Saturday Night Live Episode Guide: All Seasons and Air Dates

Saturday Night Live (1975 to 2026) has 1018 episodes across 52 seasons. Current status: returning series. This guide breaks the show down season by season, with the latest air-date information, and is refreshed automatically.

Is a new episode of Saturday Night Live coming?

The next episode, "October 3 - Dakota Johnson" (S52E2), is scheduled for 2026-10-03.

Saturday Night Live seasons at a glance

Season	Episodes	Year
1	24	1975
2	22	1976
3	20	1977
4	20	1978
5	20	1979
6	13	1980
7	20	1981
8	20	1982
9	19	1983
10	17	1984
11	18	1985
12	20	1986
13	13	1987
14	20	1988
15	20	1989
16	20	1990
17	20	1991
18	20	1992
19	20	1993
20	20	1994
21	20	1995
22	20	1996
23	20	1997
24	19	1998
25	20	1999
26	20	2000
27	20	2001
28	20	2002
29	20	2003
30	20	2004
31	19	2005
32	20	2006
33	12	2007
34	22	2008
35	22	2009
36	22	2010
37	22	2011
38	21	2012
39	21	2013
40	21	2014
41	21	2015
42	21	2016
43	21	2017
44	21	2018
45	18	2019
46	20	2020
47	21	2021
48	18	2022
49	20	2023
50	21	2024
51	20	2025
52	9	2026

More about Saturday Night Live

For the full overview of the show, the cast and where to stream it, read our main guide: Saturday Night Live.