List of Saturday Night Live episodes

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. It premiered on NBC, a terrestrial television network, on October 11, 1975 under the title NBC's Saturday Night. The show often satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics. Saturday Night Live features a two-tiered cast: the repertory members, also known as the "Not Ready for Prime-Time Players," and newer cast members, known as "Featured Players." Each week, the show features a host, often a well-known celebrity, who delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast. A musical guest is also invited to perform several sets (usually two, and occasionally more). Every so often a host or musical guest will fill both roles, such as was the case with Britney Spears in 2000 and 2002, Jennifer Lopez in 2001 and 2010, Justin Timberlake in 2003, 2006 and 2013, Taylor Swift in 2009, Bruno Mars in 2012, Lady Gaga in 2013, Drake in 2014 and 2016, Miley Cyrus in 2013 and 2015, Blake Shelton in 2015, and Ariana Grande in 2016. With the exception of Season 7 and several other rare cases, the show has begun with a cold open that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"

Saturday Night Live is one of the longest running network programs in American television history, with over 800 episodes broadcast over the span of 41 seasons. A number of the show's sketches have been developed into feature films, including The Blues Brothers, Wayne's World, A Night at the Roxbury, Superstar, Coneheads and MacGruber.

Seasons 1 through 5 are available on DVD in Region 1. Various Saturday Night Live sketches are available in several new media formats, including streaming on Hulu and Netflix. Selected sketches and segments are also available for purchase at the iTunes Store to download and playback on home computers and certain iPod and iPhone models.

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Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	24		October 11, 1975 (1975-10-11)	July 31, 1976 (1976-07-31)
	2	22		September 18, 1976 (1976-09-18)	May 21, 1977 (1977-05-21)
	3	20		September 24, 1977 (1977-09-24)	May 20, 1978 (1978-05-20)
	4	20		October 7, 1978 (1978-10-07)	May 26, 1979 (1979-05-26)
	5	20		October 13, 1979 (1979-10-13)	May 24, 1980 (1980-05-24)
	6	13		November 15, 1980 (1980-11-15)	April 11, 1981 (1981-04-11)
	7	20		October 3, 1981 (1981-10-03)	May 22, 1982 (1982-05-22)
	8	20		September 25, 1982 (1982-09-25)	May 14, 1983 (1983-05-14)
	9	19		October 8, 1983 (1983-10-08)	May 12, 1984 (1984-05-12)
	10	17		October 6, 1984 (1984-10-06)	April 13, 1985 (1985-04-13)
	11	18		November 9, 1985 (1985-11-09)	May 24, 1986 (1986-05-24)
	12	20		October 11, 1986 (1986-10-11)	May 23, 1987 (1987-05-23)
	13	13		October 17, 1987 (1987-10-17)	February 27, 1988 (1988-02-27)
	14	20		October 8, 1988 (1988-10-08)	May 20, 1989 (1989-05-20)
	15	20		September 30, 1989 (1989-09-30)	May 19, 1990 (1990-05-19)
	16	20		September 29, 1990 (1990-09-29)	May 18, 1991 (1991-05-18)
	17	20		September 28, 1991 (1991-09-28)	May 16, 1992 (1992-05-16)
	18	20		September 26, 1992 (1992-09-26)	May 15, 1993 (1993-05-15)
	19	20		September 25, 1993 (1993-09-25)	May 14, 1994 (1994-05-14)
	20	20		September 24, 1994 (1994-09-24)	May 13, 1995 (1995-05-13)
	21	20		September 30, 1995 (1995-09-30)	May 18, 1996 (1996-05-18)
	22	20		September 28, 1996 (1996-09-28)	May 17, 1997 (1997-05-17)
	23	20		September 27, 1997 (1997-09-27)	May 9, 1998 (1998-05-09)
	24	19		September 26, 1998 (1998-09-26)	May 15, 1999 (1999-05-15)
	25	20		October 2, 1999 (1999-10-02)	May 20, 2000 (2000-05-20)
	26	20		October 7, 2000 (2000-10-07)	May 19, 2001 (2001-05-19)
	27	20		September 29, 2001 (2001-09-29)	May 18, 2002 (2002-05-18)
	28	20		October 5, 2002 (2002-10-05)	May 17, 2003 (2003-05-17)
	29	20		October 4, 2003 (2003-10-04)	May 15, 2004 (2004-05-15)
	30	20		October 2, 2004 (2004-10-02)	May 21, 2005 (2005-05-21)
	31	19		October 1, 2005 (2005-10-01)	May 20, 2006 (2006-05-20)
	32	20		September 30, 2006 (2006-09-30)	May 19, 2007 (2007-05-19)
	33	12		September 29, 2007 (2007-09-29)	May 17, 2008 (2008-05-17)
	34	22		September 13, 2008 (2008-09-13)	May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16)
	35	22		September 26, 2009 (2009-09-26)	May 15, 2010 (2010-05-15)
	36	22		September 25, 2010 (2010-09-25)	May 21, 2011 (2011-05-21)
	37	22		September 24, 2011 (2011-09-24)	May 19, 2012 (2012-05-19)
	38	21		September 15, 2012 (2012-09-15)	May 18, 2013 (2013-05-18)
	39	21		September 28, 2013 (2013-09-28)	May 17, 2014 (2014-05-17)
	40	21		September 27, 2014 (2014-09-27)	May 16, 2015 (2015-05-16)
	41	21		October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03)	May 21, 2016 (2016-05-21)
	42	TBA		October 1, 2016 (2016-10-01)	TBA

Episodes

Season 1 (1975–76)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
1	1	George Carlin	Billy Preston & Janis Ian	October 11, 1975
2	2	Paul Simon	Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow, Art Garfunkel & Jessy Dixon Singers	October 18, 1975
3	3	Rob Reiner	none	October 25, 1975
4	4	Candice Bergen	Esther Phillips	November 8, 1975
5	5	Robert Klein	ABBA & Loudon Wainwright III	November 15, 1975
6	6	Lily Tomlin	Tomlin with Howard Shore & the All Nurse Band	November 22, 1975
7	7	Richard Pryor	Gil Scott-Heron	December 13, 1975
8	8	Candice Bergen	Martha Reeves & The Stylistics	December 20, 1975
9	9	Elliott Gould	Anne Murray	January 10, 1976
10	10	Buck Henry	Bill Withers & Toni Basil	January 17, 1976
11	11	Peter Cook & Dudley Moore	Neil Sedaka	January 24, 1976
12	12	Dick Cavett	Jimmy Cliff	January 31, 1976
13	13	Peter Boyle	Al Jarreau	February 14, 1976
14	14	Desi Arnaz	Desi Arnaz & Desi Arnaz, Jr.	February 21, 1976
15	15	Jill Clayburgh	Leon Redbone & The Idlers	February 28, 1976
16	16	Anthony Perkins	Betty Carter	March 13, 1976
17	17	Ron Nessen	Patti Smith	April 17, 1976
18	18	Raquel Welch	Phoebe Snow & John Sebastian	April 24, 1976
19	19	Madeline Kahn	Carly Simon	May 8, 1976
20	20	Dyan Cannon	Leon and Mary Russell	May 15, 1976
21	21	Buck Henry	Gordon Lightfoot & Garrett Morris	May 22, 1976
22	22	Elliott Gould	Leon Redbone, Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson	May 29, 1976
23	23	Louise Lasser	Preservation Hall Jazz Band	July 24, 1976
24	24	Kris Kristofferson	Rita Coolidge	July 31, 1976

Season 2 (1976–77)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
25	1	Lily Tomlin	James Taylor	September 18, 1976
26	2	Norman Lear	Boz Scaggs	September 25, 1976
27	3	Eric Idle	Joe Cocker & Stuff	October 2, 1976
28	4	Karen Black	John Prine	October 16, 1976
29	5	Steve Martin	Kinky Friedman	October 23, 1976
30	6	Buck Henry	The Band	October 30, 1976
31	7	Dick Cavett	Ry Cooder	November 13, 1976
32	8	Paul Simon	Paul Simon & George Harrison	November 20, 1976
33	9	Jodie Foster	Brian Wilson	November 27, 1976
34	10	Candice Bergen	Frank Zappa with Don Pardo as "The Slime"	December 11, 1976
35	11	Ralph Nader	George Benson	January 15, 1977
36	12	Ruth Gordon	Chuck Berry	January 22, 1977
37	13	Fran Tarkenton	Leo Sayer Donny Harper	January 29, 1977
38	14	Steve Martin	The Kinks	February 26, 1977
39	15	Sissy Spacek	Richard Baskin	March 12, 1977
40	16	Broderick Crawford	Levon Helm Dr. John The Meters	March 19, 1977
41	17	Jack Burns	Santana	March 26, 1977
42	18	Julian Bond	Tom Waits Brick	April 9, 1977
43	19	Elliott Gould	McGarrigle Sisters Roslyn Kind	April 16, 1977
44	20	Eric Idle	Alan Price Neil Innes	April 23, 1977
45	21	Shelley Duvall	Joan Armatrading	May 14, 1977
46	22	Buck Henry	Jennifer Warnes Kenny Vance	May 21, 1977

