List of Saturday Night Live episodes (seasons 1–30)

Season 1 (1975–76)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
1	1	George Carlin	Billy Preston & Janis Ian	October 11, 1975 (1975-10-11)
2	2	Paul Simon	Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow, Art Garfunkel & Jessy Dixon Singers	October 18, 1975 (1975-10-18)
3	3	Rob Reiner	none	October 25, 1975 (1975-10-25)
4	4	Candice Bergen	Esther Phillips	November 8, 1975 (1975-11-08)
5	5	Robert Klein	ABBA & Loudon Wainwright III	November 15, 1975 (1975-11-15)
6	6	Lily Tomlin	Tomlin with Howard Shore & the All Nurse Band	November 22, 1975 (1975-11-22)
7	7	Richard Pryor	Gil Scott-Heron	December 13, 1975 (1975-12-13)
8	8	Candice Bergen	Martha Reeves & The Stylistics	December 20, 1975 (1975-12-20)
9	9	Elliott Gould	Anne Murray	January 10, 1976 (1976-01-10)
10	10	Buck Henry	Bill Withers & Toni Basil	January 17, 1976 (1976-01-17)
11	11	Peter Cook & Dudley Moore	Neil Sedaka	January 24, 1976 (1976-01-24)
12	12	Dick Cavett	Jimmy Cliff	January 31, 1976 (1976-01-31)
13	13	Peter Boyle	Al Jarreau	February 14, 1976 (1976-02-14)
14	14	Desi Arnaz	Desi Arnaz & Desi Arnaz, Jr.	February 21, 1976 (1976-02-21)
15	15	Jill Clayburgh	Leon Redbone & The Idlers	February 28, 1976 (1976-02-28)
16	16	Anthony Perkins	Betty Carter	March 13, 1976 (1976-03-13)
17	17	Ron Nessen	Patti Smith	April 17, 1976 (1976-04-17)
18	18	Raquel Welch	Phoebe Snow & John Sebastian	April 24, 1976 (1976-04-24)
19	19	Madeline Kahn	Carly Simon	May 8, 1976 (1976-05-08)
20	20	Dyan Cannon	Leon and Mary Russell	May 15, 1976 (1976-05-15)
21	21	Buck Henry	Gordon Lightfoot & Garrett Morris	May 22, 1976 (1976-05-22)
22	22	Elliott Gould	Leon Redbone, Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson	May 29, 1976 (1976-05-29)
23	23	Louise Lasser	Preservation Hall Jazz Band	July 24, 1976 (1976-07-24)
24	24	Kris Kristofferson	Rita Coolidge	July 31, 1976 (1976-07-31)

Season 2 (1976–77)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
25	1	Lily Tomlin	James Taylor	September 18, 1976 (1976-09-18)
26	2	Norman Lear	Boz Scaggs	September 25, 1976 (1976-09-25)
27	3	Eric Idle	Joe Cocker & Stuff	October 2, 1976 (1976-10-02)
28	4	Karen Black	John Prine	October 16, 1976 (1976-10-16)
29	5	Steve Martin	Kinky Friedman	October 23, 1976 (1976-10-23)
30	6	Buck Henry	The Band	October 30, 1976 (1976-10-30)
31	7	Dick Cavett	Ry Cooder	November 13, 1976 (1976-11-13)
32	8	Paul Simon	Paul Simon & George Harrison	November 20, 1976 (1976-11-20)
33	9	Jodie Foster	Brian Wilson	November 27, 1976 (1976-11-27)
34	10	Candice Bergen	Frank Zappa with Don Pardo as "The Slime"	December 11, 1976 (1976-12-11)
35	11	Ralph Nader	George Benson	January 15, 1977 (1977-01-15)
36	12	Ruth Gordon	Chuck Berry	January 22, 1977 (1977-01-22)
37	13	Fran Tarkenton	Leo Sayer Donny Harper	January 29, 1977 (1977-01-29)
38	14	Steve Martin	The Kinks	February 26, 1977 (1977-02-26)
39	15	Sissy Spacek	Richard Baskin	March 12, 1977 (1977-03-12)
40	16	Broderick Crawford	Levon Helm Dr. John The Meters	March 19, 1977 (1977-03-19)
41	17	Jack Burns	Santana	March 26, 1977 (1977-03-26)
42	18	Julian Bond	Tom Waits Brick	April 9, 1977 (1977-04-09)
43	19	Elliott Gould	McGarrigle Sisters Roslyn Kind	April 16, 1977 (1977-04-16)
44	20	Eric Idle	Alan Price Neil Innes	April 23, 1977 (1977-04-23)
45	21	Shelley Duvall	Joan Armatrading	May 14, 1977 (1977-05-14)
46	22	Buck Henry	Jennifer Warnes Kenny Vance	May 21, 1977 (1977-05-21)

Season 3 (1977–78)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
47	1	Steve Martin	Jackson Browne	September 24, 1977 (1977-09-24)
48	2	Madeline Kahn	Taj Mahal	October 8, 1977 (1977-10-08)
49	3	Hugh Hefner	Libby Titus	October 15, 1977 (1977-10-15)
50	4	Charles Grodin	Paul Simon	October 29, 1977 (1977-10-29)
51	5	Ray Charles	Ray Charles	November 12, 1977 (1977-11-12)
52	6	Buck Henry	Leon Redbone	November 19, 1977 (1977-11-19)
53	7	Mary Kay Place	Willie Nelson	December 10, 1977 (1977-12-10)
54	8	Miskel Spillman	Elvis Costello	December 17, 1977 (1977-12-17)
55	9	Steve Martin	Randy Newman, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	January 21, 1978 (1978-01-21)
56	10	Robert Klein	Bonnie Raitt	January 28, 1978 (1978-01-28)
57	11	Chevy Chase	Billy Joel	February 18, 1978 (1978-02-18)
58	12	O. J. Simpson	Ashford and Simpson	February 25, 1978 (1978-02-25)
59	13	Art Garfunkel	Stephen Bishop	March 11, 1978 (1978-03-11)
60	14	Jill Clayburgh	Eddie Money	March 18, 1978 (1978-03-18)
61	15	Christopher Lee	Meat Loaf	March 25, 1978 (1978-03-25)
62	16	Michael Palin	Eugene Record	April 8, 1978 (1978-04-08)
63	17	Michael Sarrazin	Keith Jarrett	April 15, 1978 (1978-04-15)
64	18	Steve Martin	The Blues Brothers	April 22, 1978 (1978-04-22)
65	19	Richard Dreyfuss	Jimmy Buffett, Gary Tigerman	May 13, 1978 (1978-05-13)
66	20	Buck Henry	Sun Ra	May 20, 1978 (1978-05-20)

