Saturday Night Live: Season 19
Saturday Night Live aired its nineteenth season during the 1993-1994 television season on NBC. The season began on September 25, 1993 and ended on May 14, 1994. Many changes happened before the start of the season. Dana Carvey had left the show in the middle of the previous season. Chris Rock and Robert Smigel also left the show at the end of the previous season. Ellen Cleghorne, Melanie Hutsell, Tim Meadows, Adam
Season 19 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Saturday Night Live Season 18.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season overview
Saturday Night Live aired its nineteenth season during the 1993-1994 television season on NBC. The season began on September 25, 1993 and ended on May 14, 1994.
Many changes happened before the start of the season. Dana Carvey had left the show in the middle of the previous season. Chris Rock and Robert Smigel also left the show at the end of the previous season.
Ellen Cleghorne, Melanie Hutsell, Tim Meadows, Adam Sandler, and David Spade were all promoted to repertory status.
Stand-up comics Norm Macdonald, Jay Mohr and Sarah Silverman were hired as writers and would debut as featured players a few episodes into the season. Veteran comic actor Michael McKean joined the show mid-season as a repertory cast member.
This would also be the final season for Phil Hartman, Melanie Hutsell, Rob Schneider, Sarah Silverman and Julia Sweeney.
A major blow for the show was the loss of Hartman. Before his final show the entire cast and crew presented him with a bronzed stick of glue, symbolizing how he had become "The Glue" of the show, a term coined by Adam Sandler.
Episode Guide
Season 19 Progress Shield
Charles Barkley/Nirvana
Sep 25, 1993 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Bill Clinton,"" ""Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley,"" ""Gap Girls,"" and ""Coffee Talk with Linda Richman.""
Shannen Doherty/Cypress Hill
Oct 2, 1993 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Operaman,"" ""Crystal Gravy,"" ""The Real World,"" ""The Denise Show,"" ""Salem Bitch Trials"".
Jeff Goldblum/Aerosmith
Oct 9, 1993 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Rock For Michael,"" ""Subway Guitarist,"" ""The Wave,"" ""Karl's Video Store,"" and ""Christopher Walken Celebrity Psychic Friends Network"".
John Malkovich/Billy Joel
Oct 23, 1993 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Anne Murray Sings the National Anthem,"" ""Court TV: The Menendez Brothers Trial,"" ""Ruining It For Everyone,"" ""Theatre Stories,"" and ""James Carville""
Christian Slater/Smashing Pumpkins
Oct 30, 1993 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Coffee Talk with Linda Richman,"" ""Matt Foley,"" ""Sassy's Sassiest Boys,"" and ""Trent Markham, Lung Doctor"".
Rosie O'Donnell/James Taylor
Nov 13, 1993 · 67 min
Sketches include ""The Packwood Diaries,"" ""Frank Sinatra Duets,"" ""Daily Affirmation With Stuart Smalley,"" ""Forgetful Waiter,"" ""The Tomboy and the Sissy,"" ""Dick Clark's Re
Nicole Kidman/Stone Temple Pilots
Nov 20, 1993 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Wayne's World,"" ""The Denise Show,"" ""Wednesday and Pugsley,"" ""Philip the Hyper-Hypo,"" ""Sprockets,"" ""Ross Perot,"" and ""Kitchen Arguments"".
Charlton Heston/Paul Westerberg
Dec 4, 1993 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Studio of the Apes,"" ""Coffee Talk with Linda Richman,"" ""The President is Illiterate,"" ""The Ten Commandments,"" and ""Herlihy Boy House-Sitting Service"".
Sally Field/Tony! Toni! Tone!
Dec 11, 1993 · 67 min
Sketches include "Adam Sandler's Santa Song", "Matt Foley", "Praying", and "Headgames".
Jason Patric/Blind Melon
Jan 8, 1994 · 67 min
Live from New York, it's... Chris Farley! Sketches include "Giuliani's Inauguration," "NFL on Fox," "The Road To Self-Improvement," "Mr. Intense," "Coffee Talk," "The Herlihy Boy
Sara Gilbert/Counting Crows
Jan 15, 1994 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Bobbitt Trial,"" ""HiberNol,"" ""Mistaken Roommate,"" ""Simon,"" ""Gap Girls,"" ""Blossom,"" ""Lunchlady Land,"" ""Disney Vacations,"" ""Rob Schneider's Girlfrie
Patrick Stewart/Salt-n-Pepa
Feb 12, 1994 · 67 min
Sketches Include: Michael Jackon can Never Score - Michael Jackson once again tries to score and even with the help of his assistants he cannot. The Scottish Store - This time at
Alec Baldwin & Kim Basinger/UB40
Feb 12, 1994 · 67 min
Live from New York, it's...Alec Baldwin! Sketches include: Alec Baldwin's Goodfellas, Family Feud, Canteen Boy and the Scoutmaster, Phillip The Hyper Hypo, The Romantic Men, Micke
Martin Lawrence/Crash Test Dummies
Feb 19, 1994 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Jeff Gillooly,"" ""Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley,"" ""Thugs,"" and ""Spare Players for the New Jersey Nets.""
Nancy Kerrigan/Aretha Franklin
Mar 12, 1994 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Press Confrence,"" ""Crystal Gravy,"" ""Sports Beat,"" ""Disney Gigs,"" and ""Lillehammer '94."" Aretha Franklin performs ""Chain of Fools.""
Helen Hunt/Snoop Doggy Dogg
Mar 19, 1994 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Rockers Explain Whitewater,"" ""Total Bastard Airlines,"" ""Sexist Director,"" ""Office Space,"" and ""Rob Schneider's Girlfriend Theater."" Snoop Dogg performe
Kelsey Grammer/Dwight Yoakam
Apr 9, 1994 · 67 min
Live from New York, it's... Jan Hooks! Sketches include "Hillary Clinton's Investment Tips," "Majestic Caribbean Cruise Line," "Inhibited Dance Party USA," "The Giulianis at Open
Emilio Estevez/Pearl Jam
Apr 16, 1994 · 67 min
Sketches include "Michael Fay's Canning", "Geek, Dweeb, of Spazz", "The Whitewater Folder", and "The Herlihy Boy."
John Goodman/The Pretenders
May 7, 1994 · 67 min
Sketches include "New York Governors Debate"," "Captain Jim and Pedro"," "NRA's American Sportsman Today", "Real Stories Of The Arkansas Highway Patrol", "Theatre Stories", "Ninja
Heather Locklear/Janet Jackson
May 14, 1994 · 67 min
Sketches include "Coffee Talk", "Eych", "Wayne on Melrose Place", "60 Minutes", and "Phil Hartman in 'So Long, Farewell.'"