Season 3 (1977–78)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
47	1	Steve Martin	Jackson Browne	September 24, 1977
48	2	Madeline Kahn	Taj Mahal	October 8, 1977
49	3	Hugh Hefner	Libby Titus	October 15, 1977
50	4	Charles Grodin	Paul Simon	October 29, 1977
51	5	Ray Charles	Ray Charles	November 12, 1977
52	6	Buck Henry	Leon Redbone	November 19, 1977
53	7	Mary Kay Place	Willie Nelson	December 10, 1977
54	8	Miskel Spillman	Elvis Costello	December 17, 1977
55	9	Steve Martin	Randy Newman, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	January 21, 1978
56	10	Robert Klein	Bonnie Raitt	January 28, 1978
57	11	Chevy Chase	Billy Joel	February 18, 1978
58	12	O. J. Simpson	Ashford and Simpson	February 25, 1978
59	13	Art Garfunkel	Stephen Bishop	March 11, 1978
60	14	Jill Clayburgh	Eddie Money	March 18, 1978
61	15	Christopher Lee	Meat Loaf	March 25, 1978
62	16	Michael Palin	Eugene Record	April 8, 1978
63	17	Michael Sarrazin	Keith Jarrett	April 15, 1978
64	18	Steve Martin	The Blues Brothers	April 22, 1978
65	19	Richard Dreyfuss	Jimmy Buffett, Gary Tigerman	May 13, 1978
66	20	Buck Henry	Sun Ra	May 20, 1978

Season 4 (1978–79)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
67	1	The Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones	October 7, 1978
68	2	Fred Willard	Devo	October 14, 1978
69	3	Frank Zappa	Frank Zappa	October 21, 1978
70	4	Steve Martin	Van Morrison	November 4, 1978
71	5	Buck Henry	Grateful Dead	November 11, 1978
72	6	Carrie Fisher	The Blues Brothers	November 18, 1978
73	7	Walter Matthau	none	December 2, 1978
74	8	Eric Idle	Kate Bush	December 9, 1978
75	9	Elliott Gould	Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger	December 16, 1978
76	10	Michael Palin	The Doobie Brothers	January 27, 1979
77	11	Cicely Tyson	Talking Heads	February 10, 1979
78	12	Ricky Nelson	Judy Collins	February 17, 1979
79	13	Kate Jackson	Delbert McClinton	February 24, 1979
80	14	Gary Busey	Eubie Blake & Gregory Hines Gary Busey with Rick Danko & Paul Butterfield	March 10, 1979
81	15	Margot Kidder	The Chieftains	March 17, 1979
82	16	Richard Benjamin	Rickie Lee Jones	April 7, 1979
83	17	Milton Berle	Ornette Coleman	April 14, 1979
84	18	Michael Palin	James Taylor	May 12, 1979
85	19	Maureen Stapleton	Linda Ronstadt Phoebe Snow	May 19, 1979
86	20	Buck Henry	Bette Midler	May 26, 1979

Season 5 (1979–80)

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
87	1	Steve Martin	Blondie	October 13, 1979
88	2	Eric Idle	Bob Dylan	October 20, 1979
89	3	Bill Russell	Chicago	November 3, 1979
90	4	Buck Henry	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	November 10, 1979
91	5	Bea Arthur	The Roches	November 17, 1979
92	6	Howard Hesseman	Randy Newman	December 8, 1979
93	7	Martin Sheen	David Bowie	December 15, 1979
94	8	Ted Knight	Desmond Child & Rouge	December 22, 1979
95	9	Teri Garr	The B-52's	January 26, 1980
96	10	Chevy Chase	Marianne Faithfull Tom Scott	February 9, 1980
97	11	Elliott Gould	Gary Numan	February 16, 1980
98	12	Kirk Douglas	Sam & Dave	February 23, 1980
99	13	Rodney Dangerfield	The J. Geils Band	March 8, 1980
100	14	none	Paul Simon James Taylor David Sanborn	March 15, 1980
101	15	Richard Benjamin Paula Prentiss	The Grateful Dead	April 5, 1980
102	16	Burt Reynolds	Anne Murray	April 12, 1980
103	17	Strother Martin	The Specials	April 19, 1980
104	18	Bob Newhart	The Amazing Rhythm Aces Bruce Cockburn	May 10, 1980
105	19	Steve Martin	3-D, Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney	May 17, 1980
106	20	Buck Henry	Andrew Gold Andrae Crouch & the Voices of Unity	May 24, 1980

Season 6 (1980–81)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
107	1	Elliott Gould	Kid Creole & the Coconuts	November 15, 1980
108	2	Malcolm McDowell	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	November 22, 1980
109	3	Ellen Burstyn	Aretha Franklin Keith Sykes	December 6, 1980
110	4	Jamie Lee Curtis	James Brown Ellen Shipley	December 13, 1980
111	5	David Carradine	Linda Ronstadt The Cast of The Pirates of Penzance	December 20, 1980
112	6	Ray Sharkey	Jack Bruce & Friends	January 10, 1981
113	7	Karen Black	Cheap Trick Stanley Clarke Trio	January 17, 1981
114	8	Robert Hays	Joe "King" Carrasco & the Crowns 14 Karat Soul	January 24, 1981
115	9	Sally Kellerman	Jimmy Cliff	February 7, 1981
116	10	Deborah Harry	Deborah Harry Funky Four Plus One	February 14, 1981
117	11	Charlene Tilton	Todd Rundgren Prince	February 21, 1981
118	12	Bill Murray	Delbert McClinton	March 7, 1981
119	13	none	Jr. Walker & the All-Stars	April 11, 1981

Season 7 (1981–82)

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
120	1	(none)	Rod Stewart	October 3, 1981
121	2	Susan Saint James	The Kinks	October 10, 1981
122	3	George Kennedy	Miles Davis	October 17, 1981
123	4	Donald Pleasence	Fear	October 31, 1981
124	5	Lauren Hutton	Rick James	November 7, 1981
125	6	Bernadette Peters	The Go-Go's Billy Joel	November 14, 1981
126	7	Tim Curry	Meat Loaf	December 5, 1981
127	8	Bill Murray	The Spinners The Whiffenpoofs	December 12, 1981
128	9	Robert Conrad	The Allman Brothers Band	January 23, 1982
129	10	John Madden	Jennifer Holliday	January 30, 1982
130	11	James Coburn	Lindsey Buckingham	February 6, 1982
131	12	Bruce Dern	Luther Vandross	February 20, 1982
132	13	Elizabeth Ashley	Hall & Oates	February 27, 1982
133	14	Robert Urich	Mink DeVille	March 20, 1982
134	15	Blythe Danner	Rickie Lee Jones	March 27, 1982
135	16	Daniel J. Travanti	John Cougar Mellencamp	April 10, 1982
136	17	Johnny Cash	Elton John	April 17, 1982
137	18	Robert Culp	The Charlie Daniels Band	April 24, 1982
138	19	Danny DeVito	Sparks	May 15, 1982
139	20	Olivia Newton-John	Olivia Newton-John	May 22, 1982

Season 8 (1982–83)

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
140	1	Chevy Chase	Queen	September 25, 1982
141	2	Louis Gossett, Jr.	George Thorogood & the Destroyers	October 2, 1982
142	3	Ron Howard	The Clash	October 9, 1982
143	4	Howard Hesseman	Men at Work	October 23, 1982
144	5	Michael Keaton	The New Joe Jackson Band	October 30, 1982
145	6	Robert Blake	Kenny Loggins	November 13, 1982
146	7	Drew Barrymore	Squeeze	November 20, 1982
147	8	The Smothers Brothers	Laura Branigan	December 4, 1982
148	9	Eddie Murphy	Lionel Richie	December 11, 1982
149	10	Lily Tomlin	Tomlin as Pervis Hawkins	January 22, 1983
150	11	Rick Moranis Dave Thomas	The Bus Boys	January 29, 1983
151	12	Sid Caesar	Joe Cocker Jennifer Warnes	February 5, 1983
152	13	Howard Hesseman	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	February 19, 1983
153	14	Beau Bridges Jeff Bridges	Randy Newman	February 26, 1983
154	15	Bruce Dern	Leon Redbone	March 12, 1983
155	16	Robert Guillaume	Duran Duran	March 19, 1983
156	17	Joan Rivers	Musical Youth	April 9, 1983
157	18	Susan Saint James	Michael McDonald	April 16, 1983
158	19	Stevie Wonder	Stevie Wonder	May 7, 1983
159	20	Ed Koch	Kevin Rowland Dexys Midnight Runners	May 14, 1983

Season 9 (1983–84)

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
160	1	Brandon Tartikoff	John Cougar Mellencamp	October 8, 1983
161	2	Danny DeVito & Rhea Perlman	Eddy Grant	October 15, 1983
162	3	John Candy	Men at Work	October 22, 1983
163	4	Betty Thomas	Stray Cats	November 5, 1983
164	5	Teri Garr	Mick Fleetwood's Zoo Lindsey Buckingham	November 12, 1983
165	6	Jerry Lewis	Loverboy	November 19, 1983
166	7	The Smothers Brothers	Big Country	December 3, 1983
167	8	Flip Wilson	Stevie Nicks	December 10, 1983
168	9	Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello)	Huey Lewis and the News	January 14, 1984
169	10	Michael Palin	The Motels	January 21, 1984
170	11	Don Rickles	Billy Idol	January 28, 1984
171	12	Robin Williams	Adam Ant	February 11, 1984
172	13	Jamie Lee Curtis	The Fixx	February 18, 1984
173	14	Edwin Newman	Kool & the Gang	February 25, 1984
174	15	Billy Crystal	Al Jarreau	March 17, 1984
175	16	Michael Douglas	Deniece Williams	April 7, 1984
176	17	George McGovern	Madness	April 14, 1984
177	18	Barry Bostwick	Spinal Tap	May 5, 1984
178	19	Billy Crystal, Ed Koch, Edwin Newman, Don Novello, Betty Thomas	The Cars	May 12, 1984

Season 10 (1984–85)

