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Saturday Night Live (1975)Season 5
Saturday Night Live aired its fifth season during the 1979–1980 television season on NBC, and also the final season with the original cast. This fifth season started on October 13, 1979 and ended on May 24, 1980. SNL's fifth season was released on DVD on December 1, 2009. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd left the show at the end of the fourth season, leaving a void in the cast that most fans thought would be the beginning of the end of the late-night sketch show. To keep the show going, Lorne Michaels upgraded many of the show's writers to cast member status: Peter Aykroyd, Jim Downey, Brian Doyle-Murray, Don Novello, Tom Schiller and Alan Zweibel. Band leader Paul Shaffer also joined the cast, becoming the first person from the SNL band to become a cast member. Harry Shearer joined the show as a featured cast member and was promoted to repertory status during the season. This would be the final season for everyone in the cast. Tom Davis and Downey would return to the show in future seasons as writers. Al Franken, Doyle-Murray, Novello, and Shearer would rejoin the cast in future seasons.
- 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: Steve Martin/Blondie1 h 7 min · Oct 13, 1979
- Episode 2: Eric Idle/Bob Dylan1 h 7 min · Oct 20, 1979
- Episode 3: Bill Russell/Chicago1 h 7 min · Nov 3, 1979
- Episode 4: Buck Henry/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers1 h 7 min · Nov 10, 1979
- Episode 5: Bea Arthur/The Roches1 h 7 min · Nov 17, 1979
- Episode 6: Howard Hesseman/Randy Newman1 h 7 min · Dec 8, 1979
- Episode 7: Martin Sheen/David Bowie1 h 7 min · Dec 15, 1979
- Episode 8: Ted Knight/Desmond Child and Rouge1 h 7 min · Dec 22, 1979
- Episode 9: Teri Garr/The B-52's1 h 7 min · Jan 26, 1980
- Episode 10: Chevy Chase/Marianne Faithfull1 h 7 min · Feb 9, 1980
- Episode 11: Elliott Gould/Gary Numan1 h 7 min · Feb 16, 1980
- Episode 12: Kirk Douglas/Sam and Dave1 h 7 min · Feb 23, 1980
- Episode 13: Rodney Dangerfield/J. Geils Band1 h 7 min · Mar 8, 1980
- Episode 14: Paul Simon/James Taylor1 h 7 min · Mar 15, 1980
- Episode 15: Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss/The Grateful Dead1 h 7 min · Apr 5, 1980
- Episode 16: Burt Reynolds/Anne Murray1 h 7 min · Apr 12, 1980
- Episode 17: Strother Martin/The Specials1 h 7 min · Apr 19, 1980
- Episode 18: Bob Newhart/The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Bruce Cockburn1 h 7 min · May 10, 1980
- Episode 19: Steve Martin/Paul and Linda McCartney1 h 7 min · May 17, 1980
- Episode 20: Buck Henry/Andrew Gold1 h 7 min · May 24, 1980
