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Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell was an American television comedy-variety program that ran on ABC from September 1975 to January 1976, hosted by Howard Cosell and executive-produced by Roone Arledge. The series ran for 18 episodes before being cancelled. The show was later remembered by its director Don Mischer as "one of the greatest disasters in the history of television", largely because Cosell and Arledge—both veterans of sports broadcasting—were entirely unfamiliar with comedy and variety programming.
Original Release
09/20/1975 on ABC
US Release
09/20/1975
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bill Murray | Himself / Various |
| Howard Cosell | Himself - Host / Self |
| Christopher Guest | Various |
| Brian Doyle-Murray | Various |
| Billy Crystal | Self |
| Paul Anka | Self |
| Frank Sinatra | Self |
| Bill Cosby | Himself |
| Diana Nyad | Herself |
| John Denver | Self |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | Saturday, 20 September 1975 |
Directors
Don Ohlmeyer, Bob Wynn, Don Mischer
Writers
Christopher Guest, Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray, Walter Kempley, David Axlerod
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bill Murray | Himself / Various |
| Howard Cosell | Himself - Host / Self |
| Christopher Guest | Various |
| Brian Doyle-Murray | Various |
| Billy Crystal | Self |
| Paul Anka | Self |
| Frank Sinatra | Self |
| Bill Cosby | Himself |
| Diana Nyad | Herself |
| John Denver | Self |
| Joe Namath | Himself |
| Barry Manilow | Himself |
| Hinton Battle | Self - Scarecrow |
| Ted Ross | Self - Lion |
| Shirley Bassey | Self |
| Roy Horn | Self |
| Mason Reese | Self |
| Siegfried Fischbacher | Self |
| Stephanie Mills | Self - Dorothy |
| Roberta Flack | Herself |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Roone Arledge | Executive Producer |
| Rupert Hitzig | Producer |
| Jean Doumanian | Producer |
| Don Ohlmeyer | Producer |
| Bob Wynn | Producer |
