Saturday Night Live TV show sketches
Saturday Night Live has long mocked the television medium with many fake commercials and parodies of TV shows themselves. Another of the show's frequently used styles of recurring sketches has been the talk show format. However, anything from cop shows to children's shows has been fair game for the ever-changing cast.
Sketches with TV show themes are listed here chronologically by order of first appearance.
- The Land of Gorch - October 11, 1975 – September 18, 1976
- The Mr. Bill Show – February 28, 1976
- Consumer Probe – December 11, 1976
- E. Buzz Miller and Christie Christina – January 22, 1977
- Leonard Pinth-Garnell – March 12, 1977
- The Ex-Police – October 15, 1977
- Woman to Woman – October 21, 1978
- Telepsychic – December 9, 1978
- The Bel-Airabs – December 8, 1979
- What's It All About – November 15, 1980
- Mister Robinson's Neighborhood – February 21, 1981
- Fernando's Hideaway – November 3, 1984
- The Limits of the Imagination – November 9, 1985
- The Pat Stevens Show – November 16, 1985
- The Church Lady – October 11, 1986
- Instant Coffee with Bill Smith – October 18, 1986
- Miss Connie's Fable Nook – November 8, 1986
- Pumping Up with Hans & Franz – October 17, 1987
- Learning To Feel – January 23, 1988
- Wayne's World – February 18, 1989
- Cooking with the Anal Retentive Chef – April 1, 1989
- Tales Of Ribaldry – April 1, 1989
- Sprockets – April 15, 1989
- Lank Thompson – October 21, 1989
- The Dark Side with Nat X – November 10, 1990
- Simon – November 10, 1990
- Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley – February 9, 1991
- Coffee Talk with Linda Richman – October 12, 1991
- Theatre Stories – December 14, 1991
- Sassy's Sassiest Boys – February 6, 1993
- The Denise Show – October 2, 1993
- Good Morning Brooklyn – November 12, 1994
- Perspectives with Lionel Osbourne – January 21, 1995
- Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly – January 21, 1995
- Leg Up — September 30, 1995
- The Joe Pesci Show – December 2, 1995
- The Quiet Storm – October 19, 1996
- Shopping At Home Network – November 16, 1996
- Delicious Dish – November 16, 1996
- Celebrity Jeopardy! – December 7, 1996
- Goth Talk – April 12, 1997
- Leon Phelps, The Ladies Man – October 4, 1997
- Issues with Jeffrey Kaufman – October 18, 1997
- Morning Latte – October 25, 1997
- Martha Stewart Living — October 25, 1997
- The View — November 15, 1997
- Tiger Beat's Ultra Super Duper Dreamy Love Show — January 17, 1998
- Pretty Living – March 14, 1998
- Hello Dolly – October 3, 1998
- The How Do You Say? Ah, Yes, Show – October 17, 1998
- Dog Show – December 5, 1998
- Pimp Chat – December 5, 1998
- Jarret's Room – December 16, 2000
- Wake Up Wakefield! – March 17, 2001
- America Undercover – November 3, 2001
- The Ferey Muhtar Talk Show – March 16, 2002
- Top O' the Morning – October 19, 2002
- Z105 with Joey Mack — November 2, 2002
- Pranksters – February 22, 2003
- Spy Glass – November 1, 2003
- Appalachian Emergency Room – January 10, 2004
- The Prince Show – February 14, 2004
- Besos Y Lagrimas — February 21, 2004
- ¡Show Biz Grande Explosion! – March 6, 2004
- Vincent Price's Holiday Special – November 19, 2005
- Deep House Dish – November 19, 2005
- Bronx Beat — January 13, 2007
- La Rivista Della Televisione — March 17, 2007
- The Dakota Fanning Show – February 3, 2007
- The Cougar Den – April 12, 2008
- The Lawrence Welk Show – October 4, 2008
- Dateline – November 22, 2008
- What Up with That? – October 17, 2009
- The Manuel Ortiz Show – December 19, 2009
- The Miley Cyrus Show – October 2, 2010
- J-Pop America Fun Time Now — October 15, 2011
- Bein' Quirky with Zooey Deschanel — February 11, 2012
- Girlfriends Talk Show — November 10, 2012
- The Ellen Show — November 10, 2012
- Mornin' Miami! — October 5, 2013
- Waking Up With Kimye! — November 16, 2013
- Family Feud — December 21, 2013
- Black Jeopardy! — March 29, 2014
- Hollywood Game Night — October 11, 2014
- The House — March 7, 2015
- Morning Joe – May 6, 2017
- Fresh Takes – November 4, 2017
- Oops, You Did It Again — February 20, 2021