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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.
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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.
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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.
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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   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.
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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.
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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.
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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. 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) 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 some sketches, musical performances, and parts from Weekend Update edited out for time reasons. The most recent sightings of a Jean Doumanian-era episode happened in 2000 and 2005 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.
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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

Season 8

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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. 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

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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   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

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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   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.
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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 too lewd to repeat, so all syndicated versions and reruns go straight to the opening sequence. 197 November 16, 1985 Chevy Chase Sheila E   198 November 23, 1985 Pee Wee Herman Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band   199 December 7, 1985 John Lithgow Mr. Mister   200 December 14, 1985 Tom Hanks Sade   201 December 21, 1985 Teri Garr Dream Academy
The Cult   202 January 18, 1986 Harry Dean Stanton The Replacements   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. 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   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   208 March 22, 1986 George Wendt
Francis Ford Coppola Philip Glass   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  

Season 12

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

216 November 8, 1986 Rosanna Arquette Ric Ocasek This episode marks the first (and only) 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 25th, but was pre-empted by the 1986 World Series until 1:00 am. Rather than air the episode live at that time, it was filmed, put on tape, and aired the week after the World Series. 217 November 15, 1986 Sam Kinison Lou Reed

Season 13

See History of Saturday Night Live (1985-1990) for background information.
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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   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". 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   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). Sadly, Gilda Radner died before hosting.

Season 14

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Number Date Host(s) Musical Guest(s) Remarks 247 October 8, 1988 Tom Hanks Keith Richards   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   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   262 April 1, 1989 Mel Gibson Living Colour   263 April 15, 1989 Dolly Parton 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

Season 15

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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.   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   280 February 24, 1990 Fred Savage Technotronic   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

Season 16

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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   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   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 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   302 March 23, 1991 Jeremy Irons Fishbone   303 April 13, 1991 Catherine O'Hara R.E.M.   304 April 20, 1991 Steven Seagal Michael Bolton   305 May 11, 1991 Delta Burke Chris Isaak   306 May 18, 1991 George Wendt Elvis Costello  

Season 17

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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   310 October 26, 1991 Christian Slater Bonnie Raitt   311 November 2, 1991 Kiefer Sutherland Skid Row   312 November 16, 1991 Linda Hamilton Mariah Carey   313 November 23, 1991 Macaulay Culkin Tin Machine   314 December 7, 1991 M.C. Hammer M.C. 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. 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
Tom Arnold Red Hot Chili Peppers   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   326 May 16, 1992 Woody Harrelson Vanessa Williams  

Season 18

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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 walks off 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   331 October 31, 1992 Catherine O'Hara 10,000 Maniacs   332 November 14, 1992 Michael Keaton Morrissey   333 November 21, 1992 Sinbad Sade   334 December 5, 1992 Tom Arnold Neil Young   335 December 12, 1992 Glenn Close The Black Crowes   336 January 9, 1993 Danny DeVito Bon Jovi   337 January 16, 1993 Harvey Keitel Madonna   338 February 6, 1993 Luke Perry Mick Jagger   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   346 May 15, 1993 Kevin Kline Willie Nelson
Paul Simon  

Season 19

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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, much to the producers' dismay. Since then, Cypress has been banned from SNL and its stage. 349 October 9, 1993 Jeff Goldblum Aerosmith   350 October 23, 1993 John Malkovich Billy Joel   351 October 30, 1993 Christian Slater 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   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). The 90-minute reruns aired on NBC do have this sketch. 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 Orignially, 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"). 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. 365 May 7, 1994 John Goodman The Pretenders   366 May 14, 1994 Heather Locklear Janet Jackson  

Season 20

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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   369 October 15, 1994 John Travolta Seal   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.   372 November 19, 1994 John Turturro Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (w/ Dave Grohl on drums)   373 December 3, 1994 Roseanne Barr Green Day Green Day's use of the s-word 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. 375 December 17, 1994 George Foreman Hole   376 January 14, 1995 Jeff Daniels Luscious Jackson   377 January 21, 1995 David Hyde Pierce Live   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   380 February 25, 1995 George Clooney The Cranberries   381 March 18, 1995 Paul Reiser Annie Lennox   382 March 25, 1995 John Goodman The Tragically Hip Former castmember Dan Aykroyd made a special 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   384 April 15, 1995 Courteney Cox Dave Matthews Band   385 May 6, 1995 Bob Saget TLC   386 May 13, 1995 David Duchovny Rod Stewart  