Season 4 (1978–79)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
67	1	The Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones	October 7, 1978 (1978-10-07)
68	2	Fred Willard	Devo	October 14, 1978 (1978-10-14)
69	3	Frank Zappa	Frank Zappa	October 21, 1978 (1978-10-21)
70	4	Steve Martin	Van Morrison	November 4, 1978 (1978-11-04)
71	5	Buck Henry	Grateful Dead	November 11, 1978 (1978-11-11)
72	6	Carrie Fisher	The Blues Brothers	November 18, 1978 (1978-11-18)
73	7	Walter Matthau	Garrett Morris	December 2, 1978 (1978-12-02)
74	8	Eric Idle	Kate Bush	December 9, 1978 (1978-12-09)
75	9	Elliott Gould	Peter Tosh Mick Jagger	December 16, 1978 (1978-12-16)
76	10	Michael Palin	The Doobie Brothers	January 27, 1979 (1979-01-27)
77	11	Cicely Tyson	Talking Heads	February 10, 1979 (1979-02-10)
78	12	Ricky Nelson	Judy Collins	February 17, 1979 (1979-02-17)
79	13	Kate Jackson	Delbert McClinton	February 24, 1979 (1979-02-24)
80	14	Gary Busey	Eubie Blake & Gregory Hines Gary Busey with Rick Danko & Paul Butterfield	March 10, 1979 (1979-03-10)
81	15	Margot Kidder	The Chieftains	March 17, 1979 (1979-03-17)
82	16	Richard Benjamin	Rickie Lee Jones	April 7, 1979 (1979-04-07)
83	17	Milton Berle	Ornette Coleman	April 14, 1979 (1979-04-14)
84	18	Michael Palin	James Taylor	May 12, 1979 (1979-05-12)
85	19	Maureen Stapleton	Linda Ronstadt & Phoebe Snow	May 19, 1979 (1979-05-19)
86	20	Buck Henry	Bette Midler	May 26, 1979 (1979-05-26)

Season 5 (1979–80)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
87	1	Steve Martin	Blondie	October 13, 1979 (1979-10-13)
88	2	Eric Idle	Bob Dylan	October 20, 1979 (1979-10-20)
89	3	Bill Russell	Chicago	November 3, 1979 (1979-11-03)
90	4	Buck Henry	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	November 10, 1979 (1979-11-10)
91	5	Bea Arthur	The Roches	November 17, 1979 (1979-11-17)
92	6	Howard Hesseman	Randy Newman	December 8, 1979 (1979-12-08)
93	7	Martin Sheen	David Bowie	December 15, 1979 (1979-12-15)
94	8	Ted Knight	Desmond Child & Rouge	December 22, 1979 (1979-12-22)
95	9	Teri Garr	The B-52's	January 26, 1980 (1980-01-26)
96	10	Chevy Chase	Marianne Faithfull Tom Scott	February 9, 1980 (1980-02-09)
97	11	Elliott Gould	Gary Numan	February 16, 1980 (1980-02-16)
98	12	Kirk Douglas	Sam & Dave	February 23, 1980 (1980-02-23)
99	13	Rodney Dangerfield	The J. Geils Band	March 8, 1980 (1980-03-08)
100	14	(none)	Paul Simon James Taylor David Sanborn	March 15, 1980 (1980-03-15)
101	15	Richard Benjamin Paula Prentiss	Grateful Dead	April 5, 1980 (1980-04-05)
102	16	Burt Reynolds	Anne Murray	April 12, 1980 (1980-04-12)
103	17	Strother Martin	The Specials	April 19, 1980 (1980-04-19)
104	18	Bob Newhart	The Amazing Rhythm Aces Bruce Cockburn	May 10, 1980 (1980-05-10)
105	19	Steve Martin	3-D Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney	May 17, 1980 (1980-05-17)
106	20	Buck Henry	Andrew Gold Andrae Crouch & the Voices of Unity	May 24, 1980 (1980-05-24)

Season 6 (1980–81)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
107	1	Elliott Gould	Kid Creole & the Coconuts	November 15, 1980 (1980-11-15)
108	2	Malcolm McDowell	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	November 22, 1980 (1980-11-22)
109	3	Ellen Burstyn	Aretha Franklin Keith Sykes	December 6, 1980 (1980-12-06)
110	4	Jamie Lee Curtis	James Brown Ellen Shipley	December 13, 1980 (1980-12-13)
111	5	David Carradine	Linda Ronstadt The Cast of The Pirates of Penzance	December 20, 1980 (1980-12-20)
112	6	Ray Sharkey	Jack Bruce & Friends	January 10, 1981 (1981-01-10)
113	7	Karen Black	Cheap Trick Stanley Clarke Trio	January 17, 1981 (1981-01-17)
114	8	Robert Hays	Joe "King" Carrasco & the Crowns 14 Karat Soul	January 24, 1981 (1981-01-24)
115	9	Sally Kellerman	Jimmy Cliff	February 7, 1981 (1981-02-07)
116	10	Deborah Harry	Deborah Harry Funky Four Plus One	February 14, 1981 (1981-02-14)
117	11	Charlene Tilton	Todd Rundgren Prince	February 21, 1981 (1981-02-21)
118	12	Bill Murray	Delbert McClinton	March 7, 1981 (1981-03-07)
119	13	None	Jr. Walker & the All-Stars	April 11, 1981 (1981-04-11)

Season 7 (1981–82)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
120	1	None	Rod Stewart	October 3, 1981 (1981-10-03)
121	2	Susan Saint James	The Kinks	October 10, 1981 (1981-10-10)
122	3	George Kennedy	Miles Davis	October 17, 1981 (1981-10-17)
123	4	Donald Pleasence	Fear	October 31, 1981 (1981-10-31)
124	5	Lauren Hutton	Rick James	November 7, 1981 (1981-11-07)
125	6	Bernadette Peters	The Go-Go's Billy Joel	November 14, 1981 (1981-11-14)
126	7	Tim Curry	Meat Loaf	December 5, 1981 (1981-12-05)
127	8	Bill Murray	The Spinners The Whiffenpoofs	December 12, 1981 (1981-12-12)
128	9	Robert Conrad	The Allman Brothers Band	January 23, 1982 (1982-01-23)
129	10	John Madden	Jennifer Holliday	January 30, 1982 (1982-01-30)
130	11	James Coburn	Lindsey Buckingham	February 6, 1982 (1982-02-06)
131	12	Bruce Dern	Luther Vandross	February 20, 1982 (1982-02-20)
132	13	Elizabeth Ashley	Hall & Oates	February 27, 1982 (1982-02-27)
133	14	Robert Urich	Mink DeVille	March 20, 1982 (1982-03-20)
134	15	Blythe Danner	Rickie Lee Jones	March 27, 1982 (1982-03-27)
135	16	Daniel J. Travanti	John Cougar Mellencamp	April 10, 1982 (1982-04-10)
136	17	Johnny Cash	Elton John	April 17, 1982 (1982-04-17)
137	18	Robert Culp	The Charlie Daniels Band	April 24, 1982 (1982-04-24)
138	19	Danny DeVito	Sparks	May 15, 1982 (1982-05-15)
139	20	Olivia Newton-John	Olivia Newton-John	May 22, 1982 (1982-05-22)

