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Saturday Night Live Season 21
The twenty-first season of ''Saturday Night Live'', an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 30, 1995, and May 18, 1996. After the low ratings and negative reviews of the Saturday Night Live season 20, previous season, NBC executives necessitated significant changes for the show, including a major cast overhaul. Only five cast members from the previous season remained. New hires included Will Ferrell, Cheri Oteri, Darrell Hammond, Jim Breuer, David Koechner, and Nancy Carell, Nancy Walls. Chris Kattan and Colin Quinn joined as featured players. History The season was infamous for the Rage Against the Machine incident. On April 13, 1996, the band was the musical guest, and was scheduled to perform two songs. The show was hosted that night by ex-Republican Party (U.S.), Republican presidential candidate and billionaire Steve Forbes. According to RATM guitarist Tom Morello, "RATM wanted to stand in sharp juxtaposition to a bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live Season 20
The twentieth season of ''Saturday Night Live'' (also branded ''Saturday Night Live 20''), an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 24, 1994, and May 13, 1995. Much like the Saturday Night Live season 6, 1980–1981 season and the Saturday Night Live season 11, 1985–1986 season, NBC worried over ''SNLs decline in quality (and in the ratings) and initially decided that now would be the best time to pull the plug on the show once and for all. According to the prime time special ''Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation'', Lorne Michaels credits this season as the closest he's ever been to being fired. In the end, the cast member firings and crew turnover resulting from this season represented the biggest involvement into the show's affairs by NBC executives since the 1980–1981 season and the biggest cast overhaul since the 1985–1986 season. This season saw the deaths of two ''SNL'' alumni: season 11 cast memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |