Season 18

“ Fight the real enemy! ”

—Sinead O'Connor as she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II, October 3, 1992

Season 18
Premier	September 26, 1992
Finale	May 15, 1993
Episodes	20
Weekend Updateanchors	Kevin Nealon
Previous	Season 17
Next	Season 19

Season 18 is the eighteenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26, 1992, and May 15, 1993. The season premiered on September 26, 1992 on NBC, hosted by actor Nicolas Cage with musical guest Bobby Brown, and concluded on May 15, 1993, hosted by actor Kevin Kline with musical guests Willie Nelson and Paul Simon. The season is most remembered for its second episode, in which musical guest Sinead O'Connor tore up a photo of the pope during her second musical number, a stunt that got her banned from SNL.

Cast Changes

Many changes happened before the start of the season. Long-term female cast member Victoria Jackson left the show after six seasons and newer cast members, Beth Cahill and Siobhan Fallon Hogan did not return from the previous season. Lorne Michaels did not hire any new cast members. Rob Schneider was upgraded to repertory status this season, and Melanie Hutsell was promoted to the middle cast group. Ellen Cleghorne, Tim Meadows, Adam Sandler and David Spade remained in the middle group.

Longtime cast member Dana Carvey left mid-season, after seven years. This would also be the final season for cast members Chris Rock (after three seasons) and Robert Smigel. Smigel (after two years as a featured player, and who at the time, had been a writer since for eight years since 1985) returned to the writer's room in Season 22.

This marked the fifth season to not have any new featured players since Season 10, and the first one without a single new cast member since Season 15.

This also marked the final season to feature three separate categories for cast members. Starting next season, the show returned to the original "repertory" and "featured" cast lists.

Cast

Repertory Players

Dana Carvey	Chris Farley	Phil Hartman
Mike Myers	Kevin Nealon	Chris Rock
Rob Schneider	Julia Sweeney

Featured Players

Ellen Cleghorne	Melanie Hutsell	Tim Meadows
Adam Sandler	David Spade

With

Al Franken

Robert Smigel

Changes

• Mike Myers missed the first half of the season; his first episode back was December 5
• Dana Carvey: Final Episode: February 6

Episodes

Episode Number	Season Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)
327	1	September 26, 1992	Nicolas Cage	Bobby Brown
328	2	October 3, 1992	Tim Robbins	Sinéad O'Connor
329	3	October 10, 1992	Joe Pesci	Spin Doctors
330	4	October 24, 1992	Christopher Walken	Arrested Development
331	5	October 31, 1992	Catherine O'Hara	10,000 Maniacs
332	6	November 14, 1992	Michael Keaton	Morrissey
333	7	November 21, 1992	Sinbad	Sade
334	8	December 5, 1992	Tom Arnold	Neil Young
335	9	December 12, 1992	Glenn Close	The Black Crowes
336	10	January 9, 1993	Danny DeVito	Bon Jovi
337	11	January 16, 1993	Harvey Keitel	Madonna
338	12	February 6, 1993	Luke Perry	Mick Jagger
339	13	February 13, 1993	Alec Baldwin	Paul McCartney
340	14	February 20, 1993	Bill Murray	Sting
341	15	March 13, 1993	John Goodman	Mary J. Blige
342	16	March 20, 1993	Miranda Richardson	Soul Asylum
343	17	April 10, 1993	Jason Alexander	Peter Gabriel
344	18	April 17, 1993	Kirstie Alley	Lenny Kravitz
345	19	May 8, 1993	Christina Applegate	Midnight Oil
346	20	May 15, 1993	Kevin Kline	Willie Nelson Paul Simon

• 2nd Annual Saturday Night Live Mother's Day Special aired on May 9, 1993.

Births

• Sarah Sherman (March 7, 1993)
• Ashley Padilla (May 27, 1993)

Navigation

Preceded by: Season 17

Season 18 (1992— 1993)

Followed by: Season 19