TV Funhouse cartoon, a Fun With Real Audio called Sex and the Country, was replaced in the NBC rerun with the TV Funhouse cartoon about Mr. T auditioning for a tampon commercial due to its depiction of humans having sex with animals. This was also cut on Comedy Central when they aired 60-minute reruns of SNL, but the version currently airing on E! has shown this cartoon.
492	December 9, 2000	Val Kilmer	U2	During U2's performance of "Elevation", Bono jumped off the stage and continued singing while playing with the camera and wandering around the studio. The unplanned move was parodied during the following week's "Weekend Update" segment.
493	December 16, 2000	Lucy Liu	Jay-Z	Jimmy Fallon parodies Bono's antics during his performance of Elevation on the previous episode during Weekend Update. Jay-Z cameos in the Robert Goulet Rap Album sketch. In that sketch, Jay-Z mutters the word, "Shit!" when the ashes off his marijuana joint fall off. This was not censored when it aired in reruns on NBC (the syndicated version of this episode doesn't air the sketch at all).
494	January 13, 2001	Charlie Sheen	Nelly Furtado
495	January 20, 2001	Mena Suvari	Lenny Kravitz	Janet Reno makes a special appearance in the cold opening, where she confronts the "Janet Reno" portrayed by Will Ferrell. She later appears herself in Janet Reno's Dance Party. Lenny Kravitz appears in two live sketches as himself; one as holding auditions for Kyle and Sean DeMarco (Chris Kattan and Chris Parnell) and another going through airport security.
496	February 10, 2001	Jennifer Lopez		This episode was delayed due to coverage of the XFL games. Lorne Michaels was so upset over this that he demanded that the episode be rerun in its entirety three weeks after the original air date.
497	February 17, 2001	Sean Hayes	Shaggy	This is Molly Shannon's last episode as a castmember.
498	February 24, 2001	Katie Holmes	Dave Matthews Band	Dave Matthews Band's second song, The Space Between, was its world premiere, other than the album version leaking on the internet.
499	March 10, 2001	Conan O'Brien	Don Henley	Conan O'Brien served as a staff writer on the show from 1988-1991, making him the first non-castmember writer to return as host. Ben Affleck's appearance at the end of the Boston Teens at the Liquor Store sketch was not in the dress rehearsal version. Max Weinberg, drummer on the Conan O'Brien show, appears in O'Brien's opening monologue.
500	March 17, 2001	Julia Stiles	Aerosmith
501	April 7, 2001	Alec Baldwin	Coldplay	*David Spade makes a cameo appearance on Weekend Update to plug his movie Joe Dirt. Co-star and rocker Kid Rock also makes an appearance and does a couple "Hollywood Minute" jokes.
502	April 14, 2001	Renée Zellweger	Eve	During the week of this episode, the cast including the recently departed Molly Shannon would film the Mother's Day special that would air in May. As a favor, the writers wrote her into the crazy doctor sketch that aired during this episode.
503	May 5, 2001	Pierce Brosnan	Destiny's Child	Julia Stiles made a cameo appearance in the cold opening, as George W. Bush's daughter, Jenna.
504	May 12, 2001	Lara Flynn Boyle	Bon Jovi
505	May 19, 2001	Christopher Walken	Weezer	An April Fool's joke that got out of control stated that Drew Carey would host this episode and that he had convinced Lorne Michaels to let him do an all-improv show. Many wire services even picked up on the rumor, but it was debunked a few days later by Drew Carey's publicist. Former castmember Kevin Nealon appears during Weekend Update to tell viewers that he's not on SNL anymore and that viewers who do see him are watching reruns from the 1990s that used to air on Comedy Central. Winona Ryder, who would later host the last episode of season 27, appears during The Weekend Update Cliffhanger.

