Saturday Night Live season 15

Saturday Night Live
Season 15
The title card for the fifteenth season of Saturday Night Live.
No. of episodes20
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 30, 1989 (1989-09-30) –
May 19, 1990 (1990-05-19)[1]
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The fifteenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 30, 1989 and May 19, 1990.[1]

This season saw the first appearances of three frequent SNL hosts: John Goodman,[2] who auditioned to be a cast member on SNL during the 1980–81 season[3][4] and frequently appeared on SNL in the mid-1990s as Linda Tripp; Christopher Walken;[5] and Alec Baldwin[6] (who later surpassed Steve Martin as the most frequent SNL host).[7]

A live special commemorating fifteen seasons of SNL was aired on September 24, 1989, before the start of the season.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Saturday Night Live - Official Order - Season 15". TheTVDB.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "John Goodman, k.d. Lang". Saturday Night Live. Season 15. Episode 8. December 2, 1989. NBC.
  3. ^ Shales & Miller 2002, p. 343.
  4. ^ Renae, Kirstie; Gazal, Carolina (September 23, 2021). "14 celebrities who got rejected by 'Saturday Night Live' and went on to become famous in their own right". Insider. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  5. ^ "Christopher Walken, Bonnie Raitt". Saturday Night Live. Season 15. Episode 11. January 20, 1990. NBC.
  6. ^ "Alec Baldwin, The B-52's". Saturday Night Live. Season 15. Episode 18. April 21, 1990. NBC.
  7. ^ "Stars Who've Hosted SNL The Most Number of Times". Ranker. November 25, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  8. ^ Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary. NBC. September 24, 1989. Retrieved May 1, 2024.