Saturday Night Live

Season 4 (20 Episodes)

1978 TV-14 1h 30m 8

Saturday Night Live aired its fourth season during the 1978–1979 television season on NBC. The fourth season started on October 7, 1978 and ended on May 26, 1979. The season four DVD was released on December 2, 2008. The entire cast from the previous season returned. This would be the final season for Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. Aykroyd and Belushi left to work on The Blues Brothers film.

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Season 4 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Rolling Stones

1. The Rolling Stones

Aired: Oct 7, 1978

The hosts and musical guests for the episode are The Rolling Stones (their fi...

Episode 2 Fred Willard/Devo

2. Fred Willard/Devo

Aired: Oct 14, 1978

The host for the episode is Fred Willard, and the musical guest is Devo. The ...

Episode 3 Frank Zappa

3. Frank Zappa

Aired: Oct 21, 1978

The host and musical guest for the episode is Frank Zappa (his second appeara...

Episode 7 Walter Matthau

7. Walter Matthau

Aired: Dec 2, 1978

The host for the episode is Walter Matthau, but there was no musical guest. T...

Episode 8 Eric Idle/Kate Bush

8. Eric Idle/Kate Bush

Aired: Dec 9, 1978

Host Eric Idle. Sketches: TelePsychic, The French Chef (Akroyd as Julia Child...

Info about Saturday Night Live

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: NBC

Genres: Comedy, Music