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
179	1	(none)	Thompson Twins	October 6, 1984
180	2	Bob Uecker	Peter Wolf	October 13, 1984
181	3	Jesse Jackson	Andrae Crouch Wintley Phipps	October 20, 1984
182	4	Michael McKean	Chaka Khan The Folksmen	November 3, 1984
183	5	George Carlin	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	November 10, 1984
184	6	Ed Asner	The Kinks	November 17, 1984
185	7	Ed Begley, Jr.	Billy Squier	December 1, 1984
186	8	Ringo Starr	Herbie Hancock	December 8, 1984
187	9	Eddie Murphy	Robert Plant & the Honeydrippers	December 15, 1984
188	10	Kathleen Turner	John Waite	January 12, 1985
189	11	Roy Scheider	Billy Ocean	January 19, 1985
190	12	Alex Karras	Tina Turner	February 2, 1985
191	13	Harry Anderson	Bryan Adams	February 9, 1985
192	14	Pamela Sue Martin	Power Station	February 16, 1985
193	15	Mr. T Hulk Hogan	The Commodores	March 30, 1985
194	16	Christopher Reeve	Santana	April 6, 1985
195	17	Howard Cosell	Greg Kihn	April 13, 1985

Season 11 (1985–86)

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
196	1	Madonna	Simple Minds	November 9, 1985
197	2	Chevy Chase	Sheila E	November 16, 1985
198	3	Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman	Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band	November 23, 1985
199	4	John Lithgow	Mr. Mister	December 7, 1985
200	5	Tom Hanks	Sade	December 14, 1985
201	6	Teri Garr	The Dream Academy The Cult	December 21, 1985
202	7	Harry Dean Stanton	The Replacements	January 18, 1986
203	8	Dudley Moore	Al Green	January 25, 1986
204	9	Ron Reagan	The Nelsons	February 8, 1986
205	10	Jerry Hall	Stevie Ray Vaughan Double Trouble	February 15, 1986
206	11	Jay Leno	The Neville Brothers	February 22, 1986
207	12	Griffin Dunne	Rosanne Cash	March 15, 1986
208	13	George Wendt Francis Ford Coppola	Philip Glass	March 22, 1986
209	14	Oprah Winfrey	Joe Jackson	April 12, 1986
210	15	Tony Danza	Laurie Anderson	April 19, 1986
211	16	Catherine Oxenberg Paul Simon	Ladysmith Black Mambazo	May 10, 1986
212	17	Jimmy Breslin	Level 42 E.G. Daily	May 17, 1986
213	18	Anjelica Huston Billy Martin	George Clinton Parliament-Funkadelic	May 24, 1986

Season 12 (1986–87)

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest	Original air date
214	1	Sigourney Weaver	(none)	October 11, 1986
215	2	Malcolm-Jamal Warner	Run DMC	October 18, 1986
216	3	Rosanna Arquette	Ric Ocasek	November 8, 1986
217	4	Sam Kinison	Lou Reed	November 15, 1986
218	5	Robin Williams	Paul Simon	November 22, 1986
219	6	Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short	Randy Newman	December 6, 1986
220	7	Steve Guttenberg	The Pretenders	December 13, 1986
221	8	William Shatner	Lone Justice	December 20, 1986
222	9	Joe Montana Walter Payton	Deborah Harry	January 24, 1987
223	10	Paul Shaffer	Bruce Hornsby & the Range	January 31, 1987
224	11	Bronson Pinchot	Paul Young	February 14, 1987
225	12	Willie Nelson	Willie Nelson	February 21, 1987
226	13	Valerie Bertinelli	Robert Cray Band	February 28, 1987
227	14	Bill Murray	Percy Sledge	March 21, 1987
228	15	Charlton Heston	Wynton Marsalis	March 28, 1987
229	16	John Lithgow	Anita Baker	April 11, 1987
230	17	John Larroquette	Timbuk 3	April 18, 1987
231	18	Mark Harmon	Suzanne Vega	May 9, 1987
232	19	Garry Shandling	Los Lobos	May 16, 1987
233	20	Dennis Hopper	Roy Orbison	May 23, 1987

Season 13 (1987–88)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
234	1	Steve Martin	Sting	October 17, 1987
235	2	Sean Penn	LL Cool J & Michael Penn	October 24, 1987
236	3	Dabney Coleman	The Cars	October 31, 1987
237	4	Robert Mitchum	Simply Red	November 14, 1987
238	5	Candice Bergen	Cher	November 21, 1987
239	6	Danny DeVito	Bryan Ferry	December 5, 1987
240	7	Angie Dickinson	Buster Poindexter David Gilmour	December 12, 1987
241	8	Paul Simon	Linda Ronstadt	December 19, 1987
242	9	Robin Williams	James Taylor	January 23, 1988
243	10	Carl Weathers	Robbie Robertson	January 30, 1988
244	11	Justine Bateman	Terence Trent D'Arby	February 13, 1988
245	12	Tom Hanks	Randy Travis	February 20, 1988
246	13	Judge Reinhold	10,000 Maniacs	February 27, 1988

Season 14 (1988–89)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
247	1	Tom Hanks	Keith Richards	October 8, 1988
248	2	Matthew Broderick	The Sugarcubes	October 15, 1988
249	3	John Larroquette	Randy Newman Mark Knopfler	October 22, 1988
250	4	Matthew Modine	Edie Brickell and New Bohemians	November 5, 1988
251	5	Demi Moore	Johnny Clegg & Savuka	November 12, 1988
252	6	John Lithgow	Tracy Chapman	November 19, 1988
253	7	Danny DeVito	The Bangles	December 3, 1988
254	8	Kevin Kline	Bobby McFerrin	December 10, 1988
255	9	Melanie Griffith	Little Feat	December 17, 1988
256	10	John Malkovich	Anita Baker	January 21, 1989
257	11	Tony Danza	John Hiatt	January 28, 1989
258	12	Ted Danson	Luther Vandross	February 11, 1989
259	13	Leslie Nielsen	Cowboy Junkies	February 18, 1989
260	14	Glenn Close	Gipsy Kings	February 25, 1989
261	15	Mary Tyler Moore	Elvis Costello	March 25, 1989
262	16	Mel Gibson	Living Colour	April 1, 1989
263	17	Dolly Parton	Dolly Parton	April 15, 1989
264	18	Geena Davis	John Cougar Mellencamp	April 22, 1989
265	19	Wayne Gretzky	Fine Young Cannibals	May 13, 1989
266	20	Steve Martin	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	May 20, 1989

Season 15 (1989–90)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
267	1	Bruce Willis	Neil Young	September 30, 1989
268	2	Rick Moranis	Rickie Lee Jones	October 7, 1989
269	3	Kathleen Turner	Billy Joel	October 21, 1989
270	4	James Woods	Don Henley	October 28, 1989
271	5	Chris Evert	Eurythmics	November 11, 1989
272	6	Woody Harrelson	David Byrne	November 18, 1989
273	7	John Goodman	k.d. lang	December 2, 1989
274	8	Robert Wagner	Linda Ronstadt Aaron Neville	December 9, 1989
275	9	Andie MacDowell	Tracy Chapman	December 16, 1989
276	10	Ed O'Neill	Harry Connick, Jr.	January 13, 1990
277	11	Christopher Walken	Bonnie Raitt	January 20, 1990
278	12	Quincy Jones	Tevin Campbell, Kool Moe Dee & Big Daddy Kane	February 10, 1990
279	13	Tom Hanks	Aerosmith	February 17, 1990
280	14	Fred Savage	Technotronic	February 24, 1990
281	15	Rob Lowe	The Pogues	March 17, 1990
282	16	Debra Winger	Eric Clapton	March 24, 1990
283	17	Corbin Bernsen	The Smithereens	April 14, 1990
284	18	Alec Baldwin	The B-52's	April 21, 1990
285	19	Andrew Dice Clay	Julee Cruise & Spanic Boys	May 12, 1990
286	20	Candice Bergen	The Notting Hillbillies	May 19, 1990

Season 16 (1990–91)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date
287	1	Kyle MacLachlan	Sinéad O'Connor	September 29, 1990
288	2	Susan Lucci	Hothouse Flowers	October 6, 1990
289	3	George Steinbrenner	Morris Day & The Time	October 20, 1990
290	4	Patrick Swayze	Mariah Carey	October 27, 1990
291	5	Jimmy Smits	World Party	November 10, 1990
292	6	Dennis Hopper	Paul Simon	November 17, 1990
293	7	John Goodman	Faith No More	December 1, 1990
294	8	Tom Hanks	Edie Brickell & New Bohemians	December 8, 1990
295	9	Dennis Quaid	The Neville Brothers	December 15, 1990
296	10	Joe Mantegna	Vanilla Ice	January 12, 1991
297	11	Sting	Sting	January 19, 1991
298	12	Kevin Bacon	INXS	February 9, 1991
299	13	Roseanne Barr	Deee-Lite	February 16, 1991
300	14	Alec Baldwin	Whitney Houston	February 23, 1991
301	15	Michael J. Fox	The Black Crowes	March 16, 1991
302	16	Jeremy Irons	Fishbone	March 23, 1991
303	17	Catherine O'Hara	R.E.M.	April 13, 1991
304	18	Steven Seagal	Michael Bolton	April 20, 1991
305	19	Delta Burke	Chris Isaak	May 11, 1991
306	20	George Wendt	Elvis Costello	May 18, 1991

Season 17 (1991–92)

