List of Saturday Night Live hosts and musical guests

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The following is a list of Saturday Night Live hosts and musical guests. Saturday Night Live has been a mainstay of the NBC late-night schedule for over thirty years.

Four men have hosted the show at least ten times:

A list of SNL cast members is also available.

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 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
2	October 18, 1975	Paul Simon Art Garfunkel	Randy Newman Phoebe Snow Jesse Dixon Singers
3	October 25, 1975	Rob Reiner	John Belushi as Joe Cocker
4	November 8, 1975	Candice Bergen	Esther Phillips
5	November 15, 1975	Robert Klein	ABBA Loudon Wainwright III
6	November 22, 1975	Lily Tomlin	Tomlin with Howard Shore & the All Bee Band
7	December 13, 1975	Richard Pryor	Gil Scott-Heron	This episode was the first time SNL would be put on a seven-second delay.
8	December 20, 1975	Candice Bergen	Martha Reeves The Stylistics
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
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
17	April 17, 1976	Ron Nessen	Patti Smith
18	April 24, 1976	Raquel Welch	Phoebe Snow John Sebastian
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
22	May 29, 1976	Elliott Gould	Leon Redbone Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson
23	July 24, 1976	Louise Lasser	Preservation Hall Jazz Band	Episode 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
33	November 27, 1976	Jodie Foster	Brian Wilson
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	This is 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
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)
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
51	November 12, 1977	Ray Charles	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
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	The Rolling Stones
68	October 14, 1978	Fred Willard	Devo
69	October 21, 1978	Frank Zappa	Frank Zappa
70	November 4, 1978	Steve Martin	Van Morrison
71	November 11, 1978	Buck Henry	The 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
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
83	April 14, 1979	Milton Berle	Ornette Coleman	Episode is 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

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
88	October 20, 1979	Eric Idle	Bob Dylan
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
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
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
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
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 4 Plus 1 More
117	February 21, 1981	Charlene Tilton	Todd Rundgren Prince	The word "f***" was said twice in this episode: once by Prince during his song "Partyup" 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.
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	Chevy Chase	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 season was considered so disastrous, widely-panned, and unfunny that NBC has barred episodes from being put into syndication#redirect . 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-1990's, particularly the Bill Murray/Delbert McClinton episode (albeit a scaled-down 60-minute version instead of the full 90-minute version)#redirect during a marathon featuring films and SNL episodes starring Eddie Murphy. The Comedy Channel in Canada has aired the first two episodes of this season uncut while airing the rest of the episodes as 60-minute syndicated reruns [with some sketches, musical performances, and parts from Weekend Update edited out for time reasons]#redirect . The most recent sightings of a Jean Doumanian-era episode happened in 2000#redirect and 2005#redirect when NBC aired full 90-minute reruns of two season six episodes.
The March 7th 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#redirect 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	Former SNL castmember and original "Not Ready For Primetime" player John Belushi appears in the cold opening. Three sketches from this episode were cut after dress rehearsal due to content#redirect : Grand Guingol White House where Ronald and Nancy Reagan cannibalize Jane Fonda, a sketch where an old man (played by Donald Pleasence) drains the blood of his date (played by castmember Christine Ebersole), and uses her blood as their wine during a dinner date, and a sketch where Nazi officers discuss "good" reasons why they kill Jewish people.
124	November 7, 1981	Lauren Hutton	Rick James & the Stone City Band William S. Burroughs	William S. Burroughs also appeared in some of the sketches.
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 [link].
128	January 23, 1982	Robert Conrad	The Allman Brothers Band
129	January 30, 1982	John Madden	Jennifer Holliday
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
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	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#redirect . The producers improvised by using a satellite link to show Chase on a small TV monitor on stage.
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	Joe Jackson
145	November 13, 1982	Robert Blake	Kenny Loggins
146	November 20, 1982	Drew Barrymore	Squeeze
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	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)
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
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.

Season 11

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

Season 12

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

Season 13

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

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). Sadly, Gilda Radner died before hosting.

Season 14

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

Season 15

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

Season 16

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

Season 17

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

Season 18

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

Season 19

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

Season 20

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

Season 21

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

Season 22

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

Season 23

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

Season 24

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

Season 25

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

Season 26

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

Season 27

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

Season 28

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

Season 29

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

Season 30

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

Season 31

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

Specials

The following are shows which do not follow the normal show format.

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