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Saturday Night Live Season 16
Series	Saturday Night Live
Country of origin	United States
Network	NBC
Original run	September 29, 1990 – May 18, 1991
No. of episodes	20
Previous season	15
Next season	17

Saturday Night Live aired its sixteenth season during the 1990-1991 television season on NBC. Lorne Michaels said during the SNL in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation special, that he didn't want to be put in the spot of having to replace the entire cast all at once (so as not to repeat Jean Doumanian's folly from her stint as executive producer in the early 1980s). So, Lorne hired Chris Farley, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Julia Sweeney, David Spade, Tim Meadows, and Rob Schneider as featured players, stating in the special that "...it was basically like adding a full cast to [my] full cast." The addition of these cast members led to many sketches set in places where there are a lot of people, such as courtrooms, army camps, sporting events, crowds, etc.

This was the final season for cast members Dennis Miller (ending his consecutive six-year reign as Weekend Update anchor) and Jan Hooks.

The sixteenth season began on September 29, 1990, and ended on May 18, 1991.

1 Cast
- 1.1 Repertory cast members
- 1.2 Featured cast members
2 Episodes

Cast

Repertory cast members

Featured cast members

A. Whitney Brown
Chris Farley†
Al Franken
Tim Meadows (First Episode: February 9, 1991)
Chris Rock
Adam Sandler (First Episode: February 9, 1991)
Rob Schneider (First Episode: October 6, 1990)
David Spade
Julia Sweeney (First Episode: November 10, 1990)

Episodes

Episode #	Air Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
287 (16.1)	September 29, 1990	Kyle MacLachlan	Sinéad O'Connor	Chris Farley, Chris Rock and David Spade's first episode as cast members
288 (16.2)	October 6, 1990	Susan Lucci	Hothouse Flowers	Gene Rayburn makes a cameo, trying to woo Lucci's character away from marrying another game show host, played by Phil Hartman. Rob Schneider's first episode as a cast member
289 (16.3)	October 20, 1990	George Steinbrenner	The Time	During Morris Day's second performance, he screams, "Where the fuck did this chicken come from? I thought I ordered ribs!" This section has been replaced with a dress rehearsal performance in all reruns and syndicated episodes.
290 (16.4)	October 27, 1990	Patrick Swayze†	Mariah Carey
291 (16.5)	November 10, 1990	Jimmy Smits	World Party	Julia Sweeney's first episode as a cast member
292 (16.6)	November 17, 1990	Dennis Hopper	Paul Simon
293 (16.7)	December 1, 1990	John Goodman	Faith No More
294 (16.8)	December 8, 1990	Tom Hanks	Edie Brickell & New Bohemians	Paul Simon, Steve Martin, and Elliott Gould make cameo appearances as members of the "Five Timer's Club"; Ralph Nader appears as a onetime former host trying to get into the club. Also a young Conan O'Brien can be seen in the skit from his days as a writer on SNL.
295 (16.9)	December 15, 1990	Dennis Quaid	The Neville Brothers
296 (16.10)	January 12, 1991	Joe Mantegna	Vanilla Ice	Debut of the "Superfans"; the four guys who talk about "Da Bearss" & "Da Bullss" from Ditka's "in the Heart of Chicago, I.L."
297 (16.11)	January 19, 1991	Sting
298 (16.12)	February 9, 1991	Kevin Bacon	INXS	Adam Sandler and Tim Meadows' first episode as cast members
299 (16.13)	February 16, 1991	Roseanne Barr	Deee-Lite	General Subliminal (Kevin Nealon) gives a press conference in the cold opening. Roseanne, Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz, in a cameo, star in "Misery II".
300 (16.14)	February 23, 1991	Alec Baldwin	Whitney Houston
301 (16.15)	March 16, 1991	Michael J. Fox	The Black Crowes	Songs played were "Thick-N-Thin" and "She Talks to Angels" A. Whitney Brown's final episode as a cast member
302 (16.16)	March 23, 1991	Jeremy Irons	Fishbone
303 (16.17)	April 13, 1991	Catherine O'Hara	R.E.M.	Kate Pierson of The B-52's performed with R.E.M. on the second song "Shiny Happy People". Former castmember Randy Quaid (whose brother Dennis hosted a Christmas episode this season) makes a cameo appearance.
304 (16.18)	April 20, 1991	Steven Seagal	Michael Bolton
305 (16.19)	May 11, 1991	Delta Burke	Chris Isaak
306 (16.20)	May 18, 1991	George Wendt	Elvis Costello	This is Dennis Miller and Jan Hooks' final episode as cast members. In the cold opening, Dennis Miller tells Lorne Michaels that one of his final wishes before leaving the show is to open the show by shouting "Live From New York, it's Saturday Night!" Michaels also jokes about Dennis actually leaving, and not hanging around like Lovitz, a reference to Jon Lovitz' numerous cameos throughout the season.

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Films based on sketches	The Blues Brothers (1980) • Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1980) • Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures (1986) • Bob Roberts (1992) • Mr. Saturday Night (1992) • Wayne's World (1992) • Wayne's World 2 (1993) • Coneheads (1993) • It's Pat! (1994) • Stuart Saves His Family (1995) • A Night at the Roxbury (1998) • Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) • Office Space (1999) • Superstar (1999) • The Ladies Man (2000) • Harold (2008) • MacGruber (2010) • Key Party (TBD)

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Related topics	Lorne Michaels • "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" • Dick Ebersol • Don Pardo • Frank Oz • "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" • Incredibad • Jean Doumanian • Jim Henson • Mel Brandt • Bill Hanrahan • Saturday Night Live Band • Strategery • Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

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