Season 1

SNL began as a replacement for weekend reruns of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Producer Lorne Michaels envisioned a 90-minute comedy/variety show that leaned into the traditions of live television, while delivering a satiric edge that was then uncommon in TV comedy. When it debuted on October 11, 1975, the show's Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time Players were all but unknown. By the season finale in July 1976, they were stars in their own right, and the rest is history.

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	Name	First Aired	Runtime
S01E01	George Carlin/Janis Ian & Billy Preston	October 11, 1975 NBC	65
S01E02	Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel, Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow	October 18, 1975 NBC	66
S01E03	Rob Reiner/Joe Cocker	October 25, 1975 NBC	65
S01E04	Candice Bergen/Esther Phillips	November 8, 1975 NBC	67
S01E05	Robert Klein/ABBA, Loudon Wainwright III	November 15, 1975 NBC	66
S01E06	Lily Tomlin/Howard Shore & the All Nurse Band	November 22, 1975 NBC	64
S01E07	Richard Pryor/Gil-Scott Heron, Thalmus Rasulala	December 13, 1975 NBC	66
S01E08	Candice Bergen/The Stylistics, Martha Reeves	December 20, 1975 NBC	66
S01E09	Elliott Gould/Anne Murray	January 10, 1976 NBC	68
S01E10	Buck Henry/Bill Withers, Toni Basil	January 17, 1976 NBC	66
S01E11	Peter Cook, Dudley Moore/Neil Sedaka	January 24, 1976 NBC	66
S01E12	Dick Cavett/Marshall Efron, Jimmy Cliff	January 31, 1976 NBC	67
S01E13	Peter Boyle/Al Jarreau	February 14, 1976 NBC	63
S01E14	Desi Arnaz/Desi Arnaz, Jr.	February 21, 1976 NBC	66
S01E15	Jill Clayburgh/Andy Kaufman	February 28, 1976 NBC	66
S01E16	Anthony Perkins/Betty Carter	March 13, 1976 NBC	67
S01E17	Ron Nessen/Toni Basil, Patti Smith	April 17, 1976 NBC	66
S01E18	Raquel Welch/Phoebe Snow, John Sebastian	April 24, 1976 NBC	67
S01E19	Madeline Kahn/Carly Simon	May 8, 1976 NBC	66
S01E20	Dyan Cannon/Leon Russell	May 15, 1976 NBC	66
S01E21	Buck Henry/Gordon Lightfoot	May 22, 1976 NBC	67
S01E22	Elliott Gould/Leon Redbone	May 29, 1976 NBC	66
S01E23	Louise Lasser/Preservation Hall Jazz Band	July 24, 1976 NBC	66
S01E24	Kris Kristofferson/Rita Coolidge season finale	July 31, 1976 NBC	66

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