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
307	1	Michael Jordan	Public Enemy	September 28, 1991
308	2	Jeff Daniels	Color Me Badd	October 5, 1991
309	3	Kirstie Alley	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	October 12, 1991
310	4	Christian Slater	Bonnie Raitt	October 26, 1991
311	5	Kiefer Sutherland	Skid Row	November 2, 1991
312	6	Linda Hamilton	Mariah Carey	November 16, 1991
313	7	Macaulay Culkin	Tin Machine	November 23, 1991
314	8	MC Hammer	MC Hammer	December 7, 1991
315	9	Steve Martin	James Taylor	December 14, 1991
316	10	Rob Morrow	Nirvana	January 11, 1992
317	11	Chevy Chase	Robbie Robertson Bruce Hornsby & the Range	January 18, 1992
318	12	Susan Dey	C&C Music Factory	February 8, 1992
319	13	Jason Priestley	Teenage Fanclub	February 15, 1992
320	14	Roseanne Arnold Tom Arnold	Red Hot Chili Peppers	February 22, 1992
321	15	John Goodman	Garth Brooks	March 14, 1992
322	16	Mary Stuart Masterson	En Vogue	March 21, 1992
323	17	Sharon Stone	Pearl Jam	April 11, 1992
324	18	Jerry Seinfeld	Annie Lennox	April 18, 1992
325	19	Tom Hanks	Bruce Springsteen	May 9, 1992
326	20	Woody Harrelson	Vanessa Williams	May 16, 1992

Season 18 (1992–93)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
327	1	Nicolas Cage	Bobby Brown	September 26, 1992
328	2	Tim Robbins	Sinéad O'Connor	October 3, 1992
329	3	Joe Pesci	The Spin Doctors	October 10, 1992
330	4	Christopher Walken	Arrested Development	October 24, 1992
331	5	Catherine O'Hara	10,000 Maniacs	October 31, 1992
332	6	Michael Keaton	Morrissey	November 14, 1992
333	7	Sinbad	Sade	November 21, 1992
334	8	Tom Arnold	Neil Young	December 5, 1992
335	9	Glenn Close	The Black Crowes	December 12, 1992
336	10	Danny DeVito	Bon Jovi	January 9, 1993
337	11	Harvey Keitel	Madonna	January 16, 1993
338	12	Luke Perry	Mick Jagger	February 6, 1993
339	13	Alec Baldwin	Paul McCartney	February 13, 1993
340	14	Bill Murray	Sting	February 20, 1993
341	15	John Goodman	Mary J. Blige	March 13, 1993
342	16	Miranda Richardson	Soul Asylum	March 20, 1993
343	17	Jason Alexander	Peter Gabriel	April 10, 1993
344	18	Kirstie Alley	Lenny Kravitz	April 17, 1993
345	19	Christina Applegate	Midnight Oil	May 8, 1993
346	20	Kevin Kline	Willie Nelson & Paul Simon	May 15, 1993

Season 19 (1993–94)

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest	Original air date
347	1	Charles Barkley	Nirvana	September 25, 1993
348	2	Shannen Doherty	Cypress Hill	October 2, 1993
349	3	Jeff Goldblum	Aerosmith	October 9, 1993
350	4	John Malkovich	Billy Joel	October 23, 1993
351	5	Christian Slater	The Smashing Pumpkins	October 30, 1993
352	6	Rosie O'Donnell	James Taylor	November 13, 1993
353	7	Nicole Kidman	Stone Temple Pilots	November 20, 1993
354	8	Charlton Heston	Paul Westerberg	December 4, 1993
355	9	Sally Field	Tony! Toni! Toné!	December 11, 1993
356	10	Jason Patric	Blind Melon	January 8, 1994
357	11	Sara Gilbert	Counting Crows	January 15, 1994
358	12	Patrick Stewart	Salt-N-Pepa	February 5, 1994
359	13	Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger	UB40	February 12, 1994
360	14	Martin Lawrence	Crash Test Dummies	February 19, 1994
361	15	Nancy Kerrigan	Aretha Franklin	March 12, 1994
362	16	Helen Hunt	Snoop Doggy Dogg	March 19, 1994
363	17	Kelsey Grammer	Dwight Yoakam	April 9, 1994
364	18	Emilio Estevez	Pearl Jam	April 16, 1994
365	19	John Goodman	The Pretenders	May 7, 1994
366	20	Heather Locklear	Janet Jackson	May 14, 1994

Season 20 (1994–95)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
367	1	Steve Martin	Eric Clapton	September 24, 1994
368	2	Marisa Tomei	Bonnie Raitt	October 1, 1994
369	3	John Travolta	Seal	October 15, 1994
370	4	Dana Carvey	Edie Brickell & Paul Simon	October 22, 1994
371	5	Sarah Jessica Parker	R.E.M.	November 12, 1994
372	6	John Turturro	Tom Petty	November 19, 1994
373	7	Roseanne	Green Day	December 3, 1994
374	8	Alec Baldwin	Beastie Boys	December 10, 1994
375	9	George Foreman	Hole	December 17, 1994
376	10	Jeff Daniels	Luscious Jackson	January 14, 1995
377	11	David Hyde Pierce	Live	January 21, 1995
378	12	Bob Newhart	Des'ree	February 11, 1995
379	13	Deion Sanders	Bon Jovi	February 18, 1995
380	14	George Clooney	The Cranberries	February 25, 1995
381	15	Paul Reiser	Annie Lennox	March 18, 1995
382	16	John Goodman	The Tragically Hip	March 25, 1995
383	17	Damon Wayans	Dionne Farris	April 8, 1995
384	18	Courteney Cox	Dave Matthews Band	April 15, 1995
385	19	Bob Saget	TLC	May 6, 1995
386	20	David Duchovny	Rod Stewart	May 13, 1995

Season 21 (1995–96)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date
387	1	Mariel Hemingway	Blues Traveler	September 30, 1995
388	2	Chevy Chase	Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories	October 7, 1995
389	3	David Schwimmer	Natalie Merchant	October 21, 1995
390	4	Gabriel Byrne	Alanis Morissette	October 28, 1995
391	5	Quentin Tarantino	The Smashing Pumpkins	November 11, 1995
392	6	Laura Leighton	Rancid	November 18, 1995
393	7	Anthony Edwards	Foo Fighters	December 2, 1995
394	8	David Alan Grier	Silverchair	December 9, 1995
395	9	Madeline Kahn	Bush	December 16, 1995
396	10	Christopher Walken	Joan Osborne	January 13, 1996
397	11	Alec Baldwin	Tori Amos	January 20, 1996
398	12	Danny Aiello	Coolio	February 10, 1996
399	13	Tom Arnold	Tupac Shakur	February 17, 1996
400	14	Elle Macpherson	Sting	February 24, 1996
401	15	John Goodman	Everclear	March 16, 1996
402	16	Phil Hartman	Gin Blossoms	March 23, 1996
403	17	Steve Forbes	Rage Against the Machine	April 13, 1996
404	18	Teri Hatcher	Dave Matthews Band	April 20, 1996
405	19	Christine Baranski	The Cure	May 11, 1996
406	20	Jim Carrey	Soundgarden	May 18, 1996

Season 22 (1996–97)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date
407	1	Tom Hanks	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	September 28, 1996
408	2	Lisa Kudrow	Sheryl Crow	October 5, 1996
409	3	Bill Pullman	New Edition	October 19, 1996
410	4	Dana Carvey	Dr. Dre	October 26, 1996
411	5	Chris Rock	The Wallflowers	November 2, 1996
412	6	Robert Downey, Jr.	Fiona Apple	November 16, 1996
413	7	Phil Hartman	Bush	November 23, 1996
414	8	Martin Short	No Doubt	December 7, 1996
415	9	Rosie O'Donnell	Whitney Houston	December 14, 1996
416	10	Kevin Spacey	Beck	January 11, 1997
417	11	David Alan Grier	Snoop Doggy Dogg	January 18, 1997
418	12	Neve Campbell	David Bowie	February 8, 1997
419	13	Chevy Chase	Live	February 15, 1997
420	14	Alec Baldwin	Tina Turner	February 22, 1997
421	15	Sting	Veruca Salt	March 15, 1997
422	16	Mike Myers	Aerosmith	March 22, 1997
423	17	Rob Lowe	Spice Girls	April 12, 1997
424	18	Pamela Anderson	Rollins Band	April 19, 1997
425	19	John Goodman	Jewel	May 10, 1997
426	20	Jeff Goldblum	En Vogue	May 17, 1997

Season 23 (1997–98)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
427	1	Sylvester Stallone	Jamiroquai	September 27, 1997
428	2	Matthew Perry	Oasis	October 4, 1997
429	3	Brendan Fraser	Björk	October 18, 1997
430	4	Chris Farley	The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	October 25, 1997
431	5	Jon Lovitz	Jane's Addiction	November 8, 1997
432	6	Claire Danes	Mariah Carey	November 15, 1997
433	7	Rudolph Giuliani	Sarah McLachlan	November 22, 1997
434	8	Nathan Lane	Metallica & Marianne Faithfull	December 6, 1997
435	9	Helen Hunt	Hanson	December 13, 1997
436	10	Samuel L. Jackson	Ben Folds Five	January 10, 1998
437	11	Sarah Michelle Gellar	Portishead	January 17, 1998
438	12	John Goodman	Paula Cole	February 7, 1998
439	13	Roma Downey	Missy Misdemeanor Elliott	February 14, 1998
440	14	Garth Brooks	Garth Brooks	February 28, 1998
441	15	Scott Wolf	Natalie Imbruglia	March 7, 1998
442	16	Julianne Moore	Backstreet Boys	March 14, 1998
443	17	Steve Buscemi	Third Eye Blind	April 4, 1998
444	18	Greg Kinnear	All Saints	April 11, 1998
445	19	Matthew Broderick	Natalie Merchant	May 2, 1998
446	20	David Duchovny	Puff Daddy Jimmy Page	May 9, 1998