Season 21

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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   390 October 28, 1995 Gabriel Byrne Alanis Morissette   391 November 11, 1995 Quentin Tarantino Smashing Pumpkins   392 November 18, 1995 Laura Leighton Rancid   393 November 23, 1995 Anthony Edwards Foo Fighters   394 December 2, 1995 David Alan Grier Silverchair   395 December 9, 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, "St. Teresa", 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   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   403 April 13, 1996 Steve Forbes Rage Against the Machine Their two-song performance was cut to one song when the band attempted to hang inverted American flags from their amplifiers, a protest to having presidential candidate Steve Forbes as guest host on the program that night. 404 April 20, 1996 Teri Hatcher Dave Matthews Band   405 May 11, 1996 Christine Baranski The Cure   406 May 18, 1996 Jim Carrey Soundgarden Jim Carrey was asked to host when the original host backed out at the last minute.

Season 22

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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
  • 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 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.

Season 23

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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 skit, 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   430 October 25, 1997 Chris Farley The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Chevy Chase and Chris Rock have cameo appearances in the cold opening and monologue, while 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. 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   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 E! 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's Sabella's surprise appearance. 435 December 13, 1997 Helen Hunt Hanson

Season 24

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Number Date Host(s) Musical Guest(s) Remarks 447 September 26, 1998 Cameron Diaz Smashing Pumpkins

Season 25

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Number Date Host(s) Musical Guest(s) Remarks 466 October 2, 1999 Jerry Seinfeld David Bowie   467 October 16, 1999 Heather Graham Marc Anthony   468 October 23, 1999 Norm MacDonald Dr. Dre
Snoop Dogg
Eminem

Season 26

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Number Date Host(s) Musical Guest(s) Remarks 486 October 7, 2000 Rob Lowe Eminem & Dido Consumer advocate, former SNL host, and 2000 Presidential nominee Ralph Nader has a cameo appearance during the monologue. 487 October 14, 2000 Kate Hudson Radiohead   488 October 21, 2000 Dana Carvey The Wallflowers   489 November 4, 2000 Charlize Theron Paul Simon   490 November 11, 2000 Calista Flockhart Ricky Martin   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. 492 December 9, 2000 Val Kilmer U2   493 December 16, 2000 Lucy Liu Jay-Z   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. 496 February 10, 2001 Jennifer Lopez 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   498 February 24, 2001 Katie Holmes Dave Matthews Band   499 March 10, 2001 Conan O'Brien Don Henley   500 March 17, 2001 Julia Stiles Aerosmith   501 April 7, 2001 Alec Baldwin Coldplay   502 April 14, 2001 Renée Zellweger Eve   503 May 5, 2001 Pierce Brosnan Destiny's Child   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 conviced 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 taht viewers who do see him are watching reruns from the 1990's. Future host Winona Ryder appears during The Weekend Update Cliffhanger.

Season 27

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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 Guiliani, 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?", Guiliani replied "why start now?" In addition to appearances by Guiliani and the NYFD, Paul Simon played The Boxer during the cold opening. 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. 508 October 13, 2001 Drew Barrymore Macy Gray   509 November 3, 2001 John Goodman Ja Rule Former castmember Dan Aykroyd makes a special appearance in this episode as Leonard Pinth-Garnell, a character he used to portray, for the sketch "Bad Conceptual Theater". 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 (the syndicated reruns don't air either cartoon). 511 November 17, 2001 Billy Bob Thornton Creed   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   514 December 15, 2001 Ellen DeGeneres No Doubt   515 January 12, 2002 Josh Hartnett Pink   516 January 19, 2002 Jack Black The Strokes   517 February 2, 2002 Britney Spears Britney Spears Former cast member Dan Aykroyd cameos in two sketches 518 March 2, 2002 Jonny Moseley Outkast   519 March 9, 2002 Jon Stewart India.Arie   520 March 16, 2002 Ian McKellen Kylie Minogue   521 April 6, 2002 Cameron Diaz Jimmy Eat World   522 April 13, 2002 The Rock Andrew W.K.   523 April 20, 2002 Alec Baldwin P.O.D.   524 May 11, 2002 Kirsten Dunst Eminem   525 May 18, 2002 Winona Ryder Moby  

