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When does Saturday Night Live Season 7 come out?

Saturday Night Live Season 7 premiered Saturday, October 3, 1981 on NBC and ended Saturday, May 22, 1982. The season has 20 episodes.

Saturday Night Live aired its seventh season during the 1981–1982 television season on NBC. The seventh season started on October 3, 1981 and ended on May 22, 1982. A total of 20 episodes were broadcast. Following the dismissal of producer Jean Doumanian and most of her cast members, the show was shut down due to the commencement of the 1981 WGA strike. Dick Ebersol, the program's developer, was hired as Doumanian's replacement. The new cast of Saturday Night Live for this season were the same ones from the episode Ebersol produced on the April 11, 1981 episode: Robin Duke, Tim Kazurinsky and Tony Rosato along with the Doumanian era's sole survivors Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo. Denny Dillon and Gail Matthius were fired following the April 1981 episode while Laurie Metcalf and unseen castmember Emily Prager weren't asked back to be cast members on the show. Ebersol then hired two new cast members: Mary Gross and Christine Ebersole. Both were hired to fill the gap left by Metcalf and Prager. Wanting to distance the show from its first five seasons, Ebersol cut the popular opening line Live from New York, It's Saturday Night! from the cold openings. In fact, sometimes cold openings weren't even shown and the monologues were skipped over almost entirely. These changes were not permanent, as Ebersol decided to reverse them for the eighth season.

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Saturday Night Live Season 7 release schedule

Saturday Night Live Season 7 episode release dates
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1. (no host)/Rod Stewart

Sketches include ""Our Age is Showing,"" ""The Little Richard Simmons Show,"" ""The Clams"" (film), ""Nuns on the Beach,"" ""A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney,"" ""Prose and Cons"" (film), ""The Khaddaffi Look,"" ""Ruth Deals With Rod,"" ""Andy Warhol,"" Juggling with Michael Davis, and ""Season of Glass"" (film).

Saturday · 45 years ago

2. Susan Saint James/The Kinks

Sketches include ""McDonald & Wife,"" ""The Bizarro World,"" ""Buckwheat Sings,"" ""Skanky Fiancee,"" ""Cheap Laffs,"" and ""The Alan Alda Guide to Sensitivity."" The Kinks performed ""Destroyer"" and Christine Ebersole performed ""Single Bars and Single Women."" Also featured is an Anwar Sadat tribute film.

Saturday · 45 years ago

3. George Kennedy/Miles Davis

Sketches include ""To Tell the Truth Gone Awry,"" ""Mister Robinson's Neighborhood #2,"" ""Velvet Jones #1,"" and ""Harry Anderson's Grappler Tricks.""

Saturday · 45 years ago

4. Donald Pleasence/Fear

Sketches include ""Vomiting for Luck,"" ""Jogger Motel,"" ""Profiles in British Courage,"" ""Last Night I Killed My Husband"" (musical number), ""Sugar Breakfast"" and ""Andy Warhol's TV."" Fear performed ""I Don't Care About You"" and medley of ""Beef Bologna,"" ""New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones,"" and ""Let's Have A War.""

Saturday · 45 years ago

5. Lauren Hutton/Rick James

Sketches Include: "Here's 'Cos", "Dressing Room", "Hail To The Chief", "Transeastern", "Whisper", "Cheap Laffs", "Harlequin Romances", "Reach Out", "Velvet Jones School of Technology", "Big Baser", "William Burroughs", "Bitter People"

Saturday · 45 years ago

6. Bernadette Peters/The Go-Go's, Billy Joel

Saturday · 45 years ago

7. Tim Curry/Meat Loaf

Saturday · 44 years ago

8. Bill Murray/The Spinners, Yale Whiffenpoofs

Sketches include ""The Phone Company,"" ""Tales of the Unlikely,"" ""Washed-Up Tom Snyder,"" ""MX-5 Tampons,"" and ""The Economics of Christmas."" The Spinners perform ""I'll Be Around.""

