Saturday_Night_Live_(season_17)

<i>Saturday Night Live</i> season 17

Saturday Night Live season 17

Season of television series


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.

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Cast

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 Beth Cahill and Siobhan Fallon's only season on the show.[5][6]

Cast roster

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

Episodes

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Specials

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Wayne's World film

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.[12] A sequel was produced in 1993, titled Wayne's World 2.


References

  1. "Jordan to open SNL's 17th season". The Free Lance-Star. September 25, 1991. p. 3. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  2. Fishman, Laurel (April 1993). "Nealon Update". Vegetarian Times. p. 67. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  3. Kahn, Eve (February 22, 1992). "Women getting more to do on 'SNL'". The Dispatch. New York Times News Service. p. 18. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  4. "'Saturday Night Live' cast changing". New York Daily News. August 14, 1992. p. 9D. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  5. Wright, Megh (August 6, 2013). "Saturday Night's Children: Beth Cahill (1991-1992)". Vulture. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  6. Wright, Megh (May 15, 2012). "Saturday Night's Children: Siobhan Fallon (1991-1992)". Vulture. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  7. Grossman, Samantha (February 12, 2015). "The 5 Most Controversial Musical Guests in Saturday Night Live History". Time. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  8. "Saturday Night Live films". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 21, 2024.

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