Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-seventh season during the 2011–2012 television season on NBC. The season officially began on September 24, 2011 with host Alec Baldwin, who returned to host for a record sixteenth time and with musical guest Radiohead and ended on May 19, 2012 with host and musical guest Mick Jagger.
The season began with minimal changes to the cast, as everyone from the prior year returned. The only major change that occurred was Nasim Pedrad being upgraded from being a featured player to repertory status.
Kate McKinnon joined the cast midseason, as a featured player for the last 5 episodes of the season, making her debut on April 7, 2012. McKinnon's addition was announced March 28, 2012. McKinnon is SNL's first openly gay cast member hired since Terry Sweeney in 1985, and the show's first openly gay female cast member.
This would be the final season for seven-year vets Andy Samberg and Kristen Wiig, both cast members since 2005. As well, Abby Elliott, who had been a cast member since 2008, would be let go from the show after four seasons. Second year featured player Paul Brittain also exited abruptly halfway through the season, making his final appearance on January 14, 2012.
Release Date
Sep 24, 2011
Episodes
22 episodes
CAST
Vanessa Bayer
Self - Various Characters
Kenan Thompson
Self - Various Characters
Bobby Moynihan
Self - Various Characters
Kristen Wiig
Self - Various Characters
EPISODES
1
Alec Baldwin with Radiohead
Sep 24, 2011
2
Melissa McCarthy with Lady Antebellum
Oct 1, 2011
3
Ben Stiller with Foster The People
Oct 8, 2011
4
Anna Faris with Drake
Oct 15, 2011
5
Charlie Day with Maroon 5
Nov 5, 2011
6
Emma Stone with Coldplay
Nov 12, 2011
7
Jason Segel with Florence and the Machine
Nov 19, 2011
8
Steve Buscemi with The Black Keys
Dec 3, 2011
9
Katy Perry with Robyn
Dec 10, 2011
10
Jimmy Fallon with Michael Bublé
Dec 17, 2011
11
Charles Barkley with Kelly Clarkson
Jan 7, 2012
12
Daniel Radcliffe with Lana Del Rey
Jan 14, 2012
13
Channing Tatum with Bon Iver
Feb 4, 2012
14
Zooey Deschanel with Karmin
Feb 11, 2012
15
Maya Rudolph with Sleigh Bells
Feb 18, 2012
16
Lindsay Lohan with Jack White
Mar 3, 2012
17
Jonah Hill with The Shins
Mar 10, 2012
18
Sofia Vergara with One Direction
Apr 7, 2012
19
Josh Brolin with Gotye
Apr 14, 2012
20
Eli Manning with Rihanna
May 5, 2012
21
Will Ferrell with Usher
May 12, 2012
22
Mick Jagger with Arcade Fire, Jeff Beck, Foo Fighters
May 19, 2012
Details
Language
English
Country
Production
Network
Metadata
TMDB ID
59625