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Saturday Night Live (1975)Season 13
Saturday Night Live aired its thirteenth season during the 1987–1988 television season on NBC. Season 13 started on October 17, 1987 and ended on February 27, 1988. Before the start of the season few changes happened. Kevin Nealon was promoted to repertory status and Al Franken returned to the cast. Although the changes to the cast were minimal there were, however, major events that impeded the show's production. During production of the season premiere, a fire broke out near Studio 8H during dress rehearsal. Despite plans to cancel the show for the week, Steve Martin pushed the cast to perform, making the Steve Martin/Sting episode the only episode without a dress rehearsal. On March 7, 1988, the Writers Guild of America went on strike, cancelling many planned episodes, including one originally planned to be hosted by former "Not Ready for Primetime" player Gilda Radner. Radner, however, would never get the chance to host due to her death from ovarian cancer the following year. The host for the March 12, 1988 broadcast was never confirmed.
- Creator
- Dick Ebersol, Lorne Michaels
- Writers
- Lorne Michaels, Jim Downey, Robert Smigel
- Network
- NBC
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- First aired
- October 11, 1975
- Status
- Returning
- Next episode
- S52E4 · October 31, 2026
Cast
Kenan ThompsonSelf - Various Characters
Darrell HammondDonald Trump (uncredited)
Colin JostEmployee (uncredited)
Seth MeyersSelf - Host
Michael CheSelf - Various Characters
Fred ArmisenSelf - Host
Al FrankenThe Life of Vlad the Impalere announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Cecily StrongSelf - Cameo (uncredited)
Kate McKinnonSelf - Host
Mikey DaySelf - Cameo (uncredited)
Aidy BryantSelf - Cameo (uncredited)
Tim MeadowsLeon Phelps (uncredited)
Bobby MoynihanSelf
Kyle MooneySelf - Various Characters
Maya RudolphSelf - Host
Kevin NealonFranz (uncredited)
Jason SudeikisPolice Officer (uncredited)
Pete DavidsonSelf - Cameo (uncredited)
Bill HaderSelf - Various Characters
Tina FeyLaughing Writer (uncredited)
Episodes
0/13 watched- Episode 1: Steve Martin/Sting1 h 7 min · Oct 17, 1987
- Episode 2: Sean Penn/L.L. Cool J., Michael Penn & the Pull1 h 7 min · Oct 24, 1987
- Episode 3: Dabney Coleman/The Cars1 h 7 min · Oct 31, 1987
- Episode 4: Robert Mitchum/Simply Red1 h 7 min · Nov 14, 1987
- Episode 5: Candice Bergen/Cher1 h 7 min · Nov 21, 1987
- Episode 6: Danny DeVito/Bryan Ferry1 h 7 min · Dec 5, 1987
- Episode 7: Angie Dickinson/Buster Poindexter & David Gilmour1 h 7 min · Dec 12, 1987
- Episode 8: Paul Simon/Linda Ronstadt & the Mariachi Vargas1 h 7 min · Dec 19, 1987
- Episode 9: Robin Williams/James Taylor1 h 7 min · Jan 23, 1988
- Episode 10: Carl Weathers/Robbie Robertson1 h 7 min · Jan 30, 1988
- Episode 11: Justine Bateman/Terrance Trent D'Arby1 h 7 min · Feb 13, 1988
- Episode 12: Tom Hanks/Randy Travis1 h 7 min · Feb 20, 1988
- Episode 13: Judge Reinhold/10,000 Maniacs1 h 7 min · Feb 27, 1988
