The long-running American late-night sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live first premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, and its fifty-first and most recent season premiered on October 4, 2025. Created
Johnny Carson asked NBC executives for more time off, which led to the creation of SNL.
Richard Pryor's 1975 episode was reportedly run on a tape delay.
The original cast of Saturday Night Live with President Gerald Ford in 1976
Dick Ebersol served as the new executive producer for SNL from 1981 to 1985.
The forty-second season of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live premiered on October 1, 2016, during the 2016–2017 television season, with host Margot Robbie and musical guest The Weeknd,
Donald Trump, who became President of the United States during the season, was vocal in his criticism of the show.