Season 27

See History of Saturday Night Live (2000-2005) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
506	September 29, 2001	Reese Witherspoon	Alicia Keys	The episode premiered less than 3 weeks following the terrorist attacks of September 11. New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, along with members of the New York Fire Department appear in the cold opening to encourage New York and Saturday Night Live to carry on in the face of adversity. When asked by Lorne Michaels "can we be funny?", Giuliani replied "why start now?" In addition to appearances by Giuliani and the NYFD, Paul Simon played The Boxer during the cold opening. This marks the first time that Michaels (or any other executive producer) approved the use of the word fuck on air. Instead of "I'm freezing my balls off," the original punchline to Reese's joke in the monologue was "I'm fucking freezing!" Michaels wanted her to swear (promising he'd pay the fine) since he wanted to show that New York was back up and running. She decided not to at the last minute since she has so many young fans. On the original airing of this episode and the next, Chris Parnell's voice-over remained for the Weekend Update opening sequence (even though he had been fired from the show). It was subsequently re-recorded by Amy Poehler.
507	October 6, 2001	Seann William Scott	Sum 41	Former castmember Ben Stiller was asked to host the episode, but backed out due to the 9/11 attacks stating "It's impossible to be funny at this time.". SNL crew member Rosie Shuster said in the "Live from New York" book that "Ben is from New York, he should be fucking showing up with bells on to help the city through this". She was also displeased that while he disagreed to promote his film Zoolander by hosting SNL, he was appearing on Today, The View, and various other programs. Seann William Scott was originally booked to host the following episode, but he was bumped up when Ben Stiller canceled.
508	October 13, 2001	Drew Barrymore	Macy Gray	Drew Barrymore nearly backed out of hosting, citing fear of flying after the 9/11 attacks. After agreeing to host, rehearsals for this week's episode were interrupted when an NBC employee tested positive for anthrax in the same building where SNL is broadcast. The show went on that Saturday as scheduled.
509	November 3, 2001	John Goodman	Ja Rule	Former castmember and special guest Dan Aykroyd revises his recurring character, Leonard Pinth-Garnell, for the sketch "Bad Conceptual Theater". Dan Aykroyd was brought in to pad sketches during rehearsals when John Goodman was too sick to come in.
510	November 10, 2001	Gwyneth Paltrow	Ryan Adams	The original version of this episode has a TV Funhouse cartoon about Michael Jackson proving to his weird entourage that he doesn't lust after boys anymore. On the NBC rerun, this was replaced with another TV Funhouse cartoon, a "Fun With Real Audio" about Pat Robertson promoting stem cells which turns into a cartoon about Britney Spears that played on the West Coast airing of this episode (the syndicated reruns don't air either cartoon).
511	November 17, 2001	Billy Bob Thornton	Creed	Future host Ashton Kutcher makes a cameo appearance during the monologue.
512	December 1, 2001	Derek Jeter	Shakira Bubba Sparxxx	Bubba Sparxxx's performance is cut out in the 60-minute versions of the episode.
513	December 8, 2001	Hugh Jackman	Mick Jagger	On December 31, 2006, this became the final Classic SNL aired. The timeslot went to Poker After Dark starting on January 5, 2007.
514	December 15, 2001	Ellen DeGeneres	No Doubt	Chris Parnell makes a vocal cameo appearance as Tom Brokaw during the "Narrator Who Ruined Christmas" cartoon. Robert Smigel did not agree with Parnell's firing and pushed for him to reprise his impression. Smigel notes on the "Best of TV Funhouse" DVD commentary that Parnell had nothing but good things to say about the show that had fired him when he came in to record his lines. Parnell will subsequently rejoin the cast a few episodes later.
515	January 12, 2002	Josh Hartnett	Pink	Cameron Diaz and Outkast were scheduled to be host and musical guest respectively in this episode. Both backed out at the last minute, but would appear in episodes later in the season. Will Ferrell does not appear in this episode since he was off filming the movie "Old School." He was removed from the opening credit sequence, which caused many fans to fear that he had permanently left the show.
516	January 19, 2002	Jack Black	The Strokes	Will Ferrell was prominently featured in the promos for this episode to assure viewers that he had not left the show (after being absent for the previous episode).
517	February 2, 2002	Britney Spears		Britney Spears is the only female to pull double-duty (Hosting & Performing on the same episode) twice. Former cast member Dan Aykroyd cameos in two sketches (the Mormon skiers cold opening and Jimmy Fallon's Leather Man sketch) Future host Justin Timberlake makes a cameo appearance during Britney's monologue.
518	March 2, 2002	Jonny Moseley	Outkast	Chris Parnell rejoins the cast after being fired at the end of last season for budgetary reasons. His return was not known about until this episode aired, and it was not actually mentioned on-air by anyone (although a mention was cut after dress rehearsal). Parnell appeared in a number of sketches in this episode an attempt to reintegrate him back into the cast. Darrell Hammond does not appear in this episode since he was in rehab for his alcohol addiction. Will Ferrell, who was originally not supposed to appear in this episode, was flown in from the set of "Old School" at the last minute to make up for Hammond's absence. Hammond's absence also contributed to Chris Parnell's return. Olympic gold medalist Sarah Hughes was originally supposed to make an appearance on this episode, but she backed out when her managers did not approve of the material that had been written for her.
519	March 9, 2002	Jon Stewart	India.Arie	Mike Judge, creator of Beavis and Butthead and King of the Hill, appears in the TV Funhouse "Fun With Real Audio" providing the voices for Beavis and Butthead. Chris Parnell is again featured in a number of sketches in an effort to reintegrate him back into the cast. Will Ferrell did not appear in this episode since he was off filming "Old School." Darrell Hammond returns from rehab with this episode.
520	March 16, 2002	Ian McKellen	Kylie Minogue	According to the book, "Live From New York: The Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live", the kiss between Maggie Smith (Ian McKellen) and Jimmy Fallon on Weekend Update was real and planned for the show, but McKellen slipping his tongue in Fallon's mouth, Jimmy's disgusted reaction, and Jimmy's lines "Maggie Smith should shave" and "Does this mean I'm knighted? Or did I just get queened" were not planned/scripted. This episode won an Emmy for writing, the show's first since 1989 (for the Alec Baldwin/B-52's episode) Will Ferrell did not appear in this episode since he was off filming "Old School."
521	April 6, 2002	Cameron Diaz	Jimmy Eat World	With the filming of his scenes from "Old School" complete, Will Ferrell returns to full-time duty.
522	April 13, 2002	The Rock	Andrew W.K.	The NBC rerun of this episode featured a tribute to SNL director Dave Wilson. The tribute consisted of behind-the-scenes footage of Wilson directing the beginning of the cold opening of his final show.
523	April 20, 2002	Alec Baldwin	P.O.D.	Elvis Costello was originally asked to be the musical guest, but declined. Alanis Morrissette was also asked, and declined as well. NBC never reran this episode, and it has never aired in syndication for unknown reasons. However, sketches from this episode were included on the "Best of Alec Baldwin" DVD.
524	May 11, 2002	Kirsten Dunst	Eminem	In the monologue, when Horatio Sanz throws up, he was originally supposed to vomit in a bucket, but the stage hand missed his cue. All NBC reruns and one-hour syndicated versions replace this with a dress rehearsal version where the stage hand doesn't miss his cue.
525	May 18, 2002	Winona Ryder	Moby	The real Alex Trebek appears in Will Ferrell's last Celebrity Jeopardy sketch; in fact, this was Ferrell's final regular show appearance as he left the series to focus on his film career. Producers originally asked Ewan McGregor to host, but he declined. According to the "Live From New York" autobiography, Winona Ryder was chosen to host as a way to appear in public again after getting caught shoplifting at Saks Fifth Avenue. Musical guest Moby appears in a Mango sketch parodying Winona Ryder's infamous shoplifting experience wearing a T-shirt that reads, "I Heart Eminem" (a back-reference to Eminem's appearance the previous week). The real Neil Diamond appears in the live show version of Weekend Update, but not the dress rehearsal. This is Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer's last episode.

