Saturday Night Live (season 9)


The ninth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 8, 1983, and May 12, 1984.

Format changes

had taken Brad Hall off Weekend Update mid-season. The segment then had a revolving door of other anchors mostly involving the episode's host and, in one case, Joe Piscopo.

Hosts

Future cast member Billy Crystal hosted twice this season: once with musical guest Al Jarreau and again on the season finale with Ed Koch, Edwin Newman, Betty Thomas and former cast member Don Novello, with The Cars as musical guest.

Cast

Before the start of the season, the entire cast returned for another season. The only change was the hiring. Jim Belushi became the first person to be hired then fired then rehired, future cast member Chris Parnell will later become the second. Eddie Murphy left the program two episodes before of the end of the season. When the season ended, Robin Duke, Brad Hall, Tim Kazurinsky and Joe Piscopo left the show.

Cast roster

Repertory players
bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

This season's writers were Jim Belushi, Andy Breckman, Robin Duke, Adam Green, Mary Gross, Nate Herman, Tim Kazurinsky, Kevin Kelton, Andy Kurtzman, Michael McCarthy, Eddie Murphy, Pamela Norris, Margaret Oberman, Joe Piscopo, Andrew Smith, Bob Tischler, Eliot Wald and Herb Sargent. The head writers were Bob Tischler and Andrew Smith.

Episodes