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| | SNL is Saturday Night Live - Live on NBC |
 | | The hour and a half long comedy show, which broadcasts live from Studio 8H in 30 Rockefeller Center on Saturday nights at 11:30PM, has become such a staple of American TV that even casual viewers use the nick name "SNL" and the show's skits are often water cooler conversation come Monday morning. |
 | | Saturday Night Live, or NBC's Saturday Night, as it was originally called, debuted on October 11, 1975 with the now famous original line-up of "Not Ready For Primetime Players" John Belushi, Jane Curtain, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase, Larraine Newman, and Garrett Morris. |
 | | With this stellar cast of old pros and fresh talent, Saturday Night Live hit a peak in popularity, and the cast was even named the #1 Entertainer of the Year by Entertainment Weekly magazine in 1992. |
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