Season 28

See History of Saturday Night Live (2000-2005) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
526	October 5, 2002	Matt Damon	Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band	Jim Cummings who does voicework in such children's cartoons as The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, and Animaniacs, was credited for doing voicework in the "Smurfette Show" TV Funhouse (Cummings voiced Gargamel and Papa Smurf). Ben Affleck was originally supposed to appear in the sketch where Matt Damon meets a doctor (played by Chris Parnell) who is also named Matt Damon, but backed out. Darrell Hammond played George W. Bush in the cold opening at dress rehearsal, but it was cut due to a poor response from the audience. According to a post show interview, Bruce Springsteen was asked to participate in sketches but he declined.
527	October 12, 2002	Sarah Michelle Gellar	Faith Hill	John McCain was originally booked to host this episode, but was rescheduled to October 19 prior to the season premiere. Chris Parnell takes over as George W. Bush from Will Ferrell. Parnell will play Bush five more times throughout the year and then be replaced by Darrell Hammond next season. NBC never reran this episode.
528	October 19, 2002	John McCain	White Stripes	This episode was pre-empted in many areas, including Washington DC, due to a sniper shooting earlier in the evening.
529	November 2, 2002	Eric McCormack	Jay-Z & Beyoncé	NBC never reran this episode.
530	November 9, 2002	Nia Vardalos	Eve	Anthony Hopkins was scheduled to host this show, but backed out the month before.
531	November 16, 2002	Brittany Murphy	Nelly	Nelly was originally planned to musical guest on the Sen. John McCain episode, but due to schedule conflicts, he backed out, and were booked for this episode instead. Kelly Rowland performs with Nelly on the first song. Cameos for this episode include former SNL castmembers Garrett Morris, Rob Schneider, and Adam Sandler.
532	December 7, 2002	Robert De Niro	Norah Jones	Harvey Keitel makes a cameo appearance during the Versace sketch. Jimmy Fallon makes a joke about Phish during Weekend Update. He then ad-libs, "see you next week Trey" as Phish was the musical guest the following week. Director Beth McCarthy-Miller later said that Robert DeNiro was "the worst host ever." due to his blatant disregard for direction. However, this did not keep DeNiro from hosting the show for a second time in season 30.
533	December 14, 2002	Al Gore	Phish	Al Franken returns in this episode to reprise his recurring character Stuart Smalley.
534	January 11, 2003	Jeff Gordon	Avril Lavigne	According to a post-show interview, Jeff Gordon rejected many sketch ideas, and didn't want to participate in too many sketches. A DeMarco Brothers sketch was cut after dress rehearsal because Avril Lavigne had a sore throat.
535	January 18, 2003	Ray Liotta	The Donnas	Elijah Wood and Red Hot Chili Peppers were considered to be host and musical guest for this episode. Elijah Wood would later host a season 29 Christmas special (with musical guest, Jet) and Red Hot Chili Peppers would later become the musical guest in season 31 for the episode hosted by Tom Hanks.
536	February 8, 2003	Matthew McConaughey	Dixie Chicks	During the goodnights, Matthew McConaughey is seen wearing only a towel around his waist. Matthew McConaughey grabbed Rachel Dratch's breasts during rehearsals of their blind date sketch. Dratch was not amused and showed footage of the incident when she appeared on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" a few months later.
537	February 15, 2003	Jennifer Garner	Beck	During the credits, Beck and his band parody the "Clappin" commercial from earlier in the show.
538	February 22, 2003	Christopher Walken	Foo Fighters	Steve Martin, Will Ferrell, and Britney Spears all make cameo appearances in the Weekend Update segment. Jim Carrey appeared during the Foo Fighters' second performance, using his leg as an air guitar on stage. Two sketches from this episode are included in the DVD version of the SNL clip show special "The Best of Christopher Walken": one is a dress rehearsal version of this episode's "The Continental" , which can be found under the title "The Making of 'The Continental'", in the extras section along with two other sketches cut from dress rehearsal from other episodes hosted by Walken and a sketch where Walken plays a crazy ship captain who apologizes to his life raft mates (played by Seth Meyers, Will Forte, and Fred Armisen) for sinking the ship. Christopher Walken receives over a minute of applause when he enters for his monologue, forcing him to repeatedly shush the audience so he can begin to deliever his lines.
539	March 8, 2003	Queen Latifah	Ms. Dynamite	Former castmember Dan Aykroyd appears as Bob Dole in the cold opening. Voice artists Jeff Bergman (who is one of the current voices of Bugs Bunny) and Tom Kenny (who voices Nickelodeon character SpongeBob SquarePants) provide voicework on the X-President's TV Funhouse.
540	March 15, 2003	Salma Hayek	Christina Aguilera	Edward Norton makes a cameo appearance in the monologue because he was dating Salma Hayek.
541	April 5, 2003	Bernie Mac	Good Charlotte	The George W. Bush cold opening was a last-minute replacement for a sketch about TV newsanchors gabbing about the Iraq War.
542	April 12, 2003	Ray Romano	Zwan	The "Uday Hussein for President" fake commercial was cut when NBC reran this episode in July 2003 because the real Uday Hussein had been killed during the Iraq war. The fake commercial is also removed from the 60-minute syndicated version.
543	May 3, 2003	Ashton Kutcher	50 Cent	Ashton Kutcher and Will Forte previously worked together on "That 70's Show," where Forte was a writer and story editor.
544	May 10, 2003	Adrien Brody	Sean Paul Wayne Wonder	The musical segment featuring Wayne Wonder is not shown (or mentioned in the opening credits) in syndication. Adrien Brody was banned from hosting again following his long and improvised introduction of musical guest Sean Paul. In a Howard Stern interview with castmember Tina Fey, Tina said that during a writer's meeting, Adrien Brody constantly dished out sketch ideas for the writers to write, but they were so bad that the writers turned it down, causing Brody to get upset. Renée Zellweger was the producers' first choice to host, but she backed out due to personal reasons.
545	May 17, 2003	Dan Aykroyd	Beyoncé	As part of his monologue, Dan Aykroyd performs alongside John Belushi's brother, Jim, as a Blues Brothers-esque singing group called "The Dancing Refrigerators". Rapper Jay-Z joined Beyoncé for her performance of "Crazy In Love." Former host John Goodman cameos in 3 sketches as a sign of gratitude to Aykroyd who would make cameo appearances in episodes hosted by him. (John Goodman hasn't made any appearances since this show) Dan Akyroyd didn't resurrect any former characters or impressions for the live show. There was a Fred Garvin male prostitute sketch that was cut after dress rehearsal. The Astronaut Jones sketch becomes one of the few recent characters to feature guest appearances from Original "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" (Aykroyd in this episode and Garret Morris in the Thanksgiving episode). This is Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan's last episode, as well as Dean Edwards'.

