List of Saturday Night Live writers
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.
Showrunner Credits
Writer Credits
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Season 1">Saturday Night Live (season 1)">1 (1975–76)
| Producer |
| Lorne Michaels |
| Writing Supervised By |
| Michael O'Donoghue, Lorne Michaels Chevy Chase, Lorne Michaels Lorne Michaels, Rosie Shuster Michael O'Donoghue, Herb Sargent |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Writing staff |
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Season 5">Saturday Night Live (season 5)">5 (1979–80)
| Producer |
| Lorne Michaels |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Writing staff |
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Season 8">Saturday Night Live (season 8)">8 (1982–83)
| Producer |
| Bob Tischler |
| Supervising Producers |
| Barry W. Blaustein and David Sheffield |
| Writing staff |
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Season 9">Saturday Night Live (season 9)">9 (1983–84)
| Producer |
| Bob Tischler |
| Head Writer |
| Andrew Smith |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Script Supervisor |
| Pamela Norris |
| Writing staff |
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Season 10">Saturday Night Live (season 10)">10 (1984–85)
| Producer |
| Bob Tischler |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Writing staff |
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Season 11">Saturday Night Live (season 11)">11 (1985–86)
| Producers |
| Al Franken and Tom Davis |
| Head Writer |
| Jim Downey |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Writing staff |
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Season 12">Saturday Night Live (season 12)">12 (1986–87)
| Producer |
| Jim Downey |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Writing staff |
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Season 13">Saturday Night Live (season 13)">13 (1987–88)
| Producer |
| Jim Downey |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Writing staff |
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Season 17">Saturday Night Live (season 17)">17 (1991–92)
Season 21">Saturday Night Live (season 21)">21 (1995–96)
Season 22">Saturday Night Live (season 22)">22 (1996–97)
| Producer |
| Steve Higgins |
| Consulting Producers |
| Jim Downey and Fred Wolf |
| Writing Supervised By |
| Tim Herlihy and Adam McKay |
| Writing staff |
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Season 25">Saturday Night Live (season 25)">25 (1999–2000)
| Producers |
| Steve Higgins and Tim Herlihy |
| Writing Supervised By |
| Tina Fey |
| Creative Consultants |
| Dennis McNicholas and Paula Pell |
| Writing staff |
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Season 26">Saturday Night Live (season 26)">26 (2000–01)
Note: Beginning with the ninth episode of this season, the head writer receives a "head writer" credit for the first time since the 1985-86 season instead of "writing supervisor," and the "creative consultant" credit is renamed "writing supervisor."Season 30">Saturday Night Live (season 30)">30 (2004–05)
Season 31">Saturday Night Live (season 31)">31 (2005–06)
| Producer |
| Steve Higgins |
| Head writer |
| Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, and Harper Steele |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Seth Meyers |
| Writing staff |
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Season 35">Saturday Night Live (season 35)">35 (2009–10)
Season 39">Saturday Night Live (season 39)">39 (2013–14)
Season 43">Saturday Night Live (season 43)">43 (2017–18)
Note: Beginning with the show's forty-third season, Weekend Update writers were credited separately from the rest of the writing staff.Season 46">Saturday Night Live (season 46)">46 (2020–21)
Source:| Producers |
| Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward |
| Head writer |
| Anna Drezen, Colin Jost, Michael Che, and Kent Sublette |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Sudi Green, Fran Gillespie, and Streeter Seidell |
| Writing staff |
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Season 47">Saturday Night Live (season 47)">47 (2021–22)
Source:| Producers |
| Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward |
| Head writer |
| Colin Jost, Michael Che, Kent Sublette, Anna Drezen, Alison Gates and Streeter Seidell |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Streeter Seidell and Alison Gates |
| Writing staff |
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Season 48">Saturday Night Live (season 48)">48 (2022–23)
Source:| Producers |
| Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward |
| Head writer |
| Kent Sublette, Alison Gates and Streeter Seidell |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Gary Richardson, Will Stephen, and Celeste Yim |
| Writing staff |
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