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Saturday Night Live

Season 22

1996 · 20 episodes · 22h 20m in all

The twenty-second season began on September 28, 1996 and ended on May 17, 1997 with 20 episodes in all. Many changes happened before the start of the season. David Koechner and Nancy Walls were both let go after one season with the show. David Spade left the show on his own terms. This season is also notable for the people who hosted. Seven of the twenty hosts were former cast members. They included Dana Carvey, Robert Downey, Jr., Phil Hartman, Chris Rock and Martin Short. Chevy Chase and Mike Myers would host later in the season. This would mark Chase's final time hosting before getting banned.

Episodes

  1. 1. Tom Hanks/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    28 Sept 1996 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""Roxbury Guys,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Goat Boy,"" ""Mr. Peepers,"" and ""Classic Sing-along with the Drunken Asses.""

  2. 2. Lisa Kudrow/Sheryl Crow

    5 Oct 1996 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""Bob Dole,"" ""Suel Forrester,"" Single and Loving It,"" ""The Randolph Hotel,"" ""Women's Poetry Night,"" and ""Gene the Ex-Convict.""

  3. 3. Bill Pullman/New Edition

    19 Oct 1996 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""Alien Presidential Debate,"" ""AT&T Clerks,"" ""The Rules Show,"" ""John W. Hayward,"" and ""Women's Kickboxing.""

  4. 4. Dana Carvey/Dr. Dre

    26 Oct 1996 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""Russell and Tate: Attorneys at Law,"" ""Larry King Live,"" ""Tom Brokaw,"" ""Johnny Carson and Phil Donahue,"" ""Church Chat,"" and ""Goat Boy.""

  5. 5. Chris Rock/The Wallflowers

    2 Nov 1996 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""Bob Dole and George Bush,"" ""Charles Grodin,"" ""The Dark Side with Nat X,"" and ""The Culps.""

  6. 6. Robert Downey Jr./Fiona Apple

    16 Nov 1996 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""Bob Dole,"" ""Spartan Cheeleaders,"" ""Bill Clinton,"" ""Don King's Press Conference,"" ""Mr. Music,"" ""Musical Cobras and Panthers,"" ""The Delicious Dish,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Streets of L.A.,"" and ""Shopping at Home Network.""

  7. 7. Phil Hartman/Bush

    23 Nov 1996 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""The O.J. Trial,"" ""Thanksgiving Song Auditions,"" ""Acting Class,"" ""World War II,"" and ""The Joe Pesci Show.""

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    8. Martin Short/No Doubt

    7 Dec 1996 · 67 min

    Live from New York, it's...Tim Meadows Sketches include ""O.J. Simpson,"" ""Celebrity Jeopardy,"" ""Ed Grimley Goes To Heaven,"" ""Roxbury Guys,"" ""Barbara Walters Interviews Jackie Rogers, Jr.,"" ""The Gantner Family Workout,"" ""The Tinseltown Tattler,"" ""Martha Stewart's Topless Christmas,"" and ""Happy Holiday Tales.""

  9. 9. Rosie O'Donnell/Whitney Houston

    14 Dec 1996 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""Bill Clinton and Bob Dole,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Delicious Dish,"" ""Goat Boy,"" ""Rita Delvecchio,"" and ""The Local News with Joe Blow.""

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    10. Kevin Spacey/Beck

    11 Jan 1997 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""New Television Rating System,"" ""The Late Show with David Letterman,"" ""Marijuana Doctor,"" ""Star Wars 20th Anniversary,"" ""Janet Reno's Dance Party,"" ""Mr. Peepers,"" ""The Joe Pesci Show,"" ""Pet Shop,"" and ""The Atteburys.""

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    11. David Alan Grier/Snoop Doggy Dogg

    18 Jan 1997 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""Bill Clinton Police Line-Up,"" ""Maya Angelou Commercials,"" ""Waiting to Exhale Viewers,"" ""Both Sides with Jesse Jackson,"" ""Wong & Owens,"" and ""Bill Gates and Bill Clinton.""

  12. 12. Neve Campbell/David Bowie

    8 Feb 1997 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""O.J Simpson,"" ""Jackpot,"" ""The Delicious Dish,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Rolf,"" and ""Adventures of the White Trash Disaster Trailer.""

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    13. Chevy Chase/Live

    15 Feb 1997 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""Nightline,"" ""Bill Clinton,"" ""O.J Simpson,"" ""Goat Boy,"" ""Chopper Four.""

  14. 14. Alec Baldwin/Tina Turner

    22 Feb 1997 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""The Late Show with David Letterman,"" ""Roxbury Guys,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""The Quiet Storm,"" ""The Gossip Show,"" ""Phone Sex Operators,"" ""Yard Sale,"" ""Wong and Owens,"" and ""Bill Brasky.""

  15. 15. Sting/Veruca Salt

    15 Mar 1997 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""Bill Clinton,"" ""Evita,"" ""The Nude Crusade,"" ""Rolf,"" ""The Atteburys,"" ""Kyle DeMarco,"" and ""Race and Racism.""

  16. 16. Mike Myers/Aerosmith

    22 Mar 1997 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""Coffee Talk with Linda Richman,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Prime Minister's Questions,"" ""Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly,"" and ""Barbara Walters Oscar Special.""

  17. 17. Rob Lowe/Spice Girls

    12 Apr 1997 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""Nightline,"" ""Perspectives,"" ""The Joe Pesci Show,"" ""Goth Talk,"" ""Food, Sex, or Cars?"" and ""La Politica Non Correcto con Ramon Diaz Rojo.""

  18. 18. Pamela Lee/Rollins Band

    19 Apr 1997 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""Janet Reno,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""A&E Biography: Tiger Woods,"" ""Goat Boy,"" and ""Roxbury Guys.""

  19. 19. John Goodman/Jewel

    10 May 1997 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""Oprah,"" ""Celebrity Jeopardy,"" ""Suel Forrester,"" ""Eddie Murphy,"" ""The Delicious Dish,"" ""The Culps,"" ""Collette Reardon,"" and ""Bill Brasky.""

  20. 20. Jeff Goldblum/En Vogue

    17 May 1997 · 67 min

    Sketches include ""Nightline,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Space, the Infinite Frontier,"" ""Kennedy Kapers,"" ""Larry King,"" ""Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp.""

Saturday Night Live Season 22: quick answers

How many episodes are in Saturday Night Live Season 22?

Season 22 of Saturday Night Live has 20 episodes, about 22 hours in total.

When did Saturday Night Live Season 22 come out?

Season 22 premiered on 28 Sept 1996.

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