Season 28

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Number Date Host(s) Musical Guest(s) Remarks 526 October 5, 2002 Matt Damon Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band   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 priemere. 528 October 19, 2002 John McCain White Stripes 529 November 2, 2002 Eric McCormack Jay-Z The Roots were the initial backup band for Jay-Z but a last minute scheduling conflict forced him to gather a last minute house band. If this initial plan was executed, this would mark the first time an established group appeared on SNL as a backup band for another musical guest three times. 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
  • The musical segment featuring Wayne Wonder is not shown in syndication.
  • Adrien Brody was banned from hosting again following his long and improvised introduction of musical guest Sean Paul. 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".

Season 29

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Number Date Host(s) Musical Guest(s) Remarks 546 October 4, 2003 Jack Black John Mayer   547 October 11, 2003 Justin Timberlake Justin Timberlake

Season 30

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Number Date Host(s) Musical Guest(s) Remarks 566 October 2, 2004 Ben Affleck Nelly For this season's premiere, Steve Martin and Prince were the preferred host and musical guest respectively. Steve Martin declined, and Prince had to back out a month prior to the show. They finally appeared together in the next year. 567 October 9, 2004 Queen Latifah Queen Latifah The Sissor Sisters were the preferred musical guests, but they had to be rescheduled for the December 11 episode. 568 October 23, 2004 Jude Law Ashlee Simpson The 60-minute syndicated version edits out the infamous second performance where Ashlee Simpson walks off the stage after getting caught lip-synching. The closing scene where she apologizes for what happened is maintained. 569 October 30, 2004 Kate Winslet Eminem Kate Winslet told writers on Monday that she was incredibly nervous to participate in the sketches, and because of the Ashlee Simpson incident that happened the week before this episode, she insisted to the writers that they don't put her in every sketch. For the official episode, Kate only appears in 3 sketches live.

It was mistakenly reported in magazines across the country that Eminem would host and perform on this episode. 570 November 13, 2004 Liam Neeson Modest Mouse   571 November 20, 2004 Luke Wilson U2 U2 performed three songs. 572 December 11, 2004 Colin Farrell Scissor Sisters   573 December 18, 2004 Robert De Niro Destiny's Child   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 On the night of the live taping, a huge blizzard hit New York City, making for little attendance to the show. However, host Paul Giamatti joked that he and "two hundred of his new best friends are having a slumber party." 576 February 5, 2005 Paris Hilton Keane Paris Hilton reportedly caused trouble for everyone behind the scenes and rejected several sketch ideas, including one where she owns a seafood restaurant because one of her lines was "Hi, I'm Paris Hilton, and I have a lot of crabs!" 577 February 12, 2005 Jason Bateman Kelly Clarkson Kelly Clarkson participated in two sketches aside from performing her two sets (she appeared as a blind girl in a sketch where a subway passenger Jason Bateman gives his money to hack performers, but not to a blind homeless girl who can sing and Chubb Hotty's girlfriend in the recurring sketch, Rap Night with Chubb Hotty). 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 guest stars in the monologue dressed as an old woman. 581 April 9, 2005 Cameron Diaz Green Day Jimmy Fallon, Drew Barrymore, and Justin Timberlake made 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 Martin Short made a guest appearance during Weekend Update as Jiminy Glick. 583 May 7, 2005 Johnny Knoxville System of a Down

