CULTURETECHLENSSaturday Night Live
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Combined Graph record U-03010 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-1235. Master record source: News seed 2026-10-16 (USA Today/EW) — partially verified, see notes.
Sketch comedy institution; Black cast lineage includes Garrett Morris, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Tim Meadows, Tracy Morgan, Kenan Thompson, Maya Rudolph, Leslie Jones, Ego Nwodim
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Sketch comedy institution; Black cast lineage includes Garrett Morris, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Tim Meadows, Tracy Morgan, Kenan Thompson, Maya Rudolph, Leslie Jones, Ego Nwodim
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- Also known as: SNL
- Work type: tv_show
Referenced by
- Ego Nwodim — appeared in → this record
- Grace Reiter — appeared in → this record
- Jalen Brunson — appeared in → this record
- Saidah Belo-Osagie — appeared in → this record
Sources
- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-11/saturday-night-live-debuts (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
Saturday Night Live (SNL), a topical comedy sketch show, made its debut on NBC on October 11, 1975 (stored first_aired 1975, network NBC); it was created by Lorne Michaels, who has remained executive producer since returning in 1985; the debut cast featured Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman; the program has been broadcast live from Studio 8H at Rockefeller Center from its inception (HISTORY, A&E Television Networks, fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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