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Following the cancellation of ABC's Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell, NBC changed the name of the show from NBC's Saturday Night to its current title, Saturday Night Live, for the 17th episode of this second season – the episode hosted by Jack Burns on March 26, 1977. [1] The name change was not made permanent until season 3.
Original cast (left to right): Laraine Newman, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, Garrett Morris, and Chevy Chase. As of September 2024, the late-night live variety series Saturday Night Live (SNL) has featured 167 cast members.
The first cast member hired was Gilda Radner. [5] The rest of the cast included fellow Second City alumni Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, as well as National Lampoon "Lemmings" alumnus Chevy Chase (whose trademark became his usual falls and opening spiel that cued the show's opening) who was chosen as anchor for Weekend Update, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, and Groundlings alumna Laraine Newman.
NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty. John Belushi, Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase, Elliott Gould, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin and Garrett Morris in a 1976 episode of 'Saturday Night Live'
Jane Curtin. The so-called “Queen of Deadpan” was a main cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1980, memorably manning the Weekend Update desk as anchor and regularly serving as the ...
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 ...
NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ premiered on Oct. 11, 1975. See what the show’s inaugural cast has been up to since the historic debut season
The character's popularity spawned the 1986 live-action movie Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures. Tomorrow April 17, 1976 Dan Aykroyd: A parody of The Tomorrow Show, starring Dan Aykroyd as Tom Snyder. Baba Wawa April 24, 1976 Gilda Radner: Gilda Radner impersonates journalist Barbara Walters. Colleen Fernman April 24, 1976 Gilda Radner