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Saturday Night Live (1975)Season 2
Saturday Night Live aired its second season during the 1976–1977 television season on NBC. The second season started on September 18, 1976, and ended on May 21, 1977. This season saw the first of many SNL cast changes. Chevy Chase, who was pursuing a movie career in California, left the show after the October 30th episode hosted by Buck Henry with musical guest, The Band. Jane Curtin became the first female cast member to become a Weekend Update anchor following Chase's departure. On the January 15, 1977 episode, Bill Murray joined the cast to fill the void left by Chase's departure. This season also saw another change in the show: its name. Following the cancellation of ABC's Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell, NBC changed the name of the show from NBC's Saturday Night to its current title, Saturday Night Live in the episode hosted by Jack Burns in 1977. It was the last time that the Muppet sketches would appear on the show. In a 1977 interview with Playboy, O'Donoghue who was head writer/performer, referred to the Muppets as "those fucking Muppets, those little hairy facecloths" and were "made from the refuse after they cleaned up after Woodstock". He also refused to write for them, saying "I don’t write for felt". O'Donoghue also had a lynched Big Bird hanging in the writer's office.
- 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
0/22 watched- Episode 1: Lily Tomlin/James Taylor1 h 7 min · Sep 18, 1976
- Episode 2: Norman Lear/Boz Scaggs1 h 7 min · Sep 25, 1976
- Episode 3: Eric Idle/Joe Cocker and Stuff1 h 7 min · Oct 2, 1976
- Episode 4: Karen Black/John Prine1 h 7 min · Oct 16, 1976
- Episode 5: Steve Martin/Kinky Friedman1 h 7 min · Oct 23, 1976
- Episode 6: Buck Henry/The Band1 h 7 min · Oct 30, 1976
- Episode 7: Dick Cavett/Ry Cooder1 h 7 min · Nov 13, 1976
- Episode 8: Paul Simon/Paul Simon, George Harrison1 h 7 min · Nov 20, 1976
- Episode 9: Jodie Foster/Brian Wilson1 h 7 min · Nov 27, 1976
- Episode 10: Candice Bergen/Frank Zappa1 h 7 min · Dec 11, 1976
- Episode 11: Ralph Nader/George Benson1 h 7 min · Jan 15, 1977
- Episode 12: Ruth Gordon/Chuck Berry1 h 7 min · Jan 22, 1977
- Episode 13: Fran Tarkenton/Leo Sayer1 h 7 min · Jan 29, 1977
- Episode 14: Steve Martin/The Kinks1 h 7 min · Feb 26, 1977
- Episode 15: Sissy Spacek/Richard Baskin1 h 7 min · Mar 12, 1977
- Episode 16: Broderick Crawford/Dr. John, The Meters1 h 7 min · Mar 19, 1977
- Episode 17: Jack Burns/Santana1 h 7 min · Mar 26, 1977
- Episode 18: Julian Bond/Brick1 h 7 min · Apr 9, 1977
- Episode 19: Elliott Gould/McGarrigle Sisters1 h 7 min · Apr 16, 1977
- Episode 20: Eric Idle/Neil Innes1 h 7 min · Apr 23, 1977
- Episode 21: Shelley Duvall/Joan Armatrading1 h 7 min · May 14, 1977
- Episode 22: Buck Henry/Kenny Vance, Jennifer Warnes1 h 7 min · May 21, 1977