Season 29

See History of Saturday Night Live (2000-2005) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
546	October 4, 2003	Jack Black	John Mayer	The last sketch about telemarketers singing about their glory days ending is cut off abruptly due to the show running too long. Jack Black mispronounces John Mayer's last name as "Meyer" when he introduces him as musical guest. This is fixed in all reruns. Will Ferrell's cameo appearance in the monologue received so much applause that it extended the length of the monologue by an additional 45 seconds.
547	October 11, 2003	Justin Timberlake		Justin performed three songs and impersonated four celebrities: Michael Bolton, Robin Gibb, Ashton Kutcher and Jessica Simpson. Reruns of this episode on NBC and E! redub Maya Rudolph's singing the Christina Aguilera song "Beautiful" with unintelligible vocalizing during the "Punk'd: Barely Legal" fake commercial. The NBC rerun of this episode cuts Justin Timberlake's second performance and replaces it with the TV Funhouse from the Ben Affleck/N.E.R.D. episode and the "Fear Factor Kids" fake commercial from the Donald Trump/Toots and the Maytals episode. Carl Weathers (who hosted SNL in its 13th [1987-1988] season) cameos in a short sketch announcing his candidacy as governor of any state, parodying his Predator co-stars Jesse Ventura and Arnold Schwarzenegger's successful campaign for governor, as well as the numerous celebrities running for governor in the 2003 California recall election
548	October 18, 2003	Halle Berry	Britney Spears
549	November 1, 2003	Kelly Ripa	Outkast	Darrell Hammond takes over as George W. Bush, replacing Chris Parnell. However, Hammond will only play Bush once more before being replaced by Will Forte later this season.
550	November 8, 2003	Andy Roddick	Dave Matthews	John McEnroe cameos in a short piece after the "British Nanny" sketch where he and Chris Parnell comment on Roddick's hosting This was the public debut of Dave Matthews' solo project Dave Matthews & Friends, which toured extensively in the winter of 2003. The band included Trey Anastasio, who had previously performed on SNL with Kid Rock and his own band Phish.
551	November 15, 2003	Alec Baldwin	Missy Elliott	Former castmember Mike Myers appears in the monologue to plug the film "The Cat In The Hat".
552	December 6, 2003	Al Sharpton	Pink	Many NBC affiliates (particularly in Iowa) did not air this episode due to fear of breaking equal time laws (Al Sharpton was a presidential candidate at the time), and aired either three half-hour infomercials or the SNL special "The Best of Steve Martin" in its place. It finally aired on all NBC affiliates on July 31, 2004. This gave fodder for a Weekend Update segment entitled "Tina and Jimmy Making Fun of Cities That Aren't Showing SNL Tonight". Paris Hilton (who would later host a season 30 episode) appears on Weekend Update. Former castmember Tracy Morgan appears in the monologue as the young Al Sharpton, a sketch about the 3 Wise Men getting pulled over and in a sketch about racial stereotypes in a 1930s film. Johnny Cochran appears in the audience during the "Michael Jackson on a Roller Coaster" sketch.
553	December 13, 2003	Elijah Wood	Jet
554	January 10, 2004	Jennifer Aniston	The Black Eyed Peas
555	January 17, 2004	Jessica Simpson Nick Lachey	G-Unit	During the cold opening sketch, Jeff Richards ignored direction (indicative of the technical gaffes), which gave one more reason for the producers to fire him after this episode. Former SNL Writer James Eagan wrote Nick and Jessica's campy variety monologue. He would go on to write their primetime variety special and Christmas special.
556	February 7, 2004	Megan Mullally	Clay Aiken
557	February 14, 2004	Drew Barrymore	Kelis	Among the items cut from dress rehearsal included a sketch about the art of bartending with Drew Barrymore playing the bartender, a sketch in which all the girls dress up as flowers and sing, and a commercial about smoked sausages cooked by Firestarter (the character from Drew's early film career) This commercial was cut after dress but would later show up on air in 2007 during Drew Barrymore's next hosting gig. Will Forte plays George W. Bush for the first time.
558	February 21, 2004	Christina Aguilera	Maroon 5
559	March 6, 2004	Colin Firth	Norah Jones	Ana Gasteyer makes a guest appearance in the cold opening. Colin Firth was quite intrigued by the show and was very happy with his experience. He was grateful they let him host despite having nothing to promote. NBC never reran this episode.
560	March 13, 2004	Ben Affleck	N*E*R*D
561	April 3, 2004	Donald Trump	Toots & The Maytals, featuring Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Bootsy Collins, and The Roots	Then-future cast member Rob Riggle appears as an extra in a pretaped sketch called "Fear Factor, Jr." George H. Ross and Carolyn Kepcher make appearances in the cold opening.
562	April 10, 2004	Janet Jackson		In an interview with Amy Poehler, Amy stated that Janet Jackson was one of the nicest hosts she worked with, and during the course of the week, Janet bought lunch for the whole cast and crew. The writers axed a sketch where Janet's character would make fun of Michael Jackson when they 'sensed' that she was uncomfortable doing it. Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan both cameo to reprise their roles in a Season's Greetings From SNL musical number. Simon Cowell also cameos to criticize (then join) the number.
563	May 1, 2004	Lindsay Lohan	Usher	Lindsay was origninally supposed to host the April 3 show to coincide with the movie Mean Girls, but when the movie was pushed back a month, so was her hosting appearance. This episode was known for the Harry Potter sketch where Harry and Ron are enamored with Hermione (played by Lohan) when she returns from winter break with a larger chest and the Debbie Downer sketch where everyone at the table (save Fred Armisen) cracks up on camera.
564	May 8, 2004	Snoop Dogg	Avril Lavigne	Snoop Dogg was a replacement for Jake Gyllenhaal, who backed out at the last minute. Gyllenhaal eventually hosted for the first time in season 32.
565	May 15, 2004	Mary-Kate Olsen Ashley Olsen	J-Kwon	The Olsen Twins missed their own prom so they could host SNL. This is Jimmy Fallon's final episode. J-Kwon's second performance was cut so there would be time to air Fallon's farewell sketch.

