Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). It made its debut on October 11, 1975, under the title NBC's Saturday Night. Broadcast live out of Studio 8H at the GE Building in New York's Rockefeller Center, it is subsequently relayed with a time delay to both domestic and foreign markets.
The show regularly lampoons many aspects of contemporary Amer...
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Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). It made its debut on October 11, 1975, under the title NBC's Saturday Night. Broadcast live out of Studio 8H at the GE Building in New York's Rockefeller Center, it is subsequently relayed with a time delay to both domestic and foreign markets.
The show regularly lampoons many aspects of contemporary American society, such as politics and popular culture, including both television and film. The show features a two-tiered cast, with repertory members known as the "Not Ready for Prime-Time Players", and new, unproven cast members are known as "Featured Players." These cast members are joined by a rotating list of guest hosts and musical acts.
Overseen by show creator, Lorne Michaels, who, excluding seasons 6–10, has been with the show throughout, first as producer and subsequently as a writer and executive producer. Show production is handled...
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