Season 8 (1982–83)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
140	1	Chevy Chase	Queen	September 25, 1982 (1982-09-25)
141	2	Louis Gossett, Jr.	George Thorogood & the Destroyers	October 2, 1982 (1982-10-02)
142	3	Ron Howard	The Clash	October 9, 1982 (1982-10-09)
143	4	Howard Hesseman	Men at Work	October 23, 1982 (1982-10-23)
144	5	Michael Keaton	The New Joe Jackson Band	October 30, 1982 (1982-10-30)
145	6	Robert Blake	Kenny Loggins	November 13, 1982 (1982-11-13)
146	7	Drew Barrymore	Squeeze	November 20, 1982 (1982-11-20)
147	8	The Smothers Brothers	Laura Branigan	December 4, 1982 (1982-12-04)
148	9	Eddie Murphy	Lionel Richie	December 11, 1982 (1982-12-11)
149	10	Lily Tomlin	Tomlin as Pervis Hawkins	January 22, 1983 (1983-01-22)
150	11	Rick Moranis Dave Thomas	The Bus Boys	January 29, 1983 (1983-01-29)
151	12	Sid Caesar	Joe Cocker Jennifer Warnes	February 5, 1983 (1983-02-05)
152	13	Howard Hesseman	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	February 19, 1983 (1983-02-19)
153	14	Beau Bridges Jeff Bridges	Randy Newman	February 26, 1983 (1983-02-26)
154	15	Bruce Dern	Leon Redbone	March 12, 1983 (1983-03-12)
155	16	Robert Guillaume	Duran Duran	March 19, 1983 (1983-03-19)
156	17	Joan Rivers	Musical Youth	April 9, 1983 (1983-04-09)
157	18	Susan Saint James	Michael McDonald	April 16, 1983 (1983-04-16)
158	19	Stevie Wonder	Stevie Wonder	May 7, 1983 (1983-05-07)
159	20	Ed Koch	Kevin Rowland Dexys Midnight Runners	May 14, 1983 (1983-05-14)

Season 9 (1983–84)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
160	1	Brandon Tartikoff	John Cougar Mellencamp	October 8, 1983 (1983-10-08)
161	2	Danny DeVito & Rhea Perlman	Eddy Grant	October 15, 1983 (1983-10-15)
162	3	John Candy	Men at Work	October 22, 1983 (1983-10-22)
163	4	Betty Thomas	Stray Cats	November 5, 1983 (1983-11-05)
164	5	Teri Garr	Mick Fleetwood's Zoo	November 12, 1983 (1983-11-12)
165	6	Jerry Lewis	Loverboy	November 19, 1983 (1983-11-19)
166	7	The Smothers Brothers	Big Country	December 3, 1983 (1983-12-03)
167	8	Flip Wilson	Stevie Nicks	December 10, 1983 (1983-12-10)
168	9	Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello)	Huey Lewis and the News	January 14, 1984 (1984-01-14)
169	10	Michael Palin and Mary Rachel Lockhart (His Mother)	The Motels	January 21, 1984 (1984-01-21)
170	11	Don Rickles	Billy Idol	January 28, 1984 (1984-01-28)
171	12	Robin Williams	Adam Ant	February 11, 1984 (1984-02-11)
172	13	Jamie Lee Curtis	The Fixx	February 18, 1984 (1984-02-18)
173	14	Edwin Newman	Kool & the Gang	February 25, 1984 (1984-02-25)
174	15	Billy Crystal	Al Jarreau	March 17, 1984 (1984-03-17)
175	16	Michael Douglas	Deniece Williams	April 7, 1984 (1984-04-07)
176	17	George McGovern	Madness	April 14, 1984 (1984-04-14)
177	18	Barry Bostwick	Spinal Tap	May 5, 1984 (1984-05-05)
178	19	Billy Crystal, Ed Koch, Edwin Newman, Don Novello, Betty Thomas	The Cars	May 12, 1984 (1984-05-12)

Season 10 (1984–85)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
179	1	(none)	Thompson Twins	October 6, 1984 (1984-10-06)
180	2	Bob Uecker	Peter Wolf	October 13, 1984 (1984-10-13)
181	3	Jesse Jackson	Andrae Crouch Wintley Phipps	October 20, 1984 (1984-10-20)
182	4	Michael McKean	Chaka Khan The Folksmen	November 3, 1984 (1984-11-03)
183	5	George Carlin	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	November 10, 1984 (1984-11-10)
184	6	Ed Asner	The Kinks	November 17, 1984 (1984-11-17)
185	7	Ed Begley, Jr.	Billy Squier	December 1, 1984 (1984-12-01)
186	8	Ringo Starr	Herbie Hancock	December 8, 1984 (1984-12-08)
187	9	Eddie Murphy	Robert Plant & the Honeydrippers	December 15, 1984 (1984-12-15)
188	10	Kathleen Turner	John Waite	January 12, 1985 (1985-01-12)
189	11	Roy Scheider	Billy Ocean	January 19, 1985 (1985-01-19)
190	12	Alex Karras	Tina Turner	February 2, 1985 (1985-02-02)
191	13	Harry Anderson	Bryan Adams	February 9, 1985 (1985-02-09)
192	14	Pamela Sue Martin	Power Station	February 16, 1985 (1985-02-16)
193	15	Mr. T Hulk Hogan	The Commodores	March 30, 1985 (1985-03-30)
194	16	Christopher Reeve	Santana	April 6, 1985 (1985-04-06)
195	17	Howard Cosell	Greg Kihn	April 13, 1985 (1985-04-13)

Season 11 (1985–86)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
196	1	Madonna	Simple Minds	November 9, 1985 (1985-11-09)
197	2	Chevy Chase	Sheila E	November 16, 1985 (1985-11-16)
198	3	Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman	Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band	November 23, 1985 (1985-11-23)
199	4	John Lithgow	Mr. Mister	December 7, 1985 (1985-12-07)
200	5	Tom Hanks	Sade	December 14, 1985 (1985-12-14)
201	6	Teri Garr	The Dream Academy The Cult	December 21, 1985 (1985-12-21)
202	7	Harry Dean Stanton	The Replacements	January 18, 1986 (1986-01-18)
203	8	Dudley Moore	Al Green	January 25, 1986 (1986-01-25)
204	9	Ron Reagan	The Nelsons	February 8, 1986 (1986-02-08)
205	10	Jerry Hall	Stevie Ray Vaughan Double Trouble	February 15, 1986 (1986-02-15)
206	11	Jay Leno	The Neville Brothers	February 22, 1986 (1986-02-22)
207	12	Griffin Dunne	Rosanne Cash	March 15, 1986 (1986-03-15)
208	13	George Wendt Francis Ford Coppola	Philip Glass	March 22, 1986 (1986-03-22)
209	14	Oprah Winfrey	Joe Jackson	April 12, 1986 (1986-04-12)
210	15	Tony Danza	Laurie Anderson	April 19, 1986 (1986-04-19)
211	16	Catherine Oxenberg Paul Simon	Paul Simon Ladysmith Black Mambazo	May 10, 1986 (1986-05-10)
212	17	Jimmy Breslin	Level 42 E.G. Daily	May 17, 1986 (1986-05-17)
213	18	Anjelica Huston Billy Martin	George Clinton Parliament-Funkadelic	May 24, 1986 (1986-05-24)

