The following is a list of Saturday Night Live writers. The show, created by Lorne Michaels, is an American live sketch comedy and variety show. Airing since 1975, it has employed a large and changing staff of writers.
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 |
Season 1 (1975–76) edit
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Lorne Michaels and Michael O'Donoghue |
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Season 2 (1976–77) edit
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Michael O'Donoghue |
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Season 3 (1977–78) edit
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Michael O'Donoghue |
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Season 4 (1978–79) edit
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Herb Sargent |
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Season 5 (1979–80) edit
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Herb Sargent |
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Season 6 (1980–81) edit
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Mason Williams (episodes 1–5), Jeremy Stevens and Tom Moore (episodes 6–13), Michael O'Donoghue (episode 13) |
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Season 7 (1981–82) edit
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Michael O'Donoghue (episodes 1–8) and Bob Tischler |
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Season 8 (1982–83) edit
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Bob Tischler |
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Season 9 (1983–84) edit
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Andrew Smith |
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Season 10 (1984–85) edit
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Bob Tischler |
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Season 11 (1985–86) edit
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James Downey |
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Season 12 (1986–87) edit
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Jim Downey |
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Season 13 (1987–88) edit
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Jim Downey |
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Season 14 (1988–89) edit
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Jim Downey |
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Season 15 (1989–90) edit
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Jim Downey |
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Season 16 (1990–91) edit
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Jim Downey |
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Season 17 (1991–92) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Jim Downey |
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Season 18 (1992–93) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Jim Downey |
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Season 19 (1993–94) edit
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Jim Downey |
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Season 20 (1994–95) edit
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Jim Downey |
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Season 21 (1995–96) edit
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Steve Higgins and Fred Wolf (episodes 1-14, 17-20) |
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Season 22 (1996–97) edit
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Tim Herlihy and Adam McKay |
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Season 23 (1997–98) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Adam McKay |
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Season 24 (1998–99) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Adam McKay[9] |
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Season 25 (1999–2000) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Tina Fey[9] |
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Season 26 (2000–01) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Tina Fey and Dennis McNicholas (episodes 9-20)[9] |
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Season 27 (2001–02) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Tina Fey and Dennis McNicholas |
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Season 28 (2002–03) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Tina Fey and Dennis McNicholas |
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Season 29 (2003–04) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Tina Fey and Dennis McNicholas |
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Season 30 (2004–05) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Tina Fey and Harper Steele |
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Season 31 (2005–06) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Tina Fey, Seth Meyers,[11] and Harper Steele[12] |
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Season 32 (2006–07) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Seth Meyers, Paula Pell, and Harper Steele[13] |
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Season 33 (2007–08) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Seth Meyers, Paula Pell, Harper Steele |
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Season 34 (2008–09) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Seth Meyers |
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Season 35 (2009–10) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Seth Meyers |
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Season 36 (2010–11) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Seth Meyers |
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Season 37 (2011–12) edit
Head writer(s)[14] |
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Seth Meyers |
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Season 38 (2012–13) edit
Head writer(s)[17] |
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Seth Meyers and Colin Jost |
Writing staff[17] |
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Season 39 (2013–14) edit
Head writer(s)[21][22] |
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Seth Meyers (episodes 1–13), Colin Jost, Rob Klein, Bryan Tucker (episodes 14–21)[22] |
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Season 40 (2014–15) edit
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Colin Jost, Rob Klein, and Bryan Tucker |
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Season 41 (2015–16) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Rob Klein and Bryan Tucker |
Writing staff[17] |
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Season 42 (2016–17) edit
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Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, Bryan Tucker, and Kent Sublette (Since episode 12). |
Writing staff [17] |
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Season 43 (2017–18) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Colin Jost, Michael Che, Bryan Tucker, and Kent Sublette (Since episode 8). |
Writing staff [17] |
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Note: Beginning with the show's forty-third season, Weekend Update writers were credited separately from the rest of the writing staff.
Season 44 (2018–19) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Colin Jost, Michael Che, and Kent Sublette |
Writing staff [17] |
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Season 45 (2019–20) edit
Head writer(s) |
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Colin Jost, Michael Che, and Kent Sublette[29] |
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Season 46 (2020–21)[30] edit
Head writer(s) |
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Anna Drezen, Colin Jost, Michael Che, and Kent Sublette |
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Season 47 (2021–22)[31] edit
Head writer(s) |
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Anna Drezen (until episode 9), Colin Jost, Michael Che, Kent Sublette, Alison Gates and Streeter Seidell (since episode 10)[32] |
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Season 48 (2022–23)[33] edit
Head writer(s) |
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Kent Sublette, Alison Gates and Streeter Seidell |
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Season 49 (2023–24) edit
Head writer(s)[34] |
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Alison Gates, Streeter Seidell, Kent Sublette |
Writing Supervisors[34] |
Gary Richardson, Will Stephen, Celeste Yim |
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References edit
Bibliography edit
- Shales, Tom; Miller, James Andrew (2002). Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live. United States: Hachette Book Group USA. ISBN 0-316-73565-5.
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