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When does Saturday Night Live Season 22 come out?

Saturday Night Live Season 22 premiered Saturday, September 28, 1996 on NBC and ended Saturday, May 17, 1997. The season has 20 episodes.

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.

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Saturday Night Live Season 22 release schedule

Saturday Night Live Season 22 episode release dates
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1. Tom Hanks/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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

Saturday · 30 years ago

2. Lisa Kudrow/Sheryl Crow

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

Saturday · 30 years ago

3. Bill Pullman/New Edition

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

Saturday · 30 years ago

4. Dana Carvey/Dr. Dre

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

Saturday · 30 years ago

5. Chris Rock/The Wallflowers

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

Saturday · 30 years ago

6. Robert Downey Jr./Fiona Apple

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.""

Saturday · 29 years ago

7. Phil Hartman/Bush

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

Saturday · 29 years ago

8. Martin Short/No Doubt

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.""

Saturday · 29 years ago

9. Rosie O'Donnell/Whitney Houston

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.""

Saturday · 29 years ago

10. Kevin Spacey/Beck

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.""

Saturday · 29 years ago

11. David Alan Grier/Snoop Doggy Dogg

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.""

Saturday · 29 years ago

12. Neve Campbell/David Bowie

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

Saturday · 29 years ago

13. Chevy Chase/Live

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

Saturday · 29 years ago

14. Alec Baldwin/Tina Turner

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.""

Saturday · 29 years ago

15. Sting/Veruca Salt

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

Saturday · 29 years ago

16. Mike Myers/Aerosmith

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

Saturday · 29 years ago

17. Rob Lowe/Spice Girls

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

Saturday · 29 years ago

18. Pamela Lee/Rollins Band

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

Saturday · 29 years ago

19. John Goodman/Jewel

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

Saturday · 29 years ago

20. Jeff Goldblum/En Vogue Finale

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

Saturday · 29 years ago

Saturday Night Live Season 22 guest stars

  • Dana Carvey

    Dana Carvey

    Self - Various Characters

  • Mike Myers

    Mike Myers

    Self - Various Characters

  • Bill Pullman

    Bill Pullman

    Self - Host

  • Jeff Goldblum

    Jeff Goldblum

    Self - Host

  • Whitney Houston

    Whitney Houston

    Self - Musical Guest

  • Lisa Kudrow

    Lisa Kudrow

    Self - Host

  • Neve Campbell

    Neve Campbell

    Self - Host

  • Dr. Dre

    Dr. Dre

    Self - Musical Guest

  • Kevin Spacey

    Kevin Spacey

    Self - Host

  • Fiona Apple

    Fiona Apple

    Self - Musical Guest

  • Rob Lowe

    Rob Lowe

    Self - Host

  • Sting

    Sting

    Self - Host

  • Tina Turner

    Tina Turner

    Self - Musical Guest

  • Sheryl Crow

    Sheryl Crow

    Self - Musical Guest

  • Snoop Dogg

    Snoop Dogg

    Self - Musical Guest

  • Beck

    Beck

    Self - Musical Guest

Saturday Night Live Season 22 FAQ

When does Saturday Night Live Season 22 come out?

Saturday Night Live Season 22 premiered Saturday, September 28, 1996 on NBC.

How many episodes are in Saturday Night Live Season 22?

Saturday Night Live Season 22 has 20 episodes.

Are new episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 22 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the Saturday Night Live Season 22 finale?

The Saturday Night Live Season 22 finale (Episode 20) aired Saturday, May 17, 1997.

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