Season 12 (1986–87)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest	Original air date
214	1	Sigourney Weaver	None	October 11, 1986 (1986-10-11)
215	2	Malcolm-Jamal Warner	Run-DMC	October 18, 1986 (1986-10-18)
216	3	Rosanna Arquette	Ric Ocasek	November 8, 1986 (1986-11-08)
217	4	Sam Kinison	Lou Reed	November 15, 1986 (1986-11-15)
218	5	Robin Williams	Paul Simon	November 22, 1986 (1986-11-22)
219	6	Chevy Chase Steve Martin Martin Short	Randy Newman	December 6, 1986 (1986-12-06)
220	7	Steve Guttenberg	The Pretenders	December 13, 1986 (1986-12-13)
221	8	William Shatner	Lone Justice	December 20, 1986 (1986-12-20)
222	9	Joe Montana Walter Payton	Deborah Harry	January 24, 1987 (1987-01-24)
223	10	Paul Shaffer	Bruce Hornsby & the Range	January 31, 1987 (1987-01-31)
224	11	Bronson Pinchot	Paul Young	February 14, 1987 (1987-02-14)
225	12	Willie Nelson	Willie Nelson	February 21, 1987 (1987-02-21)
226	13	Valerie Bertinelli	Robert Cray Band	February 28, 1987 (1987-02-28)
227	14	Bill Murray	Percy Sledge	March 21, 1987 (1987-03-21)
228	15	Charlton Heston	Wynton Marsalis	March 28, 1987 (1987-03-28)
229	16	John Lithgow	Anita Baker	April 11, 1987 (1987-04-11)
230	17	John Larroquette	Timbuk 3	April 18, 1987 (1987-04-18)
231	18	Mark Harmon	Suzanne Vega	May 9, 1987 (1987-05-09)
232	19	Garry Shandling	Los Lobos	May 16, 1987 (1987-05-16)
233	20	Dennis Hopper	Roy Orbison	May 23, 1987 (1987-05-23)

Season 13 (1987–88)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
234	1	Steve Martin	Sting	October 17, 1987 (1987-10-17)
235	2	Sean Penn	LL Cool J Michael Penn	October 24, 1987 (1987-10-24)
236	3	Dabney Coleman	The Cars	October 31, 1987 (1987-10-31)
237	4	Robert Mitchum	Simply Red	November 14, 1987 (1987-11-14)
238	5	Candice Bergen	Cher	November 21, 1987 (1987-11-21)
239	6	Danny DeVito	Bryan Ferry	December 5, 1987 (1987-12-05)
240	7	Angie Dickinson	Buster Poindexter David Gilmour	December 12, 1987 (1987-12-12)
241	8	Paul Simon	Linda Ronstadt	December 19, 1987 (1987-12-19)
242	9	Robin Williams	James Taylor	January 23, 1988 (1988-01-23)
243	10	Carl Weathers	Robbie Robertson	January 30, 1988 (1988-01-30)
244	11	Justine Bateman	Terence Trent D'Arby	February 13, 1988 (1988-02-13)
245	12	Tom Hanks	Randy Travis	February 20, 1988 (1988-02-20)
246	13	Judge Reinhold	10,000 Maniacs	February 27, 1988 (1988-02-27)

Season 14 (1988–89)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
247	1	Tom Hanks	Keith Richards	October 8, 1988 (1988-10-08)
248	2	Matthew Broderick	The Sugarcubes	October 15, 1988 (1988-10-15)
249	3	John Larroquette	Randy Newman & Mark Knopfler	October 22, 1988 (1988-10-22)
250	4	Matthew Modine	Edie Brickell and New Bohemians	November 5, 1988 (1988-11-05)
251	5	Demi Moore	Johnny Clegg & Savuka	November 12, 1988 (1988-11-12)
252	6	John Lithgow	Tracy Chapman	November 19, 1988 (1988-11-19)
253	7	Danny DeVito	The Bangles	December 3, 1988 (1988-12-03)
254	8	Kevin Kline	Bobby McFerrin	December 10, 1988 (1988-12-10)
255	9	Melanie Griffith	Little Feat	December 17, 1988 (1988-12-17)
256	10	John Malkovich	Anita Baker	January 21, 1989 (1989-01-21)
257	11	Tony Danza	John Hiatt	January 28, 1989 (1989-01-28)
258	12	Ted Danson	Luther Vandross	February 11, 1989 (1989-02-11)
259	13	Leslie Nielsen	Cowboy Junkies	February 18, 1989 (1989-02-18)
260	14	Glenn Close	Gipsy Kings	February 25, 1989 (1989-02-25)
261	15	Mary Tyler Moore	Elvis Costello	March 25, 1989 (1989-03-25)
262	16	Mel Gibson	Living Colour	April 1, 1989 (1989-04-01)
263	17	Dolly Parton	Dolly Parton	April 15, 1989 (1989-04-15)
264	18	Geena Davis	John Mellencamp	April 22, 1989 (1989-04-22)
265	19	Wayne Gretzky	Fine Young Cannibals	May 13, 1989 (1989-05-13)
266	20	Steve Martin	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	May 20, 1989 (1989-05-20)

Season 15 (1989–90)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
267	1	Bruce Willis	Neil Young	September 30, 1989 (1989-09-30)
268	2	Rick Moranis	Rickie Lee Jones	October 7, 1989 (1989-10-07)
269	3	Kathleen Turner	Billy Joel	October 21, 1989 (1989-10-21)
270	4	James Woods	Don Henley	October 28, 1989 (1989-10-28)
271	5	Chris Evert	Eurythmics	November 11, 1989 (1989-11-11)
272	6	Woody Harrelson	David Byrne	November 18, 1989 (1989-11-18)
273	7	John Goodman	k.d. lang	December 2, 1989 (1989-12-02)
274	8	Robert Wagner	Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville	December 9, 1989 (1989-12-09)
275	9	Andie MacDowell	Tracy Chapman	December 16, 1989 (1989-12-16)
276	10	Ed O'Neill	Harry Connick, Jr.	January 13, 1990 (1990-01-13)
277	11	Christopher Walken	Bonnie Raitt	January 20, 1990 (1990-01-20)
278	12	Quincy Jones	Tevin Campbell Kool Moe Dee Big Daddy Kane	February 10, 1990 (1990-02-10)
279	13	Tom Hanks	Aerosmith	February 17, 1990 (1990-02-17)
280	14	Fred Savage	Technotronic	February 24, 1990 (1990-02-24)
281	15	Rob Lowe	The Pogues	March 17, 1990 (1990-03-17)
282	16	Debra Winger	Eric Clapton	March 24, 1990 (1990-03-24)
283	17	Corbin Bernsen	The Smithereens	April 14, 1990 (1990-04-14)
284	18	Alec Baldwin	The B-52's	April 21, 1990 (1990-04-21)
285	19	Andrew Dice Clay	Julee Cruise Spanic Boys	May 12, 1990 (1990-05-12)
286	20	Candice Bergen	The Notting Hillbillies	May 19, 1990 (1990-05-19)

