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Her replacement was Dick Ebersol, who had co-founded SNL with Michaels. By that time, however, NBC was already planning to replace Doumanian, and she was fired after the episode that followed. On the season's 11th episode, cast member Charles Rocket (whom Doumanian was grooming as a second version of Chevy Chase, including installing him on Weekend Update) famously used the "F" word live on-air.

Her time on the show went poorly- the season started unusually late, the new cast was not well received by fans, and reviews of their performances and the material were largely negative. NBC chose Jean Doumanian, an associate producer on SNL, to take Michaels' place. NBC denied his request, and he promptly quit, with the rest of the cast (except for Brian Doyle-Murray) quitting along with him. Worrying that the quality was beginning to suffer, Michaels asked NBC to put the show on hiatus for a season, in order to retool.

Michaels and most of the cast were weary of the show's production schedule by the end of season 5. To fill their places, several writers were promoted to cast members, including Brian Doyle-Murray, Peter Aykroyd (brother of Dan), Don Novello, Tom Schiller and Alan Zweibel. Aykroyd and Belushi also left after the end of season 4, to pursue work on their film, The Blues Brothers. Notable was the departure of Chase halfway through the second season he was replaced by Bill Murray.

The show saw little change in its first five seasons. Chase, the original head writer, wrote the segment for himself. One new sketch that remained permanently was Weekend Update, an invention of Chevy Chase. The format was uncertain at first the amount of time devoted to sketches, music, and stand-up varied widely, as well as the inclusion of Jim Henson's Muppets and pre-filmed content by Albert Brooks. The new show debuted on October 11, 1975, broadcast from Studio 8H in 30 Rockefeller Center. According to Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, however, having a regular host was briefly considered during the earliest planning stages in 1974 - prior to Michaels joining - with names such as Rich Little, Bert Convy, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin and even singer Linda Ronstadt discussed. Rather than having a regular host, SNL was conceived as having a different guest host each week. They also hired John Belushi and Chevy Chase from the National Lampoon's Lemmings (Belushi was also a Second City alumnus), as well as Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, and Laraine Newman. From SCTV, they poached Gilda Radner and Dan Aykroyd. Needing actors for the new show, Ebersol and Michaels turned to Second City TV, a television show being broadcast from the Toronto wing of the Second City comedy troupe.

Night changes snl update#

All three anchored Weekend Update during their tenures on the show. All three actors would also join SNL on NBC later on the Murray brothers in season 2 (though Brian Doyle-Murray was a writer only until season 5) and Christopher Guest in season 10. Michaels parodied this name by naming the new SNL cast the "not ready for primetime players". They were known as the "Primetime Players". The name was not the only thing taken from Cosell's show- Cosell had a cast of three actors: brothers Bill Murray and Brian Doyle-Murray, and Christopher Guest. ABC cancelled Cosell's show after eighteen episodes due to poor ratings, and NBC purchased the name, renaming their show Saturday Night Live at the beginning of the second season (although the original title remains in use as part of the famous cold opening announcement, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"). As a result, the new show on NBC debuted under the simpler name Saturday Night. Saturday Night Live was the original name sought by Michaels and Ebersol, due to the show's live broadcast, but the name was unavailable - at the very same time, ABC was developing a similar variety show for primetime Saturday, hosted by Howard Cosell, which had already been named Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell. Ebersol approached Lorne Michaels, who pitched the idea of a comedy variety show with musical guests. Then-NBC head Herb Schlosser tapped Dick Ebersol to develop a new show for the timeslot. By 1974, Carson was hoping for more time off, and asked NBC to stop airing reruns on weekends, so that they could be rerun on weekdays, allowing him further time off. This was dependent, however, on Carson continuing to record shows with sufficient frequency to leave shows available for rerun. From 1965 until SNL began in 1975, this timeslot was filled with reruns of The Tonight Show (which occupied the timeslot on weekdays). Saturday Night Live was born from NBC's desire to place original programming in the 11:30 PM Saturday timeslot.