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Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live aired its eighth season during the 1982–1983 season on NBC. The 8th season started on September 25, 1982 and ended on May 14, 1983. This was the third season to air since Lorne Michaels had left his first tenure as executive producer. Many changes happened before the start of the season. Brian Doyle-Murray, Christine Ebersole and Tony Rosato were dropped from the show to make room for new cast members. Hired in their places were Brad Hall, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Gary Kroeger. Dick Ebersol brought back the show's cold openings that ended with "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" and the monologues by the host. Ebersol also changed Weekend Update's name for the second time, to Saturday Night News. Since Doyle-Murray and Ebersole had both been dropped, a new anchor was needed for the segment. Hall got the gig and became the new anchor. Notable moments of this season included Drew Barrymore hosting the show—the youngest ever person to host the show. During the episode hosted by Barrymore, the audience at home was given the chance to vote on whether or not Andy Kaufman should be banned from the show. The vote was conducted by a 1-900 number. At the end of the show Kaufman was banned from ever performing on SNL again.
Aired: Sep 25, 1982 Genre: Comedy NewsCasts: Michael Che Mikey Day Andrew Dismukes Chloe Fineman Heidi Gardner James Austin Johnson Colin Jost Ego NwodimCreated By: Lorne Michaels Dick EbersolDuration: 1h 7m Rating: 0 Country: United States of America Production: Broadway Video, NBC Studios, Universal Television, NBC Universal Television, SNL Studios
Seasons
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Episodes
01: Chevy Chase/Queen02: Louis Gossett Jr./George Thorogood and the Destroyers03: Ron Howard/The Clash04: Howard Hesseman/Men at Work05: Michael Keaton/The New Joe Jackson Band06: Robert Blake/Kenny Loggins07: Drew Barrymore/Squeeze08: The Smothers Brothers/Laura Branigan09: Eddie Murphy/Lionel Richie10: Lily Tomlin11: Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas/The Bus Boys12: Sid Caesar/Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes13: Howard Hesseman/Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers14: Beau Bridges, Jeff Bridges/Randy Newman15: Bruce Dern/Leon Redbone16: Robert Guillaume/Duran Duran17: Joan Rivers/Musical Youth18: Susan Saint James/Michael McDonald19: Stevie Wonder20: Ed Koch/Dexys Midnight Runners