Saturday Night Live season 15

Saturday Night Live (season 15)
Season 15
No. of episodes	20
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 30, 1989 (1989-09-30) – May 19, 1990 (1990-05-19)
Season chronology

The fifteenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 30, 1989, and May 19, 1990.

Very few changes were made before and during the season. This is the first season to show StereoSurround where available captioning during the opening montage. Mike Myers was upgraded to repertory status mid-season. This was the final season for Nora Dunn and Jon Lovitz.

This season saw the first hosting gigs of three celebrities who would go on to be frequent SNL hosts: John Goodman, who auditioned to be a cast member on SNL during the 1980–81 season and frequently appeared on SNL in the mid-1990s as Linda Tripp; Christopher Walken, whose sketch "The Continental" had been a staple in six of the seven episodes hosted by Walken; and Alec Baldwin (who surpassed Steve Martin as the most frequent SNL host).

A live special commemorating the fifteen seasons of SNL was aired September 24, 1989, before the start of the season.

Cast

Repertory cast members;

• Dana Carvey
• Nora Dunn
• Phil Hartman
• Jan Hooks
• Victoria Jackson
• Jon Lovitz
• Dennis Miller
• Mike Myers (upgraded to repertory status: February 17, 1990)
• Kevin Nealon

Featured cast members

• A. Whitney Brown
• Al Franken

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers § Season 15

Episodes

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
267	1	Bruce Willis	Neil Young	September 30, 1989 (1989-09-30)
268	2	Rick Moranis	Rickie Lee Jones	October 7, 1989 (1989-10-07)
269	3	Kathleen Turner	Billy Joel	October 21, 1989 (1989-10-21)
270	4	James Woods	Don Henley	October 28, 1989 (1989-10-28)
271	5	Chris Evert	Eurythmics	November 11, 1989 (1989-11-11)
272	6	Woody Harrelson	David Byrne	November 18, 1989 (1989-11-18)
273	7	John Goodman	k.d. lang	December 2, 1989 (1989-12-02)
274	8	Robert Wagner	Linda Ronstadt Aaron Neville	December 9, 1989 (1989-12-09)
275	9	Andie MacDowell	Tracy Chapman	December 16, 1989 (1989-12-16)
276	10	Ed O'Neill	Harry Connick, Jr.	January 13, 1990 (1990-01-13)
277	11	Christopher Walken	Bonnie Raitt	January 20, 1990 (1990-01-20)
278	12	Quincy Jones	Tevin Campbell, Kool Moe Dee & Big Daddy Kane	February 10, 1990 (1990-02-10)
279	13	Tom Hanks	Aerosmith	February 17, 1990 (1990-02-17)
280	14	Fred Savage	Technotronic	February 24, 1990 (1990-02-24)
281	15	Rob Lowe	The Pogues	March 17, 1990 (1990-03-17)
282	16	Debra Winger	Eric Clapton	March 24, 1990 (1990-03-24)
283	17	Corbin Bernsen	The Smithereens	April 14, 1990 (1990-04-14)
284	18	Alec Baldwin	The B-52's	April 21, 1990 (1990-04-21)
285	19	Andrew Dice Clay	Julee Cruise & Spanic Boys	May 12, 1990 (1990-05-12)
286	20	Candice Bergen	The Notting Hillbillies	May 19, 1990 (1990-05-19)

Special

Title	Original air date
"15th Anniversary Special"	September 24, 1989 (1989-09-24)