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Saturday Night Live Season 37
Season 37
The Saturday Night Live title card as seen in the opening credits of the 37th season.
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 24, 2011
Season chronology
← Previous
36
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Season 38
List of episodes

Saturday Night Live is airing its thirty-seventh season during the 2011–2012 television season on NBC. [1] The season officially began on September 24, 2011 with host Alec Baldwin, who returned to host for a record sixteenth time[2] and with musical guest Radiohead.

The cast remained the same as in Season 36, although Nasim Pedrad was promoted from featured player to repertory player.[3] This season is also rumored to be the last for Kristen Wiig who has been a cast member since 2005. [4]

Cast

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers § Season 37

Prior to the start of the season, Sarah Schneider was added to the writer staff. Schneider previously had a stint as a guest writer for the last five episodes of the previous season[5]. Also added were Chris Kelly, who previously worked for Funny or Die and the Onion News Network, Zach Kanin, who worked on the Harvard Lampoon, and Peter Schultz, a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade.[6][7]

Listings

Episodes

Episode Number Date Host Musical Guest Notes

703 (37.1)

September 24, 2011 Alec Baldwin Radiohead
  • Radiohead performed "Lotus Flower" and "Staircase".
  • Steve Martin and Seth Rogen appeared in the opening monologue.
  • Jay Pharoah did not appear in any sketches.
  • Clive Deamer played drums and percussion for both of Radiohead's performances[8]
  • This is the first time Alec Baldwin has hosted a season premiere episode of SNL and his sixteenth time hosting overall. As of the broadcast, Baldwin attains the record of most frequent host, formerly shared between him and Steve Martin.

704 (37.2)

October 1, 2011 Melissa McCarthy Lady Antebellum

705 (37.3)

October 8, 2011 Ben Stiller Foster the People

706 (37.4)

October 15, 2011 Anna Faris Drake [9]

TBD (37.TBD)

December 17, 2011 Jimmy Fallon Michael Bublé [10]

References

  1. ^ Returning Shows
  2. ^ "This week's SNL host, Alec Baldwin is on a sugar-free high". columbiatribune. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  3. ^ "Lorne Michaels: All 'SNL' Cast Members Will Return This Season". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
  4. ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/04/kristen-wiig-leaving-saturday-night-live_n_994938.html
  5. ^ Sarah Schneider hired as writer
  6. ^ "Funny or Die/Onion News Network's Chris Kelly Hired as a Writer at SNL". splitsider. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
  7. ^ "SNL Rounds Out Its New Season Hires with Writers Zach Kanin and Peter Schultz". splitsider. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  8. ^ "Radiohead on 'Saturday Night Live': Dancing Thom & 2 drummers". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
  9. ^ http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/09/ben-stiller-anna-faris-to-host-snl-shows/1?csp=34
  10. ^ Jimmy Fallon returning to host SNL
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