| Saturday Night Live | |
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| Season 17 | |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 28, 1991 – May 16, 1992 |
| Season chronology | |
The seventeenth season of Saturday Night Live , an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 28, 1991, and May 16, 1992.
A. Whitney Brown, Jan Hooks and longtime Weekend Update anchor Dennis Miller all left the show. [1] Kevin Nealon was promoted to Weekend Update anchor. [2] New cast members included Ellen Cleghorne, [3] Siobhan Fallon [3] and writer Robert Smigel. Beth Cahill and Melanie Hutsell also later joined the cast. [3] Chris Farley, Chris Rock and Julia Sweeney [3] were upgraded to repertory status, while Tim Meadows remained in the middle group. Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider and David Spade were promoted to the middle group.
This was the final season for Victoria Jackson [4] (at the time, she became the longest serving female cast member, with a total of six seasons on the show. She was later surpassed by Molly Shannon in season 26). This would be Cahill and Fallon's only season on the show. [5] [6]
Repertory players | Middle players | Featured players
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bold denotes Weekend Update anchor
All middle players received credit in the opening montage for every episode throughout the season, while featured players only were credited for specific episodes in which they appeared. Hutsell was credited for 14 episodes, Cahill was credited for 13 episodes, Franken was credited for eight episodes and Smigel was credited for four episodes.
Steve Koren joins the writing staff with the Tom/Roseanne Arnold hosted episode. [7] Koren would be one of the few writers to survive the writer/cast overhaul in 1995.
| No. overall | No. in season | Host(s) | Musical guest(s) | Original release date | |
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| 307 | 1 | Michael Jordan | Public Enemy | September 28, 1991 | |
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| 308 | 2 | Jeff Daniels | Color Me Badd | October 5, 1991 | |
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| 309 | 3 | Kirstie Alley | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | October 12, 1991 | |
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| 310 | 4 | Christian Slater | Bonnie Raitt | October 26, 1991 | |
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| 311 | 5 | Kiefer Sutherland | Skid Row | November 2, 1991 | |
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| 312 | 6 | Linda Hamilton | Mariah Carey | November 16, 1991 | |
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| 313 | 7 | Macaulay Culkin | Tin Machine | November 23, 1991 | |
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| 314 | 8 | MC Hammer | MC Hammer | December 7, 1991 | |
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| 315 | 9 | Steve Martin | James Taylor | December 14, 1991 | |
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| 316 | 10 | Rob Morrow | Nirvana | January 11, 1992 | |
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| 317 | 11 | Chevy Chase | Robbie Robertson | January 18, 1992 | |
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| 318 | 12 | Susan Dey | C&C Music Factory | February 8, 1992 | |
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| 319 | 13 | Jason Priestley | Teenage Fanclub | February 15, 1992 | |
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| 320 | 14 | Roseanne Arnold Tom Arnold | Red Hot Chili Peppers | February 22, 1992 | |
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| 321 | 15 | John Goodman | Garth Brooks | March 14, 1992 | |
| 322 | 16 | Mary Stuart Masterson | En Vogue | March 21, 1992 | |
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| 323 | 17 | Sharon Stone | Pearl Jam | April 11, 1992 | |
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| 324 | 18 | Jerry Seinfeld | Annie Lennox | April 18, 1992 | |
| 325 | 19 | Tom Hanks | Bruce Springsteen | May 9, 1992 | |
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| 326 | 20 | Woody Harrelson | Vanessa Williams | May 16, 1992 | |
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| Title | Original release date | |
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| "Halloween Special" | October 28, 1991 | |
Wayne (Mike Myers) &Garth (Dana Carvey) host this compilation of some of SNL's greatest Halloween-themed sketches. | ||
| "All the Best for Mother's Day" | May 10, 1992 | |
The cast and their mothers take a look at some of the best sketches from the 16th and 17th seasons. Sketches include "The Tonight Song," "Wayne's World," "The Chris Farley Show," "Massive Headwound Harry," and "Coffee Talk". | ||
Wayne's World ,a film based on the popular "Wayne's World" sketches,was released on February 14,1992. Cast members Dana Carvey,Brian Doyle-Murray,Chris Farley and Mike Myers appear in the film. The film received positive reviews and was commercially successful,becoming the highest grossing SNL film to date. [13] A sequel was produced in 1993,titled Wayne's World 2 .