Saturday Night Live hosts

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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:

• Steve Martin (14)
• Alec Baldwin (12)
• John Goodman (12)
• Buck Henry (10)

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.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
1	October 11, 1975	George Carlin	Billy Preston Janis Ian	During the opening credits, Don Pardo calls the cast "The Not For Ready Primetime Players" instead of "The Not Ready For Primetime Players".
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.

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 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 "fuck" 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 [with 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.

Episode 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	Former SNL castmember and original "Not Ready For Primetime" player John Belushi appears in the cold opening. Three sketches from this episode were cut after dress rehearsal due to content: Grand Guingol White House where Ronald and Nancy Reagan cannibalize Jane Fonda, a sketch where an old man (played by Donald Pleasence) drains the blood of his date (played by castmember Christine Ebersole), and uses her blood as their wine during a dinner date, and a sketch where Nazi officers discuss "good" reasons why they kill Jewish people.
124	November 7, 1981	Lauren Hutton	Rick James & the Stone City Band William S. Burroughs	William S. Burroughs also appeared in some of the skits.
125	November 14, 1981	Bernadette Peters	The Go-Go's Billy Joel
126	December 5, 1981	Tim Curry	Meat Loaf
127	December 12, 1981	Bill Murray	The Spinners Yale Whiffenpoofs	The sketch, "At Home With The Psychos", was modified because the facade used for the nuclear power plant was deemed to resemble too much like "a vagina with ears".
128	January 23, 1982	Robert Conrad	The Allman Brothers Band
129	January 30, 1982	John Madden	Jennifer Holliday
130	February 6, 1982	James Coburn	Lindsey Buckingham
131	February 20, 1982	Bruce Dern	Luther Vandross
132	February 27, 1982	Elizabeth Ashley	Hall & Oates
133	March 20, 1982	Robert Urich	Mink DeVille
134	March 27, 1982	Blythe Danner	Rickie Lee Jones
135	April 10, 1982	Daniel J. Travanti	John Cougar Mellencamp
136	April 17, 1982	Johnny Cash	Elton John
137	April 24, 1982	Robert Culp	The Charlie Daniels Band
138	May 15, 1982	Danny DeVito	Sparks
139	May 22, 1982	Olivia Newton-John	Olivia Newton-John

Season 8

See History of Saturday Night Live (1980-1985) for background information.

Episode 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
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

See History of Saturday Night Live (1980-1985) for background information.

Episode 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

See History of Saturday Night Live (1980-1985) for background information.

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 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 [1].
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	This episode, much like the Richard Pryor episode from 1975 and later the Andrew "Dice" Clay episode from 1990, was put on a seven-second delay. During Sam Kinison's guest performance, the part where he encourages the legalization of marijuana has been muted out.
218	November 22, 1986	Robin Williams	Paul Simon
219	December 6, 1986	Chevy Chase Steve Martin Martin Short	Randy Newman
220	December 13, 1986	Steve Guttenberg	The Pretenders
221	December 20, 1986	William Shatner	Lone Justice
222	January 24, 1987	Joe Montana Walter Payton	Deborah Harry
223	January 31, 1987	Paul Shaffer	Bruce Hornsby & the Range
224	February 14, 1987	Bronson Pinchot	Paul Young
225	February 21, 1987	Willie Nelson	Willie Nelson
226	February 28, 1987	Valerie Bertinelli	Robert Cray Band
227	March 21, 1987	Bill Murray	Percy Sledge	On the original version of this episode, there is a Donahue sketch where one of the guests (played by Nora Dunn) reveals that she had a bad relationship with Jean Doumanian-era/Dick Ebersol-era castmember Joe Piscopo. All reruns of this sketch are replaced with a dress rehearsal version where Nora reveals that she had a bad relationship with Gallagher.
228	March 28, 1987	Charlton Heston	Wynton Marsalis
229	April 11, 1987	John Lithgow	Anita Baker
230	April 18, 1987	John Larroquette	Timbuk 3
231	May 9, 1987	Mark Harmon	Suzanne Vega
232	May 16, 1987	Garry Shandling	Los Lobos
233	May 23, 1987	Dennis Hopper	Roy Orbison

Season 13

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

Episode 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

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

Episode 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

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

Episode 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	Sinéad O'Connor was originally scheduled as the musical guest, but pulled out in protest against the controversial guest host, Andrew Dice Clay. O'Connor subsequently appeared at the beginning of Season 16. The musical segment featuring the Spanic Boys is not shown in syndication.
286	May 19, 1990	Candice Bergen	The Notting Hillbillies

Season 16

See History of Saturday Night Live (1990-1995) for background information.

Episode 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
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
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

See History of Saturday Night Live (1990-1995) for background information.