Season 16 (1990–91)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date
287	1	Kyle MacLachlan	Sinéad O'Connor	September 29, 1990 (1990-09-29)
288	2	Susan Lucci	Hothouse Flowers	October 6, 1990 (1990-10-06)
289	3	George Steinbrenner	Morris Day & The Time	October 20, 1990 (1990-10-20)
290	4	Patrick Swayze	Mariah Carey	October 27, 1990 (1990-10-27)
291	5	Jimmy Smits	World Party	November 10, 1990 (1990-11-10)
292	6	Dennis Hopper	Paul Simon	November 17, 1990 (1990-11-17)
293	7	John Goodman	Faith No More	December 1, 1990 (1990-12-01)
294	8	Tom Hanks	Edie Brickell & New Bohemians	December 8, 1990 (1990-12-08)
295	9	Dennis Quaid	The Neville Brothers	December 15, 1990 (1990-12-15)
296	10	Joe Mantegna	Vanilla Ice	January 12, 1991 (1991-01-12)
297	11	Sting	Sting	January 19, 1991 (1991-01-19)
298	12	Kevin Bacon	INXS	February 9, 1991 (1991-02-09)
299	13	Roseanne Barr	Deee-Lite	February 16, 1991 (1991-02-16)
300	14	Alec Baldwin	Whitney Houston	February 23, 1991 (1991-02-23)
301	15	Michael J. Fox	The Black Crowes	March 16, 1991 (1991-03-16)
302	16	Jeremy Irons	Fishbone	March 23, 1991 (1991-03-23)
303	17	Catherine O'Hara	R.E.M.	April 13, 1991 (1991-04-13)
304	18	Steven Seagal	Michael Bolton	April 20, 1991 (1991-04-20)
305	19	Delta Burke	Chris Isaak	May 11, 1991 (1991-05-11)
306	20	George Wendt	Elvis Costello	May 18, 1991 (1991-05-18)

Season 17 (1991–92)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
307	1	Michael Jordan	Public Enemy	September 28, 1991 (1991-09-28)
308	2	Jeff Daniels	Color Me Badd	October 5, 1991 (1991-10-05)
309	3	Kirstie Alley	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	October 12, 1991 (1991-10-12)
310	4	Christian Slater	Bonnie Raitt	October 26, 1991 (1991-10-26)
311	5	Kiefer Sutherland	Skid Row	November 2, 1991 (1991-11-02)
312	6	Linda Hamilton	Mariah Carey	November 16, 1991 (1991-11-16)
313	7	Macaulay Culkin	Tin Machine	November 23, 1991 (1991-11-23)
314	8	MC Hammer	MC Hammer	December 7, 1991 (1991-12-07)
315	9	Steve Martin	James Taylor	December 14, 1991 (1991-12-14)
316	10	Rob Morrow	Nirvana	January 11, 1992 (1992-01-11)
317	11	Chevy Chase	Robbie Robertson	January 18, 1992 (1992-01-18)
318	12	Susan Dey	C&C Music Factory	February 8, 1992 (1992-02-08)
319	13	Jason Priestley	Teenage Fanclub	February 15, 1992 (1992-02-15)
320	14	Roseanne Arnold Tom Arnold	Red Hot Chili Peppers	February 22, 1992 (1992-02-22)
321	15	John Goodman	Garth Brooks	March 14, 1992 (1992-03-14)
322	16	Mary Stuart Masterson	En Vogue	March 21, 1992 (1992-03-21)
323	17	Sharon Stone	Pearl Jam	April 11, 1992 (1992-04-11)
324	18	Jerry Seinfeld	Annie Lennox	April 18, 1992 (1992-04-18)
325	19	Tom Hanks	Bruce Springsteen	May 9, 1992 (1992-05-09)
326	20	Woody Harrelson	Vanessa Williams	May 16, 1992 (1992-05-16)

Season 18 (1992–93)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
327	1	Nicolas Cage	Bobby Brown	September 26, 1992 (1992-09-26)
328	2	Tim Robbins	Sinéad O'Connor	October 3, 1992 (1992-10-03)
329	3	Joe Pesci	Spin Doctors	October 10, 1992 (1992-10-10)
330	4	Christopher Walken	Arrested Development	October 24, 1992 (1992-10-24)
331	5	Catherine O'Hara	10,000 Maniacs	October 31, 1992 (1992-10-31)
332	6	Michael Keaton	Morrissey	November 14, 1992 (1992-11-14)
333	7	Sinbad	Sade	November 21, 1992 (1992-11-21)
334	8	Tom Arnold	Neil Young	December 5, 1992 (1992-12-05)
335	9	Glenn Close	The Black Crowes	December 12, 1992 (1992-12-12)
336	10	Danny DeVito	Bon Jovi	January 9, 1993 (1993-01-09)
337	11	Harvey Keitel	Madonna	January 16, 1993 (1993-01-16)
338	12	Luke Perry	Mick Jagger	February 6, 1993 (1993-02-06)
339	13	Alec Baldwin	Paul McCartney	February 13, 1993 (1993-02-13)
340	14	Bill Murray	Sting	February 20, 1993 (1993-02-20)
341	15	John Goodman	Mary J. Blige	March 13, 1993 (1993-03-13)
342	16	Miranda Richardson	Soul Asylum	March 20, 1993 (1993-03-20)
343	17	Jason Alexander	Peter Gabriel	April 10, 1993 (1993-04-10)
344	18	Kirstie Alley	Lenny Kravitz	April 17, 1993 (1993-04-17)
345	19	Christina Applegate	Midnight Oil	May 8, 1993 (1993-05-08)
346	20	Kevin Kline	Willie Nelson & Paul Simon	May 15, 1993 (1993-05-15)

Season 19 (1993–94)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest	Original air date
347	1	Charles Barkley	Nirvana	September 25, 1993 (1993-09-25)
348	2	Shannen Doherty	Cypress Hill	October 2, 1993 (1993-10-02)
349	3	Jeff Goldblum	Aerosmith	October 9, 1993 (1993-10-09)
350	4	John Malkovich	Billy Joel	October 23, 1993 (1993-10-23)
351	5	Christian Slater	The Smashing Pumpkins	October 30, 1993 (1993-10-30)
352	6	Rosie O'Donnell	James Taylor	November 13, 1993 (1993-11-13)
353	7	Nicole Kidman	Stone Temple Pilots	November 20, 1993 (1993-11-20)
354	8	Charlton Heston	Paul Westerberg	December 4, 1993 (1993-12-04)
355	9	Sally Field	Tony! Toni! Toné!	December 11, 1993 (1993-12-11)
356	10	Jason Patric	Blind Melon	January 8, 1994 (1994-01-08)
357	11	Sara Gilbert	Counting Crows	January 15, 1994 (1994-01-15)
358	12	Patrick Stewart	Salt-N-Pepa	February 5, 1994 (1994-02-05)
359	13	Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger	UB40	February 12, 1994 (1994-02-12)
360	14	Martin Lawrence	Crash Test Dummies	February 19, 1994 (1994-02-19)
361	15	Nancy Kerrigan	Aretha Franklin	March 12, 1994 (1994-03-12)
362	16	Helen Hunt	Snoop Doggy Dogg	March 19, 1994 (1994-03-19)
363	17	Kelsey Grammer	Dwight Yoakam	April 9, 1994 (1994-04-09)
364	18	Emilio Estevez	Pearl Jam	April 16, 1994 (1994-04-16)
365	19	John Goodman	The Pretenders	May 7, 1994 (1994-05-07)
366	20	Heather Locklear	Janet Jackson	May 14, 1994 (1994-05-14)