Season 30

See History of Saturday Night Live (2000-2005) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
566	October 2, 2004	Ben Affleck	Nelly	Alec Baldwin cameos during the monologue. The monologue in the dress rehearsal originally had Darrell Hammond as Alec Baldwin, but the real Alec Baldwin was used instead. This is Rob Riggle's first episode. Amy Poehler co-anchors Weekend Update for the first time in this episode.
567	October 9, 2004	Queen Latifah		* Scissor Sisters were the producer's original choice for musical guest this episode.
568	October 23, 2004	Jude Law	Ashlee Simpson	Simpson had performed her hit single “Pieces of Me” without incident earlier. When she came back a second time, her band started playing and the first lines of her singing “Pieces of Me” could be heard again. She was holding her microphone at her waist at the time. Simpson looked momentarily confused as the band plowed ahead with the song and the vocal was quickly silenced. A flustered Simpson made some exaggerated hopping dance moves, then walked off the stage. NBC quickly cut to a commercial. Following her performance and negative publicity, Simpson claims it was simply a back-up track due to an attack of her acid reflux.
569	October 30, 2004	Kate Winslet	Eminem	Eminem was originally chosen to host and perform but he declined the chance to host. Kate Winslet only appears in 3 live sketches.
570	November 13, 2004	Liam Neeson	Modest Mouse
571	November 20, 2004	Luke Wilson	U2	U2 performed three songs on air, including "I Will Follow" over the closing credits, and start playing All Because of You for the audience as the show ends. Bono began their first song by speaking into his microphone "Live mic, live mic" in reference to the Ashlee Simpson lip-synching controversy of show #568.
572	December 11, 2004	Colin Farrell	Scissor Sisters	During the goodnights, Colin Farrell states how much he enjoyed hosting and ends with, "I shit you not!", which is now bleeped out in both NBC and E! reruns. Lindsay Lohan appeared in the monologue and in Weekend Update.
573	December 18, 2004	Robert De Niro	Destiny's Child	Jim Henson's Muppets (not the Muppets who appeared in SNL's first season) make two appearances in this episode.
574	January 15, 2005	Topher Grace	The Killers	Topher Grace replaced Jennifer Garner as host after Garner had to bow out due to injury.
575	January 22, 2005	Paul Giamatti	Ludacris featuring Sum 41	Priducer's original choice was Ice Cube as host with musical guest Franz Ferdinand. A blizzard hit New York City on the night of broadcast, limiting audience attendance.
576	February 5, 2005	Paris Hilton	Keane	In an 2005 interview with Amy Poehler, when asked who was one of the hardest hosts to work with, she said Paris Hilton. In a 2006 Howard Stern interview, Tina Fey was asked about Hilton, with Fey explaining that Paris wanted to do a sketch playing Jessica Simpson because she "hated her", and "she was fat." Fey also noted there was originally a sketch entitled "Paris Hilton's House of Crabs", which followed the theme of such sketches as "Donald Trump's House of Wings" from the previous season and "Derek Jeter's Taco Hole" from season 27. However, Hilton was against the idea of making fun of herself and allegedly locked herself in her dressing room as a result.
577	February 12, 2005	Jason Bateman	Kelly Clarkson	Kelly Clarkson participated in two sketches.
578	February 19, 2005	Hilary Swank	50 Cent
579	March 12, 2005	David Spade	Jack Johnson
580	March 19, 2005	Ashton Kutcher	Gwen Stefani	Demi Moore cameos in the monologue, dressed as an old woman.
581	April 9, 2005	Cameron Diaz	Green Day	Jimmy Fallon, Drew Barrymore, and Justin Timberlake make guest appearances during "The Barry Gibb Talk Show" sketch. Fallon also made an appearance in the Weekend Update.
582	April 16, 2005	Tom Brady	Beck	Alec Baldwin was producer's first choice to host to coincide with the buzz off the film The Aviator. But the producers later axed the idea, and he hosted December of this year. Martin Short made a guest appearance during Weekend Update as Jiminy Glick.
583	May 7, 2005	Johnny Knoxville	System of a Down	Paula Abdul was originally supposed to play herself in the cold opening, but after dress rehearsal, she felt uncomfortable and the writers re-wrote the sketch so that Amy Poehler played her. She did, however, say the opening phrase and introduce System of a Down's second performance. Dave Matthews Band was originally going to perform, but had to decline because of scheduling conflicts. This is Jason Sudeikis's first episode. Prior to this episode, Sudeikis was a writer for SNL who had bit roles in some sketches. During this performance, towards the end of the song, guitarist Daron Malakian screamed, "Fuck yeah!" This was missed by the censors.
584	May 14, 2005	Will Ferrell	Queens of the Stone Age	Will Ferrell performed with Queens of the Stone Age during "Little Sister" as his "More Cowbell" character, Gene Frenkle.
585	May 21, 2005	Lindsay Lohan	Coldplay	It was reported in Vanity Fair that Tina Fey and Lorne Michaels had an intervention with Lohan over an eating disorder. Lohan denied the article. This is Rob Riggle's last episode. This is the last episode of SNL featured in analog format. As of the 31st season, SNL will be shown in high definition. Donald Trump is seen to be in attendance during a shot of the audience.

