Saturday Night Live
| Television Show | |
|---|---|
| Host | Various |
| Filmed | New York City, New York |
| Years Active | 1975-Present |
| Associated Acts | Morrissey |
| Official Website | nbc.com/saturday-night-live |
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Saturday Night Live (abbreviated as SNL) is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night. The show revolves around a series of sketches parodying American culture and politics, performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity who delivers an opening monologue and takes part in sketches with the cast, and features a musical guest who also performs. SNL normally begins with a cold open sketch that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!", beginning the show proper.
Many of SNL's cast found national stardom while appearing on the show and achieved success in film and television, both in front of and behind the camera. In particular, SNL has helped launch the careers of Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, Mike Myers, and Adam Sandler. Additionally others associated with the show such as writers have gone on to successful careers, including Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, Larry David, Al Franken, Sarah Silverman, and Robert Smigel.
Broadcast from Studio 8H at NBC's headquarters in the GE Building, SNL has aired over 700 episodes since its debut and is currently in it's thirty-eighth season, making it one of the longest-running network television programs in the United States as of 2012. Throughout its more than three decades on air, Saturday Night Live has received a number of awards, including 21 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, and three Writers Guild of America Awards. In 2000, it was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. It was ranked tenth on TV Guide's "50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time" list, and in 2007 it was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME." In 2009, it received 13 Emmy nominations bringing the show to a total of 126, giving it the most Emmy nominations in television history.
Morrissey Performances
1992
On 14 November, 1992, Morrissey appeared on Saturday Night Live. The host that evening was Michael Keaton. Morrissey performed Glamorous Glue [watch] and Suedehead [watch].