Saturday Night Live - Season 18

Season 18

Saturday Night Live aired its eighteenth season during the 1992-1993 television season on NBC. The eighteenth season began on September 26, 1992, and ended on May 15, 1993. Many changes happened before the start of the season. Long term cast member Victoria Jackson left the show after 6 seasons. Newer cast members Beth Cahill and Siobhan Fallon were both fired to make room in the cast. Unlike the past two seasons Lorne Michaels did not hire any new cast members. Ellen Cleghorne, Melanie Hutsell, Tim Meadows, Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel and David Spade stayed as featured players. Rob Schneider was upgraded to repertory status. Long term cast member Dana Carvey decided to leave the show mid season. This would also be the final season for Chris Rock and Robert Smigel. After three years with the show, Rock decided to quit the show at the end of the season. Rock had become frustrated with never quite finding a voice on the show and wanted to instead focus on his stand-up career. Writer and featured player Smigel left to become the head writer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien, but would later return to the show in 1996 to write and produce the "TV Funhouse" cartoons. This season was also home to one of SNL's most infamous moments: Sinéad O'Connor tearing Pope John Paul II's photo at the end of her second performance on the episode hosted by Tim Robbins.

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Episodes20

DatesSept. 28, 1992 - Mai 22, 1993

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Episodes

Season 18Episode 190 min

Nicolas Cage / Bobby Brown

Nicolas Cage hosts with musical guest Bobby Brown.

Sept. 28, 1992

Season 18Episode 290 min

Tim Robbins / Sinead O'Connor

Live from New York, it's...Dana Carvey Sketches include: Perot '92, Caracci's Pizza, The Founding Fathers, Sunday Morning Videos, That's Not Yogurt, The Tori Spelling Show, Larry King Live, Cooking With Dennis Miller, Sweet Jimmy: The World's Nicest Pimp, Daily Affirmation With Stuart Smalley, and Bob Roberts Book Burning Sinead O'Connor performs: ""Success Has Made A Failure of Our Home"" and an a cappella version of the song ""War"" that ends with the infamous destruction of Pope John Paul II's photograph and Sinead's words ""Fight the real enemy!"" The reruns on NBC and syndication (if they do air) either end the performance of the second song before the picture is ripped (which is the version that played on Comedy Central) or replace it with a dress rehearsal where Sinead O'Connor holds up a picture of a starving child, then walks off the stage (which played on NBC).

Okt. 3, 1992

Season 18Episode 390 min

Joe Pesci / Spin Doctors

Sketches include ""Debate '92,"" ""Pinky Ringery,"" ""Single White Person,"" ""Bullies on the Steps,"" and ""Zoriada annoys Joe Pesci."" Spin Doctors perform ""Jimmy Olson's Blues.""

Okt. 10, 1992

Season 18Episode 490 min

Christopher Walken / Arrested Development

Christopher Walken hosted with musical guest Arrested Development.

Okt. 24, 1992

Season 18Episode 590 min

Catherine O'Hara / 10,000 Maniacs

Catherine O'Hara hosts with musical guest 10,000 Maniacs.

Okt. 31, 1992

Season 18Episode 690 min

Harvey Keitel / Madonna

Harvey Keitel hosts with Madonna as musical guest.

Jan. 16, 1993

Season 18Episode 1290 min

Luke Perry / Mick Jagger

Sketches include ""Clintons Meet Wrestlers,"" ""Prince Charles is a Tampon,"" ""Dumb Yard Boy,"" ""Magic Fish Meeting,"" ""SNL Halftime Special,"" ""High School Liar's Club,"" ""Sassy,"" ""Queen Shenequa,"" and ""Country Boy Leaves Home"".

Feb. 6, 1993

Season 18Episode 1390 min

Alec Baldwin / Paul McCartney

Alec Baldwin hosts with musical guest Paul McCartney.

Feb. 13, 1993

Season 18Episode 1490 min

Bill Murray / Sting

Host Bill Murray; Sting performs. Sketches include: "Bill Clinton," "Hibernol," "The Whipmaster," "Frequent Flyer," "I'm Chillin'," "Tommy Two-Tap," "Coffee Talk With Linda Richman," and "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey."

Feb. 20, 1993