Season 31

See History of Saturday Night Live (2005-2010) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
586	October 1, 2005	Steve Carell	Kanye West	Former cast member Mike Myers made a special appearance spoofing Myers and West's joint appearance in "A Concert for Hurricane Relief". This is Bill Hader's and Andy Samberg's first episode. Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine performs with West during "Heard 'Em Say". The first SNL episode broadcast in high definition. The show is now letterboxed in widescreen on standard definition screens, leading to new wider sets.
587	October 8, 2005	Jon Heder	Ashlee Simpson	Rachel Dratch becomes SNL's longest-serving female castmember, surpassing Ana Gasteyer. Chris Parnell does not appear in this episode since he was in Los Angeles filming an episode of his failed sitcom pilot "Thick and Thin." He is cut out of the opening montage to reflect this.
588	October 22, 2005	Catherine Zeta-Jones	Franz Ferdinand	At the end of Weekend Update, a still photo of former castmember Charles Rocket, who had committed suicide the week before this episode, is shown in his memory. The NBC and E! reruns of this episode cut out the appearance of Charles Rocket's photo. Chris Parnell does not appear again due to filming "Thick and Thin." He is once again cut out of the opening montage.
589	October 29, 2005	Lance Armstrong	Sheryl Crow	Chicago White Sox outfielder Scott Podsednik made a guest appearance on Weekend Update shortly after his team swept the Houston Astros in the 2005 World Series. Sheryl Crow, Armstrong's then-fiancé, made an appearance in the monologue and in two sketches as herself.
590	November 12, 2005	Jason Lee	Foo Fighters	The NBC rerun replaces a sketch about "butt pregnancy" with a musical sketch centering around workers singing over desserts in the office cafeteria. This is Kristen Wiig's first episode (coincidentally, her first sketch, where she and Jason Sudeikis play a couple who pick up an escaped prisoner while driving home, is cut in the 60-minute E! rerun). This is the Foo Fighters 4th time appearing on SNL. Previously they had performed in 1995 (supporting their self titled debut), 1999 (supporting There Is Nothing Left to Lose, and 2002 (supporting One By One). On this appearance they supported their 5th album, In Your Honor. Even though Foo Fighters have only performed on the show 4 times, singer Dave Grohl has been featured as a musical guest 7 times. Twice with his groundbreaking early 90's band Nirvana, who performed on the show in '92, and '93. Besides Foo Fighters and Nirvana, he drummed with Tom Petty on a 1994 episode.
591	November 19, 2005	Eva Longoria	KoЯn
592	December 3, 2005	Dane Cook	James Blunt
593	December 10, 2005	Alec Baldwin	Shakira	Tim Meadows made a guest appearance during the monologue. Alejandro Sanz sang in Shakira's second song, La tortura. At the end of Weekend Update, Tina Fey shows a clip from the famous season one sketch where Chevy Chase and then-host Richard Pryor get into a word association that leads to the use of racial epithets in memory of comedian Richard Pryor (who died the day this episode first aired).
594	December 17, 2005	Jack Black	Neil Young	The Digital Short in this episode, Lazy Sunday, soon became a cult phenomenon. Neil Young makes an appearance in the Appalachian Emergency Room sketch, which also features a cameo from Johnny Knoxville. Tracy Morgan makes a cameo appearance during Weekend Update. Jack Black's Tenacious D partner Kyle Gass makes a cameo appearance during the spelling bee skit. The sketch "Space War 2148" is reused from cast member Andy Samberg's unsold TV pilot Awesometown. Samberg reprises his role; Black takes the role played by Jorma Taccone.
595	January 14, 2006	Scarlett Johansson	Death Cab for Cutie	After a "Hardball" parody is cut, an excerpt from the night's TV Funhouse called "The 700 Gang" is the first (and so far, only) cartoon as a cold opening.[6]
596	January 21, 2006	Peter Sarsgaard	The Strokes	Drew Barrymore made a special appearance in the Weekend Update segment.
597	February 4, 2006	Steve Martin	Prince	Alec Baldwin, and Jimmy Fallon cameo in the live show; Baldwin, Kelly Ripa, Scarlett Johansson, Conan O'Brien, Brian Williams and Gideon Yago all appear in filmed segments. Prince collaborated with Támar to perform his second song, "Beautiful, Loved and Blessed". This episode was the highest rated episode of the season, drawing 9.3 million viewers.
598	March 4, 2006	Natalie Portman	Fall Out Boy	Dennis Haysbert made a live-action cameo during TV Funhouse.
599	March 11, 2006	Matt Dillon	Arctic Monkeys	According to an Interview with Seth Meyers, Matt Dillon did not show up for work until late Tuesday afternoon. This was probably due Matt's attendance at the Oscars in the past weekend. Arctic Monkeys lead singer Alex Turner stopped in the middle of the band's performance of "A Certain Romance" and, visibly frustrated with the audience reaction, pointed into the crowd and yelled "That man just yawned!" The band then destroyed their instruments after the performance.
600	April 8, 2006	Antonio Banderas	Mary J. Blige	Former cast member Chris Kattan makes a cameo during Weekend Update.
601	April 15, 2006	Lindsay Lohan	Pearl Jam	Adult film star Savanna Samson makes a quick cameo in the TV Funhouse cartoon. The cameo wasn't seen on many affiliates. Maya Rudolph and Horatio Sanz do not appear in this episode.
602	May 6, 2006	Tom Hanks	Red Hot Chili Peppers	This episode earned a 3.4 rating, 14 share in 18-49 and 7.3 million viewers overall. Seth Meyers does not appear in any sketches. Tom Hanks was originally asked to host the season finale but had prior engagements.
603	May 13, 2006	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Paul Simon	This episode garnered a 3.4 rating, 14 share in 18-49, and 8.0 million viewers overall. Special cameos by Al Gore, Jason Alexander, and Jerry Seinfeld. Al Gore's cold opening was written by his daughter and former SNL staff writer Kristin Gore. This episode marked Paul Simon's eighth appearance as musical guest on the show. He performed "How Can You Live in the Northeast?" and "Outrageous". Paul Simon was asked to appear as a pedophile in the Myspace Seminar sketch but he declined.
604	May 20, 2006	Kevin Spacey	Nelly Furtado	This is Tina Fey, Chris Parnell, Rachel Dratch, Horatio Sanz and Finesse Mitchell's last episode as castmembers, and Beth McCarthy Miller's last episode as director.

