Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live
Kent as an aw	NBC's Saturday Night (1975–1977); Saturday Night Live '80 (1980);
Genre	Variety show
Creautit bi	Lorne Michaels
Written bi	See Leet o Saturday Night Live writers
Directit bi	Dave Wilson (1975–1986, 1989–1995); Additional directors: Paul Miller (1986–1989); Beth McCarthy-Miller (1995–2006); Don Roy King (2006–present); ;
Starnin	See Leet o Saturday Night Live cast members
Narratit bi	Don Pardo (1975–1981, 1982–2014); Darrell Hammond (2014–present); Additional narrators: Bill Hanrahan (1981); Mel Brandt (1981–1982); ;
Kintra o oreegin	Unitit States
Oreeginal leid(s)	Inglis
No. o series	50
No. o episodes	977 (Leet o episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Lorne Michaels (1975–80, 1985–present); Additional producers: Jean Doumanian (1980–81); Dick Ebersol (1981–85); ;
Location(s)	NBC Studios; New York, New York
Lenth	93 minutes (with commercials)
Production company(s)	Broadway Video (1981–present); Additional studios: NBC (1975–1982); Dolphin Productions (1975–82); NBC Productions (1982–96); NBC Studios (1996–99); SNL Studios (1999–present); ;
Release
Oreeginal network	NBC
Pictur format	480i (4:3 SDTV) (1975–2005); 1080i (16:9 HDTV) (2005–present)
Oreeginal release	October 11, 1975 – present
Chronology
Related shaws	TV Funhouse; Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday; SNL Vintage
Freemit airtins
	Wabsteid

Saturday Night Live (abbreviatit as SNL) is an American late-nicht live televeesion sketch comedy an variety shaw creatit bi Lorne Michaels an developed bi Dick Ebersol.