Saturday · 44 years ago

9. Robert Conrad/The Allman Brothers Band

Saturday · 44 years ago

10. John Madden/Jennifer Holliday

Saturday · 44 years ago

11. James Coburn/Lindsey Buckingham

Saturday · 44 years ago

12. Bruce Dern/Luther Vandross

Saturday · 44 years ago

13. Elizabeth Ashley/Hall and Oates

Saturday · 44 years ago

14. Robert Urich/Mink DeVille

Sketches include ""He's No Burt Reynolds,"" ""Paul Harvey Radio News,"" ""Golden Age Obedience School,"" and ""Koala Bear Embryo."" Mink De Ville performed ""Maybe Tomorrow.""

Saturday · 44 years ago

15. Blythe Danner/Rickie Lee Jones

Sketches include ""Lorne Greene,"" ""The New Celibacy,"" ""20/20,"" ""The Uncle Tom Show,"" ""Senior Spring Fling '82,"" ""Meet the People,"" and ""Help Out Blythe Danner."" Rickie Lee Jones performed ""Pirates"" and ""Lush Life.""

Saturday · 44 years ago

16. Daniel J. Travanti/John Cougar

Sketches include ""Save Larry the Lobster,"" ""Whiners' Anniversary,"" ""Hill Street Blues,"" ""Too Many Ethel Mermans,"" and ""Career Corner."" John Cougar Mellencamp performed ""Hurts So Good.""

Saturday · 44 years ago

17. Johnny Cash/Elton John

Elton John performs the John Lennon tribute ""Empty Garden."" Sketches include ""Velvet Jones"" and ""Shadows.""

Saturday · 44 years ago

18. Robert Culp/The Charlie Daniels Band

Saturday · 44 years ago

19. Danny DeVito/Sparks

Sketches include ""Louis DePalma's Revenge,"" ""The Executive Test,"" ""The Whiners on an Airplane,"" ""Solomon and Pudge,"" ""Enzo,"" and ""Looks at Books."" Sparks performs ""Mickey Mouse."" Also, Brian Doyle-Murray interviews recently humbled actor-wrestler Andy Kaufman.

Saturday · 44 years ago

20. Olivia Newton-John Finale

Sketches include ""Ebony & Ivory,"" ""I Married a Monkey,"" Grease, ""Hitler In Heaven,"" and ""Ballpark Organ Favorites."" ONJ performs the hit ""Physical"" in lieu of the opening monologue.

Saturday · 44 years ago

Saturday Night Live Season 7 guest stars

  • Donald Pleasence

    Donald Pleasence

    Self - Host

  • Susan Saint James

    Susan Saint James

    Self - Host

  • Robert Urich

    Robert Urich

    Self - Host

  • William S. Burroughs

    William S. Burroughs

    Self

  • Daniel J. Travanti

    Daniel J. Travanti

    Self - Host

  • Robert Culp

    Robert Culp

    Self - Host

  • Brent Musburger

    Brent Musburger

    Self (uncredited)

  • Meat Loaf

    Meat Loaf

    Self - Musical Guest

  • Elizabeth Ashley

    Elizabeth Ashley

    Self - Host

  • Graham Chapman

    Graham Chapman

    The Colonel / Self (uncredited)

  • Miles Davis

    Miles Davis

    Self - Musical Guest

  • Johnny Cash

    Johnny Cash

    Self - Host

  • Olivia Newton-John

    Olivia Newton-John

    Self - Host & Musical Guest

  • Rickie Lee Jones

    Rickie Lee Jones

    Self - Musical Guest

  • Bernadette Peters

    Bernadette Peters

    Self - Host

  • Tim Curry

    Tim Curry

    Self - Host

Saturday Night Live Season 7 FAQ

When does Saturday Night Live Season 7 come out?

Saturday Night Live Season 7 premiered Saturday, October 3, 1981 on NBC.

How many episodes are in Saturday Night Live Season 7?

Saturday Night Live Season 7 has 20 episodes.

Are new episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 7 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the Saturday Night Live Season 7 finale?

The Saturday Night Live Season 7 finale (Episode 20) aired Saturday, May 22, 1982.

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