Saturday Night Live (season 9)
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Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 19 |
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Original network | NBC |
Original release | October 8, 1983 – May 12, 1984 |
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The ninth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 8, 1983, and May 12, 1984.
Cast changes
Before the start of the season the entire cast returned for another season. The only change was the hiring (and firing, then rehiring) of Jim Belushi). Eddie Murphy left the program two episodes before of the end of the season. When the season ended, Robin Duke, Brad Hall, Tim Kazurinsky and Joe Piscopo left the series.
Format changes
Ebersol had taken Hall off Weekend Update (known as Saturday Night News during this time) mid-season. The segment then had a revolving door of other anchors mostly involving the episode's host and, in one case, Joe Piscopo (although Piscopo only introduced a commentary and didn't tell any actual jokes).
Hosts
Future cast member Billy Crystal hosted twice this season: once with musical guest Al Jarreau and again on the season finale with Ed Koch, Edwin Newman, Betty Thomas, and former castmember Don Novello.
Cast
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bold denotes Weekend Update anchor
Writers
This season's writers were Jim Belushi, Andy Breckman, Robin Duke, Adam Green, Mary Gross, Nate Herman, Tim Kazurinsky, Kevin Kelton, Andy Kurtzman, Michael McCarthy, Eddie Murphy, Pamela Norris, Margaret Oberman, Joe Piscopo, Andrew Smith, Bob Tischler, Eliot Wald and Herb Sargent. The head writers were Bob Tischler and Andrew Smith.
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Host(s) | Musical guest(s) | Original air date |
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160 | 1 | Brandon Tartikoff | John Cougar Mellencamp | October 8, 1983 |
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161 | 2 | Danny DeVito & Rhea Perlman | Eddy Grant | October 15, 1983 |
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162 | 3 | John Candy | Men at Work | October 22, 1983 |
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163 | 4 | Betty Thomas | Stray Cats | November 5, 1983 |
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164 | 5 | Teri Garr | Mick Fleetwood's Zoo Lindsey Buckingham | November 12, 1983 |
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165 | 6 | Jerry Lewis | Loverboy | November 19, 1983 |
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166 | 7 | The Smothers Brothers | Big Country | December 3, 1983 |
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167 | 8 | Flip Wilson | Stevie Nicks | December 10, 1983 |
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168 | 9 | Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello) | Huey Lewis and the News | January 14, 1984 |
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169 | 10 | Michael Palin | The Motels | January 21, 1984 |
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170 | 11 | Don Rickles | Billy Idol | January 28, 1984 |
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171 | 12 | Robin Williams | Adam Ant | February 11, 1984 |
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172 | 13 | Jamie Lee Curtis | The Fixx | February 18, 1984 |
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173 | 14 | Edwin Newman | Kool & the Gang | February 25, 1984 |
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174 | 15 | Billy Crystal | Al Jarreau | March 17, 1984 |
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175 | 16 | Michael Douglas | Deniece Williams | April 7, 1984 |
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176 | 17 | George McGovern | Madness | April 14, 1984 |
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177 | 18 | Barry Bostwick | Spinal Tap | May 5, 1984 |
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178 | 19 | Billy Crystal, Ed Koch, Edwin Newman, Don Novello, Betty Thomas | The Cars | May 12, 1984 |
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