Episode 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

See History of Saturday Night Live (1990-1995) for background information.

Episode 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

See History of Saturday Night Live (1990-1995) for background information.

Episode 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, although the episode itself doesn't air often.
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

See History of Saturday Night Live (1990-1995) for background information.

Episode 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

See History of Saturday Night Live (1995-2000) for background information.

Episode 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 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

See History of Saturday Night Live (1995-2000) for background information.

Episode 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	Dana Carvey makes a cameo appearance, most notably as George H. W. Bush, who tells Norm MacDonald's Bob Dole to give up hope on the 1996 election. Abe Vigoda makes a cameo appearance, saying only the line: "Clinton's a shmuck."
412	November 16, 1996	Robert Downey, Jr.	Fiona Apple	Bob Dole made an appearance in the cold opening in which he and his wife, Elizabeth, ask Norm MacDonald to stop impersonating him after the 1996 elections were over, and Dole lost.
413	November 23, 1996	Phil Hartman	Bush
414	December 7, 1996	Martin Short	No Doubt	Chevy Chase makes a cameo appearance (to massive applause) during a skit featuring Short's Ed Grimley, Jr. character. This episode marked the fifth straight in which a former cast member hosts.
415	December 14, 1996	Rosie O'Donnell	Whitney Houston	O'Donnell's co-star in Kmart TV commercials, director/actress Penny Marshall, makes an appearance during the monologue and in a Mary Katherine Gallagher skit.
416	January 11, 1997	Kevin Spacey	Beck	Monty Python cast members Michael Palin and John Cleese have cameos, appearing in the cold opening as well as in select skits (at one point, Palin announces that he is "the star of TV's Home Improvement, Tim Allen").
417	January 18, 1997	David Alan Grier	Snoop Doggy Dogg
418	February 8, 1997	Neve Campbell	David Bowie	David Spade makes an appearance during the monologue.
419	February 15, 1997	Chevy Chase	Live
420	February 22, 1997	Alec Baldwin	Tina Turner
421	March 15, 1997	Sting	Veruca Salt
422	March 22, 1997	Mike Myers	Aerosmith
423	April 12, 1997	Rob Lowe	The Spice Girls	Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro make cameo appearances during a "Joe Pesci Show" skit. 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. A visibly intoxicated 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.
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 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.
426	May 17, 1997	Jeff Goldblum	En Vogue

Season 23

See History of Saturday Night Live (1995-2000) for background information.

Episode 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	Hunt's As Good As It Gets co-star Jack Nicholson makes a cameo appearance during the monologue and in a Roxbury Guys skit. Numerous Major League Baseball players appear in a skit featuring Hunt, Chris Kattan, and Will Ferrell.
436	January 10, 1998	Samuel L. Jackson	Ben Folds Five
437	January 17, 1998	Sarah Michelle Gellar	Portishead
438	February 7, 1998	John Goodman	Paula Cole
439	February 14, 1998	Roma Downey	Missy Misdemeanor Elliott	While not appearing in any skits, soon-to-be-ousted cast member Norm MacDonald surprised Downey and others by rushing onstage to join the cast during the show's good-byes.
440	February 28, 1998	Garth Brooks	Garth Brooks	Robert Duvall made a guest appearance in two sketches.
441	March 7, 1998	Scott Wolf	Natalie Imbruglia
442	March 14, 1998	Julianne Moore	Backstreet Boys
443	April 4, 1998	Steve Buscemi	Third Eye Blind
444	April 11, 1998	Greg Kinnear	All Saints
445	May 2, 1998	Matthew Broderick	Natalie Merchant
446	May 9, 1998	David Duchovny	Puff Daddy Jimmy Page