Season 24 (1998–99)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
447	1	Cameron Diaz	The Smashing Pumpkins	September 26, 1998
448	2	Kelsey Grammer	Sheryl Crow	October 3, 1998
449	3	Lucy Lawless	Elliott Smith	October 17, 1998
450	4	Ben Stiller	Alanis Morissette	October 24, 1998
451	5	David Spade	Eagle-Eye Cherry	November 7, 1998
452	6	Joan Allen	Jewel	November 14, 1998
453	7	Jennifer Love Hewitt	Beastie Boys	November 21, 1998
454	8	Vince Vaughn	Lauryn Hill	December 5, 1998
455	9	Alec Baldwin	Luciano Pavarotti Vanessa Williams Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale	December 12, 1998
456	10	Bill Paxton	Beck	January 9, 1999
457	11	James Van Der Beek	Everlast	January 16, 1999
458	12	Gwyneth Paltrow	Barenaked Ladies	February 6, 1999
459	13	Brendan Fraser	Busta Rhymes The Roots	February 13, 1999
460	14	Bill Murray	Lucinda Williams	February 20, 1999
461	15	Ray Romano	The Corrs	March 13, 1999
462	16	Drew Barrymore	Garbage	March 20, 1999
463	17	John Goodman	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	April 10, 1999
464	18	Cuba Gooding, Jr.	Ricky Martin	May 8, 1999
465	19	Sarah Michelle Gellar	Backstreet Boys	May 15, 1999

Season 25 (1999–2000)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
466	1	Jerry Seinfeld	David Bowie	October 2, 1999
467	2	Heather Graham	Marc Anthony	October 16, 1999
468	3	Norm Macdonald	Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg & Eminem	October 23, 1999
469	4	Dylan McDermott	Foo Fighters	November 6, 1999
470	5	Garth Brooks	Garth Brooks as Chris Gaines	November 13, 1999
471	6	Jennifer Aniston	Sting	November 20, 1999
472	7	Christina Ricci	Beck	December 4, 1999
473	8	Danny DeVito	R.E.M.	December 11, 1999
474	9	Jamie Foxx	Blink-182	January 8, 2000
475	10	Freddie Prinze, Jr.	Macy Gray	January 15, 2000
476	11	Alan Cumming	Jennifer Lopez	February 5, 2000
477	12	Julianna Margulies	DMX	February 12, 2000
478	13	Ben Affleck	Fiona Apple	February 19, 2000
479	14	Joshua Jackson	'N Sync	March 11, 2000
480	15	The Rock (Dwayne Johnson)	AC/DC	March 18, 2000
481	16	Christopher Walken	Christina Aguilera	April 8, 2000
482	17	Tobey Maguire	Sisqó	April 15, 2000
483	18	John Goodman	Neil Young	May 6, 2000
484	19	Britney Spears	Britney Spears	May 13, 2000
485	20	Jackie Chan	Kid Rock	May 20, 2000

Season 26 (2000–01)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
486	1	Rob Lowe	Eminem	October 7, 2000
487	2	Kate Hudson	Radiohead	October 14, 2000
488	3	Dana Carvey	The Wallflowers	October 21, 2000
489	4	Charlize Theron	Paul Simon	November 4, 2000
490	5	Calista Flockhart	Ricky Martin	November 11, 2000
491	6	Tom Green	David Gray	November 18, 2000
492	7	Val Kilmer	U2	December 9, 2000
493	8	Lucy Liu	Jay-Z	December 16, 2000
494	9	Charlie Sheen	Nelly Furtado	January 13, 2001
495	10	Mena Suvari	Lenny Kravitz	January 20, 2001
496	11	Jennifer Lopez	Jennifer Lopez	February 10, 2001
497	12	Sean Hayes	Shaggy	February 17, 2001
498	13	Katie Holmes	Dave Matthews Band	February 24, 2001
499	14	Conan O'Brien	Don Henley	March 10, 2001
500	15	Julia Stiles	Aerosmith	March 17, 2001
501	16	Alec Baldwin	Coldplay	April 7, 2001
502	17	Renée Zellweger	Eve	April 14, 2001
503	18	Pierce Brosnan	Destiny's Child	May 5, 2001
504	19	Lara Flynn Boyle	Bon Jovi	May 12, 2001
505	20	Christopher Walken	Weezer	May 19, 2001

Season 27 (2001–02)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
506	1	Reese Witherspoon	Alicia Keys	September 29, 2001
507	2	Seann William Scott	Sum 41	October 6, 2001
508	3	Drew Barrymore	Macy Gray	October 13, 2001
509	4	John Goodman	Ja Rule	November 3, 2001
510	5	Gwyneth Paltrow	Ryan Adams	November 10, 2001
511	6	Billy Bob Thornton	Creed	November 17, 2001
512	7	Derek Jeter	Shakira Bubba Sparxxx	December 1, 2001
513	8	Hugh Jackman	Mick Jagger	December 8, 2001
514	9	Ellen DeGeneres	No Doubt	December 15, 2001
515	10	Josh Hartnett	Pink	January 12, 2002
516	11	Jack Black	The Strokes	January 19, 2002
517	12	Britney Spears	Britney Spears	February 2, 2002
518	13	Jonny Moseley	Outkast	March 2, 2002
519	14	Jon Stewart	India.Arie	March 9, 2002
520	15	Ian McKellen	Kylie Minogue	March 16, 2002
521	16	Cameron Diaz	Jimmy Eat World	April 6, 2002
522	17	Dwayne Johnson	Andrew W.K.	April 13, 2002
523	18	Alec Baldwin	P.O.D.	April 20, 2002
524	19	Kirsten Dunst	Eminem	May 11, 2002
525	20	Winona Ryder	Moby	May 18, 2002

Season 28 (2002–03)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
526	1	Matt Damon	Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band	October 5, 2002
527	2	Sarah Michelle Gellar	Faith Hill	October 12, 2002
528	3	John McCain	The White Stripes	October 19, 2002
529	4	Eric McCormack	Jay-Z	November 2, 2002
530	5	Nia Vardalos	Eve	November 9, 2002
531	6	Brittany Murphy	Nelly	November 16, 2002
532	7	Robert De Niro	Norah Jones	December 7, 2002
533	8	Al Gore	Phish	December 14, 2002
534	9	Jeff Gordon	Avril Lavigne	January 11, 2003
535	10	Ray Liotta	The Donnas	January 18, 2003
536	11	Matthew McConaughey	Dixie Chicks	February 8, 2003
537	12	Jennifer Garner	Beck	February 15, 2003
538	13	Christopher Walken	Foo Fighters	February 22, 2003
539	14	Queen Latifah	Ms. Dynamite	March 8, 2003
540	15	Salma Hayek	Christina Aguilera	March 15, 2003
541	16	Bernie Mac	Good Charlotte	April 5, 2003
542	17	Ray Romano	Zwan	April 12, 2003
543	18	Ashton Kutcher	50 Cent	May 3, 2003
544	19	Adrien Brody	Sean Paul Wayne Wonder	May 10, 2003
545	20	Dan Aykroyd	Beyoncé	May 17, 2003

Season 29 (2003–04)

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
546	1	Jack Black	John Mayer	October 4, 2003
547	2	Justin Timberlake	Justin Timberlake	October 11, 2003
548	3	Halle Berry	Britney Spears	October 18, 2003
549	4	Kelly Ripa	Outkast	November 1, 2003
550	5	Andy Roddick	Dave Matthews & Friends	November 8, 2003
551	6	Alec Baldwin	Missy Elliott	November 15, 2003
552	7	Al Sharpton	Pink	December 6, 2003
553	8	Elijah Wood	Jet	December 13, 2003
554	9	Jennifer Aniston	The Black Eyed Peas	January 10, 2004
555	10	Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey	G-Unit	January 17, 2004
556	11	Megan Mullally	Clay Aiken	February 7, 2004
557	12	Drew Barrymore	Kelis	February 14, 2004
558	13	Christina Aguilera	Maroon 5	February 21, 2004
559	14	Colin Firth	Norah Jones	March 6, 2004
560	15	Ben Affleck	N*E*R*D	March 13, 2004
561	16	Donald Trump	Toots & the Maytals featuring Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Bootsy Collins, and The Roots	April 3, 2004
562	17	Janet Jackson	Janet Jackson	April 10, 2004
563	18	Lindsay Lohan	Usher	May 1, 2004
564	19	Snoop Dogg	Avril Lavigne	May 8, 2004
565	20	Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen	J-Kwon	May 15, 2004

Season 30 (2004–05)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
566	1	Ben Affleck	Nelly	October 2, 2004
567	2	Queen Latifah	Queen Latifah	October 9, 2004
568	3	Jude Law	Ashlee Simpson	October 23, 2004
569	4	Kate Winslet	Eminem	October 30, 2004
570	5	Liam Neeson	Modest Mouse	November 13, 2004
571	6	Luke Wilson	U2	November 20, 2004
572	7	Colin Farrell	Scissor Sisters	December 11, 2004
573	8	Robert De Niro	Destiny's Child	December 18, 2004
574	9	Topher Grace	The Killers	January 15, 2005
575	10	Paul Giamatti	Ludacris featuring Sum 41	January 22, 2005
576	11	Paris Hilton	Keane	February 5, 2005
577	12	Jason Bateman	Kelly Clarkson	February 12, 2005
578	13	Hilary Swank	50 Cent	February 19, 2005
579	14	David Spade	Jack Johnson	March 12, 2005
580	15	Ashton Kutcher	Gwen Stefani	March 19, 2005
581	16	Cameron Diaz	Green Day	April 9, 2005
582	17	Tom Brady	Beck	April 16, 2005
583	18	Johnny Knoxville	System of a Down	May 7, 2005
584	19	Will Ferrell	Queens of the Stone Age	May 14, 2005
585	20	Lindsay Lohan	Coldplay	May 21, 2005