Season 20 (1994–95)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
367	1	Steve Martin	Eric Clapton	September 24, 1994 (1994-09-24)
368	2	Marisa Tomei	Bonnie Raitt	October 1, 1994 (1994-10-01)
369	3	John Travolta	Seal	October 15, 1994 (1994-10-15)
370	4	Dana Carvey	Edie Brickell	October 22, 1994 (1994-10-22)
371	5	Sarah Jessica Parker	R.E.M.	November 12, 1994 (1994-11-12)
372	6	John Turturro	Tom Petty	November 19, 1994 (1994-11-19)
373	7	Roseanne	Green Day	December 3, 1994 (1994-12-03)
374	8	Alec Baldwin	Beastie Boys	December 10, 1994 (1994-12-10)
375	9	George Foreman	Hole	December 17, 1994 (1994-12-17)
376	10	Jeff Daniels	Luscious Jackson	January 14, 1995 (1995-01-14)
377	11	David Hyde Pierce	Live	January 21, 1995 (1995-01-21)
378	12	Bob Newhart	Des'ree	February 11, 1995 (1995-02-11)
379	13	Deion Sanders	Bon Jovi	February 18, 1995 (1995-02-18)
380	14	George Clooney	The Cranberries	February 25, 1995 (1995-02-25)
381	15	Paul Reiser	Annie Lennox	March 18, 1995 (1995-03-18)
382	16	John Goodman	The Tragically Hip	March 25, 1995 (1995-03-25)
383	17	Damon Wayans	Dionne Farris	April 8, 1995 (1995-04-08)
384	18	Courteney Cox	Dave Matthews Band	April 15, 1995 (1995-04-15)
385	19	Bob Saget	TLC	May 6, 1995 (1995-05-06)
386	20	David Duchovny	Rod Stewart	May 13, 1995 (1995-05-13)

Season 21 (1995–96)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date
387	1	Mariel Hemingway	Blues Traveler	September 30, 1995 (1995-09-30)
388	2	Chevy Chase	Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories	October 7, 1995 (1995-10-07)
389	3	David Schwimmer	Natalie Merchant	October 21, 1995 (1995-10-21)
390	4	Gabriel Byrne	Alanis Morissette	October 28, 1995 (1995-10-28)
391	5	Quentin Tarantino	The Smashing Pumpkins	November 11, 1995 (1995-11-11)
392	6	Laura Leighton	Rancid	November 18, 1995 (1995-11-18)
393	7	Anthony Edwards	Foo Fighters	December 2, 1995 (1995-12-02)
394	8	David Alan Grier	Silverchair	December 9, 1995 (1995-12-09)
395	9	Madeline Kahn	Bush	December 16, 1995 (1995-12-16)
396	10	Christopher Walken	Joan Osborne	January 13, 1996 (1996-01-13)
397	11	Alec Baldwin	Tori Amos	January 20, 1996 (1996-01-20)
398	12	Danny Aiello	Coolio	February 10, 1996 (1996-02-10)
399	13	Tom Arnold	Tupac Shakur	February 17, 1996 (1996-02-17)
400	14	Elle Macpherson	Sting	February 24, 1996 (1996-02-24)
401	15	John Goodman	Everclear	March 16, 1996 (1996-03-16)
402	16	Phil Hartman	Gin Blossoms	March 23, 1996 (1996-03-23)
403	17	Steve Forbes	Rage Against the Machine	April 13, 1996 (1996-04-13)
404	18	Teri Hatcher	Dave Matthews Band	April 20, 1996 (1996-04-20)
405	19	Christine Baranski	The Cure	May 11, 1996 (1996-05-11)
406	20	Jim Carrey	Soundgarden	May 18, 1996 (1996-05-18)

Season 22 (1996–97)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date
407	1	Tom Hanks	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	September 28, 1996 (1996-09-28)
408	2	Lisa Kudrow	Sheryl Crow	October 5, 1996 (1996-10-05)
409	3	Bill Pullman	New Edition	October 19, 1996 (1996-10-19)
410	4	Dana Carvey	Dr. Dre	October 26, 1996 (1996-10-26)
411	5	Chris Rock	The Wallflowers	November 2, 1996 (1996-11-02)
412	6	Robert Downey, Jr.	Fiona Apple	November 16, 1996 (1996-11-16)
413	7	Phil Hartman	Bush	November 23, 1996 (1996-11-23)
414	8	Martin Short	No Doubt	December 7, 1996 (1996-12-07)
415	9	Rosie O'Donnell	Whitney Houston	December 14, 1996 (1996-12-14)
416	10	Kevin Spacey	Beck	January 11, 1997 (1997-01-11)
417	11	David Alan Grier	Snoop Doggy Dogg	January 18, 1997 (1997-01-18)
418	12	Neve Campbell	David Bowie	February 8, 1997 (1997-02-08)
419	13	Chevy Chase	Live	February 15, 1997 (1997-02-15)
420	14	Alec Baldwin	Tina Turner	February 22, 1997 (1997-02-22)
421	15	Sting	Veruca Salt	March 15, 1997 (1997-03-15)
422	16	Mike Myers	Aerosmith	March 22, 1997 (1997-03-22)
423	17	Rob Lowe	Spice Girls	April 12, 1997 (1997-04-12)
424	18	Pamela Anderson	Rollins Band	April 19, 1997 (1997-04-19)
425	19	John Goodman	Jewel	May 10, 1997 (1997-05-10)
426	20	Jeff Goldblum	En Vogue	May 17, 1997 (1997-05-17)

