The following is a list of Saturday Night Live writers. The show, created by Lorne Michaels, is an American live sketch comedy and variety show. Airing since 1975, it has employed a large and changing staff of writers.
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Lorne Michaels and Michael O'Donoghue |
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Michael O'Donoghue |
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Michael O'Donoghue |
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Herb Sargent |
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Herb Sargent |
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Mason Williams (episodes 1–5), Jeremy Stevens and Tom Moore (episodes 6–13), Michael O'Donoghue (episode 13) |
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Michael O'Donoghue (episodes 1–8) and Bob Tischler |
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Bob Tischler |
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Andrew Smith |
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Bob Tischler |
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James Downey |
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Jim Downey |
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Jim Downey |
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Jim Downey |
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Jim Downey |
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Jim Downey |
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Jim Downey |
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Jim Downey |
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Jim Downey |
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Jim Downey |
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Steve Higgins and Fred Wolf |
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Tim Herlihy and Adam McKay |
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Adam McKay |
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Adam McKay[9] |
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Tina Fey[9] |
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Tina Fey and Dennis McNicholas[9] |
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Tina Fey and Dennis McNicholas |
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Tina Fey and Dennis McNicholas |
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Tina Fey and Dennis McNicholas |
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Tina Fey and Harper Steele |
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Tina Fey, Seth Meyers,[11] and Harper Steele[12] |
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Seth Meyers, Paula Pell, and Harper Steele[13] |
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Seth Meyers, Paula Pell, Harper Steele |
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Seth Meyers |
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Seth Meyers |
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Seth Meyers |
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Seth Meyers |
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Seth Meyers and Colin Jost |
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Seth Meyers (episodes 1–13), Colin Jost, Rob Klein, Bryan Tucker (episodes 14–21)[22] |
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Colin Jost, Rob Klein, and Bryan Tucker |
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Rob Klein and Bryan Tucker |
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Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, Bryan Tucker, and Kent Sublette (Since episode 12). |
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Colin Jost, Michael Che, Bryan Tucker, and Kent Sublette (Since episode 8). |
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Note: Beginning with the show's forty-third season, Weekend Update writers were credited separately from the rest of the writing staff.
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Colin Jost, Michael Che, and Kent Sublette |
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Colin Jost, Michael Che, and Kent Sublette[29] |
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Anna Drezen, Colin Jost, Michael Che, and Kent Sublette |
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Anna Drezen (until episode 9), Colin Jost, Michael Che, Kent Sublette, Alison Gates and Streeter Seidell (since episode 10)[32] |
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Kent Sublette, Alison Gates and Streeter Seidell |
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Alison Gates, Streeter Seidell, Kent Sublette |
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Gary Richardson, Will Stephen, Celeste Yim |
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Following several under-wraps audition processes, Sasheer Zamata was hired. Leslie Jones and LaKendra Tookes — also black woman from the auditions — were brought on as writers.