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Saturday Night Live (1975)Season 15
Saturday Night Live aired its fifteenth season during the 1989 - 1990 television season on NBC. The fifteenth season started off with a 15th anniversary special on September 24, 1989 and ended on May 19, 1990. 21 episodes were produced, including the anniversary special. Few changes happened before the start of the season. The only change was the absence of Ben Stiller. After being on the show for five episodes, Stiller left the show due to creative differences with Lorne Michaels. Mike Myers was upgraded to repertory status. This season saw the first hosting gigs of three celebrities who would go on to be frequent SNL hosts: John Goodman, Christopher Walken, and Alec Baldwin. This season is also notorious for an in-cast spat towards the end of the season. Nora Dunn staged a boycott over the host of the episode, controversial comedian Andrew Dice Clay. Dunn refused to appear in the episode because of Clay's profane jokes about women. The original musical guest for the episode, Sinéad O'Connor, joined Dunn in her boycott and canceled her scheduled appearance. O'Connor was replaced by Julee Cruise and The Spanic Boys.
- 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: Bruce Willis/Neil Young1 h 7 min · Sep 30, 1989
- Episode 2: Rick Moranis/Rickie Lee Jones1 h 7 min · Oct 7, 1989
- Episode 3: Kathleen Turner/Billy Joel1 h 7 min · Oct 21, 1989
- Episode 4: James Woods/Don Henley1 h 7 min · Oct 28, 1989
- Episode 5: Chris Evert/Eurythmics1 h 7 min · Nov 11, 1989
- Episode 6: Woody Harrelson/David Byrne1 h 7 min · Nov 18, 1989
- Episode 7: John Goodman/k.d. lang & The Reclines1 h 7 min · Dec 2, 1989
- Episode 8: Robert Wagner/Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville1 h 7 min · Dec 9, 1989
- Episode 9: Andie MacDowell/Tracy Chapman1 h 7 min · Dec 16, 1989
- Episode 10: Ed O'Neill/Harry Connick, Jr.1 h 7 min · Jan 13, 1990
- Episode 11: Christopher Walken/Bonnie Raitt1 h 7 min · Jan 20, 1990
- Episode 12: Quincy Jones1 h 7 min · Feb 10, 1990
- Episode 13: Tom Hanks/Aerosmith1 h 7 min · Feb 17, 1990
- Episode 14: Fred Savage/Technotronic1 h 7 min · Feb 24, 1990
- Episode 15: Rob Lowe/The Pogues1 h 7 min · Mar 17, 1990
- Episode 16: Debra Winger/Eric Clapton1 h 7 min · Mar 24, 1990
- Episode 17: Corbin Bernsen/Smithereens1 h 7 min · Apr 14, 1990
- Episode 18: Alec Baldwin/The B-52's1 h 7 min · Apr 21, 1990
- Episode 19: Andrew Dice Clay/Spanic Boys & Julee Cruise1 h 7 min · May 12, 1990
- Episode 20: Candice Bergen/Notting Hillbillies1 h 7 min · May 19, 1990
