After being on the air for more than three decades, the essential format of this show hasn't changed: Get an A-list guest host (or reasonable facsimile) and throw him or her into sketches with the ensemble players, which have included such heavy hitters as Will Ferrell, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Jane Curtin, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray and Mike Myers. Each week's show also offers two musical numbers from someone at, or aspiring to, the top of the charts.
Hosted by George Carlin, with musical guests Janis Ian and Billy Preston. (S1, ep 1)
The host for the episode is Paul Simon, with musical guests Randy Newman and Phoebe Snow. (S1, ep 2)
The hosts for the episode are Rob Reiner and John Bellushi. (S1, ep 3)
The host for the episode is Candice Bergen and the musical guest is Esther Phillips. (S1, ep 4)
The host for the episode is Robert Klein and the musical guests are ABBA and Loudon Wainwright III. (S1, ep 5)
The host for the episode is Lily Tomlin. (S1, ep 6)
The host for the episode is Richard Pryor and the musical guest is Gil Scott-Heron. With racist language. (S1, ep 7)
The host for the episode is Candice Bergen (her second appearance) and the musical guests are Martha Reeves and The Stylistics. (S1, ep 8)
The host for the episode is Elliott Gould and the musical guest is Anne Murray. (S1, ep 9)
The host for the episode is Buck Henry and the musical guests are Bill Withers, Toni Basil and The Blues Brothers. (S1, ep 10)
The hosts for the episode are Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and the musical guest is Neil Sedaka. (S1, ep 11)
The host for the episode is Dick Cavett and the musical guest is Jimmy Cliff. (S1, ep 12)
The host for the episode is Peter Boyle and the musical guest is Al Jarreau. (S1, ep 13)
The host for the episode is Desi Arnaz and the musical guest is Desi Arnaz Jr. (S1, ep 14)
Guest host Jill Clayburgh plays a crusading guidance counsellor. Great Moments in Herstory celebrates women. Mr Bill makes his first appearance. (S1, ep 15)
The host for the episode is Anthony Perkins and the musical guest is Betty Carter. (S1, ep 16)
The host for the episode is press secretary to President Ford Ron Nessen and the musical guest is Patti Smith. (S1, ep 17)
Lorne Michaels tries to lure the Beatles onto the show. Baba Wawa makes her first appearance. (S1, ep 18)
The host for this episode is Madeline Kahn and the musical guest is Carly Simon. (S1, ep 19)
The host for the episode is Dyan Cannon and the musical guests are Leon & Mary Russell. (S1, ep 20)
The host for the episode is Buck Henry (his second appearance) and the musical guest is Gordon Lightfoot. (S1, ep 21)
The host for the episode is Elliott Gould (his second appearance) and the musical guests are Leon Redbone (his second appearance), Harlan Collins and Joyce Everson. (S1, ep 22)
The host for the episode is Louise Lasser, and the musical guest is The Preservation Hall Jazz Band. (S1, ep 23)
The host for the episode is Kris Kristofferson and the musical guest is Rita Coolidge. (S1, ep 24)