A new Peacock documentary reveals how "Saturday Night Live" nearly got canceled in the "weird" Season 11, featuring cast members Robert Downey Jr., Joan Cusack, and Randy Quaid.

After initially getting passed over for Joan Cusack by Saturday Night Live head honcho Lorne Michaels in 1985, Jan Hooks was ...

Saturday Night Live will cele. BetFTW NFL NBA NHL MLB WNBA Newsletter. ... Downey was another one of the 1985-86 cast members, as he quickly realized that sketch comedy wasn't quite his thing.

Saturday Night Live’s Nightmare 1985 Season. Some argue that the 1985 season of Saturday Night Live is not the show’s worst season. They say it is a collection of episodes so chaotic and ...

This year's milestone 50th anniversary celebration of 'Saturday Night Live' likely felt like a family reunion for Abby ...

Saturday Night Live writer Rosie Shuster spoke to TheWrap about how the show has evolved and her fears ... She later returned alongside Michaels in 1985 before leaving the series permanently in ...

The youngest cast member to join SNL was Anthony Michael Hall at 17 years old in 1985. ... "Saturday Night Live" has been filmed in Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza since the show debuted in 1975.

In the U.K., premiering in 1985 on Channel 4, “Saturday Live” was often seen as Britain’s answer to “Saturday Night Live” – but the comparison ends at the format.