Season 23 (1997–98)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
427	1	Sylvester Stallone	Jamiroquai	September 27, 1997 (1997-09-27)
428	2	Matthew Perry	Oasis	October 4, 1997 (1997-10-04)
429	3	Brendan Fraser	Björk	October 18, 1997 (1997-10-18)
430	4	Chris Farley	The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	October 25, 1997 (1997-10-25)
431	5	Jon Lovitz	Jane's Addiction	November 8, 1997 (1997-11-08)
432	6	Claire Danes	Mariah Carey	November 15, 1997 (1997-11-15)
433	7	Rudolph Giuliani	Sarah McLachlan	November 22, 1997 (1997-11-22)
434	8	Nathan Lane	Metallica	December 6, 1997 (1997-12-06)
435	9	Helen Hunt	Hanson	December 13, 1997 (1997-12-13)
436	10	Samuel L. Jackson	Ben Folds Five	January 10, 1998 (1998-01-10)
437	11	Sarah Michelle Gellar	Portishead	January 17, 1998 (1998-01-17)
438	12	John Goodman	Paula Cole	February 7, 1998 (1998-02-07)
439	13	Roma Downey	Missy Misdemeanor Elliott	February 14, 1998 (1998-02-14)
440	14	Garth Brooks	Garth Brooks	February 28, 1998 (1998-02-28)
441	15	Scott Wolf	Natalie Imbruglia	March 7, 1998 (1998-03-07)
442	16	Julianne Moore	Backstreet Boys	March 14, 1998 (1998-03-14)
443	17	Steve Buscemi	Third Eye Blind	April 4, 1998 (1998-04-04)
444	18	Greg Kinnear	All Saints	April 11, 1998 (1998-04-11)
445	19	Matthew Broderick	Natalie Merchant	May 2, 1998 (1998-05-02)
446	20	David Duchovny	Puff Daddy & Jimmy Page	May 9, 1998 (1998-05-09)

Season 24 (1998–99)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
447	1	Cameron Diaz	The Smashing Pumpkins	September 26, 1998 (1998-09-26)
448	2	Kelsey Grammer	Sheryl Crow	October 3, 1998 (1998-10-03)
449	3	Lucy Lawless	Elliott Smith	October 17, 1998 (1998-10-17)
450	4	Ben Stiller	Alanis Morissette	October 24, 1998 (1998-10-24)
451	5	David Spade	Eagle-Eye Cherry	November 7, 1998 (1998-11-07)
452	6	Joan Allen	Jewel	November 14, 1998 (1998-11-14)
453	7	Jennifer Love Hewitt	Beastie Boys	November 21, 1998 (1998-11-21)
454	8	Vince Vaughn	Lauryn Hill	December 5, 1998 (1998-12-05)
455	9	Alec Baldwin	Luciano Pavarotti Vanessa Williams Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale	December 12, 1998 (1998-12-12)
456	10	Bill Paxton	Beck	January 9, 1999 (1999-01-09)
457	11	James Van Der Beek	Everlast	January 16, 1999 (1999-01-16)
458	12	Gwyneth Paltrow	Barenaked Ladies	February 6, 1999 (1999-02-06)
459	13	Brendan Fraser	Busta Rhymes The Roots	February 13, 1999 (1999-02-13)
460	14	Bill Murray	Lucinda Williams	February 20, 1999 (1999-02-20)
461	15	Ray Romano	The Corrs	March 13, 1999 (1999-03-13)
462	16	Drew Barrymore	Garbage	March 20, 1999 (1999-03-20)
463	17	John Goodman	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	April 10, 1999 (1999-04-10)
464	18	Cuba Gooding Jr.	Ricky Martin	May 8, 1999 (1999-05-08)
465	19	Sarah Michelle Gellar	Backstreet Boys	May 15, 1999 (1999-05-15)

Season 25 (1999–2000)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
466	1	Jerry Seinfeld	David Bowie	October 2, 1999 (1999-10-02)
467	2	Heather Graham	Marc Anthony	October 16, 1999 (1999-10-16)
468	3	Norm Macdonald	Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg & Eminem	October 23, 1999 (1999-10-23)
469	4	Dylan McDermott	Foo Fighters	November 6, 1999 (1999-11-06)
470	5	Garth Brooks	Garth Brooks as Chris Gaines	November 13, 1999 (1999-11-13)
471	6	Jennifer Aniston	Sting	November 20, 1999 (1999-11-20)
472	7	Christina Ricci	Beck	December 4, 1999 (1999-12-04)
473	8	Danny DeVito	R.E.M.	December 11, 1999 (1999-12-11)
474	9	Jamie Foxx	Blink-182	January 8, 2000 (2000-01-08)
475	10	Freddie Prinze, Jr.	Macy Gray	January 15, 2000 (2000-01-15)
476	11	Alan Cumming	Jennifer Lopez	February 5, 2000 (2000-02-05)
477	12	Julianna Margulies	DMX	February 12, 2000 (2000-02-12)
478	13	Ben Affleck	Fiona Apple	February 19, 2000 (2000-02-19)
479	14	Joshua Jackson	'N Sync	March 11, 2000 (2000-03-11)
480	15	The Rock (Dwayne Johnson)	AC/DC	March 18, 2000 (2000-03-18)
481	16	Christopher Walken	Christina Aguilera	April 8, 2000 (2000-04-08)
482	17	Tobey Maguire	Sisqó	April 15, 2000 (2000-04-15)
483	18	John Goodman	Neil Young	May 6, 2000 (2000-05-06)
484	19	Britney Spears	Britney Spears	May 13, 2000 (2000-05-13)
485	20	Jackie Chan	Kid Rock	May 20, 2000 (2000-05-20)

Season 26 (2000–01)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
486	1	Rob Lowe	Eminem	October 7, 2000 (2000-10-07)
487	2	Kate Hudson	Radiohead	October 14, 2000 (2000-10-14)
488	3	Dana Carvey	The Wallflowers	October 21, 2000 (2000-10-21)
489	4	Charlize Theron	Paul Simon	November 4, 2000 (2000-11-04)
490	5	Calista Flockhart	Ricky Martin	November 11, 2000 (2000-11-11)
491	6	Tom Green	David Gray	November 18, 2000 (2000-11-18)
492	7	Val Kilmer	U2	December 9, 2000 (2000-12-09)
493	8	Lucy Liu	Jay-Z	December 16, 2000 (2000-12-16)
494	9	Charlie Sheen	Nelly Furtado	January 13, 2001 (2001-01-13)
495	10	Mena Suvari	Lenny Kravitz	January 20, 2001 (2001-01-20)
496	11	Jennifer Lopez	Jennifer Lopez	February 10, 2001 (2001-02-10)
497	12	Sean Hayes	Shaggy	February 17, 2001 (2001-02-17)
498	13	Katie Holmes	Dave Matthews Band	February 24, 2001 (2001-02-24)
499	14	Conan O'Brien	Don Henley	March 10, 2001 (2001-03-10)
500	15	Julia Stiles	Aerosmith	March 17, 2001 (2001-03-17)
501	16	Alec Baldwin	Coldplay	April 7, 2001 (2001-04-07)
502	17	Renée Zellweger	Eve	April 14, 2001 (2001-04-14)
503	18	Pierce Brosnan	Destiny's Child	May 5, 2001 (2001-05-05)
504	19	Lara Flynn Boyle	Bon Jovi	May 12, 2001 (2001-05-12)
505	20	Christopher Walken	Weezer	May 19, 2001 (2001-05-19)