Season 32

See History of Saturday Night Live (2005-2010) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
605	September 30, 2006	Dane Cook	The Killers	According to in-home live-plus-same-day viewership figures from Nielsen Media Research, this episode had a 3.2 rating, 13 share in 18-49 and 6.7 million viewers overall. Starting with this episode, Seth Meyers is the new Weekend Update anchor with Amy Poehler. This is the first episode featuring new director, Don Roy King Brian Williams made a cameo appearance at the start of Weekend Update. This episode has a different representation of the "Saturday Night Live" logo and how the host and musical guests appear in the opening credits than what's depicted in the next episode. Lenny Pickett accompanied the Killers on saxophone during their 2nd song, "Bones". This is the first episode since the Heather Graham/Marc Anthony episode in Season 25 that did not include any featured players or new cast members. For reasons unknown, NBC reaired this episode just 2 weeks later. This marks the shortest span of time between an episode and its repeat.
606	October 7, 2006	Jaime Pressly	Corinne Bailey Rae	Jaime Pressly was two months pregnant while hosting this episode.
607	October 21, 2006	John C. Reilly	My Chemical Romance	John's Talledega Nights co-star Will Ferrell made a cameo appearance as James Lipton during Reilly's monologue. This episode has not re-aired since its original airdate.
608	October 28, 2006	Hugh Laurie	Beck	Hugh Laurie sang an original comedic song. Sacha Baron Cohen made a cameo appearance during the cold opening as Borat. Reports appeared in November that following the show, Laurie and Cohen went out in New York City with Cohen interacting with others in-character. This resulted in a man physically assaulting Cohen after being insulted by the Borat character, until Laurie broke up the fight. Beck performed "Nausea" and "Clap Hands."
609	November 11, 2006	Alec Baldwin	Christina Aguilera	This episode averaged a 3.3 rating, 13 share in 18-49 and 7.4 million viewers overall (SNL's highest since the first time Julia Louis-Dreyfus hosted in season 31). When this episode reran on January 6, it delivered a 3.4 rating, 14 share in adults 18-49 and 7.6 million viewers overall, which was more than the original airing. With this show, Alec Baldwin has hosted 13 times, surpassing John Goodman. Cameos include Tina Fey & Tracy Morgan in the monologue, Takeru Kobayashi during TV Funhouse, Steve Martin, Martin Short, & Paul McCartney in the Platinum Lounge sketch, and Tony Bennett both during The Tony Bennett Show sketch and singing with Aguilera before the closing credits. Martin Short mentioned in an interview on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" that only he, Steve Martin, and Lorne were aware that McCartney was in the building before he appeared on camera. The NBC rerun on June 9, 2007 cuts the ending of the Carpool sketch where Kristen Wiig's character turns on the radio and Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy" plays on the radio (the sketch ends after Alec Baldwin's character says, "Bobby McFerrin raped my grandmother!"); this is also how the sketch ended on the SNL special "The Best of the 2006-2007 Season."
610	November 18, 2006	Ludacris		Mary J. Blige performs with Ludacris during his second performance, "Runaway Love". Jason Sudeikis opens the show impersonating George W. Bush, taking over the role from Will Forte.
611	December 2, 2006	Matthew Fox	Tenacious D	Jason Reed cameos during the performance of "The Metal".
612	December 9, 2006	Annette Bening	Gwen Stefani Akon	Alec Baldwin makes a cameo during the monologue. The final sketch (the Cat Lawyer fake commercial) was pre-emptively ended when the show displays a title card, cuts audio soon after, and then cuts to commercial early. This episode has not re-aired since it's original airdate.
613	December 16, 2006	Justin Timberlake		Timberlake becomes the third in SNL history to simultaneously be a host and musical guest more than once, next to Garth Brooks and Britney Spears. Jimmy Fallon appeared in the Barry Gibb Talk Show sketch, and also introduced "What Goes Around...". Cameron Diaz, Timberlake's girlfriend at the time, introduced "My Love." After the episode, NBC put an uncensored version of the Digital Short "Dick in a Box" on their website and YouTube. The uncensored version is prefaced with a warning stating that the Digital Short has explicit language that was bleeped out on the TV version. It quickly became an internet phenomenon, much like "Lazy Sunday" did a year earlier.
614	January 13, 2007	Jake Gyllenhaal	The Shins
615	January 20, 2007	Jeremy Piven	AFI	Rapper Common makes a cameo appearance. This episode dominated its time period with a 3.0 rating, 11 share in 18-49 and 6.7 million viewers overall.
616	February 3, 2007	Drew Barrymore	Lily Allen	With this episode, Barrymore becomes the second woman to host five times after Candice Bergen. No other female celebrity has hosted more than five times. Darrell Hammond does not appear live during the episode. Horatio Sanz makes a guest appearance as Elton John during the "Donatella Versace Super Bowl Special." This is the only episode this season to feature Seth Meyers outside of Weekend Update.
617	February 10, 2007	Forest Whitaker	Keith Urban	* In dress rehearsal, the Cold Open was about the NASA astronaut scandal. With an underwhelming response, the piece was scrapped save for Jason's lines which were revamped as a Weekend Update commentary.
618	February 24, 2007	Rainn Wilson	Arcade Fire	Arcade Fire appear in the SNL Digital Short. Rashida Jones cameos as Karen Filippelli in the monologue's parody of The Office. In the March 31st and July 14th reruns of the episode, Bill Hader's character mentioning that his father had Down Syndrome was bleeped out during the "Danny's Song Memories" sketch after NBC received complaints over the usage of the phrase. Rainn Wilson is the only host this season to appear in the Cold Open; he did not say the opening phrase.
619	March 17, 2007	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Snow Patrol	Chris Rock appears in the cold open, giving his insight on the 2008 presidential election; he suggested that there would be no reason that America would not be ready for a black president because we just had a retarded one. Darrell Hammond does not appear in this episode(his weekend update commentary as John McCain was cut after dress)
620	March 24, 2007	Peyton Manning	Carrie Underwood	Eli Manning, Archie Manning, Cooper Manning and Olivia Manning make cameos; Dan Aykroyd has a cameo during Weekend Update as a crying fan of Sanjaya Malakar. Manning hosted the show on his thirty-first birthday. During the goodnights, a cake was wheeled out by his brothers Eli and Cooper and a rendition of Happy Birthday was performed by the Saturday Night Live band. Darrell Hammond is again absent from the live showing of this episode(his Weekend Update commentary was cut after dress-rehearsal) The dress rehearsal version of the monologue originally had Amy Poehler as a New England Patriots fan who heckles Manning. Both the dress rehearsal and the live show monologue had the joke about Tom Brady and the circus having two more rings than Manning. This episode dominated its timeslot with a 3.5 rating, 15 share in 18-49 and 7.9 million viewers overall.
621	April 14, 2007	Shia LaBeouf	Avril Lavigne	Alec Baldwin cameos in a filmed commercial parody. Lavigne appears as Elle Fanning in The Dakota Fanning Show sketch. The digital short The Shooting is removed from the iTunes version of the episode due to the Virginia Tech shootings that happened two days after this sketch aired, and was quickly removed from NBC.com and YouTube due to NBC's inability to clear the song "Hide and Seek" used in the short. Despite NBC's inability to clear the rights, the Digital Short aired in its entireity when the episode was rerun on August 4th.
622	April 21, 2007	Scarlett Johansson	Björk	Sen. Charles Schumer makes a pre-taped cameo in the cold opening.
623	May 12, 2007	Molly Shannon	Linkin Park	With this episode, Molly Shannon is the second female former castmember to come back and host, and the first who worked under Lorne Michaels as a cast member.
624	May 19, 2007	Zach Braff	Maroon 5	* According to their publicists, Johnny Depp, and Matt Damon, were asked to host the season finale but declined. Zach's Scrubs co-stars Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke were in attendance for this episode.

