Executive producer Lorne Michaels cited burnout as the reason behind his desire to take a year off, and had been led to … See more

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Eddie Murphy is credited for five episodes as a featured player before becoming part of the main cast. Meanwhile, Yvonne Hudson was credited for seven episodes (though sh… See more

Brian Doyle-Murray returned as the only writer from the previous season. Barry Blaustein, David Sheffield, Pamela Norris and Terry Sweeney were also hired; the latter would become a cast member in 1985. Musi… See more

Responses to Doumanian's SNL were negative. The Associated Press, mocking the Carters-in-the-Oval-Office sketch, wrote, "The new Saturday Night Live is essentially crude, sophomoric and most of all self-con… See more

• Hill, Doug; Weingrad, Jeff (1986). Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live. Beech Tree Books. ISBN 978-0688050993.
• Shales, Tom; Miller, James Andrew (2002). Live from New York: An Uncensore… See more