  • During this performance, towards the end of the song, guitarist Daron Malakian screamed, "Fuck yeah!". This was missed by the censors, and it became a controversial matter for a few days.
  • In an unusual appearance, Paula Abdul introduced System of a Down's second performance instead of host Johnny Knoxville. 584 May 14, 2005 Will Ferrell Queens of the Stone Age Will Ferrell performed with Queens of the Stone Age's first set as his character Gene Frenkle from the famous "Behind The Music" sketch from the season 25 episode hosted by Christopher Walken with musical guest Christina Aguilera. 585 May 21, 2005 Lindsay Lohan Coldplay  

Season 31

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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 in a short sketch preceding Kanye's performances of "Gold Digger" and "Touch The Sky", spoofing Myers and West's joint appearance in a telethon to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina a month earlier. Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine also appeared in this episode, teaming with Kanye in his second performance, "Heard 'Em Say". This is the first SNL episode broadcast in high definition. 587 October 8, 2005 Jon Heder Ashlee Simpson Ashlee Simpson made a special request to be a musical guest, to make up for a mishap during her appearance on October 23, 2004 episode. 588 October 22, 2005 Catherine Zeta-Jones Franz Ferdinand In interviews, Catherine stated that at first, she regretted saying yes to hosting the episode because she was so nervous to be doing it live, and she contemplated canceling her appearance, but she stuck to her guns with help of support from producer Lorne Michaels and her husband, Michael Douglas.

At the end of Weekend Update, a still photo of Charles Rocket, who had committed suicide the week before this episode, is shown in his memory. A recent NBC rerun of this episode removes Rocket's memorial photo after Weekend Update. 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. 590 November 12, 2005 Jason Lee Foo Fighters   591 November 19, 2005 Eva Longoria Korn The NBC rerun of this episode replaces the part near the end of the "Vincent Price Thanksgiving Special" sketch where Judy Garland (played by Kristen Wiig) talks to a portrait on the wall with a dress rehearsal version of the scene due to a mistimed light cue in the live show version. 592 December 3, 2005 Dane Cook James Blunt Dane Cook's monologue was the longest in the show's history, about 10 minutes of stand-up from his new comedy album, Retaliation. This is the third time in the show's history that the entire cast has said "Live From New York." The first time was on March 7, 1981 (Bill Murray/Delbert McClinton) and the feat was duplicated on December 14, 1991 (Steve Martin/James Taylor). 593 December 10, 2005 Alec Baldwin Shakira Tim Meadows made a guest appearance during Baldwin's monologue. Alejandro Sanz, also making a guest appearance, sang in Shakira's 2nd song, "La Tortura". 594 December 17, 2005 Jack Black Neil Young The digital short in this episode, Lazy Sunday, soon became a cult phenomenon. Three cameos were in this episode as well: Blacks's Tenacious D companion Kyle Gass, former SNL castmember Tracy Morgan, and Johnny Knoxville. 595 January 14, 2006 Scarlett Johansson Death Cab for Cutie The cold opening, The "700 Gang", is the first (and so far, only) time that SNL has had a cartoon as a cold opening. The original cold opening (a "Hardball" parody) was cut at the last minute *. 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 There were many cameo appearances in this one, including Alec Baldwin, Jimmy Fallon, Kelly Ripa, Scarlett Johansson, Conan O'Brien, Brian Williams and Gideon Yago, with the latter four all appearing in the digital short entitled "The Tangent". Prince also collaborated with Támar to perform his second song, "Beautiful, Loved and Blessed". 598 March 4, 2006 Natalie Portman Fall Out Boy Dennis Haysbert made a cameo in this episode in Robert Smigel's live action/animated short, "Belated Black History Moment". 599 March 11, 2006 Matt Dillon Arctic Monkeys   600 April 8, 2006 Antonio Banderas Mary J. Blige Former cast member Chris Kattan made a special appearance on Weekend Update, angered at Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for not telling him Antonio Banderas was hosting, as Kattan did an impression of Banderas when he was on the show. 601 April 15, 2006 Lindsay Lohan Pearl Jam

604 May 20, 2006 Kevin Spacey Nelly Furtado Timbaland performed alongside Furtado for her song "Promiscuous".

Specials

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

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
April 29, 2006 The best of SNL TV Funhouse The Ambiguously Gay Duo introduced different features While the X-Presidents were introduced during the opening as the musical guests, they did not perform.

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