What happened during SNL50? Three hours of slapdash sketch comedy and celebrity cameos, such as Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Paul ...

How featuring the rushed and imperfect work of brilliant, stressed-out comics made SNL a comedy bastion.

WDIV-TV (Channel 4) opted not to carry the groundbreaking live comedy show from 1975 to 1977, leaving it to a UHF station ...

On October 11, 1975, people tuning into the debut of a late-night comedy show saw something unlike any TV variety ...

Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Paul McCartney, Eddie Murphy and Alec Baldwin were just some of the stars at "SNL50: The ...

NBC will re-air the first "Saturday Night Live" show from Oct. 11, 1975. The late comedian George Carlin hosted the ...

WDIV-TV (Channel 4) didn't air the landmark episode in 1975, although stories conflict as to why. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Saturday Night Live," NBC will show the first-ever episode ...

In honor of the 50th anniversary of "Saturday Night Live," NBC will show the first episode that aired on Oct. 11, 1975.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Saturday Night Live," NBC will show the first ... WDIV-TV, will be airing the original episode Saturday night — unlike in 1975, when it chose not to be ...

NEW YORK — Tune into the Oct. 11, 1975 premiere episode of “Saturday Night Live” — then without “live” in its name — and you ...