Season 31 (2005–06)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date
586	1	Steve Carell	Kanye West	October 1, 2005
587	2	Jon Heder	Ashlee Simpson	October 8, 2005
588	3	Catherine Zeta-Jones	Franz Ferdinand	October 22, 2005
589	4	Lance Armstrong	Sheryl Crow	October 29, 2005
590	5	Jason Lee	Foo Fighters	November 12, 2005
591	6	Eva Longoria	Korn	November 19, 2005
592	7	Dane Cook	James Blunt	December 3, 2005
593	8	Alec Baldwin	Shakira	December 10, 2005
594	9	Jack Black	Neil Young	December 17, 2005
595	10	Scarlett Johansson	Death Cab for Cutie	January 14, 2006
596	11	Peter Sarsgaard	The Strokes	January 21, 2006
597	12	Steve Martin	Prince	February 4, 2006
598	13	Natalie Portman	Fall Out Boy	March 4, 2006
599	14	Matt Dillon	Arctic Monkeys	March 11, 2006
600	15	Antonio Banderas	Mary J. Blige	April 8, 2006
601	16	Lindsay Lohan	Pearl Jam	April 15, 2006
602	17	Tom Hanks	Red Hot Chili Peppers	May 6, 2006
603	18	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Paul Simon	May 13, 2006
604	19	Kevin Spacey	Nelly Furtado	May 20, 2006

Season 32 (2006–07)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
605	1	Dane Cook	The Killers	September 30, 2006
606	2	Jaime Pressly	Corinne Bailey Rae	October 7, 2006
607	3	John C. Reilly	My Chemical Romance	October 21, 2006
608	4	Hugh Laurie	Beck	October 28, 2006
609	5	Alec Baldwin	Christina Aguilera	November 11, 2006
610	6	Ludacris	Ludacris	November 18, 2006
611	7	Matthew Fox	Tenacious D	December 2, 2006
612	8	Annette Bening	Gwen Stefani & Akon	December 9, 2006
613	9	Justin Timberlake	Justin Timberlake	December 16, 2006
614	10	Jake Gyllenhaal	The Shins	January 13, 2007
615	11	Jeremy Piven	AFI	January 20, 2007
616	12	Drew Barrymore	Lily Allen	February 3, 2007
617	13	Forest Whitaker	Keith Urban	February 10, 2007
618	14	Rainn Wilson	Arcade Fire	February 24, 2007
619	15	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Snow Patrol	March 17, 2007
620	16	Peyton Manning	Carrie Underwood	March 24, 2007
621	17	Shia LaBeouf	Avril Lavigne	April 14, 2007
622	18	Scarlett Johansson	Björk	April 21, 2007
623	19	Molly Shannon	Linkin Park	May 12, 2007
624	20	Zach Braff	Maroon 5	May 19, 2007

Season 33 (2007–08)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date
625	1	LeBron James	Kanye West	September 29, 2007
626	2	Seth Rogen	Spoon	October 6, 2007
627	3	Jon Bon Jovi	Foo Fighters	October 13, 2007
628	4	Brian Williams	Feist	November 3, 2007
629	5	Tina Fey	Carrie Underwood	February 23, 2008
630	6	Ellen Page	Wilco	March 1, 2008
631	7	Amy Adams	Vampire Weekend	March 8, 2008
632	8	Jonah Hill	Mariah Carey	March 15, 2008
633	9	Christopher Walken	Panic! at the Disco	April 5, 2008
634	10	Ashton Kutcher	Gnarls Barkley	April 12, 2008
635	11	Shia LaBeouf	My Morning Jacket	May 10, 2008
636	12	Steve Carell	Usher	May 17, 2008

Season 34 (2008–09)

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
637	1	Michael Phelps	Lil Wayne	September 13, 2008 (2008-09-13)	7.4/18[1]
638	2	James Franco	Kings of Leon	September 20, 2008	N/A
639	3	Anna Faris	Duffy	September 27, 2008	6.0/15[2]
640	4	Anne Hathaway	The Killers	October 4, 2008	7.4/18[3]
641	5	Josh Brolin	Adele	October 18, 2008	10.7/24[4]
642	6	Jon Hamm	Coldplay	October 25, 2008	7.1/18[5]
643	7	Ben Affleck	David Cook	November 1, 2008	9.0/20[6]
644	8	Paul Rudd	Beyoncé	November 15, 2008	N/A
645	9	Tim McGraw	Ludacris & T-Pain	November 22, 2008	N/A
646	10	John Malkovich	T.I.	December 6, 2008	N/A
647	11	Hugh Laurie	Kanye West	December 13, 2008	N/A
648	12	Neil Patrick Harris	Taylor Swift	January 10, 2009	N/A
649	13	Rosario Dawson	Fleet Foxes	January 17, 2009	N/A
650	14	Steve Martin	Jason Mraz	January 31, 2009	N/A
651	15	Bradley Cooper	TV on the Radio	February 7, 2009	N/A
652	16	Alec Baldwin	Jonas Brothers	February 14, 2009	N/A
653	17	Dwayne Johnson	Ray LaMontagne	March 7, 2009	N/A
654	18	Tracy Morgan	Kelly Clarkson	March 14, 2009	N/A
655	19	Seth Rogen	Phoenix	April 4, 2009	N/A
656	20	Zac Efron	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	April 11, 2009	5.1[7]
657	21	Justin Timberlake	Ciara	May 9, 2009	N/A
658	22	Will Ferrell	Green Day	May 16, 2009	N/A

Season 35 (2009–10)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
659	1	Megan Fox	U2	September 26, 2009	4.6/11[8]
660	2	Ryan Reynolds	Lady Gaga	October 3, 2009	4.7/12[9]
661	3	Drew Barrymore	Regina Spektor	October 10, 2009	4.6/11[10]
662	4	Gerard Butler	Shakira	October 17, 2009	4.8/11[11]
663	5	Taylor Swift	Taylor Swift	November 7, 2009	5.0/12[12]
664	6	January Jones	The Black Eyed Peas	November 14, 2009	4.7/12[13]
665	7	Joseph Gordon-Levitt	Dave Matthews Band	November 21, 2009	4.3/11[14]
666	8	Blake Lively	Rihanna	December 5, 2009	4.4/12[15]
667	9	Taylor Lautner	Bon Jovi	December 12, 2009	5.1/12[16]
668	10	James Franco	Muse	December 19, 2009	4.4/11[17]
669	11	Charles Barkley	Alicia Keys	January 9, 2010	4.4/19[18]
670	12	Sigourney Weaver	The Ting Tings	January 16, 2010	5.4/14[19]
671	13	Jon Hamm	Michael Bublé	January 30, 2010	5.0/12[20]
672	14	Ashton Kutcher	Them Crooked Vultures	February 6, 2010	5.3/13[21]
673	15	Jennifer Lopez	Jennifer Lopez	February 27, 2010	6.3/15[22]
674	16	Zach Galifianakis	Vampire Weekend	March 6, 2010	5.0/12[23]
675	17	Jude Law	Pearl Jam	March 13, 2010	4.5/11[24]
676	18	Tina Fey	Justin Bieber	April 10, 2010	5.7/14[25]
677	19	Ryan Phillippe	Ke$ha	April 17, 2010	5.2/13[26]
678	20	Gabourey Sidibe	MGMT	April 24, 2010	4.7/12[27]
679	21	Betty White	Jay-Z	May 8, 2010	8.8/21[28]
680	22	Alec Baldwin	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	May 15, 2010	5.8/14[29]

Season 36 (2010–11)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
681	1	Amy Poehler	Katy Perry	September 25, 2010	5.3/13
682	2	Bryan Cranston	Kanye West	October 2, 2010	4.8/12
683	3	Jane Lynch	Bruno Mars	October 9, 2010	4.8/12
684	4	Emma Stone	Kings of Leon	October 23, 2010	4.5/11
685	5	Jon Hamm	Rihanna	October 30, 2010	4.6/11
686	6	Scarlett Johansson	Arcade Fire	November 13, 2010	4.7/12
687	7	Anne Hathaway	Florence + the Machine	November 20, 2010	4.7/12
688	8	Robert De Niro	Diddy-Dirty Money	December 4, 2010	5.0/12
689	9	Paul Rudd	Paul McCartney	December 11, 2010	5.3/13
690	10	Jeff Bridges	Eminem and Lil Wayne	December 18, 2010	4.9/12
691	11	Jim Carrey	The Black Keys	January 8, 2011	7.8/18
692	12	Gwyneth Paltrow	Cee Lo Green	January 15, 2011	5.1/12
693	13	Jesse Eisenberg	Nicki Minaj	January 29, 2011	5.1/12
694	14	Dana Carvey	Linkin Park	February 5, 2011	5.6/13
695	15	Russell Brand	Chris Brown	February 12, 2011	5.0/12
696	16	Miley Cyrus	The Strokes	March 5, 2011	5.4/13
697	17	Zach Galifianakis	Jessie J	March 12, 2011	4.8/12
698	18	Elton John	Elton John and Leon Russell	April 2, 2011	5.0/12
699	19	Helen Mirren	Foo Fighters	April 9, 2011	4.7/12
700	20	Tina Fey	Ellie Goulding	May 7, 2011	5.3/15
701	21	Ed Helms	Paul Simon	May 14, 2011	4.9/12
702	22	Justin Timberlake	Lady Gaga	May 21, 2011	7.0/17

