Saturday Night Live (season 22)


The twenty-second season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 28, 1996, and May 17, 1997.
This season is notable for the host selection. Seven of the 20 hosts were former cast members. They included Dana Carvey, Robert Downey, Jr., Phil Hartman, Chris Rock, Martin Short, Chevy Chase, and Mike Myers. This would mark Chase's final time hosting before getting banned.

Cast

Many changes happened before the start of the season. David Koechner and Nancy Walls were both let go after one season with the show. David Spade left the show on his own terms.
Ana Gasteyer and Tracy Morgan were hired to replace David Koechner and Nancy Walls.
Chris Kattan was promoted to repertory status, while Colin Quinn and Fred Wolf remained as featured players.
This would be the final season for Mark McKinney and Fred Wolf. Wolf would leave his position as featured player and co-head writer after the season's first three episodes. Also, this is the final season to show the Dolby Surround and NBC captioning during the opening montage.

Cast roster

Repertory players
Featured players
bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

and Stephen Colbert join the writing staff in this season.

Episodes