• This season contained the first "Best of the Season" special since the 1996-1997 season, though it aired with two episodes remaining in the season.
• This is the first season since season 23 (the 1997-1998 season) to have a repertory cast and no feature players.

Season 33

See History of Saturday Night Live (2005-2010) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
625	September 29, 2007	LeBron James	Amy Winehouse	Despie earlier reports, Amy Winehouse will be performing this episode according to official source nbcumv.com
626	October 6, 2007	Seth Rogen	Kanye West	source: [7][8]
627	October 13, 2007	TBA	TBA
628	November 3, 2007	TBA	TBA
629	November 10, 2007	TBA	TBA
630	November 17, 2007	TBA	TBA
631	December 1, 2007	TBA	TBA
632	December 8, 2007	TBA	TBA
633	December 15, 2007	TBA	TBA
634	January 12, 2008	TBA	TBA
635	January 19, 2008	TBA	TBA
636	TBA	TBA	TBA
637	TBA	TBA	TBA
638	TBA	TBA	TBA
639	TBA	TBA	TBA
640	TBA	TBA	TBA
641	TBA	TBA	TBA
642	TBA	TBA	TBA
643	May 10, 2008	TBA	TBA
644	May 17, 2008	TBA	TBA

Specials

The following are shows that do not follow the normal show format and filmed earlier.

Original Air Date	Title	Original Content	Remarks
February 28, 1977	Mardi Gras Special		Special Guests: Buck Henry, Eric Idle, Penny Marshall, The New Leviathan Orchestra, Randy Newman, Cindy Williams, Henry Winkler This episode aired on a Sunday during NBC's primetime schedule. It is also one of the shows to never be rerun since its original airing.
March 2, 1985	SNL Film Festival	Hosted by Billy Crystal	Special Guests: Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert
September 24, 1989	Saturday Night Live 15th Anniversary Special	A look back at the first 15 years	Most former cast returned, except Eddie Murphy. Chevy Chase stumbled through the audience with an enormous bowl of popcorn, then fell to open the special.
September 26, 1999	Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary Special	A look back at the first 25 years.	Many former cast members returned and performed new material Available on DVD The Beastie Boys performed "Sabotage" on the show, only to be interrupted by Elvis Costello. In a callback to his performance in show #54, the musicians then perform "Radio Radio."
February 20, 2005	Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live	A look back at SNL's rise to popularity from 1975 to 1979	Many former cast and crew members returned to comment. Aired Sunday night, from 9-11 P.M. Showed clips from "Live from Mardi Gras", the first time ever since 1977. Available on DVD Nominated for an Emmy
November 5, 2005	SNL Goes Commercial	Hosted by Will Ferrell, a look back at the funniest and most memorable commercial parodies from the past 30 years of SNL.	Includes commercials removed from the repeats after original respective broadcasts. The Ferrell footage was taped in 2000, then shelved for five years.
November 20, 2005	Lost & Found: SNL in the '80s	A look back at SNL's rocky history in the 1980s, from Jean Doumanian's tenure as producer for the 1980-1981 season to Lorne Michaels' return as producer in 1985 (and the threats of cancellation due to Lorne's cast in the 1985-1986 season)	Many former cast and crew members returned to comment.
April 29, 2006	Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse	Hosted by The Ambiguously Gay Duo, a look back at Robert Smigels' funniest and most memorable cartoons from the past 15 years of SNL.	Includes cartoons removed from the repeats after original respective broadcasts.
May 5, 2007	Saturday Night Live: Best of 06-07	Retrospective of the 32nd season's most memorable sketches and Weekend Update jokes from episodes hosted by Alec Baldwin, Rainn Wilson, Peyton Manning, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Dane Cook, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Laurie, Jamie Pressly, Matthew Fox, and Justin Timberlake.	The Digital Short "Dick in a Box" (a.k.a "A Special Gift") was voted in as Best Digital Short. The August 28th, 2007 rerun of this episode includes sketches from the episode hosted by Molly Shannon (and replaces Hugh Laurie's mention in the opening credits with Molly Shannon's, even though the only sketch from the Hugh Laurie/Beck episode shown was the "Bad Star-Spangled Banner Singer at the World Series" sketch). This special has been released on DVD and available at Starbucks. The DVD version includes an uncut version of the SNL Digital Short, "Dick in a Box" and sketches that never appeared in the TV version (or were cut in the August rerun).
May 6, 2007	Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation [9]	A Look back at SNL's raucous (and sometimes raunchy) moments of the 1990s, including musical performances from Nirvana, Beck, and the Barenaked Ladies, as well as memorable sketches such as Will Ferrell's Dog Show, John Goodman's monologue where several audience members, castmember Jimmy Fallon, and Lorne Michaels tell him that his episode is a rerun, and the musical cold opening from the season 17 Steve Martin Christmas episode called "Not Gonna Phone It In Tonight". Including segments such as "Norm vs. The Network" and "More Cowbell".	Many former cast and crew members returned to comment.