Season 2
(1976)
Overview
Saturday Night Live aired its second season during the 1976–1977 television season on NBC. The second season started on September 18, 1976, and ended on May 21, 1977. This season saw the first of many SNL cast changes. Chevy Chase, who was pursuing a movie career in California, left the show after the October 30th episode hosted by Buck Henry with musical guest, The Band. Jane Curtin became the first female cast member to become a Weekend Update anchor following Chase's departure. On the Janua…
Cast
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
Episodes
Lily Tomlin/James Taylor 5.3
September 18, 1976
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include-- Big shot Lily Tomlin will do the show without rehearsing, "D…
Norman Lear/Boz Scaggs 5.0
September 25, 1976
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase (On telephone) Sketches include-- Gilda plans to do the fall, Jimmy Carter spea…
Eric Idle/Joe Cocker and Stuff 6.3
October 2, 1976
Live from New York, it's..Chevy Chase (on telephone)! Sketches include-- Hospitalized Chevy confronts impostor, Design…
Karen Black/John Prine 5.3
October 16, 1976
Live from New York, it's...Chevy Chase! Sketches include-- Chevy returns, "Baba Wawa at Large," Debate '76, A*M*I*S*H…
Steve Martin/Kinky Friedman 7.5
October 23, 1976
Sketches include "Yankees Lose," "Jeopardy 1999," "Speak Out For Milk", "The Beatnik Club," "Ted Baxter Kills Mary Rich…
Buck Henry/The Band 7.0
October 30, 1976
Sketches include-- Trick or Treating Land Shark, "Not For Ladies Only", Samurai Stockbroker, Garrett Morris's Family Hi…
Dick Cavett/Ry Cooder 6.0
November 13, 1976
Live from New York, It's...Gilda Radner Sketches include-- Chroma Trak Girl, Puppy Uppers and Doggie Downers, Nixon's …
Paul Simon/Paul Simon, George Harrison 7.5
November 20, 1976
Live from New York, It's...George Harrison Sketches include-- Paul Simon meets pauper Chevy Chase on sidewalk while Lo…
Jodie Foster/Brian Wilson 5.5
November 27, 1976
Live from New York, It's...Gilda Radner Sketches include-- Gilda wont be in much of tonight's show, Wendy, Bee Peter P…
Candice Bergen/Frank Zappa 7.0
December 11, 1976
Live from New York, it's... Gilda Radner! Sketches include: "Patty Hearst At Home," "Jimmy Carter Can't Keep His Promi…
Ralph Nader/George Benson 7.5
January 15, 1977
Live from New York, It's...Ralph Nader Sketches include-- Ralph Nader wants to cut loose, Badmouthing Grandfather, Dre…
Ruth Gordon/Chuck Berry 4.5
January 22, 1977
Live from New York, it's...Ruth Gordon! Sketches include-- Belushi's too sick to do the show, Barbara Streisand, Emily…
Fran Tarkenton/Leo Sayer 6.0
January 29, 1977
Live from New York, it's...Fran Tarkenton! Sketches include "Locker Room Pep Talk," "Swiss Army Gun," "Amy Carter in S…
Steve Martin/The Kinks 6.5
February 26, 1977
Live from New York, It's... Steve Martin! Sketches include "Steve Martin's Ego Trip," "Coneheads' Tax Audit," "Celebr…
Sissy Spacek/Richard Baskin 5.5
March 12, 1977
Live From New York, It's...Sissy Spacek! Sketches include-- "Dave Wilson's Dead," "Burger Master," "Ask President Cart…
Broderick Crawford/Dr. John, The Meters 5.0
March 19, 1977
Live From New York, it's... Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, & Linda Ronstadt! Sketches include "Goodbye Sac…
Jack Burns/Santana 5.0
March 26, 1977
Live From New York, It's...John Belushi Sketches include-- Belushi Refuses to Say Live From New York, The Coneheads, M…
Julian Bond/Brick 6.3
April 9, 1977
Live From New York, It's...Gilda Radner Sketches include-- Emily Litella's New Love, Lowell Brock, Black Perspective, …
Elliott Gould/McGarrigle Sisters 7.0
April 16, 1977
Live From New York, It's...John Belushi! Sketches include-- Brezhnev Wants to Appear on Carson, The Castration Walk, N…
Eric Idle/Neil Innes 6.8
April 23, 1977
Live From New York, It's...Bill Murray Sketches include-- Potato Torture, The American Dope Growers Union, "The Nixon …
Shelley Duvall/Joan Armatrading 6.0
May 14, 1977
Live From New York, It's...John Belushi Sketches include-- Bee Sketch Is Pre-Empted by Norton-Bobick Fight, Video Vixe…
Buck Henry/Kenny Vance, Jennifer Warnes 7.5
May 21, 1977
Live From New York, It's...Gilda Radner Sketches include-- Carter's Energy Saving Message, Buck Performs A Live Sex Ac…