Ruling the American television space for a good four decades and counting has been the Saturday Night Live show. The late night comedy sketch show airs on

They were like, ‘We wrote this, I don’t know.’ The specific sketch that McKinnon is referring to is, as she said, the very first “Close Encounter” sketch that kicked off a whole series of sketches that were popular for a time on the show.

On October 11, 1975, George Carlin hosted the very first episode of Saturday Night Live, and he kicked things off in a way almost no Host has done since.

The Season 51 premiere airs on Saturday, Oct. 4, on NBC at 11:30 ET. Keep reading for all the stars who have left, joined, or are returning to “SNL” ahead of the upcoming run. The comedian, 42, is exiting “SNL” after eight years on the show.

Longtime castmember Heidi Gardner is leaving, alongside Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker, while the 'Please Don't Destroy' videos will also come to an end.

Saturday Night Live delivered more than a few gems during the show’s recent run of new episodes. The Mikey Madison-hosted installment gave us “So Like… What Are We?” and the “Planning New York” animated short, while the Jack Black episode had a ...