The first season of Saturday Night Live, the weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show on NBC, aired during the 1975–1976 television season. Saturday Night Live premiered on October 11, 1975 and consisted of a total of 24 episodes, the last of which aired on July 31, 1976.
In 1974, NBC Tonight Show host Johnny Carson requested that the weekend broadcasts of "Best of Carson" come to an end, so that Carson could take two weeknights off and NBC would thus air those repeats on those nights rather than feed them to affiliates for broadcast on either Saturdays or Sundays. Given Carson's undisputed status as the dean of late-night television, NBC heard his request as an ultimatum, fearing he might use the issue as grounds to defect to either ABC or CBS. To fill the gap, the network drew up some ideas and brought in Dick Ebersol – a protégé of legendary ABC Sports president Roone Arledge – to develop a 90-minute late-night variety show. Ebersol's first order of business was hiring a young Canadian producer named Lorne Michaels to be the show-runner.
Host George Carlin; Janis Ian; Billy Preston. |
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase
Sketches include: "The Berkeley Collection of Grafitti… |
Live from New York, it's..
Sketeches Include: Wheelchair Bound, A Trip to the Doctor, Fashion… |
Live from New York, It's...
Sketches include: Gerald Ford adressess the nation, Ambassador… |
Live from New York, It's...
Sketches include: Pagent winner Sherry refuses crown, Minute Mystery,… |
Live from New York, it's... Sketches include "Gerald Ford Addresses the Nation," "Beethoven Sings… |
On A Seven Second Delay from New York, it's...Garrett Morris
Sketches include: The Clumsy Waiters,… |
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase
Sketches include-- Fireside Chat with Gerald Ford, "Mel's… |
Live from New York, it's... Chevy Chase
Sketches include "The Dead String Quartet," "Interior… |
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase
Sketches include--Suicide Prevention, "Samurai Deli",… |
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase
Sketches include-- Bomb Squad, Prisoner Auditions, "Don… |
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase
Sketches include--Voodoo on Chevy Chase, Alcohol and… |
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase
Sketches include "The Valentine's Day Massacre," "Samurai… |
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase
Sketches include-- Gerald Ford gives a word association,… |
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase
Sketches include-- No More Falls, "Great Moments in… |
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase
Sketches include--'SNL is not ad-libbed' says Chevy Chase,… |
Live from New York, It's...Gerald Ford
Sketches include-- "The Dead String Quartet", Super… |
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase
Sketches include-- "Get to the fall Chevy!", Purina Rat… |
Live from New York, it's Chevy Chase! Sketches are "Ronald Reagan's Jam Session," Not for Ladies… |
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase
Sketches include--Chevy has to do the fall again, "Hearing… |
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase
Sketches include--Emmy winner Chevy tries to get Laraine… |
Sketches include "Wax Museum," "Phone Operator Academy," "European Poker Player," "Babs's Uvula,"… |
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase
Sketches include--Belushi thinks Chevy has a big head,… |
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase
Sketches include--Kristofferson signs "Help Me Make it… |