Season 24

See History of Saturday Night Live (1995-2000) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
447	September 26, 1998	Cameron Diaz	Smashing Pumpkins	Jonathan Richman and Tommy Larkins, who performed musical interludes in Diaz' film There's Something About Mary, make a cameo appearance after a skit. Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd have cameos, reprising their roles as The Fenstruk Bros. (a.k.a "The Wild and Crazy Guys") John Goodman makes a cameo appearance as Linda Tripp during the cold opening.
448	October 3, 1998	Kelsey Grammer	Sheryl Crow	Shaquille O'Neal appears in a sketch called "Big Bernard" about an overgrown man who comes home late and gets punished by his father (played by Tracy Morgan)
449	October 17, 1998	Lucy Lawless	Elliott Smith	Chucky (the possessed doll from Bride of Chucky and related films) makes a guest appearance on Weekend Update.
450	October 24, 1998	Ben Stiller	Alanis Morissette
451	November 7, 1998	David Spade	Eagle-Eye Cherry
452	November 14, 1998	Joan Allen	Jewel
453	November 21, 1998	Jennifer Love Hewitt	Beastie Boys
454	December 5, 1998	Vince Vaughn	Lauryn Hill
455	December 12, 1998	Alec Baldwin	Luciano Pavarotti Vanessa Williams	The musical segment featuring Vanessa Williams and Luciano Pavarotti is not shown in syndication. John Goodman has a cameo appearance during Baldwin's monologue and in the "Bill Brasky" sketch featuring Goodman, Will Ferrell, and Alec Baldwin as the drunken businessmen.
456	January 9, 1999	Bill Paxton	Beck	Titanic director James Cameron has a pre-recorded cameo in a skit parodying his film.
457	January 16, 1999	James Van Der Beek	Everlast
458	February 6, 1999	Gwyneth Paltrow	Barenaked Ladies
459	February 13, 1999	Brendan Fraser	Busta Rhymes The Roots	Former SNL writer/feature player Tom Davis appears in the monologue
460	February 20, 1999	Bill Murray	Lucinda Williams	Former castmember and co-star of Caddyshack Chevy Chase appears in the "Quotable Caddyshack" sketch to re-enact his one scene with Bill Murray.
461	March 13, 1999	Ray Romano	The Corrs	Romano's Everybody Loves Raymond co-stars Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts make cameo appearances during the monologue, in which Boyle discusses his time as host in the 1970s and Roberts discusses her role in My Giant.
462	March 20, 1999	Drew Barrymore	Garbage
463	April 10, 1999	John Goodman	Tom Petty
464	May 8, 1999	Cuba Gooding, Jr.	Ricky Martin	Monica Lewinsky made a special appearance in the cold opening where Bill Clinton (played by Darrell Hammond) imagines life after his Presidency, and in a sketch with Tim Meadows's Ladies Man character
465	May 15, 1999	Sarah Michelle Gellar	Backstreet Boys

Season 25

See History of Saturday Night Live (1995-2000) for background information.

Episode 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	This episode was delayed 14 minutes due to the World Series. All reruns of this episode mute out Norm MacDonald's use of the word "goddamn" (he says it once in the monologue when he asked, "How did I get so goddamned funny?" and three times during the Inside the Actor's Studio sketch).
469	November 6, 1999	Dylan McDermott	Foo Fighters
470	November 13, 1999	Garth Brooks	Garth Brooks (as Chris Gaines)
471	November 20, 1999	Jennifer Aniston	Sting
472	December 4, 1999	Christina Ricci	Beck
473	December 11, 1999	Danny DeVito	R.E.M.	Jim Carrey (who at the time was in the film, "Man on the Moon") was originally scheduled to host, but backed out due to scheduling conflicts. R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe makes an appearance in a "Mango" sketch with Chris Kattan.
474	January 8, 2000	Jamie Foxx	Blink-182
475	January 15, 2000	Freddie Prinze, Jr.	Macy Gray
476	February 5, 2000	Alan Cumming	Jennifer Lopez	Jon Stewart was originally asked to host, but backed out. He would host the show two seasons later.
477	February 12, 2000	Julianna Margulies	DMX
478	February 19, 2000	Ben Affleck	Fiona Apple
479	March 11, 2000	Joshua Jackson	*NSYNC	NSYNC makes appearances in two skits.
480	March 18, 2000	The Rock	AC/DC	Professional wrestlers Mick Foley and The Big Show appear in the cold opening (alongside Vince MacMahon), monologue, and select skits.
481	April 8, 2000	Christopher Walken	Christina Aguilera	Former castmember Dana Carvey returns in this episode as George H.W. Bush during the cold opening
482	April 15, 2000	Tobey Maguire	Sisqó	Eve was originally asked to be the musical guest.
483	May 6, 2000	John Goodman	Neil Young
484	May 13, 2000	Britney Spears	Britney Spears	Cheri Oteri's mother and Sarah Michelle Gellar cameo in this episode to introduce Britney Spears's two performances
485	May 20, 2000	Jackie Chan	Kid Rock	Cameos by Sarah Michelle Gellar, Gina Gershon, Florence Henderson (from "The Brady Bunch"), and former SNL band leader, G.E. Smith.

Season 26

See History of Saturday Night Live (2000-2005) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
486	October 7, 2000	Rob Lowe	Eminem & Dido	Consumer advocate (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.

Season 27

See History of Saturday Night Live (2000-2005) for background information.

Episode 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?"
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

See History of Saturday Night Live (2000-2005) for background information.