Season 27 (2001–02)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
506	1	Reese Witherspoon	Alicia Keys	September 29, 2001 (2001-09-29)
507	2	Seann William Scott	Sum 41	October 6, 2001 (2001-10-06)
508	3	Drew Barrymore	Macy Gray	October 13, 2001 (2001-10-13)
509	4	John Goodman	Ja Rule	November 3, 2001 (2001-11-03)
510	5	Gwyneth Paltrow	Ryan Adams	November 10, 2001 (2001-11-10)
511	6	Billy Bob Thornton	Creed	November 17, 2001 (2001-11-17)
512	7	Derek Jeter	Shakira Bubba Sparxxx	December 1, 2001 (2001-12-01)
513	8	Hugh Jackman	Mick Jagger	December 8, 2001 (2001-12-08)
514	9	Ellen DeGeneres	No Doubt	December 15, 2001 (2001-12-15)
515	10	Josh Hartnett	Pink	January 12, 2002 (2002-01-12)
516	11	Jack Black	The Strokes	January 19, 2002 (2002-01-19)
517	12	Britney Spears	Britney Spears	February 2, 2002 (2002-02-02)
518	13	Jonny Moseley	Outkast	March 2, 2002 (2002-03-02)
519	14	Jon Stewart	India.Arie	March 9, 2002 (2002-03-09)
520	15	Ian McKellen	Kylie Minogue	March 16, 2002 (2002-03-16)
521	16	Cameron Diaz	Jimmy Eat World	April 6, 2002 (2002-04-06)
522	17	Dwayne Johnson	Andrew W.K.	April 13, 2002 (2002-04-13)
523	18	Alec Baldwin	P.O.D.	April 20, 2002 (2002-04-20)
524	19	Kirsten Dunst	Eminem	May 11, 2002 (2002-05-11)
525	20	Winona Ryder	Moby	May 18, 2002 (2002-05-18)

Season 28 (2002–03)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
526	1	Matt Damon	Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band	October 5, 2002 (2002-10-05)
527	2	Sarah Michelle Gellar	Faith Hill	October 12, 2002 (2002-10-12)
528	3	John McCain	The White Stripes	October 19, 2002 (2002-10-19)
529	4	Eric McCormack	Jay-Z	November 2, 2002 (2002-11-02)
530	5	Nia Vardalos	Eve	November 9, 2002 (2002-11-09)
531	6	Brittany Murphy	Nelly	November 16, 2002 (2002-11-16)
532	7	Robert De Niro	Norah Jones	December 7, 2002 (2002-12-07)
533	8	Al Gore	Phish	December 14, 2002 (2002-12-14)
534	9	Jeff Gordon	Avril Lavigne	January 11, 2003 (2003-01-11)
535	10	Ray Liotta	The Donnas	January 18, 2003 (2003-01-18)
536	11	Matthew McConaughey	Dixie Chicks	February 8, 2003 (2003-02-08)
537	12	Jennifer Garner	Beck	February 15, 2003 (2003-02-15)
538	13	Christopher Walken	Foo Fighters	February 22, 2003 (2003-02-22)
539	14	Queen Latifah	Ms. Dynamite	March 8, 2003 (2003-03-08)
540	15	Salma Hayek	Christina Aguilera	March 15, 2003 (2003-03-15)
541	16	Bernie Mac	Good Charlotte	April 5, 2003 (2003-04-05)
542	17	Ray Romano	Zwan	April 12, 2003 (2003-04-12)
543	18	Ashton Kutcher	50 Cent	May 3, 2003 (2003-05-03)
544	19	Adrien Brody	Sean Paul Wayne Wonder	May 10, 2003 (2003-05-10)
545	20	Dan Aykroyd	Beyoncé	May 17, 2003 (2003-05-17)

Season 29 (2003–04)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
546	1	Jack Black	John Mayer	October 4, 2003 (2003-10-04)
547	2	Justin Timberlake	Justin Timberlake	October 11, 2003 (2003-10-11)
548	3	Halle Berry	Britney Spears	October 18, 2003 (2003-10-18)
549	4	Kelly Ripa	Outkast	November 1, 2003 (2003-11-01)
550	5	Andy Roddick	Dave Matthews & Friends	November 8, 2003 (2003-11-08)
551	6	Alec Baldwin	Missy Elliott	November 15, 2003 (2003-11-15)
552	7	Al Sharpton	Pink	December 6, 2003 (2003-12-06)
553	8	Elijah Wood	Jet	December 13, 2003 (2003-12-13)
554	9	Jennifer Aniston	The Black Eyed Peas	January 10, 2004 (2004-01-10)
555	10	Jessica Simpson Nick Lachey	G-Unit	January 17, 2004 (2004-01-17)
556	11	Megan Mullally	Clay Aiken	February 7, 2004 (2004-02-07)
557	12	Drew Barrymore	Kelis	February 14, 2004 (2004-02-14)
558	13	Christina Aguilera	Maroon 5	February 21, 2004 (2004-02-21)
559	14	Colin Firth	Norah Jones	March 6, 2004 (2004-03-06)
560	15	Ben Affleck	N*E*R*D	March 13, 2004 (2004-03-13)
561	16	Donald Trump	Toots & the Maytals featuring Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Bootsy Collins, and The Roots	April 3, 2004 (2004-04-03)
562	17	Janet Jackson	Janet Jackson	April 10, 2004 (2004-04-10)
563	18	Lindsay Lohan	Usher	May 1, 2004 (2004-05-01)
564	19	Snoop Dogg	Avril Lavigne	May 8, 2004 (2004-05-08)
565	20	Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen	J-Kwon	May 15, 2004 (2004-05-15)

Season 30 (2004–05)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
566	1	Ben Affleck	Nelly	October 2, 2004 (2004-10-02)
567	2	Queen Latifah	Queen Latifah	October 9, 2004 (2004-10-09)
568	3	Jude Law	Ashlee Simpson	October 23, 2004 (2004-10-23)
569	4	Kate Winslet	Eminem	October 30, 2004 (2004-10-30)
570	5	Liam Neeson	Modest Mouse	November 13, 2004 (2004-11-13)
571	6	Luke Wilson	U2	November 20, 2004 (2004-11-20)
572	7	Colin Farrell	Scissor Sisters	December 11, 2004 (2004-12-11)
573	8	Robert De Niro	Destiny's Child	December 18, 2004 (2004-12-18)
574	9	Topher Grace	The Killers	January 15, 2005 (2005-01-15)
575	10	Paul Giamatti	Ludacris featuring Sum 41	January 22, 2005 (2005-01-22)
576	11	Paris Hilton	Keane	February 5, 2005 (2005-02-05)
577	12	Jason Bateman	Kelly Clarkson	February 12, 2005 (2005-02-12)
578	13	Hilary Swank	50 Cent	February 19, 2005 (2005-02-19)
579	14	David Spade	Jack Johnson	March 12, 2005 (2005-03-12)
580	15	Ashton Kutcher	Gwen Stefani	March 19, 2005 (2005-03-19)
581	16	Cameron Diaz	Green Day	April 9, 2005 (2005-04-09)
582	17	Tom Brady	Beck	April 16, 2005 (2005-04-16)
583	18	Johnny Knoxville	System of a Down	May 7, 2005 (2005-05-07)
584	19	Will Ferrell	Queens of the Stone Age	May 14, 2005 (2005-05-14)
585	20	Lindsay Lohan	Coldplay	May 21, 2005 (2005-05-21)

Season 31–present This list has been split for improved performance.

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