Saturday Night Live Season 10 1984
Saturday Night Live aired its tenth season during the 1984-1985 television season on NBC. The season contained 18 episodes and was cut short due to a writer's strike and budget constraints. During the previous season Eddie Murphy left the show mid season. Because of Murphy's departure Joe Piscopo also left the show because he did not want to do it without Murphy. Dick Ebersol then fired Robin Duke, Brad Hall and Tim Kazurinsky. Ebersol then wanted to blow up the show by adding seasoned comedians instead of newcomers. He hired Billy Crystal, Harry Shearer, New Zealander Pamela Stephenson, Rich Hall, Martin Short, and Christopher Guest. Guest would become the anchor of Saturday Night News. In the middle of the season, Harry Shearer left the show, due to "creative differences". Despite his departure, his image is still shown in the opening credits.
- Released: 1984-10-06
- Runtime: 67 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, News
- Stars: Michael Che, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner
- Director: Lorne Michaels
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1. (no host)/Thompson Twins 1984-10-06
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2. Bob Uecker/Peter Wolf 1984-10-13
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4. Michael McKean/Chaka Khan, The Folksmen 1984-11-03
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5. George Carlin/Frankie Goes to Hollywood 1984-11-10
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6. Ed Asner/The Kinks 1984-11-17
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7. Ed Begley, Jr./Billy Squier 1984-12-01
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8. Ringo Starr/Herbie Hancock 1984-12-08
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9. Eddie Murphy/The Honeydrippers 1984-12-15
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10. Kathleen Turner/John Waite 1985-01-12
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11. Roy Scheider/Billy Ocean 1985-01-19
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12. Alex Karras/Tina Turner 1985-02-02
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13. Harry Anderson/Bryan Adams 1985-02-09
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14. Pamela Sue Martin/Power Station 1985-02-16
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15. Mr. T & Hulk Hogan/The Commodores 1985-03-30
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16. Christopher Reeve/Santana 1985-04-06
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17. Howard Cosell/Greg Kihn 1985-04-13
