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Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live aired its thirteenth season during the 1987–1988 television season on NBC. Season 13 started on October 17, 1987 and ended on February 27, 1988. Before the start of the season few changes happened. Kevin Nealon was promoted to repertory status and Al Franken returned to the cast. Although the changes to the cast were minimal there were, however, major events that impeded the show's production. During production of the season premiere, a fire broke out near Studio 8H during dress rehearsal. Despite plans to cancel the show for the week, Steve Martin pushed the cast to perform, making the Steve Martin/Sting episode the only episode without a dress rehearsal. On March 7, 1988, the Writers Guild of America went on strike, cancelling many planned episodes, including one originally planned to be hosted by former "Not Ready for Primetime" player Gilda Radner. Radner, however, would never get the chance to host due to her death from ovarian cancer the following year. The host for the March 12, 1988 broadcast was never confirmed.
Aired: Oct 17, 1987 Genre: Comedy NewsCreated By: Lorne Michaels Dick EbersolDuration: 1h 7m Rating: 8 Country: United States of America Production: Broadway Video, NBC Studios, Universal Television, NBC Universal Television, SNL Studios
Seasons
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Episodes
01: Steve Martin/Sting02: Sean Penn/L.L. Cool J., Michael Penn & the Pull03: Dabney Coleman/The Cars04: Robert Mitchum/Simply Red05: Candice Bergen/Cher06: Danny DeVito/Bryan Ferry07: Angie Dickinson/Buster Poindexter & David Gilmour08: Paul Simon/Linda Ronstadt & the Mariachi Vargas09: Robin Williams/James Taylor10: Carl Weathers/Robbie Robertson11: Justine Bateman/Terrance Trent D'Arby12: Tom Hanks/Randy Travis13: Judge Reinhold/10,000 Maniacs