Season 37 (2011–12)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
703	1	Alec Baldwin	Radiohead	September 24, 2011	5.0/13
704	2	Melissa McCarthy	Lady Antebellum	October 1, 2011	5.2/13
705	3	Ben Stiller	Foster the People	October 8, 2011	4.8/12
706	4	Anna Faris	Drake	October 15, 2011	4.8/12
707	5	Charlie Day	Maroon 5	November 5, 2011	4.9/11
708	6	Emma Stone	Coldplay	November 12, 2011	4.5/11
709	7	Jason Segel	Florence + The Machine	November 19, 2011	4.6/11
710	8	Steve Buscemi	The Black Keys	December 3, 2011	4.8/11
711	9	Katy Perry	Robyn	December 10, 2011	4.8/11
712	10	Jimmy Fallon	Michael Bublé	December 17, 2011	5.3/13
713	11	Charles Barkley	Kelly Clarkson	January 7, 2012	7.4/18
714	12	Daniel Radcliffe	Lana Del Rey	January 14, 2012	5.2/12
715	13	Channing Tatum	Bon Iver	February 4, 2012	4.7/11
716	14	Zooey Deschanel	Karmin	February 11, 2012	5.0/12
717	15	Maya Rudolph	Sleigh Bells	February 18, 2012	4.9/12
718	16	Lindsay Lohan	Jack White	March 3, 2012	5.5/14
719	17	Jonah Hill	The Shins	March 10, 2012	4.3/11
720	18	Sofía Vergara	One Direction	April 7, 2012	5.0/16[30]
721	19	Josh Brolin	Gotye	April 14, 2012	4.6/11[31]
722	20	Eli Manning	Rihanna	May 5, 2012	5.2/13[32]
723	21	Will Ferrell	Usher	May 12, 2012	5.1/13
724	22	Mick Jagger	Mick Jagger (with Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters, Jeff Beck)	May 19, 2012	5.2/13

Season 38 (2012–13)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
725	1	Seth MacFarlane	Frank Ocean	September 15, 2012	4.8/12[33]
726	2	Joseph Gordon-Levitt	Mumford & Sons	September 22, 2012	5.0/12[34]
727	3	Daniel Craig	Muse	October 6, 2012	4.5/11[35]
728	4	Christina Applegate	Passion Pit	October 13, 2012	4.6/11[36]
729	5	Bruno Mars	Bruno Mars	October 20, 2012	5.4/14[37]
730	6	Louis C.K.	fun.	November 3, 2012	5.0/12[38]
731	7	Anne Hathaway	Rihanna	November 10, 2012	5.0/12[39]
732	8	Jeremy Renner	Maroon 5	November 17, 2012	5.1/12[40]
733	9	Jamie Foxx	Ne-Yo	December 8, 2012	4.6/11[41]
734	10	Martin Short	Paul McCartney	December 15, 2012	5.1/12[42]
735	11	Jennifer Lawrence	The Lumineers	January 19, 2013	4.9/12[43]
736	12	Adam Levine	Kendrick Lamar	January 26, 2013	5.0/12[44]
737	13	Justin Bieber	Justin Bieber	February 9, 2013	4.9/12[45]
738	14	Christoph Waltz	Alabama Shakes	February 16, 2013	4.6/12[46]
739	15	Kevin Hart	Macklemore and Ryan Lewis	March 2, 2013	4.8/12[47]
740	16	Justin Timberlake	Justin Timberlake	March 9, 2013	5.9/15[48]
741	17	Melissa McCarthy	Phoenix	April 6, 2013	4.8/12[49]
742	18	Vince Vaughn	Miguel	April 13, 2013	4.6/12[50]
743	19	Zach Galifianakis	Of Monsters and Men	May 4, 2013	4.4/11[51]
744	20	Kristen Wiig	Vampire Weekend	May 11, 2013	4.6/12[52]
745	21	Ben Affleck	Kanye West	May 18, 2013	4.7/12[53]

Season 39 (2013–14)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
746	1	Tina Fey	Arcade Fire	September 28, 2013	4.7/12[54]
747	2	Miley Cyrus	Miley Cyrus	October 5, 2013	4.5/13[55]
748	3	Bruce Willis	Katy Perry	October 12, 2013	4.3/11[56]
749	4	Edward Norton	Janelle Monáe	October 26, 2013	3.9/10[57]
750	5	Kerry Washington	Eminem	November 2, 2013	4.9/12[58]
751	6	Lady Gaga	Lady Gaga	November 16, 2013	4.9/12[59]
752	7	Josh Hutcherson	Haim	November 23, 2013	4.1/10[60]
753	8	Paul Rudd	One Direction	December 7, 2013	4.9/12[61]
754	9	John Goodman	Kings of Leon	December 14, 2013	4.5/11[62]
755	10	Jimmy Fallon	Justin Timberlake	December 21, 2013	6.3/16[63]
756	11	Drake	Drake	January 18, 2014	4.7/12[64]
757	12	Jonah Hill	Bastille	January 25, 2014	4.8/12[65]
758	13	Melissa McCarthy	Imagine Dragons	February 1, 2014	5.4/13[66]
759	14	Jim Parsons	Beck	March 1, 2014	4.6/12[67]
760	15	Lena Dunham	The National	March 8, 2014	4.1/11[68]
761	16	Louis C.K.	Sam Smith	March 29, 2014	4.0/10[69]
762	17	Anna Kendrick	Pharrell Williams	April 5, 2014	4.0/10[70]
763	18	Seth Rogen	Ed Sheeran	April 12, 2014	3.9/10[71]
764	19	Andrew Garfield	Coldplay	May 3, 2014	3.9/10[72]
765	20	Charlize Theron	The Black Keys	May 10, 2014	3.8/10[73]
766	21	Andy Samberg	St. Vincent	May 17, 2014	4.0/10[74]

Season 40 (2014–15)

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
767	1	Chris Pratt	Ariana Grande	September 27, 2014 (2014-09-27)	4.0/10[75]
768	2	Sarah Silverman	Maroon 5	October 4, 2014 (2014-10-04)	3.9/10[76]
769	3	Bill Hader	Hozier	October 11, 2014 (2014-10-11)	3.8/10[77]
770	4	Jim Carrey	Iggy Azalea	October 25, 2014 (2014-10-25)	4.1/10[78]
771	5	Chris Rock	Prince	November 1, 2014 (2014-11-01)	4.9/10[79]
772	6	Woody Harrelson	Kendrick Lamar	November 15, 2014 (2014-11-15)	4.1/10[80]
773	7	Cameron Diaz	Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars	November 22, 2014 (2014-11-22)	4.1/10[81]
774	8	James Franco	Nicki Minaj	December 6, 2014 (2014-12-06)	4.4/10[82]
775	9	Martin Freeman	Charli XCX	December 13, 2014 (2014-12-13)	3.9/10[83]
776	10	Amy Adams	One Direction	December 20, 2014 (2014-12-20)	4.0/10[84]
777	11	Kevin Hart	Sia	January 17, 2015 (2015-01-17)	4.1/10[85]
778	12	Blake Shelton	Blake Shelton	January 24, 2015 (2015-01-24)	4.7/10[86]
779	13	J. K. Simmons	D'Angelo	January 31, 2015 (2015-01-31)	4.3/10[87]
780	14	Dakota Johnson	Alabama Shakes	February 28, 2015 (2015-02-28)	3.8/9[88]
781	15	Chris Hemsworth	Zac Brown Band	March 7, 2015 (2015-03-07)	4.0/10[89]
782	16	Dwayne Johnson	George Ezra	March 28, 2015 (2015-03-28)	3.7/9[90]
783	17	Michael Keaton	Carly Rae Jepsen	April 4, 2015 (2015-04-04)	3.7/9[91]
784	18	Taraji P. Henson	Mumford & Sons	April 11, 2015 (2015-04-11)	3.8/10[92]
785	19	Scarlett Johansson	Wiz Khalifa	May 2, 2015 (2015-05-02)	3.4/9[93]
786	20	Reese Witherspoon	Florence + the Machine	May 9, 2015 (2015-05-09)	3.7/10[94]
787	21	Louis C.K.	Rihanna	May 16, 2015 (2015-05-16)	3.8/10[95]

Season 41 (2015–16)

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
788	1	Miley Cyrus	Miley Cyrus	October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03)	4.5/11[96]
789	2	Amy Schumer	The Weeknd	October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10)	3.9/10[97]
790	3	Tracy Morgan	Demi Lovato	October 17, 2015 (2015-10-17)	4.2/11[98]
791	4	Donald Trump	Sia	November 7, 2015 (2015-11-07)	6.6/16[99]
792	5	Elizabeth Banks	Disclosure	November 14, 2015 (2015-11-14)	4.0/10[100]
793	6	Matthew McConaughey	Adele	November 21, 2015 (2015-11-21)	4.6/12[101]
794	7	Ryan Gosling	Leon Bridges	December 5, 2015 (2015-12-05)	4.1/10[102]
795	8	Chris Hemsworth	Chance the Rapper	December 12, 2015 (2015-12-12)	3.8/10[103]
796	9	Tina Fey & Amy Poehler	Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band	December 19, 2015 (2015-12-19)	5.1/13[104]
797	10	Adam Driver	Chris Stapleton	January 16, 2016 (2016-01-16)	3.0/15[105]
798	11	Ronda Rousey	Selena Gomez	January 23, 2016 (2016-01-23)	5.0/12[106]
799	12	Larry David	The 1975	February 6, 2016 (2016-02-06)	5.1/12[107]
800	13	Melissa McCarthy	Kanye West	February 13, 2016 (2016-02-13)	4.4/11[108]
801	14	Jonah Hill	Future	March 5, 2016 (2016-03-05)	4.0/10[109]
802	15	Ariana Grande	Ariana Grande	March 12, 2016 (2016-03-12)	4.0/10[110]
803	16	Peter Dinklage	Gwen Stefani	April 2, 2016 (2016-04-02)	4.0/10[111]
804	17	Russell Crowe	Margo Price	April 9, 2016 (2016-04-09)	4.0/10[112]
805	18	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Nick Jonas	April 16, 2016 (2016-04-16)	3.9/10[113]
806	19	Brie Larson	Alicia Keys	May 7, 2016 (2016-05-07)	4.1/10[114]
807	20	Drake	Drake	May 14, 2016 (2016-05-14)	3.9/10[115]
808	21	Fred Armisen	Courtney Barnett	May 21, 2016 (2016-05-21)	3.7/10[116]

