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Saturday Night Live ''Saturday Night Live'' (often abbreviated to ''SNL'') is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock. Michaels currently serves ...

'' writers. The show, created by

Lorne Michaels Lorne Michaels (born Lorne David Lipowitz; November 17, 1944) is a Canadian-American producer, screenwriter, and comedian. He is best known for creating and producing ''Saturday Night Live'' (1975–1980, 1985–present) and producing the '' La ...

, is an American live

sketch comedy Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and ...

and

variety show Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism. It is normally introduced by a co ...

. Airing since 1975, it has employed a large and changing staff of writers.

Season 1 (1975–76)

Season 2 (1976–77)

Season 3 (1977–78)

Season 4 (1978–79)

Season 5 (1979–80)

Season 6 (1980–81)

Season 7 (1981–82)

Season 8 (1982–83)

Season 9 (1983–84)

Season 10 (1984–85)

Larry David at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival 2

Season 11 (1985–86)

Season 12 (1986–87)

Season 13 (1987–88)

Season 14 (1988–89)

Season 15 (1989–90)

Season 16 (1990–91)

Season 17 (1991–92)

Season 18 (1992–93)

Season 19 (1993–94)

Season 20 (1994–95)

Season 21 (1995–96)

Season 22 (1996–97)

Season 23 (1997–98)

Season 24 (1998–99)

Season 25 (1999–2000)

Season 26 (2000–01)

Season 27 (2001–02)

Season 28 (2002–03)

Season 29 (2003–04)

Season 30 (2004–05)

Season 31 (2005–06)

Season 32 (2006–07)

Season 33 (2007–08)

Season 34 (2008–09)

Season 35 (2009–10)

Season 36 (2010–11)

Season 37 (2011–12)

Season 38 (2012–13)

Season 39 (2013–14)

Season 40 (2014–15)

Season 41 (2015–16)

Season 42 (2016-17)

Season 43 (2017-18)

Note: Beginning with the show's forty-third season, ''Weekend Update'' writers were credited separately from the rest of the writing staff.

Season 44 (2018-19)

Season 45 (2019-20)

Season 46 (2020-21)

Season 47 (2021-22)

Season 48 (2022-23)

References

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