Брой епизоди: 22
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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 January 15, 1977 episode, Bill Murray joined the cast to fill the void left by Chase's departure. This season also saw another change in the show: its name. Following the cancellation of ABC's Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell, NBC changed the name of the show from NBC's Saturday Night to its current title, Saturday Night Live in the episode hosted by Jack Burns in 1977. It was the last time that the Muppet sketches would appear on the show. In a 1977 interview with Playboy, O'Donoghue who was head writer/performer, referred to the Muppets as "those fucking Muppets, those little hairy facecloths" and were "made from the refuse after they cleaned up after Woodstock". He also refused to write for them, saying "I don’t write for felt". O'Donoghue also had a lynched Big Bird hanging in the writer's office.
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Episode 1.Lily Tomlin/James Taylor
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Episode 2.Norman Lear/Boz Scaggs
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Episode 3.Eric Idle/Joe Cocker and Stuff
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Episode 4.Karen Black/John Prine
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Episode 5.Steve Martin/Kinky Friedman
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Episode 6.Buck Henry/The Band
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Episode 7.Dick Cavett/Ry Cooder
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Episode 8.Paul Simon/Paul Simon, George Harrison
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Episode 9.Jodie Foster/Brian Wilson
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Episode 10.Candice Bergen/Frank Zappa
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Episode 11.Ralph Nader/George Benson
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Episode 12.Ruth Gordon/Chuck Berry
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Episode 13.Fran Tarkenton/Leo Sayer
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Episode 14.Steve Martin/The Kinks
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Episode 15.Sissy Spacek/Richard Baskin
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Episode 16.Broderick Crawford/Dr. John, The Meters
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Episode 17.Jack Burns/Santana
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Episode 18.Julian Bond/Brick
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Episode 19.Elliott Gould/McGarrigle Sisters
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Episode 20.Eric Idle/Neil Innes
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Episode 21.Shelley Duvall/Joan Armatrading