Saturday Night Live season 18
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| Saturday Night Live | |
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| Season 18 | |
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| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 26, 1992 – May 15, 1993 |
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The eighteenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26, 1992, and May 15, 1993.
Cast
Many changes happened before the start of the season. Long-term cast member Victoria Jackson left the show after six seasons. Newer cast members Beth Cahill and Siobhan Fallon were both fired. Lorne Michaels did not hire any new cast members. Rob Schneider was upgraded to repertory status. Ellen Cleghorne, Tim Meadows, Adam Sandler and David Spade remained in the middle category. Melanie Hutsell was promoted to the middle category. Robert Smigel stayed a featured player.
Long-term cast member Dana Carvey would leave mid-season. This would also be the final season for Chris Rock and Robert Smigel.
After three years with the show, Chris Rock decided to quit the show at the end of the season (he had become frustrated with never quite finding a voice on the show and wanted to instead focus on his stand-up career). Writer and featured player Robert Smigel left to become the head writer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien, but would later return to the show in 1996 to write and produce the "TV Funhouse" cartoons.
This was also the last season to feature three separate categories for cast members. Starting next season, the show returned to the original "repertory" and "featured" cast lists.
This season was also home to one of SNL's most infamous moments: Sinéad O'Connor tore a photograph of Pope John Paul II at the end of her second performance on the episode hosted by Tim Robbins.
Due to the success of the film Wayne's World, Lorne Michaels decided it was a good idea to jump onto the popularity of the film and make more movies based on SNL characters. However, none would prove to be as successful as Wayne's World, critically or commercially.
Cast roster
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Repertory players
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Featured players |
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bold denotes Weekend Update anchor
Writers
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Host | Musical guest(s) | Original air date |
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| 327 | 1 | Nicolas Cage | Bobby Brown | September 26, 1992 |
| 328 | 2 | Tim Robbins | Sinéad O'Connor | October 3, 1992 |
| 329 | 3 | Joe Pesci | The Spin Doctors | October 10, 1992 |
| 330 | 4 | Christopher Walken | Arrested Development | October 24, 1992 |
| 331 | 5 | Catherine O'Hara | 10,000 Maniacs | October 31, 1992 |
| 332 | 6 | Michael Keaton | Morrissey | November 14, 1992 |
| 333 | 7 | Sinbad | Sade | November 21, 1992 |
| 334 | 8 | Tom Arnold | Neil Young | December 5, 1992 |
| 335 | 9 | Glenn Close | The Black Crowes | December 12, 1992 |
| 336 | 10 | Danny DeVito | Bon Jovi | January 9, 1993 |
| 337 | 11 | Harvey Keitel | Madonna | January 16, 1993 |
| 338 | 12 | Luke Perry | Mick Jagger | February 6, 1993 |
| 339 | 13 | Alec Baldwin | Paul McCartney | February 13, 1993 |
| 340 | 14 | Bill Murray | Sting | February 20, 1993 |
| 341 | 15 | John Goodman | Mary J. Blige | March 13, 1993 |
| 342 | 16 | Miranda Richardson | Soul Asylum | March 20, 1993 |
| 343 | 17 | Jason Alexander | Peter Gabriel | April 10, 1993 |
| 344 | 18 | Kirstie Alley | Lenny Kravitz | April 17, 1993 |
| 345 | 19 | Christina Applegate | Midnight Oil | May 8, 1993 |
| 346 | 20 | Kevin Kline | Willie Nelson & Paul Simon | May 15, 1993 |
Specials
| Title | Original air date |
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| "SNL Presidential Bash" | November 1, 1992 |
| "2nd Annual Saturday Night Live Mother's Day Special" | May 9, 1993 |
Coneheads film
Coneheads, a film based on the popular Coneheads sketches that appeared on the show in the 1970s, was released on July 23, 1993. Cast members Dan Aykroyd, Peter Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Chris Farley, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Jon Lovitz, Michael McKean, Tim Meadows, Garret Morris, Kevin Nealon, Laraine Newman, Adam Sandler, David Spade, and Julia Sweeney all appear in the film. The film did not do well at the box office and was largely panned by critics.[citation needed]