Saturday Night Live aired its sixteenth season during the 1990-1991 television season on NBC. Lorne Michaels said during the SNL in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation special, that he didn't want to be put in the spot of having to replace the entire cast all at once (so as not to repeat Jean Doumanian's folly from her stint as executive producer in the early 1980s). So, Lorne hired Chris Farley, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Julia Sweeney, David Spade, Tim...
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Saturday Night Live aired its sixteenth season during the 1990-1991 television season on NBC. Lorne Michaels said during the SNL in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation special, that he didn't want to be put in the spot of having to replace the entire cast all at once (so as not to repeat Jean Doumanian's folly from her stint as executive producer in the early 1980s). So, Lorne hired Chris Farley, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Julia Sweeney, David Spade, Tim Meadows, and Rob Schneider as featured players, stating in the special that "...it was basically like adding a full cast to [my] full cast." The addition of these cast members led to many sketches set in places where there are a lot of people, such as courtrooms, army camps, sporting events, crowds, etc.
This was the final season for cast members Dennis Miller (ending his consecutive six-year reign as Weekend Update anchor) and Jan Hooks.
The sixteenth season began on September 29, 1990, and ended on May 18, 1991.
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