Season 19 – 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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20 failed episodes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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LOL, the funniest 20 episodes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Episode 1

Aired Sep 25, 1993

Charles Barkley; Nirvana

Host: Charles Barkley. Music guest: Nirvana.

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Episode 2

Aired Oct 2, 1993

Host: Shannen Doherty. Music guest: Cypress Hill.

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Episode 3

Aired Oct 9, 1993

Host: Jeff Goldblum. Music guest: Aerosmith.

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Episode 4

Aired Oct 23, 1993

Host: John Malkovich. Music guest: Billy Joel.

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Episode 5

Aired Oct 30, 1993

Host Christian Slater; Smashing Pumpkins.

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Episode 6

Aired Nov 13, 1993

Host: Rosie O'Donnell. Music guest: James Taylor.

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Episode 7

Aired Nov 20, 1993

Host: Nicole Kidman. Music guest: Stone Temple Pilots.

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Episode 8

Aired Dec 4, 1993

Host: Charlton Heston. Music guest: Paul Westerberg.

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Episode 9

Aired Dec 11, 1993

Host: Sally Field. Music guest: Tony! Toni! Tone!.

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Episode 10

Aired Jan 8, 1994

Host: Jason Patric. Music guest: Blind Melon.

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Episode 11

Aired Jan 15, 1994

Host: Sara Gilbert. Music guest: Counting Crows.

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Episode 12

Aired Feb 5, 1994

Host: Patrick Stewart. Music guest: Salt-N-Pepa.

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Episode 13

Aired Feb 12, 1994

Hosts: Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. Music guest: UB40.

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Episode 14

Aired Feb 19, 1994

Host Martin Lawrence; Crash Test Dummies.

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Episode 15

Aired Mar 12, 1994

Host: figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. Music guest: Aretha Franklin.

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Episode 16

Aired Mar 19, 1994

Host: Helen Hunt. Music guest: Snoop Doggy Dogg.

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Episode 17

Aired Apr 9, 1994

Host: actor Kelsey Grammer. Music guest: Dwight Yoakam.

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Episode 18

Aired Apr 16, 1994

Host: Emilio Estevez. Music guest: Pearl Jam.

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Episode 19

Aired May 7, 1994

Host: actor John Goodman. Music guest: the Pretenders.

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Episode 20

Aired May 14, 1994

(Season finale) Heather Locklear; Janet Jackson.

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Director: Dave Wilson
Executive Producer: Lorne Michaels
Screenwriter: Dave Attell, Tony De Sena, Tom Davis, James Downey, Al Franken, Steve Koren, Steve Lookner, Norm Macdonald, David Mandel, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Lorne Michaels, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Jay Mohr, Lewis Morton, Herb Sargent, Sarah Silverman, Fred Wolf
Network: NBC
Rating: TV-PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date: Sep 25, 1993

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