Saturday Night Live (Season 13)

"Saturday Night Live" aired its thirteenth season during the 1987-1988 television season on NBC. Except for Kevin Nealon moving from featured player to repertory player, there were no major cast changes. There were, however, major events that impeded the show's production. During production of the season premiere, a fire broke out near Studio 8H during dress rehearsal. Despite plans to cancel the show for the week, Steve Martin (the episode host) pushed the cast to perform, making the Steve Martin/Sting episode the only episode without a dress rehearsal. In February 1988, The Writers Guild of America went on strike, cancelling many planned episodes, including one originally planned to be hosted by former "Not Ready for Primetime" player Gilda Radner with musical guest U2. U2 would go on to be the musical guests for Val Kilmer (in season 26) and Luke Wilson (in season 30) while U2 frontman Bono would cameo in the season 33 episode hosted by Brian Williams. Gilda Radner, however, would never get the chance to host due to her death from ovarian cancer.

Season 13 started on October 17, 1987 and ended (abruptly) on February 27, 1988.

Cast

Repertory cast members

*Dana Carvey
*Nora Dunn
*Phil Hartman†
*Jan Hooks
*Victoria Jackson
*Jon Lovitz
*Dennis Miller
*Kevin Nealon

Featured cast members

*A. Whitney Brown
*Al Franken

Episodes