Season 42 (2016–17)

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
809	1	Margot Robbie	The Weeknd	October 1, 2016 (2016-10-01)	5.8/15[117]
810	2	Lin-Manuel Miranda	Twenty One Pilots	October 8, 2016 (2016-10-08)	5.2/13[118]
811	3	Emily Blunt	Bruno Mars	October 15, 2016 (2016-10-15)	5.0/12[119]
812	4	Tom Hanks	Lady Gaga	October 22, 2016 (2016-10-22)	6.1/15[120]
813	5	Benedict Cumberbatch	Solange	November 5, 2016 (2016-11-05)	5.8/14[121]
814	6	Dave Chappelle	A Tribe Called Quest	November 12, 2016 (2016-11-12)	6.2/16[122]
815	7	Kristen Wiig	The xx	November 19, 2016 (2016-11-19)	4.7/12[123]
816	8	Emma Stone	Shawn Mendes	December 3, 2016 (2016-12-03)	4.4/11[124]
817	9	John Cena	Maren Morris	December 10, 2016 (2016-12-10)	TBD
818	10	Casey Affleck[125]	Chance the Rapper[125]	December 17, 2016 (2016-12-17)	TBD

Specials

Title	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
"Mardi Gras Special"	February 20, 1977	N/A
One of the few episodes to air from a location outside of NBC's studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, the Mardi Gras Special was broadcast live from New Orleans on Mardi Gras 1977. It was hosted by Randy Newman, who also performed songs, and featured a number of special guests, including Buck Henry, Eric Idle, Cindy Williams, and Henry Winkler.[126]
"SNL Film Festival"	March 2, 1985	N/A
A clip show hosted by Billy Crystal which featured SNL's best pretaped sketches and short films from 1981 to 1985, including short films by Albert Brooks, Gary Weis, Tom Schiller, and Christopher Guest.[127]
"Saturday Night Live 15th Anniversary Special"	September 24, 1989	N/A
An anniversary show celebrating SNL's 15th season. Chevy Chase returned to reprise his "opening fall" bit in the cold open and Tom Hanks performed the opening monologue. Prince and Paul Simon performed. The show featured a number of special guests, including SNL stars Kevin Nealon, Phil Hartman, Dan Aykroyd, Jon Lovitz, Jane Curtin, Christopher Guest, Martin Short, and Buck Henry, as well as others including Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Mary Tyler Moore, O.J. Simpson, and Bruce Willis.[128]
"2nd Annual Saturday Night Live Mother's Day Special"	May, 1993	TBD
A Mother's Day special featuring the SNL ensemble with their real-life mothers as well as a compilation of sketches from the 1992-93 season.[129]
"Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary Special"	September 26, 1999	N/A
A look back at the first 25 years.
"Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live"	February 20, 2005	N/A
A documentary that takes a look back at SNL's rise to popularity from 1975 to 1979
"SNL Goes Commercial"	November 5, 2005	N/A
A look back at the funniest and most memorable commercial parodies from the past years of SNL. Originally broadcast in the early 90s, hosted by Kevin Nealon and Victoria Jackson; later revisited in 2005, hosted by Will Ferrell, featuring a wrap-around of Ferrell heading to a commercial audition; re-edited and shown with newer commercial parodies on March 8, 2009, under the title SNL: Just Commercials.
"Lost & Found: SNL in the '80s"	November 20, 2005	N/A
A look back at SNL's rocky history in the 1980s: Jean Doumanian's notorious tenure as producer for the 1980-1981 season, the temporary cancelling, retooling, and reviving of SNL with the help of Dick Ebersol, Eddie Murphy, and Joe Piscopo, the return of Lorne Michaels in 1985 (and the second time that NBC would threaten the show with cancellation), and the second golden age of SNL with the hiring of Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Kevin Nealon, Victoria Jackson, and (later) Mike Myers.
"Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse"	April 29, 2006	N/A
The Ambiguously Gay Duo host a retrospective of Rob Smigel's most memorable animated segments known as "TV Funhouse" while going behind the scenes of Saturday Night Live and tricking Andy Samberg and Jason Sudeikis into riding in the duo's penis-shaped car. Special appearance by former castmember Jimmy Fallon.
"Saturday Night Live: Best of 06-07"	May 5, 2007	N/A
Retrospective of the 32nd season's most memorable sketches, Digital Shorts, and Weekend Update jokes from episodes hosted by Alec Baldwin, Rainn Wilson, Peyton Manning, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Dane Cook, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Laurie, Jaime Pressly, Matthew Fox, and Justin Timberlake.
"Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation[130]"	May 6, 2007	N/A
A look at SNL's rise, fall, and rebirth in the 1990s, featuring the hiring of Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, and David Spade as castmembers (and critics attacking the show for resorting to lowbrow humor as a result of hiring Sandler, Farley, and Spade), Sinéad O'Connor's infamous performance in the 1992 episode hosted by Tim Robbins, season 20 as yet another critical and ratings low point for the show, and the third golden age of SNL with the hiring of Will Ferrell, Darrell Hammond, Ana Gasteyer, Cheri Oteri, Molly Shannon, Jimmy Fallon, and Horatio Sanz.
"Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash 2008"	November 3, 2008	N/A
A look at SNL's past and present political sketches. Special guests included John McCain and Sarah Palin.
"Saturday Night Live Sports Extra 2009"	January 4, 2009	N/A
A clip show episode highlighting SNL's many sports-themed sketches and the many sports stars who have appeared on the show, such as Derek Jeter, Peyton Manning, Michael Phelps, Nancy Kerrigan, Walter Payton, Joe Montana, Michael Jordan, and Charles Barkley.
"Saturday Night Live Just Game Show Parodies"	March 8, 2009	N/A
A look at SNL's past and present game show parodies.
"Saturday Night Live: Just Shorts[131]"	May 17, 2009	N/A
A compilation of SNL's Digital Shorts and various pre-taped segments and short films over the years, hosted by Andy Samberg.
"Saturday Night Live Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas"	December 17, 2009	N/A
A compilation of SNL's December holiday-themed sketches, with some new sketches, hosted by Kristen Wiig as her character Gilly. The latest incarnation of SNL Christmas specials, dating back to the early 90s under the title Saturday Night Live Christmas Past.
"Saturday Night Live Sports All-Stars"	January 31, 2010	N/A
A compilation of SNL sport-themed sketches. Several similar specials, under the name Saturday Night Live Sports Extra, aired sporadically from the early 90s to 2009, traditionally around the time of that year's Super Bowl.
"Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again"	April 15, 2010	N/A
Documentary looking back on Saturday Night Live's transformation and memorable moments from 2000 to 2009.
"The Women of Saturday Night Live"	November 1, 2010	2.0/5
Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kristen Wiig, Nora Dunn, Laraine Newman, Molly Shannon, Ana Gasteyer, and Cheri Oteri come together to present new material and relive the best moments of SNL featuring the female cast members.
"Saturday Night Live Backstage"	February 20, 2011	3.8/6
Originally a special celebrating the 35th anniversary of the show was planned but was scrapped and replaced with this special instead, showing viewers how an SNL episode is created within the span of a week.
"Saturday Night Live Christmas"	November 28, 2012	7.36[132]
A collection of memorable holiday-themed sketches from past and present eras.
"Saturday Night Live Halloween"	October 31, 2013	5.32[133]
A collection of Halloween-based sketches and scary movie parodies.
"Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving"	November 27, 2013	4.87[134]
A compilation of SNL Thanksgiving-themed sketches.
"Saturday Night Live Christmas"	December 4, 2013	7.42[135]
A collection of Christmas and December holiday-based sketches.
"Saturday Night Live: The Best of This Season"	January 4, 2014	5.6/14[136]
A compilation of the best sketches of the 39th season and 38th season.
"Saturday Night Live Presents: A SNL Sports Spectacular"	January 30, 2014	4.79[137]
A collection of sketches from episodes hosted by professional athletes and other sports stars, hosted by Seth Meyers.
"SNL Shorts"	April 24, 2014	N/A
A compilation of SNL Digital Shorts.
"SNL's NFL Saturday"	January 31, 2015	3.80[138]
Past sketches involving the NFL are shown.
"An SNL Valentine"	February 14, 2015	N/A
A special dedicated to Valentine's Day.
"SNL 40th Red Carpet Live"	February 15, 2015	N/A
A special hosted by Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Carson Daly and Al Roker. They will interview past hosts, current and previous cast members, and musical legends that previously performed on the show.
"Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special"	February 15, 2015	23.1[139]
A three and a half hour prime-time special celebrating SNL's fortieth year on the air.[140][141]
"SNL Goodnight Sweet Prince"	April 23, 2016	4.5/11[142]
Jimmy Fallon hosts this special retrospective of Prince's rare, but memorable performances on the show, including his first performance on the infamous season six episode hosted by Charlene Tilton (the one in which Charles Rocket's accidental utterance of the word "fuck" called for NBC to fire then-showrunner Jean Doumanian and most of her cast), his performance on the SNL 15th anniversary special, his first performance after 21 years in 2006 on the season 31 episode hosted by Steve Martin, his final performance on the season 40 episode hosted by Chris Rock, a never-before-seen clip of his performance at the SNL 40th anniversary special, and clips of the short-lived recurring sketch The Prince Show with Fred Armisen as Prince and Maya Rudolph as Beyonce.

Notes

References