Saturday Night Live has had several head writers during its tenure.
List of head writers[]
- Season 1: Michael O'Donoghue and Lorne Michaels
- Seasons 2-3: Michael O'Donoghue
- Seasons 4-5: Herb Sargent
- Season 6 eps. 1-6: Mason Williams
- Season 6 eps. 7-12: Jeremy Stevens and Tom Moore[1]
- Season 6 ep. 13: Michael O'Donoghue
- Season 7 eps. 1-8: Michael O'Donoghue and Bob Tischler
- Season 7 eps. 9-12 - Season 8: Bob Tischler
- Season 9: Andrew Smith
- Season 10: Bob Tischler
- Seasons 11-20: Jim Downey
- Season 21: Fred Wolf and Steve Higgins
- Season 22: Tim Herlihy and Adam McKay
- Seasons 23-24: Adam McKay
- Season 25: Tina Fey
- Seasons 26-29: Tina Fey and Dennis McNicholas
- Season 30-Season 31 eps. 1-10: Tina Fey and Andrew Steele
- Season 31 eps. 11-19: Tina Fey, Andrew Steele, and Seth Meyers
- Seasons 32-33: Andrew Steele, Seth Meyers, and Paula Pell
- Seasons 34-37: Seth Meyers
- Season 38: Seth Meyers and Colin Jost
- Season 39 eps. 1-13: Colin Jost, Rob Klein, and Seth Meyers
- Season 39 ep. 14-Season 40: Colin Jost, Rob Klein, and Bryan Tucker
- Season 41: Rob Klein and Bryan Tucker
- Season 42 eps. 1-10: Bryan Tucker, Sarah Schneider, and Chris Kelly
- Season 42 eps. 11-21: Bryan Tucker, Sarah Schneider, Chris Kelly, and Kent Sublette
- Season 43 eps. 1-8: Bryan Tucker, Kent Sublette, and Colin Jost
- Season 43 eps. 9-21: Bryan Tucker, Kent Sublette, Colin Jost, and Michael Che
- Seasons 44-45: Kent Sublette, Colin Jost, and Michael Che
- Seasons 46-season 47 ep. 9: Colin Jost, Michael Che, Kent Sublette, and Anna Drezen
- Season 47 eps. 10-21: Colin Jost, Michael Che, Kent Sublette, Alison Gates, and Streeter Seidell
- Season 48-present: Kent Sublette, Alison Gates, and Streeter Seidell