On Saturday night, October 11, 1975, television viewers tuned in for a comedy variety show that looked nothing like they were used to. "It's a sketch, a very unusual sketch, kind of in a minor key ...

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Saturday Night Live," NBC will show the first-ever episode of the landmark series at 11:30 p.m. Saturday. "SNL" made its debuts on Oct. 11, 1975, with George ...

The very first episode of Saturday Night Live in many ways barely ... Back in October of 1975, George Carlin’s routine about the differences between football and baseball led into a fake ad ...

Detroit's NBC station will carry the first-ever 'Saturday Night Live' episode from 1975 on Saturday ... including the profits from commercials. Since NBC wouldn't allow the show to be taped ...

Oct. 11, 1975. (WNDU) - Tonight, the first ever episode of ‘Saturday Night Live’ from Oct. 11, 1975 will re-air tonight ahead of its 50th anniversary special tomorrow evening. The debut ...

NBC's special anniversary episode airs Sunday night − not on Saturday, as one might expect. The live, three-hour special comedy show airs one day after the late-night comedy show's first 1975 ...

The extravaganza came after months of celebrations of “Saturday Night Live,” which premiered Oct. 11, 1975, with an original cast that included John Belushi, Chase and Gilda Radner.

"And most of it was in the shape of what was to be Saturday Night Live." Instead, Michaels created SNL for NBC in 1975, with a small ... showing up on Monday morning and having a table read ...