Saturday Night Live season 38

*Saturday Night Live*
Saturday Night Live
Season 38
No. of episodes	21
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 15, 2012 –; May 18, 2013
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The thirty-eighth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 15, 2012, and May 18, 2013.

Also airing this season were two election-themed episodes of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday, which aired on September 20, 2012, and September 27, 2012.^[1] Two months before the season premiere, original writer and occasional featured player Tom Davis died after a two-year battle with throat and neck cancer.^[2]

^ O'Connell, Michael (July 24, 2012). "TCA 2012: NBC Resurrecting 'Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
^ Martin, Douglas (July 19, 2012). "Tom Davis, Comedian and 'SNL' Sketch Writer, Dies at 59". The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2012.

[hollywoodreporter1-1] O'Connell, Michael (July 24, 2012). "TCA 2012: NBC Resurrecting 'Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 26, 2012.

[2] Martin, Douglas (July 19, 2012). "Tom Davis, Comedian and 'SNL' Sketch Writer, Dies at 59". The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2012.

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