Saturday Night Live season 17

Saturday Night Live
Season 17
No. of episodes	20
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 28, 1991 (1991-09-28) – May 16, 1992 (1992-05-16)
Season chronology

The seventeenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 28, 1991, and May 16, 1992.

Cast

Repertory players

• Dana Carvey
• Chris Farley
• Phil Hartman
• Victoria Jackson
• Mike Myers
• Kevin Nealon
• Chris Rock
• Julia Sweeney

Middle players

• Ellen Cleghorne
• Siobhan Fallon
• Tim Meadows
• Adam Sandler
• Rob Schneider
• David Spade

Featured players

• Beth Cahill (first Episode: November 16, 1991)
• Al Franken
• Melanie Hutsell (first episode: November 16, 1991)
• Robert Smigel

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers § season 17

Episodes

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
307	1	Michael Jordan	Public Enemy	September 28, 1991 (1991-09-28)
308	2	Jeff Daniels	Color Me Badd	October 5, 1991 (1991-10-05)
309	3	Kirstie Alley	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	October 12, 1991 (1991-10-12)
310	4	Christian Slater	Bonnie Raitt	October 26, 1991 (1991-10-26)
311	5	Kiefer Sutherland	Skid Row	November 2, 1991 (1991-11-02)
312	6	Linda Hamilton	Mariah Carey	November 16, 1991 (1991-11-16)
313	7	Macaulay Culkin	Tin Machine	November 23, 1991 (1991-11-23)
314	8	MC Hammer	MC Hammer	December 7, 1991 (1991-12-07)
315	9	Steve Martin	James Taylor	December 14, 1991 (1991-12-14)
316	10	Rob Morrow	Nirvana	January 11, 1992 (1992-01-11)
317	11	Chevy Chase	Robbie Robertson	January 18, 1992 (1992-01-18)
318	12	Susan Dey	C&C Music Factory	February 8, 1992 (1992-02-08)
319	13	Jason Priestley	Teenage Fanclub	February 15, 1992 (1992-02-15)
320	14	Roseanne Arnold Tom Arnold	Red Hot Chili Peppers	February 22, 1992 (1992-02-22)
321	15	John Goodman	Garth Brooks	March 14, 1992 (1992-03-14)
322	16	Mary Stuart Masterson	En Vogue	March 21, 1992 (1992-03-21)
323	17	Sharon Stone	Pearl Jam	April 11, 1992 (1992-04-11)
324	18	Jerry Seinfeld	Annie Lennox	April 18, 1992 (1992-04-18)
325	19	Tom Hanks	Bruce Springsteen	May 9, 1992 (1992-05-09)
326	20	Woody Harrelson	Vanessa Williams	May 16, 1992 (1992-05-16)

Specials

Title	Original air date
"Halloween Special"	October 28, 1991 (1991-10-28)
"All the Best for Mother's Day"	May 10, 1992 (1992-05-10)

Wayne's World film

Wayne's World, a film based on the popular "Wayne's World" sketches, was released on February 14, 1992. Cast members Dana Carvey, Brian Doyle-Murray, Chris Farley and Mike Myers appear in the film. The film received positive reviews and was commercially successful, becoming the highest grossing SNL film to date. A sequel was produced in 1993, titled Wayne's World 2.