Episode 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 3 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	Nelly was originally planned to musical guest on the Sen. John McCain episode, but due to schedule conflicts, he backed out, and was booked for this episode instead. Kelly Rowland performs with Nelly on the first song. Cameos for this episode include former SNL castmembers Garrett Morris, Rob Schneider, and Adam Sandler.
532	December 7, 2002	Robert De Niro	Norah Jones
533	December 14, 2002	Al Gore	Phish	Al Franken made an appearance, in one skit, as Stuart Smalley.
534	January 11, 2003	Jeff Gordon	Avril Lavigne
535	January 18, 2003	Ray Liotta	The Donnas
536	February 8, 2003	Matthew McConaughey	Dixie Chicks
537	February 15, 2003	Jennifer Garner	Beck
538	February 22, 2003	Christopher Walken	Foo Fighters	Steve Martin, Will Ferrell, and Britney Spears all made cameo appearances in the Weekend Update.
539	March 8, 2003	Queen Latifah	Ms. Dynamite
540	March 15, 2003	Salma Hayek	Christina Aguilera
541	April 5, 2003	Bernie Mac	Good Charlotte
542	April 12, 2003	Ray Romano	Zwan
543	May 3, 2003	Ashton Kutcher	50 Cent
544	May 10, 2003	Adrien Brody	Sean Paul Wayne Wonder	The musical segment featuring Wayne Wonder is not shown in syndication.
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

See History of Saturday Night Live (2000-2005) for background information.

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
546	October 4, 2003	Jack Black	John Mayer
547	October 11, 2003	Justin Timberlake	Justin Timberlake	Reruns of this episode on NBC and E! redub Maya Rudolph's singing the Christina Aguilera song "Beautiful" with unintelligible vocalizing during the "Punk'd: Barely Legal" fake commercial.
548	October 18, 2003	Halle Berry	Britney Spears
549	November 1, 2003	Kelly Ripa	Outkast
550	November 8, 2003	Andy Roddick	Dave Matthews
551	November 15, 2003	Alec Baldwin	Missy Elliott
552	December 6, 2003	Al Sharpton	Pink	Many NBC affiliates (particularly in Iowa) did not air this episode due to fear of breaking equal time laws (Al Sharpton was a presidential candidate at the time), and aired the SNL special "The Best of Steve Martin" in its place. It finally aired on all NBC affiliates on July 31, 2004.
553	December 13, 2003	Elijah Wood	Jet
554	January 10, 2004	Jennifer Aniston	The Black Eyed Peas
555	January 17, 2004	Jessica Simpson Nick Lachey	G-Unit
556	February 7, 2004	Megan Mullally	Clay Aiken
557	February 14, 2004	Drew Barrymore	Kelis
558	February 21, 2004	Christina Aguilera	Maroon 5
559	March 6, 2004	Colin Firth	Norah Jones	Ana Gasteyer mades a guest appearance in the cold opening.
560	March 13, 2004	Ben Affleck	N*E*R*D
561	April 3, 2004	Donald Trump	Toots & The Maytals, featuring Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Bootsy Collins, and The Roots
562	April 10, 2004	Janet Jackson	Janet Jackson
563	May 1, 2004	Lindsay Lohan	Usher
564	May 8, 2004	Snoop Dogg	Avril Lavigne
565	May 15, 2004	Mary-Kate Olsen Ashley Olsen	J-Kwon

Season 30

See History of Saturday Night Live (2000-2005) for background information.

Episode 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
570	November 13, 2004	Liam Neeson	Modest Mouse
571	November 20, 2004	Luke Wilson	U2
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
577	February 12, 2005	Jason Bateman	Kelly Clarkson
578	February 19, 2005	Hilary Swank	50 Cent
579	March 12, 2005	David Spade	Jack Johnson
580	March 19, 2005	Ashton Kutcher	Gwen Stefani
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.
584	May 14, 2005	Will Ferrell	Queens of the Stone Age
585	May 21, 2005	Lindsay Lohan	Coldplay

Season 31

See History of Saturday Night Live (2005-2010) for background information.

Episode 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	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. Jack'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. According to http://snltranscripts.jt.org/05/05j.phtml, 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 2nd 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	Chris Kattan made a special appearance on Weekend Update, being mad at Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for not telling him Antonio Banderas was hosting, as Chris did an impression of Antonio when he was on the show.
601	April 15, 2006	Lindsay Lohan	Pearl Jam	Adult film star Savanna Samson makes a quick cameo in the TV Funhouse cartoon. The cameo wasn't seen in most affiliates. Lindsay Lohan was a last-minute replacement for Patrick Dempsey
602	May 6, 2006	Tom Hanks	Red Hot Chili Peppers
603	May 13, 2006	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Paul Simon	Special cameos by Al Gore, Jason Alexander, and Jerry Seinfeld. Gore appears in the cold opening and Weekend Update, and Alexander and Seinfeld appearance in Louis-Dreyfus' monologue.
604	May 20, 2006	Kevin Spacey	Nelly Furtado

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.