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Saturday Night Live (1975)Season 14
Saturday Night Live aired its fourteenth season during the 1988 - 1989 television season on NBC. The season began on October 8, 1988, and ended on May 20, 1989. 20 episodes were produced. Before the start of the season, no changes were made to the cast. However, as the season progressed Lorne Michaels would hire two new people to the cast: Mike Myers and Ben Stiller, who joined the show midseason as featured players. Stiller had actually appeared on the show before; his film made it onto the show in the episode hosted by Charlton Heston in 1987. This season notably saw the second death of an original cast member, Gilda Radner, who died on the day of the season finale from ovarian cancer. In memory of Radner, Steve Martin showed a clip from the famous "Dancing in the Dark" sketch from the 1978 episode hosted by Martin himself as part of his monologue. This was the only season of the show for Stiller. After being on the show for five episodes, Stiller left the show due to creative differences with Michaels.
- 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
0/20 watched- Episode 1: Tom Hanks/Keith Richards1 h 7 min · Oct 8, 1988
- Episode 2: Matthew Broderick/The Sugarcubes1 h 7 min · Oct 15, 1988
- Episode 3: John Larroquette/Randy Newman & Mark Knopfler1 h 7 min · Oct 22, 1988
- Episode 4: Matthew Modine/Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians1 h 7 min · Nov 5, 1988
- Episode 5: Demi Moore/Johnny Clegg & Savuka1 h 7 min · Nov 12, 1988
- Episode 6: John Lithgow/Tracy Chapman1 h 7 min · Nov 19, 1988
- Episode 7: Danny DeVito/The Bangles1 h 7 min · Dec 3, 1988
- Episode 8: Kevin Kline/Bobby McFerrin1 h 7 min · Dec 10, 1988
- Episode 9: Melanie Griffith/Little Feat1 h 7 min · Dec 17, 1988
- Episode 10: John Malkovich/Anita Baker1 h 7 min · Jan 21, 1989
- Episode 11: Tony Danza/John Hiatt1 h 7 min · Jan 28, 1989
- Episode 12: Ted Danson/Luther Vandross1 h 7 min · Jan 28, 1989
- Episode 13: Leslie Nielsen/Cowboy Junkies1 h 7 min · Feb 18, 1989
- Episode 14: Glenn Close/Gipsy Kings1 h 7 min · Feb 25, 1989
- Episode 15: Mary Tyler Moore/Elvis Costello1 h 7 min · Mar 25, 1989
- Episode 16: Mel Gibson/Living Color1 h 7 min · Apr 1, 1989
- Episode 17: Dolly Parton1 h 7 min · Apr 15, 1989
- Episode 18: Geena Davis/John Mellencamp1 h 7 min · Apr 22, 1989
- Episode 19: Wayne Gretzky/Fine Young Cannibals1 h 7 min · May 13, 1989
- Episode 20: Steve Martin/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers1 h 7 min · May 20, 1989
