Over
the last thirty years, “Saturday Night Live,” NBC’s
Emmy Award-winning late-night (11:30 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. ET)
comedy showcase has launched the careers of many of the brightest
comedy performers of a generation and as “The New York Times”
noted on the occasion of the show’s Emmy winning 25th Anniversary
special in 1999: “In defiance of both time and show business
convention, “SNL” [is] still the most pervasive influence
on the art of comedy in contemporary culture.” At the close
of the century, “Saturday Night Live” placed seventh
on Entertainment Weekly’s list of the Top 100 Entertainers
of the past fifty years.
Thus
far, the program has won 18 Emmy Awards and been nominated for more
than 80. “SNL” has been honored with the prestigious
George Foster Peabody Award and cited as “truly a national
institution.” Most recently, “Saturday Night Live”
was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame by the National
Association of Broadcasters. The show continues to garner the highest
ratings of any late-night television program, entertaining millions
each week.
“SNL’s”
impressive lineup of guest hosts last season featured some of the
biggest stars of film, television and music including: Christina
Ricci, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Robert DeNiro, Christopher Walken,
Salma Hayek, Dan Aykroyd...
“Saturday
Night Live,” which premiered October 11, 1975, is broadcast
live from NBC’s famed Studio 8H in New York City’s Rockefeller
Center. The program is a production of Broadway Video in association
with SNL Studios. Lorne Michaels is the executive producer.
Christina
Ricci appearences at SNL include episode # 17.8 (December 7, 1991)
playing "Wednesday Addams" (uncredited) and episode #
25.7 (December 4, 1999) playing "Host".