Season 4 of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC and premiered on October 7, 1978, with host and musical guests The Rolling Stones and concluded on May 26, 1979, with host Buck Henry and musical guest Bette Midler.
The title "The Not Ready for Prime Time Players" was dropped from the cast list at the beginning of the season. The entire cast from the previous season returned. The only change was Bill Murray's joining Jane Curtin as co-anchor for Weekend Update, replacing Dan Aykroyd.
This would be the final season for Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as cast members (who both left at the end of the season to work on SNL's first film, The Blues Brothers).
Cast[]
 Dan Aykroyd |
 John Belushi |
 Jane Curtin |
 Garrett Morris |
 Bill Murray |
 Laraine Newman |
 Gilda Radner |
Featuring[]
 Al Franken |
Tom Davis |
Episodes[]
- October 7, 1978 The Rolling Stones
- October 14, 1978 Fred Willard/ Devo
- October 21, 1978 Frank Zappa
- November 4, 1978 Steve Martin/ Van Morrison
- November 11, 1978 Buck Henry/ Grateful Dead
- November 18, 1978 Carrie Fisher/ The Blues Brothers
- December 2, 1978 Walter Matthau/ Garret Morris
- December 9, 1978 Eric Idle/ Kate Bush
- December 16, 1978 Elliot Gould/ Peter Tosh, Mick Jagger
- January 27, 1979 Michael Palin/ The Doobie Brothers
- February 10, 1979 Cicely Tyson/ Talking Heads
- February 17, 1979 Rick Nelson/ Judy Collins
- February 24, 1979 Kate Jackson/ Delbert McClinton
- March 10, 1979 Gary Busey/ Eubie Blake & Gregory Hines, Gary Busey with Rick Danko, Paul Butterfield
- March 17, 1979 Margot Kidder/ The Chieftains
- April 7, 1979 Richard Benjamin/ Ricky Lee Jones
- April 14, 1979 Milton Berle/ Ornette Coleman
- May 12, 1979 Michael Palin/ James Taylor
- May 19, 1979 Maureen Stapleton/ Linda Ronstadt, Phoebe Snow
- May 26, 1979 Buck Henry/ Bette Midler
Opening montage[]
S4
This intro was used through the first-half of season 5; used through January 26, 1980.
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| Preceded by: Season 3 |
Season 4 (1978— 1979) |
Followed by: Season 5 |
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