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- OverviewSep 30, 1995-May 18, 199620 episodesEpisodes20. S21 E20 May 18, 1996
- Host Jim Carrey; Soundgarden performs.
- 19. S21 E19 May 11, 1996
- Host: Christine Baranski. Music guest: the Cure.
- 18. S21 E18 Apr 20, 1996
- Host: Teri Hatcher. Music guest: Dave Matthews Band.
- 17. S21 E17 Apr 13, 1996
- Host Steve Forbes; band Rage Against the Machine.
- 16. S21 E16 Mar 23, 1996
- Host: Phil Hartman. Music guest: Gin Blossoms.
- 15. S21 E15 Mar 16, 1996
- Host: John Goodman. Music guest: Everclear.
- 14. S21 E14 Feb 24, 1996
- Host: Elle Macpherson. Music guest: Sting.
- 13. S21 E13 Feb 17, 1996
- Host Tom Arnold; Tupac Shakur; guest appearance by Adam Sandler.
- 12. S21 E12 Feb 10, 1996
- Host Danny Aiello; Coolio; special guest appearance by Chris Farley; Super Bowl MVP Larry Brown.
- 11. S21 E11 Jan 20, 1996
- Host: Alec Baldwin. Music guest: Tori Amos.
- 10. S21 E10 Jan 13, 1996
- Host: Christopher Walken. Music guest: Joan Osborne.
- 9. S21 E9 Dec 16, 1995
- Host Madeline Kahn; band Bush.
- 8. S21 E8 Dec 9, 1995
- Host: David Alan Grier. Music guest: Silverchair.
- 7. S21 E7 Dec 2, 1995
- Host: Anthony Edwards. Music guest: Foo Fighters.
- 6. S21 E6 Nov 18, 1995
- Host: Laura Leighton. Music guest: Rancid.
- 5. S21 E5 Nov 11, 1995
- Host Quentin Tarantino; Smashing Pumpkins.
- 4. S21 E4 Oct 28, 1995
- Host: Gabriel Byrne. Music guest: Alanis Morissette.
- 3. S21 E3 Oct 21, 1995
- Host David Schwimmer; musical guest Natalie Merchant.
- 2. S21 E2 Oct 7, 1995
- Host: Chevy Chase. Music guest: Lisa Loeb.
- 1. S21 E1 Sep 30, 1995
- Host: Mariel Hemingway. Music guest: Blues Traveler.
The twenty-first season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 30, 1995, and May 18, 1996. After the low ratings and negative reviews of the previous season, NBC executives necessitated significant changes for the show, including a major cast overhaul.
Stream full episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 21, featuring talented actors and comedians, guest hosts and musical performances. See sketches from Jim Carrey, Christine Baranski, Steve Forbes, Phil Hartman and more.
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Season 21 of Saturday Night Live began on September 30, 1995 with host Mariel Hemingway and musical guest Blues Traveler and ended on May 18, 1996 with host Jim Carrey and musical guest Everclear. Most of the cast were new hires, with mass firings having followed the previous season. This season did not include any featured players until March 16, 1996, and like earlier seasons, the featured players were only credited for episodes in which they appeared. David Spade is also missing from three episodes in the middle of the season.
Most of the cast had left or been fired from the previous season: only five cast members returned to the show: Norm MacDonald, Mark McKinney, Tim Meadows, Molly Shannon and David Spade. Although Spade returned to the show, he had more of a diminished role, very rarely appearing in sketches except for Spade in America, a "Weekend Update" segment hosted by Spade that debuted at the start of the season and was featured in all but five episodes. Shannon was upgraded to repertory status for this season.
Aside from Macdonald, McKinney, Meadows, Shannon, and Spade, the rest of the cast hired prior to the start of the season was entirely new. These included: stand-up comedians Jim Breuer and Darrell Hammond; Groundlings alumni Will Ferrell and Cheri Oteri, and Chicago-based comedians Nancy Walls and David Koechner. Breuer, Hammond, Ferrell, Oteri, Koechner, and Walls were all promoted to repertory status upon being hired.
Ferrell and Oteri's fellow Groundling Chris Kattan, along with newly writer Colin Quinn, also joined the cast as featured players for the six final episodes of the season. Fred Wolf was hired in April as a featured player
RepertoryFeaturedChanges•Chris Kattan: First March 16 •Colin Quinn: First March 16 •Fred Wolf: First April 13 •David Spade: Not credited February 17-March 16Streaming, rent, or buy Saturday Night Live – Season 21: Currently you are able to watch "Saturday Night Live - Season 21" streaming on Peacock. 20 Episodes
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Live from New York for more than four decades, celebrity hosts join an award-winning ensemble cast to perform comedic sketches, satirical news and digital shorts, alongside popular musical acts.
Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episodes. 1975 -2022. 48 Seasons. NBC. Music, Comedy. TV14. Watchlist. Where to Watch. A variety show packed with some Emmy-winning satire for laughs.