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Season 6 – Saturday Night Live

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Live from New York for more than four decades, celebrity hosts join an award-winning ensemble cast to perform comedic sketches, satirical news and digital shorts, alongside popular musical acts; capturing the pop-culture zeitgeist, the show's sketches and segments often go viral the next day. Over the years, cast members have included Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Kate McKinnon, Seth Meyers, Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, Mike Myers, Amy Poehler, Chris Rock, Maya Rudolph, Andy Samberg, Kristen Wiig, and many more, as well as recurring guests such as Alec Baldwin, Melissa McCarthy and Steve Martin; from executive producer Lorne Michaels, "SNL" is widely considered an American late-night institution and continues to earn critical praise.
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Stephen C LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/29/24 Full Review Audience Member During the pandemic I decided to dive deep and watch every single SNL episode from the very first. I'm now finishing up episode 5 from season 6. I have just one question. Why, oh why, does this season exist?! Except for Eddie Murphy who makes his first SNL appearance, there is really no reason for this season to exist. And who decided to cut all the music acts?! Part of what makes this journey to a time before I was born is to listen to live performances from one hit wonders and mega big stars. It feels like a window into the past, seen as if new, and without the music this is just like sitting in a dive comedy club in NYC (trust me, I do know what those are like) listening to half bad comedians try their B sides. I've got some research to do on why there was a mass exodus and an entirely new cast created after season 5. I can see familiar faces, and actually I don't want to directly hate on any one new cast member, the writers seem different too. The comedy itself, the life, the humor of the show. It's not there. I will keep watching, hoping, knowing what comes about a decade from the episode I'm watching now, but what waits for me before I reach "the good years" of Chris Farley and Adam Sandler? Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member ha wdwdwdwdwdwdwdwdwdw Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Episode 1 Aired Nov 15, 1980 Elliott Gould; Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 22, 1980 Malcolm McDowell; Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. Details Episode 3 Aired Dec 6, 1980 Ellen Burstyn; Aretha Franklin. Details Episode 4 Aired Dec 13, 1980 Jamie Lee Curtis; James Brown. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 20, 1980 Host: David Carradine. Guests: the cast of "The Pirates of Penzance.". Details Episode 6 Aired Jan 10, 1981 Ray Sharkey; Jack Bruce and Friends. Details Episode 7 Aired Jan 17, 1981 Karen Black; Cheap Trick; Stanley Clarke Trio. Details Episode 8 Aired Jan 24, 1981 Robert Hays; Joe King Carrasco; 14-Karat Soul. Details Episode 9 Aired Feb 7, 1981 Sally Kellerman; Jimmy Cliff. Details Episode 10 Aired Feb 14, 1981 Deborah Harry; Funky 4 Plus 1 More. Details Episode 11 Aired Feb 21, 1981 Charlene Tilton; Todd Rundgren; Prince. Details Episode 12 Aired Mar 7, 1981 Bill Murray; Delbert McClinton. Details Episode 13 Aired Apr 11, 1981 Host Chevy Chase; musical guest Junior Walker and the All Stars. Details
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Season Info

Network
NBC
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Nov 15, 1980
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